Guest guest Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Thank you for the info. Yes, I had read that about the potatoes- I cut them out of my diet immediately. I feel so much better. I got into some hidden avoids yesterday, and am paying for it today. Wow! I will pay better attention in the future. Wendi > > Just info in case you didn't know. White potatoes can cause/irritate > arthritis in susceptible people because the lectins congregate around the > joints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 And you can sure tell when they start going away, and the swelling you are aware of leaves. Was that ever a relief. Re: Salad dressing In a message dated 3/30/2006 6:54:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, wkitzman@... writes: And my > arthritis is calming down significantly. Just info in case you didn't know. White potatoes can cause/irritate arthritis in susceptible people because the lectins congregate around the joints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 I am ABSOLUTELY addicted to salads now! I only use olive oil, fresh lemon and sea salt - sometimes cracked black pepper. I live in the middle east and it's very cheap to get Arugula here (I know it's expensive in the states) and so that is the only lettuce I use - it's also the greenest and best for you. I put a ton of that in a big bowl and add fresh cherry tomatoes and avacoado. Then I usually use about a 1/3 of a fresh lemon(big and juicy one) and then about 1- 2 tsp.s of olive oil. mix it thoroughly. It's awesome and I eat them like crazy! Just get the right mix and you will love it. If the dressing is not tasting that good it's probably because you have too much lemon and not enough salt. Good luck - a > > Hi Keen! > > How much olive oil and lemon juice do you use? Have tried making that combo in the past, but it didn't taste right. Do you ever add fresh garlic? I usually just put plain olive oil on. We're going to look for the one suggested Annie's Lemon and Chive, No Vinegar Dressing just for a change. > > Beth > > > RE: Please critique my diet- thank you! > > > You shouldn't be eating pre-prepared salad dressings. You should rather > make your own dressing from olive oil and lemon juice. It's much > healthier and much tastier and you know what you are eating at least. > > Keen > > > > Recent Activity > a.. 19New Members > Visit Your Group > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 I normally make a very large salad - 3 or 4 tomatoes, half a cucumber, a packet of lettuce (mixed), 1 or two avocados. For the salad dressing I use about 3 - 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and half the juice of a large lemon. Sometimes I add 1 - 2 tablespoons of organic avocado oil (yummy in a salad) and reduce the olive oil accordingly. I always chop up 4 - 5 whole garlic cloves and throw them in the salad - fresh garlic has done wonders for our health. The ratio should be about 30 - 40% olive oil to 60 - 70% lemon juice. Of course, you can play around with it and see what you prefer, I like to taste the lemon juice. Of course you also need enough salt - we use sea salt only. Hope that helps. Keen Salad Dressing Hi Keen! How much olive oil and lemon juice do you use? Have tried making that combo in the past, but it didn't taste right. Do you ever add fresh garlic? I usually just put plain olive oil on. We're going to look for the one suggested Annie's Lemon and Chive, No Vinegar Dressing just for a change. Beth RE: Please critique my diet- thank you! You shouldn't be eating pre-prepared salad dressings. You should rather make your own dressing from olive oil and lemon juice. It's much healthier and much tastier and you know what you are eating at least. Keen Recent Activity a.. 19New Members Visit Your Group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 What is Arugula? Keen Re: Salad Dressing I am ABSOLUTELY addicted to salads now! I only use olive oil, fresh lemon and sea salt - sometimes cracked black pepper. I live in the middle east and it's very cheap to get Arugula here (I know it's expensive in the states) and so that is the only lettuce I use - it's also the greenest and best for you. I put a ton of that in a big bowl and add fresh cherry tomatoes and avacoado. Then I usually use about a 1/3 of a fresh lemon(big and juicy one) and then about 1- 2 tsp.s of olive oil. mix it thoroughly. It's awesome and I eat them like crazy! Just get the right mix and you will love it. If the dressing is not tasting that good it's probably because you have too much lemon and not enough salt. Good luck - a > > Hi Keen! > > How much olive oil and lemon juice do you use? Have tried making that combo in the past, but it didn't taste right. Do you ever add fresh garlic? I usually just put plain olive oil on. We're going to look for the one suggested Annie's Lemon and Chive, No Vinegar Dressing just for a change. > > Beth > > > RE: Please critique my diet- thank you! > > > You shouldn't be eating pre-prepared salad dressings. You should rather > make your own dressing from olive oil and lemon juice. It's much > healthier and much tastier and you know what you are eating at least. > > Keen > > > > Recent Activity > a.. 19New Members > Visit Your Group > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 Sounds yummy! Keen Salad dressing >>>You shouldn't be eating pre-prepared salad dressings. You should rather make your own dressing from olive oil and lemon juice. It's much healthier and much tastier and you know what you are eating at least.<<< Since I can eat tomato I've also added sugar free tomato juice into my dressing with the lemon & olive oil for variety. It's delicious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 Arugula is also called Girgir or you may know it as rocket. It's a type of lettuce leaf and a bit spicy. It's VERY green therefore the greener the better. Google it and you will find all sorts of info on it and google image it and you will be able to see what it looks like. Iceberg lettuce is not even worth eating - it's not green enough and holds too much water. Romain is better but nothing like the rocket. Hope you can find some! a \ > > > > Hi Keen! > > > > How much olive oil and lemon juice do you use? Have tried making > that combo in the past, but it didn't taste right. Do you ever add > fresh garlic? I usually just put plain olive oil on. We're going > to look for the one suggested Annie's Lemon and Chive, No > Vinegar Dressing just for a change. > > > > Beth > > > > > > RE: Please critique my diet- thank you! > > > > > > You shouldn't be eating pre-prepared salad dressings. You should > rather > > make your own dressing from olive oil and lemon juice. It's much > > healthier and much tastier