Quick notes.
I had 2 qts of juice from yesterday. Drank them today, and 1.5 new qts. That's only 3.5 qts. I guess I don't need as much juice anymore. Not thirsty or hungry at all. I have 2 qts on hold for tomorrow morning, then.
It feels great to have 10 days under my belt. No special juices today. Just standard fare.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Juices - Day 8 & 9
Day 8
Since I had prewashed everything and had started a taste test, I took the whole day yesterday really lazily. I kept the juicer out, didn't premake anything except all the stuff I had taste tested, and just kinda randomly mixed and matched throughout the day. So, no set juices for this day.
I did try the seaweed out with bok choy. It was wakame and kombu, bok choy, garlic greens, green onions, ginger, hemp oil. It was weird at first, but once it warmed up to room temperature tasted decent.
Day 9
A: lemon, ginger, cucumber, water
D: collards, parsley, celery, lettuce
I like the lemon, ginger, cucumber mix first thing in the morning. It's easy and quick and allows me to hydrate.
I don't have anymore
Since I had prewashed everything and had started a taste test, I took the whole day yesterday really lazily. I kept the juicer out, didn't premake anything except all the stuff I had taste tested, and just kinda randomly mixed and matched throughout the day. So, no set juices for this day.
I did try the seaweed out with bok choy. It was wakame and kombu, bok choy, garlic greens, green onions, ginger, hemp oil. It was weird at first, but once it warmed up to room temperature tasted decent.
Day 9
A: lemon, ginger, cucumber, water
B & F: chard, parsley, dandelion greens, celery, cucumber, lettuce
C: Kale, Pomegranate, Spinach + celery, cucumberD: collards, parsley, celery, lettuce
E: Mung Bean Stir Fry: burdock, ginger, garlic, green onions, mung bean, carrots, celery, cucumber, hemp oil
I like the lemon, ginger, cucumber mix first thing in the morning. It's easy and quick and allows me to hydrate.
I don't have anymore
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Ferretting out a therapeutic regimen
http://www.greenmedinfo.com is a great site that Jason told me about. It has links to positive scientific studies for natural remedies and diagnosed ailments. Here are the links for my four chronic ailments:
Depressive Disorder
Laryngeal Pappillomas
Psoriasis
Hypertension (High-blood pressure)
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So far, promising supplements:
Fennel - in juice: Pappillomas
Curcumin (Turmeric) - in juice: Depression, Pappillomas, Psoriasis, Hypertension <-- LOL. guess I should take some.
Coenzyme Q10: Psoriasis (w/E and Selenium) and Hypertension
Omega3 - EPA: Depression - mentioned on the talkpsoriasis forums, and also connected with my pappillomas iirc.
Aloe Gel, topical: Psoriasis
Indigo Naturalis, topical: Psoriasis
Looking at my nutritional profile for psoriasis, I think I need to supplement:
Vitamin B12
Vitamin D (controversial, I'll write a post about this)
Vitamin E (From coq10 study)
Selenium (From coq10 study and barney's formula) - I may get enough from my Vitamineral Earth
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I'll pick up some B12, E, and CoQ10 next time. I'll also be including Turmeric and Fennel into my juicing.
The Indigo Naturalis has been mentioned on the talkpsoriasis forums a lot, and I'm thinking of introducing that. I'm kinda hesitant because I don't want to make the treatment too complex.
Possible source for EPA/DHA Omegas: http://www.v-pure.com/omega3/
Depressive Disorder
Laryngeal Pappillomas
Psoriasis
Hypertension (High-blood pressure)
---------------------------------------------
So far, promising supplements:
Fennel - in juice: Pappillomas
Curcumin (Turmeric) - in juice: Depression, Pappillomas, Psoriasis, Hypertension <-- LOL. guess I should take some.
Coenzyme Q10: Psoriasis (w/E and Selenium) and Hypertension
Omega3 - EPA: Depression - mentioned on the talkpsoriasis forums, and also connected with my pappillomas iirc.
