21-11-2015, 05:57 PM
Cheezie omelettes? Will give you that. ;-) But for me it's the childhood favourite of cheese on toast with beans on top, and a slab of very fresh bead and proper butter on the side! sigh.....
And yes, I do agree with you. Having a particular fancy or craving can be the body asking for something it needs. The trouble is that our diet and our palette has become so corrupted I wonder sometimes if we know what real food is anymore? But if there is a sensitivity to a particular food, then masking the reaction doesn't necessarily protect you from the consequences of eating it. And I say that from actually having quite a bit of experience on the matter. Thankfully I only have a few items I have to be careful of, but my family have had and still do have serious issues. My mother got to the point that even tap water (or more to the point the stuff in it) caused a full allergic reaction, and the water here is actually better than a lot of places.
Managed to tear an abdominal muscle myself last year. Man did that hurt!! Not rib injuries but of all things a sneeze! The cause may have been trivial but the pain wasn't and it hung around for weeks. So yeh, taking it easy for a bit sounds like a good idea :-) Concentrate on the legs and lower body perhaps?
The CFS can be a bind, but to be honest I am not complaining. There are actually a lot of different flavours of CFS. For me it's "just" in the brain and a constant exhaustion. But I know some have severe muscle weakness and pain with it, which thankfully I don't. Hope your friend is getting the support he needs, can be tough dealing with it on your own.
Dug out a few links for you which you may find interesting.
FG: http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-733-FENUGREEK.aspx?activeIngredientId=733&activeIngredientName=FENUGREEK&source=2
EPO: http://www.naturalalternativeremedy.com/10-health-benefits-of-evening-primrose-oil
Green Tea: http://www.hindustantimes.com/health-and-fitness/drink-up-12-benefits-of-green-tea-we-bet-you-didn-t-know/story-GWvo9hwJkeJVzag9KYfAhO.html
Have other info if you are interested but these should give you a pretty good idea on the matter.
Hypoglycaemia is definitely something to avoid! The nice thing with these supplements, is that unlike meds they try to even things out and re-balance the system, and not just flood the body with insulin to bring the sugar levels down.
I have also just discovered something called Amla. It's been used in Indian cooking for generations and has recently been shown to be effective with dealing with diabetes. Now it may just be placebo, but I've only been on it a short while and I already seem to be noticing a bit of a lift in my energy levels. Which bearing in mind I managed to get the diabetes under control (so I thought) I find rather interesting.
This video give a quick review of Amla and diabetes: http://nutritionfacts.org/video/amla-versus-diabetes
And yes, I do agree with you. Having a particular fancy or craving can be the body asking for something it needs. The trouble is that our diet and our palette has become so corrupted I wonder sometimes if we know what real food is anymore? But if there is a sensitivity to a particular food, then masking the reaction doesn't necessarily protect you from the consequences of eating it. And I say that from actually having quite a bit of experience on the matter. Thankfully I only have a few items I have to be careful of, but my family have had and still do have serious issues. My mother got to the point that even tap water (or more to the point the stuff in it) caused a full allergic reaction, and the water here is actually better than a lot of places.
Managed to tear an abdominal muscle myself last year. Man did that hurt!! Not rib injuries but of all things a sneeze! The cause may have been trivial but the pain wasn't and it hung around for weeks. So yeh, taking it easy for a bit sounds like a good idea :-) Concentrate on the legs and lower body perhaps?
The CFS can be a bind, but to be honest I am not complaining. There are actually a lot of different flavours of CFS. For me it's "just" in the brain and a constant exhaustion. But I know some have severe muscle weakness and pain with it, which thankfully I don't. Hope your friend is getting the support he needs, can be tough dealing with it on your own.
Dug out a few links for you which you may find interesting.
FG: http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-733-FENUGREEK.aspx?activeIngredientId=733&activeIngredientName=FENUGREEK&source=2
EPO: http://www.naturalalternativeremedy.com/10-health-benefits-of-evening-primrose-oil
Green Tea: http://www.hindustantimes.com/health-and-fitness/drink-up-12-benefits-of-green-tea-we-bet-you-didn-t-know/story-GWvo9hwJkeJVzag9KYfAhO.html
Have other info if you are interested but these should give you a pretty good idea on the matter.
Hypoglycaemia is definitely something to avoid! The nice thing with these supplements, is that unlike meds they try to even things out and re-balance the system, and not just flood the body with insulin to bring the sugar levels down.
I have also just discovered something called Amla. It's been used in Indian cooking for generations and has recently been shown to be effective with dealing with diabetes. Now it may just be placebo, but I've only been on it a short while and I already seem to be noticing a bit of a lift in my energy levels. Which bearing in mind I managed to get the diabetes under control (so I thought) I find rather interesting.
This video give a quick review of Amla and diabetes: http://nutritionfacts.org/video/amla-versus-diabetes