and you know what you are eating at > least. > > > > Keen > > > > > > > > Recent Activity > > a.. 19New Members > > Visit Your Group > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 Oh, rocket. Yes, I know and like rocket. It is rather expensive here, so I don't usually eat it alone, but I love to add the organic Italian rocket to salads, when it's in season. We buy lettuce packs (someone called it designer leaves) which have 4 or 5 different kinds of lettuce leaves. I haven't eaten iceberg lettuce in years - horrible stuff! It used to be the only lettuce you could by here in South Africa for many years. But, since the late 80s we have had these lettuce packs with a wide variety of different mixtures. I have wondered for years what arugula is, so thanks for letting me know. Keen Re: Salad Dressing Arugula is also called Girgir or you may know it as rocket. It's a type of lettuce leaf and a bit spicy. It's VERY green therefore the greener the better. Google it and you will find all sorts of info on it and google image it and you will be able to see what it looks like. Iceberg lettuce is not even worth eating - it's not green enough and holds too much water. Romain is better but nothing like the rocket. Hope you can find some! a \ > > > > Hi Keen! > > > > How much olive oil and lemon juice do you use? Have tried making > that combo in the past, but it didn't taste right. Do you ever add > fresh garlic? I usually just put plain olive oil on. We're going > to look for the one suggested Annie's Lemon and Chive, No > Vinegar Dressing just for a change. > > > > Beth > > > > > > RE: Please critique my diet- thank you! > > > > > > You shouldn't be eating pre-prepared salad dressings. You should > rather > > make your own dressing from olive oil and lemon juice. It's much > > healthier and much tastier and you know what you are eating at > least. > > > > Keen > > > > > > > > Recent Activity > > a.. 19New Members > > Visit Your Group > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 It can be dangerous even to use sea salt only. A caution on salt, even sea salt, Himalayan, whatever, it's all salt-salt-salt. Sodium in salt is a strong potassium depletor, and potassium is your main alkalinizing mineral. Many diseases, pH and electrolyte issues result from depleted potassium. You need five to fifteen times the potassium in your diet (from all sources) as your sodium intake. For most people with a high vegetable and very little salt intake it still means maybe three to five grams, and for every gram of sea salt you use you should add at least five grams of potassium to your fare. We use " no-salt " supermarket potassium salts to salt our food, and haven't touched sea salt for a couple of years now. We get our trace minerals with a sea-based supplement that is low in salt. When you do the keyword searches you'll see how serious the problem is, and you can check your saliva pH in the AM to see how you're doing. Potassium will even help some people lose water weight seen as edema, provided they cut down on the sea salt. Duncan Crow > Posted by: " Keen Venables " kvenables@... > Date: Wed Aug 2, 2006 11:22 pm (PDT) > > Of course you also need enough salt - we > use sea salt only. > > Hope that helps. > > Keen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2006 Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 Hi Keen, Don't look fo symptoms of potasium depletion; they are erious and potentially life-threatening. Consider instead, chronically low levels; most of the diseases caused by low potassium are due to a chronic condition. You're doing something; I just hope it's enough I think Himalayan salt has sodium in it, so I won't use it. Duncan > Posted by: " Keen Venables " kvenables@... > Date: Thu Aug 3, 2006 11:08 pm (PDT) > > Hi Duncan > > Thanks for the advice. > > I've googled potassium sources and I eat a lot of the different foods > with lots of potassium. Also I don't have any of the symptoms of > potassium deficiency. I also take potassium humate every morning to > correct my pH balance. I'm thinking, though, that I may have some > other mineral deficiency as my finger nails split very easily. > > I don't know if the potassium salts sell here. I will look out for > them. > > What do you think of Himalayan rock salt? I think my husband and I > were having some sort of reaction to it and have stopped it (we are > both very sensitive to iodine). > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Try grating 1 clove raw garlic and mix with olive oil. Yummm Or you could use olive oil and lemon juice. Try adding a tiny pinch of sea salt. I like a salad of lightly steamed broccoli, finely chopped onion to taste and olive oil /raw garlic dressing. sickandtiredofsickness wrote: > I am having trouble finding a good salad dressing. Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > Lynn > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.10/625 - Release Date: 1/13/2007 5:40 PM > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 I put garlic and/or ginger through my garlic press, then add it to olive oil, sea salt, and a touch of lemon. Another fav is sesame oil with garlic. It is great on chicken, too... http://kelleygate.blogspot.com > > I am having trouble finding a good salad dressing. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 > sickandtiredofsickness wrote: > > > I am having trouble finding a good salad dressing. > Any suggestions? There's a number of salad dressing recipes on Bee's website: http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/recipes/menu1_7.php It's always a good idea to check there first as it has tons of info and most likely will be able to answer your questions with no waiting for a response on here. Luv, Debby San , CA ------------- " The process of changing a lifestyle is more important than reaching a goal or measuring a performance. " -- Theodore Isaac Rubin My son Hunter Hudson (10/11/04) http://debbypadilla.0catch.com/hunter/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 I sometimes see questions about different brands of salad dressing, but here is one you can make that is gluten free, or you drive to Santa Barbara, CA and enjoy Lazy Acre's authentic version. If you want to save gasoline, you might want to give this one a try this one: Click the link http://tinyurl.com/2vdggw (or http://home.comcast.net/~vhdolcourt/gfbaking ) and migrate down the page to <NEW> in bold red letters.How would you describe the flavor - We say: somewhat sweet, somewhat tangy, hearty, and a little spicy. This is a bit like the miso salad dressing in Japanese restaurants.Enjoy!Vic-Sunnyvale, CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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