Aloe Gel, topical: Psoriasis
Indigo Naturalis, topical: Psoriasis
Lactoferrin: Pappillomas, and Candida (possible Psoriasis cause)
Looking at my nutritional profile for psoriasis, I think I need to supplement:
Vitamin B12
Vitamin D (controversial, I'll write a post about this)
Vitamin E (From coq10 study)
Selenium (From coq10 study and barney's formula) - I may get enough from my Vitamineral Earth
-----------------------------------------
I'll pick up some B12, E, and CoQ10 next time. I'll also be including Turmeric and Fennel into my juicing.
The Indigo Naturalis has been mentioned on the talkpsoriasis forums a lot, and I'm thinking of introducing that. I'm kinda hesitant because I don't want to make the treatment too complex.
Possible source for EPA/DHA Omegas: http://www.v-pure.com/omega3/
Juicing and Nutrient digestion
MadCat found this quote on the talkpsoriasis forums. It's from
http://www.living-foods.com/articles/benefits.html:
“Juicing removes the indigestible fiber, so nutrients are available to the body in much larger quantities than if the piece of fruit or vegetable was eaten whole. For example, because many of the nutrients are trapped in the fiber, when you eat a raw carrot, you are only able to assimilate about 1% of the available beta carotene. When a carrot is juiced, removing the fiber, nearly 100% of the beta carotene can be assimilated”.
http://www.living-foods.com/articles/benefits.html:
“Juicing removes the indigestible fiber, so nutrients are available to the body in much larger quantities than if the piece of fruit or vegetable was eaten whole. For example, because many of the nutrients are trapped in the fiber, when you eat a raw carrot, you are only able to assimilate about 1% of the available beta carotene. When a carrot is juiced, removing the fiber, nearly 100% of the beta carotene can be assimilated”.
Juice tasting time
So it occurred to me that in order to actually make recipes that taste good, I needed to know the flavors of the food I was juicing. Everyone knows what spinach tastes like right? Well, I didn't. Raw juiced spinach has a very different flavor than cooked spinach. So without further ado, here's my juice taste test.
Cucumber: refreshing, light, sweet, touch of sour. the skin has a mellow earthy bitter.
Romaine: 2 parts acrid bitter, 1 part smooth cream, 2 parts neutral/light/refreshing
Spinach: salty, savory, smooth richness, an almost metallic sharp aftertaste
Swiss Chard, Red: salty, buttery, complex Herb-spicy, light bitter, much saltier than spinach. spinach tastes smooth and clean in comparison
Collard Greens: overpowering, bitter, earthy, salty, pungent
Celery: yummy! lol. initially salty, then a complex, savory full-bodied nutty richness, filling
Dandelion greens: extraordinarily bitter, earthy, sharp, acrid
Kale: bitter, broad-spectrum grainy enveloping bluntness
Beet greens: salty, rich, very similar to chard, except smoother and more neutral
Beets: sweet, salty, complex, rich, full-bodied
That's it for today. Time to finish juicing and get on with my day.
Cucumber: refreshing, light, sweet, touch of sour. the skin has a mellow earthy bitter.
Romaine: 2 parts acrid bitter, 1 part smooth cream, 2 parts neutral/light/refreshing
Spinach: salty, savory, smooth richness, an almost metallic sharp aftertaste
Swiss Chard, Red: salty, buttery, complex Herb-spicy, light bitter, much saltier than spinach. spinach tastes smooth and clean in comparison
Collard Greens: overpowering, bitter, earthy, salty, pungent
Celery: yummy! lol. initially salty, then a complex, savory full-bodied nutty richness, filling
Dandelion greens: extraordinarily bitter, earthy, sharp, acrid
Kale: bitter, broad-spectrum grainy enveloping bluntness
Beet greens: salty, rich, very similar to chard, except smoother and more neutral
Beets: sweet, salty, complex, rich, full-bodied
That's it for today. Time to finish juicing and get on with my day.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Day 7: WTB: moar time
Yes, another time QQ post. Deal with it. My blog, my rules.
Today's timeline:
8am: wake-up, still sleep deprived and tired from 3 nights ago.
