Coffee Break #32 - Cold Days and Hot Flashes!

Thanks harper

i have a bag of it in the frig...been there a while..dont know how to use it. I thought I would bake it in bread next time I baked bread and havent gotten around to it....the best laid plans of mice and men.......

Sounds just like me---the flax has been in the fridge about a year---along with the wheat germ. My body does crave certain foods---right now it's potatoes, so I must need iron. I try for 3 servings of dairy everyday----yogurt helps. Harper, maybe you will sleep better after the time change in a few weeks.

Everything gets better after the time change!

I see a loaf of bread with 'flax seed' on the label but Have not bothered to try it.

Raw, but you really must grind it. That releases all the important nutrients in the oil. But this loses its potency in a short time. I grind enough for just a couple of days. My BIL had cholesterol in the 240's. He started doing this (and nothing else) and it went down to the 160's! It also helps with regularity. His doctor was so impressed that he asked him where he got it, how he did it, etc., and called his wife right then and there!

well that's good to know

I just had blood drawn the other day so I'll see how it affected mine. I would love to get off Crestor.

Wonderful victor! Let us know the results. Mine could use some lowering too. Cheerios isnt working...lol

How do you eat yours Victor?

I grind it in a coffee grinder and take it with juice. Sometimes in yogurt. I really like the taste! Like wheatgerm to me.

Good idea! To put it in a drink...I could do that every day without having to think about how it will go with the meal...Thanks!

Yes, you have to grind it, humans can NOT digest whole flax seeds

Oh forgot to ask, Deb have you ever tried Rice milk?

That's for baby rice!! ^_^

debilu, yes you can get dairy nutrients from other sources but the natural enzymes related to fat metabolism are found nowhere else. No one has mentioned goats milk or goat cheese, both are more digestable than cows milk and is as close to mom's own as it gets. We kept dairy goats for years and our kids drank their fair share. We have friends who have a GS that had all kinds of problems and couldn't tolerate processed cows milk. They started him on raw goats milk and he is doing just fine.
A t-shirt from a goat show: "If God wanted us to milk cows, He'd a given us 4 hands". LOL Ric

That was my next suggestion, Ric

'Our kids'?!!!!! ^_^

Ric - what is this enzyme called??? It must not work very well as so many people who are fat eat dairy!

So many fat people eat a whole lot more than dairy!!!

True, but they eat dairy too.

and I'm sure they are just eating the serving size, too. (sarcasm font needed here)

And everyone else's.

you saying there is something wrong with eating a gallon of ice cream???

LOL, Allison!!

Ric, Victor and Jen - thanks for all that good food for thought....no pun intended.

I have not tried rice milk, will check it out.

I drink skim milk. sorry I have tasted goat cheese & could not stand it.

there is another cat - a tom tabby - that comes through our yard every night at this time - just came - meows loudly - watched him follow he steps in the snow just now - think he is looking for the black one across the street - this cat is like clock work

Love hurts.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100219/D9DVFB581.html

That is going to be my new anger line "watch out or I'll beat you with my spiked heels!!"

Ooh, yeah!!!!!!!!

heehee

Oh, man! Now I gotta go out and get one of those little coffee grinders. Been meaning to anyway...

Goats milk takes a little getting used to, but it is better. I'd drink it, but I'm trying to stick to a tight budget.

I ran across an accidental finding somewhere when researching Weight Watchers and the point system. I used WW for years to pack Holly's lunch and plan dinners for the weekend. It was a huge study involving cardiac care, they had this absolutely huge amount of data from an incredibly large segment of patients., and as they compiled the data a line formed on a dairy use question. Since it was so definitive in the original study, another study was conducted and refined as were many more. A number of papers were published, and the abstracts were well rather abstract. My whole point is there was enough evidence that Weight Watchers recommends 3 portions of dairy, daily, which does not include Ben & Jerry's. The following study will show where I've been, and I now have a "Done That " attitude. Till I see some proof of dairy in any form being a detriment, We'll use it. Ric
http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/5/1/28
Conclusion:
Weight maintenance was similar for low and recommended dairy groups. The recommended dairy group exhibited evidence of greater fat oxidation and was able to consume greater energy without greater weight gain compared to the low dairy group. Recommended levels of dairy products may be used during weight maintenance without contributing to weight gain compared to diets low in dairy products.
This study should lead to more!

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Looking at that kind of quickly, a few things struck me. First, the study was funded by a grant from the National Dairy Council. And the two lead investigators have received grants from them. That does not automatically poopoo any of the results, but it's worth noting. Second, it seems that the upshot is that calcium is the 'active' ingredient for weight loss and maintenance, and that can be taken in without dairy.

Look at the calcium intake during the weight maintenance period. Recommended group took about 2 1/2 times what the low group took. Looks like calcium is the hero, not necessarily dairy.

My problem is that I can't think about drinking an animals milk that is meant to feed its baby. I also have trouble with eggs. For some reason those are harder to consume than meat.

Thanks for the summary Victor, I didn't look at the study. I've had a Moosewood vegetarian cookbook for a long time, and want to start trying more recipes from it.

Debi - I see it just the way you do.

So I'm not wierd?

ok you all have to think good thoughts for Lily.. she is almost in heat & Riley is coming tomorrow to hopefully make friends!!!!!... Michele has breed dogs time and time again so I am glad to have her help and advice ... but OMG I can't wait!!!!

A little mood music? Rose petals?

I do think you're weird, Deb and Louise! ^_^ Are we supposed to be drinking mothers milk?!!!

Yes, until you're one.