Marseydoats
Veteran Member
Sherree, you can dump a handful of almonds in the blender, and chop them, or just hit them with a hammer, and stir them in yogurt (I thought you said you ate a lot of yogurt)
I Remember well, newly married and struggling also.DH drinks coffee in the morning only...several years ago I had a bout with food poisoning... and haven't had a taste for coffee since...so I now drink tea..DH drinks tea after work and no longer coffee.. did some counting we use a little over a thousand tea bags a year..
Well that got me thinking about the problems with the supply lines..we like a lot of English teas... which are grown mostly in India and Africa...then moved to England then shipped here ...so needless to say been busy..going through the teas..we like the best and ordering them ...even American teas ..are grown overseas.......and blended and processed here..again a bunch of shipping involved.. just saying
We are well stocked on coffee for dh..but soon will have tea well covered ... I am vacuum sealing into smaller packages... that fit my tins...plus less space needed to store it..again variety is great...as things get ugly...
Tea bags can be used more than once...plus back when we were young and poor dealing with the mess of inflation that old jimmy Carter caused we found that in an electric drip coffee pot (anything like a Mr Coffee) you could add more water to pot and squeeze out a few more cups from the used grounds...was it as good as fresh no...but was it drinkable yes.... saved us money at the grocery store..things were really rotten back then.... for those of you too young to remember..we watched many of our friends lose there houses...today reminds me of those days....but today is on steroids...
Sherree, you can dump a handful of almonds in the blender, and chop them, or just hit them with a hammer, and stir them in yogurt (I thought you said you ate a lot of yogurt)
I'm not sure if raisins are a cancer preventative and I don't think DH was low on iron, but they can't hurt. Back in the day when I was really up on healthy and unhealthy foods there was something about regular raisins that was a process that was used that was not good. I'll look into it for you.Judy, I've been sitting at my computer all morning looking at foods that can help prevent cancers of all types. Foods high in antioxidants, lots of fruit and veggies, more fish and poultry, limited amount of red meats, no processed foods, etc. I love raisins, but I thought they worked best for iron deficiencies. Do they work as a fruit as a cancer preventative, too? I don't eat much fruit. I'm going to start. Cary eats lots of mixed nuts, but I can't chew them.
All yogurt is not created equal.Yes, I love yogurt! I eat a small tub every day for my lunch. I can eat nuts if they are chopped really fine. Never thought of doing that and adding them to my yogurt! The only fruit I eat is what's in my yogurt every day. I like the peach, strawberry, strawberry banana mixed, and blueberry. I like mixed nuts, but pecans are my favorite.
eta....Yogurt reminds me that it was also on my list of things I bought at the grocery store. We buy 4 cases-8 cups each every 2 weeks, also. Cary eats a cup every day, too.
Yes mam, that is a good thing. Seriously, we are what we eat. I need to do better myself.In doing all of this research on foods that help prevent cancer, I'm beginning to understand my DDIL's eating habits better. That's a good thing, right?
SB
I lost a girlfriend to this CT scan lung x-ray ... everytime you turn .. stuff
She had COPD ..started taking...Large dose of D3....her breathing was improving...yes ...she was getting better....and was very happy...
her doctor rained on her parade...he.took her off D3 because of unknown long term effects...she was already old..... already.. nearly 70
every time she got a cold , sniffle he was ordering x-rays or ct scans..an unreal amount of radiation...I started researching CT scans...amount of radiation with each one is unreal......the information I found indicated that CT scans can cause cancer..by themselves..
..if you receive too much radiation you can develop cancer
..and she went ahead..with his scans..within a few years ..she developed and died of lung cancer..
By the time she passed he had her on 15 rx meds .. everyday..unreal side effects...a new problem every time she turned around..
I started researching things that kill cancer cells in the body..I found that Beta 1,3D Glucan.. helps the immune system to scour out cancer cells from the body and kill them..
You can get this from Ameriden....sold under the name of Beta Factor... They're in Fallbrook, CA
Beta glucan has been used in Japan to fight cancer
Something to research..
Also research the effects of CT scans.and the radiation dosage...
I had 3 relatives who smoked for at least 30 years or more who never got lung cancer..so that is not a given
Two lived well into their mid 80's one died of a stroke.
One of diabetes...and one died younger of heart failure..
Before you decide what to do research everything
My Mom totally believed you are what you eat...she had a book..."you are what you eat". I still have it..Yes mam, that is a good thing. Seriously, we are what we eat. I need to do better myself.
So did mine. The problem was, pretty much ALL the information she followed was wrong! No saturated fats, butter bad, margarine good. Coconut oil is POISON!My Mom totally believed you are what you eat...she had a book..."you are what you eat". I still have it..
So did mine. The problem was, pretty much ALL the information she followed was wrong! No saturated fats, butter bad, margarine good. Coconut oil is POISON!
Coffee terrible, red meat bad, soy good..
All popular "healthy diet" rules in the 1970s.
Worse, she implicitly trusted doctors, and she and my dad (who were both extremely healthy) spent more of their time running for checkups, "routine" tests (bone scans, colonoscopies, full body skin checks, mammograms, Pap smears, PSA, and on and on) than they did enjoying life. It was ridiculous!