8:15am: IDF
8:30am: Anusara Yoga
10:00am: 20 oz. of juice from a local shop!! 3-4 carrots, spinach, lettuce, celery, and possibly some other greens. Yes, I know it's more carrots than I typically alot myself, but I'll be skipping my apple today, and I think I really need the energy boost right after yoga, rather than waiting to get home and start juicing before drinking.
10:30am: Morning life practices: skin brushing, enema, contrast shower, haircare, psoriasis skincare
11:55am: Begin juicing
2:45pm: Finish juicing and start cleanup
3:20pm: Finally done in kitchen
3:20pm: Login, check email, some errands, a couple blog posts.
4:50pm: Here I am now. 2/3rds of the day gone.
Tonight: Whole Foods and I plan to buy 3 days worth of juice. I then plan to prewash EVERYTHING. I had been hesitating on prewashing all the stuff that needs to be torn apart (eg. celery heads, lettuce heads, cabbage heads, etc.), but I'm going to go ahead and do it. Chain-washing everything before I even store it in the fridge should speed up juicing. Leaves of lettuce can survive 2-3 days in the fridge without the lettuce heart/root right? I also have more storage space. My mom sent me some insulated storage bags I can use along with gel ices to store produce. If I can reduce the number of shopping trips and the amount of washing time, it will help A LOT.
Today's juices
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Base: 4 cucs, 2 celery, 2 romaine
A: Base + Beet, burdock root, sunchoke root, kale, parsley. (the first 3 come out really sweet allowing me to offset the kale).
B: 8 oz cup: ginger, lemon, sprout salad - NB (no base)
C: 1 carrot + 650 mL of base (mixed in with the vitamin. earth/greens)
D: Arugala + chard + base
E: Escarole + Spinach + base
F: Mung bean Stir Fry - NB (Juice E from yesterday without the base)
G: Aloe + Sprouts + base
I found a different method of dealing with cucumbers today. They are so watery they tend to jam up the Omega 8003. However, if I feed them alone, they do ok. I was able to juice all 4 cucumbers and create 1.2L of juice. I ended up with a decent amount of fairly wet cucumber pulp (it's always wet). Since it was only cucumber pulp, I made the decision to feed it all back through. Ugh. I extracted another 0.2L of cucumber juice, and took an extra 20 mins doing so. The juicer backed up like crazy and it took forever to refeed all the pulp through. I also had to add a carrot since it creates one of the driest pulps.
Today's timeline:
8am: wake-up, still sleep deprived and tired from 3 nights ago.
8:15am: IDF
8:30am: Anusara Yoga
10:00am: 20 oz. of juice from a local shop!! 3-4 carrots, spinach, lettuce, celery, and possibly some other greens. Yes, I know it's more carrots than I typically alot myself, but I'll be skipping my apple today, and I think I really need the energy boost right after yoga, rather than waiting to get home and start juicing before drinking.
10:30am: Morning life practices: skin brushing, enema, contrast shower, haircare, psoriasis skincare
11:55am: Begin juicing
2:45pm: Finish juicing and start cleanup
3:20pm: Finally done in kitchen
3:20pm: Login, check email, some errands, a couple blog posts.
4:50pm: Here I am now. 2/3rds of the day gone.
Tonight: Whole Foods and I plan to buy 3 days worth of juice. I then plan to prewash EVERYTHING. I had been hesitating on prewashing all the stuff that needs to be torn apart (eg. celery heads, lettuce heads, cabbage heads, etc.), but I'm going to go ahead and do it. Chain-washing everything before I even store it in the fridge should speed up juicing. Leaves of lettuce can survive 2-3 days in the fridge without the lettuce heart/root right? I also have more storage space. My mom sent me some insulated storage bags I can use along with gel ices to store produce. If I can reduce the number of shopping trips and the amount of washing time, it will help A LOT.
Today's juices
------------------
Base: 4 cucs, 2 celery, 2 romaine
A: Base + Beet, burdock root, sunchoke root, kale, parsley. (the first 3 come out really sweet allowing me to offset the kale).
