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In response to several posts that I just read:

From: " jessicadavida " <jessicadavida@...>

Subject: New - how do I keep track of calories?

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I don't count my calories, and I have been successfully on CRON for

two years, with a nice weight reduction due to caloric restriction,

and vastly improved biomarkers (e.g. blood pressure) due to CRON. As

Warren mentioned, counting calories would involve a lot of trouble,

and why not have a simpler program?. Since my exercise level doesn't

change, I know that any weight change is due to calories. I suggest

to you that if you keep your exercise level unchanged, then changes

in weight will be due to changes in your caloric intake, and you may

not need to count your calories.

However, if you want to count your calories, buy all means do so, and

a nutritional software program (e.g. Walford's or others)is

recommended. Work on optimizing nutrition--get rid of the junk--eat

foods recommended in Dr. Walford's books, and if you are not losing

weight, then eat a little less. As Warren mentioned, eat foods low in

calories and very high in nutrition--which you will find in Walford's

books---but a hint here is that vegetables/salads/sprouts definitely

fit the ticket as part of the program. Just beware of whatever salad

dressing you may put on your vegetables/salads. I find pure tomato

paste to do the job for me. Also vinegar based, oil free dressings

are low calorie options.

As Zack Brown mentioned, the USDA food databases are readily

available, and I think they are just super. You can find out the

complete nutritional content of any food. They also have a complete

2003 database of Flavonoids, which is very useful. A helpful hint

might be this: 1 gram of protein contains 4 calories. 1 gram of

carbohydrate contains 4 calories. 1 gram of alcohol contains 7

calories. 1 gram of fat contains 9 calories.

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From: " vivir120 " <vivir120@...>

Subject: Cron made easy

Sometimes I think the statement: Cron made easy is an oxymoron.

It it not easy to cut calories and still be happy or in a good mood.

The worst thing I have to deal with is hunger and weight

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Vivir 120:

I initially had a lot of trouble with CRON, but I now believe it can

be done without much trouble at all. If you are cutting calories and

quite hungry and not in a good mood as a result, I suggest that you

are cutting calories too much. Do it gradually, and you will not be

too hungry or in a bad mood.

Remember this: you can eat large quantities of leafy green

vegetables without taking in many calories. So if you are hungry,

consider all the lettuces, all the cabbages, sprouts, broccoli,

cauliflower, spinach, etc: you can end hunger this way, while taking

in good amounts of nutritional factors. I eat very large salads

daily that have suprisingly few calories. Also, as Francesca

mentioned, slow and steady wins the race. I think that losing 12-

pounds in a year is just great. Consistency is what counts.

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Francesca mentioned:

..........They sell a frozen berry

medley

(blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries) for $2.99 a lb

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If you go onto the USDA Flavonoid Database, you will find that this

combination is just tremendous----I would only add some cranberries

to it to round it out. I have a food wholesaler that I purchase

berries from, and I will be purchasing all of the berries above---

superb nutrition and disease prevention.

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From: Jon

Subject: [ ] Juicing

Hello,............(edited by rjb)

And as I perused the files I didn't see anything on this subject

(doesn't mean it isn't there). Althouhg I think I saw something on

wheat grass.

But I wondered, who here, juices? ..........(Edited by rjb)

I do 3- 4 times a week, and I noticed when I juice regularly I

consume a lot more vegeatbles and fruit.

So, just thought I'd ask.

Jon

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You found one Jon-- as I juice.

I mainly juice wheatgrass, and while I'm at it, I throw in parsley,

and occasionally celery. However, I drink down all the pulp after

I'm finished juicing, as I consider the pulp to be very important.

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jwwright posted (edited by rjb):

Now wheat grass " juice " or some other grass (bahia), if I could get

it

and process it myself might be worth trying for something I was

lacking, maybe. But what would that something be?

Ideally we need to turn the grass into a dried powder that we

reconstitute with water or juice and drink and that's all we need to

eat.

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jwwright:

First of all, wheatgrass juice and barleygrass juice have been turned

into dried powder, which is available for purchase. (You can also

purchase the powdered grass, vs. the powdered juice. I have

purchased both of them in 1-pound containers. Vitamin World has

their own brand of barley grass powder, which is inexpensive if you

buy it on their 30% off days at the end of every month.

You mentioned regarding wheatgrass juice, " if I could get it, and

proces it myself. "

Well, right now I have 3 Sprout House containers on day 5 of wheat

grass, and I must say, it is very easy to grow. Here is the simplest

method I have found for growing wheat grass:

First of all, I credit Warren for introducing me to the Sprout House.

It is just a tray which you insert into a plastic " house " to create a

greenhouse effect. However, it is the most effective wheatgrass

grower that I have ever encountered. This is the no-soil method. I

grow wheatgrass using both the no-soil method and the tray-soil

method. I prefer the no-soil method. " Sproutman " Steve M. says the

no soil method has the same quality and quantity of nutrition as the

soil method.

Here you go: Soak hard winter wheat berries for 24 hours in any

container you wish---I use glass quart-sized containers. Cover the

containers with women's hose (no, I never wear them)/medical 4 x 4

gauze bandages and rubber bands, or best yet, a plastic lid with

holes in it, designed for sprouting, which can be purchased online

for less than $2.00 each After 24-hours, rinse for 30 seconds with

water. Store at an angle to allow the water to drain out, and rinse

for 30-seconds twice a day. (I usually fill the container and let the

wheat stay immersed in the water for about 10 minutes, and then get

dump out the water).

After sprouting the wheat for 3 days, place them in the Sprout House

tray, one layer thick. Then just keep rinsing for 30-seconds twice a

day. (The Rubbermaid " sprinkler " faucet attachment is almost a must

have for watering wheatgrass--you just push it up onto the faucet--no

tools---it's just a rubber product with sprinkler like screen). When

you see the wheatgrass growing nicely, from that day onward, give it

indirect sunlight all day long. It will progressively get greener,

and very green prior to juicing. The wheatgrass is ready

for " cutting " / " clipping " in 7-14 days. The less days you grow it,

the better it tastes, but the lower the nutritional content. If the

grass gets long and " falls over " , clip it right then. 14-days is very

close to maximum nutrition with the cereal grasses----you could only

do better with a gardern, and grow it until the " jointing " stage, a

few days later---with a garden the roots go down ten inches.

Put the wheat grass through a juicer that specifically states it will

juice wheat grass: I use the Samson 6-in-1 juicer, which cost me

about $225, and is a superb juicer----you can juice anything in that

marvel. As the 6-in-1 name implies, it does many other things, most

of which are useful to CRON practitioners. It is the best wheatgrass

juicer I have ever seen---the pulp is dry. Dr. Mercola, who is half

kook-fanatic, but sometimes has good information, likes the Omega

brand juicers, but the photo of them looks just like the Samson

juicer I have.

(Again, after I am done, I drink all of the pulp down).

Wheatgrass for human consumption has a wonderful history, which I

would love to post at another time----and " living foods "

people, " descendants " of the legendary Anne Wigmore, all use

wheatgrass in their daily diet.

I read a Medline abstract showing that wheatgrass is antioxidant

rich, and significantly improved outcomes in patients with ulcerative

colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease.

rjb112@...

Bob Bessen