B: 8 oz cup: ginger, lemon, sprout salad - NB (no base)
C: 1 carrot + 650 mL of base (mixed in with the vitamin. earth/greens)
D: Arugala + chard + base
E: Escarole + Spinach + base
F: Mung bean Stir Fry - NB (Juice E from yesterday without the base)
G: Aloe + Sprouts + base
I found a different method of dealing with cucumbers today. They are so watery they tend to jam up the Omega 8003. However, if I feed them alone, they do ok. I was able to juice all 4 cucumbers and create 1.2L of juice. I ended up with a decent amount of fairly wet cucumber pulp (it's always wet). Since it was only cucumber pulp, I made the decision to feed it all back through. Ugh. I extracted another 0.2L of cucumber juice, and took an extra 20 mins doing so. The juicer backed up like crazy and it took forever to refeed all the pulp through. I also had to add a carrot since it creates one of the driest pulps.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Why the sugar restriction?
Someone asked me that on the talkpsoriasis forums, and I answered the following:
Firstly, there's the whole insulin/sugar theory promoted by Archael:http://www.talkpsoriasis.org/showthread.php?t=39171
Secondly, there's a correlation between diabetes and psoriasis, as well as a german study Archael linked that found 88% of psoriasis subjects had hyperinsulimia.
Thirdly, there's a lot of studies pointing to candida as a cause for psoriasis. Controlling sugar intake will starve candida and help eliminate it from your system.
Fourthly, if you look at the profile of diets that have had success, there's a strong profile of low-sugar diets. Typical raw-food vegetarian diets are fairly heavy on fruit intake. However, the Pagano diet, for instance, emphasizes vegetables over fruits.
Fifthly, there is anecdotal evidence from people who have said that fruit juice seems to stimulate their psoriasis.
Sixthly, green vegetables are alkalinizing, whereas fruit juices are not, and some may even be acidizing. Pagano stresses the importance of the alkaline-acid ratio of the diet, and imo, keeping a strong alkaline-acid ratio is one of the most difficult things to do on his diet. It's easy to restrict foods out of the diet, much harder to say you can eat nuts and grains, but only in a very limited amount at such and such ratio to greens and other alkaline-forming foods. I know I couldn't observe his suggeted 3:1 ratio when I was on his diet.
Seventhly, there are anecdotal reports of people who have juiced heavily and/or juice-feasted with fruit juices and have not cleared. The blog mentioned is one of them. It seems you're another.
Honestly, I may be going a bit too extreme in my restrictions of one beet, one carrot, and one apple a day, but I'd rather clear and reintroduce than struggle to clear.
Secondly, there's a correlation between diabetes and psoriasis, as well as a german study Archael linked that found 88% of psoriasis subjects had hyperinsulimia.
Thirdly, there's a lot of studies pointing to candida as a cause for psoriasis. Controlling sugar intake will starve candida and help eliminate it from your system.
Fourthly, if you look at the profile of diets that have had success, there's a strong profile of low-sugar diets. Typical raw-food vegetarian diets are fairly heavy on fruit intake. However, the Pagano diet, for instance, emphasizes vegetables over fruits.
Fifthly, there is anecdotal evidence from people who have said that fruit juice seems to stimulate their psoriasis.
Sixthly, green vegetables are alkalinizing, whereas fruit juices are not, and some may even be acidizing. Pagano stresses the importance of the alkaline-acid ratio of the diet, and imo, keeping a strong alkaline-acid ratio is one of the most difficult things to do on his diet. It's easy to restrict foods out of the diet, much harder to say you can eat nuts and grains, but only in a very limited amount at such and such ratio to greens and other alkaline-forming foods. I know I couldn't observe his suggeted 3:1 ratio when I was on his diet.
Seventhly, there are anecdotal reports of people who have juiced heavily and/or juice-feasted with fruit juices and have not cleared. The blog mentioned is one of them. It seems you're another.
Honestly, I may be going a bit too extreme in my restrictions of one beet, one carrot, and one apple a day, but I'd rather clear and reintroduce than struggle to clear.
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