Dad died of Alzheimers, which of course wasn't able to be tested for, and Mom eventually got Parkinsons... all their doctor stuff couldn't have predicted either one!
Your menu for tonight sounds great, one thing is you should be having butter too. Its very healthy, well, at least some butters are. You are on the right track, just keep researching.
I often wonder if there might be some nefarious thing going on inside me, but no indications of it. My maternal grandmother had breast cancer back in the 40's, it was pretty much a death sentence back then. My mother was always afraid of it, she never got it, lived until 84, but had deminia. She ate badly in her later years. Too many baked flour products, all day long. Neither my mother nor myself took HRT. Many doctors have told me to just keep doing what I'm doing. I've resisted statins and several other drugs doctors wanted me to take.
DH having surgery and all the entails got me off my not eating after 4:00, so I'm trying to get back on track with that.
Doctors for the most part still have the mind set that good fat is not good for you. butter, olive oil and coconut oil, that's it. Except for lard that you render yourself, that's good for ya.I do eat a good amount of butter. I cook with it, too. None of that fake butter stuff for us, even though, Cary's doctor doesn't think it's healthy, because of his high cholesterol. My steamed carrot and onions, tonight, were topped with a big dollop of real butter, once they were placed in a bowl. Sweet peas were cooked in a little butter, too. My cholesterol is always fine when checked.
I use virgin olive oil, butter, coconut oil, bacon grease, and toasted sesame oil. I do deep fry French fries every now and then, and I use vegetable oil for that and that only.Doctors for the most part still have the mind set that good fat is not good for you. butter, olive oil and coconut oil, that's it. Except for lard that you render yourself, that's good for ya.
Mom's book is "diet does it"...in was published in 1944 written by Gaylord HauserSo did mine. The problem was, pretty much ALL the information she followed was wrong! No saturated fats, butter bad, margarine good. Coconut oil is POISON!
Coffee terrible, red meat bad, soy good..
All popular "healthy diet" rules in the 1970s.
Worse, she implicitly trusted doctors, and she and my dad (who were both extremely healthy) spent more of their time running for checkups, "routine" tests (bone scans, colonoscopies, full body skin checks, mammograms, Pap smears, PSA, and on and on) than they did enjoying life. It was ridiculous!
Dad died of Alzheimers, which of course wasn't able to be tested for, and Mom eventually got Parkinsons... all their doctor stuff couldn't have predicted either one!
I'd suggest that anyone who has a strong family history of cancer to discuss with their doctor getting a genetic test to see if you DID actually inherit the genes.
The Genetics of Cancer
This page answers questions like, is cancer genetic? Can cancer run in families? How do genetic changes cause cancer? Should I get genetic testing for cancer risk?www.cancer.gov
It's nothing I would do randomly,, but it would give you a better idea of you *actually* have a r8sk factor that might justify more intensive surveillance.
Hubby's biological family is interesting... they either live into their 90s, healthy and active (staying in their home, gardening, etc to the end), or they develop cancer and die in their 50s and 60s.
The difference? Those with cancer smoked and/or abused alcohol. No exceptions.
Hubby never did either. He enjoys a beer on a hot summer afternoon, and an occasional drink... every few weeks, maybe. He's just not at the elevated risk brief look at his family history might indicate.
I detest the "one size fits all" profit motivated medicine!
Summerthyme
I would think a cubed steak would have been tenderized. We need to look around for some abandoned orders, DH can't hunt right now because of his surgery and weight restrictions and he only got two small deer.Today has been mostly great but exhausting. At the moment? About to crash energy wise.
Headed out this morning to run early morning errands. Got a call from a local venison processor that he had an abandoned order. Had to flip back home to grab my emergency cash. Then got back on track. Now have the spare deadbolt but Lowe's had no one on the floor that could rekey it. That will get handled another day.
Couldn't go to the thrift store I wanted to go to because they changed their hours. Maybe next weekend. Went to the SVDP Thrift instead. Found more than I needed to, but a lot of it was answers to prayers. A lot of lanterns that I can put lights in, so I can use them to light the path to the house when I want to. Long story there. I just need to get by the Dollar Tree in the spring and get some of their shepherd hooks. Or move two from the backyard.
Got son. Went to grocery. As we were checking out, he bolted. My nerves are still shot from that.
Picked up venison. A lot of it is cube steak. Headed straight home because I was beyond my limits.
Everything is in house. Cold stuff is put away. Two cube steaks are in the small crockpot, hopefully to finish in time for dinner. Son has done his version of an apology for being a "bad boy". But I'm just going to grab a big mug of chair and sort fabric. Because one of the SVDP finds was a bunch of scrap fabric bundles for $.50/bundle. Well a bunch of fabric period, but also scrap fabric bundles that are clothing fabric. So I'm going to see about a mix and match batch for another patchwork skirt.
And tomorrow I will work on Christmas gifts again. Oh, and new boss has decided that my attention to detail and speed means that she will be training me on payroll. And 100% keeping me on as employee vs 1099 so that she has more flexibility in using me. And my eyes have seen the word Apple so much in the past 24 hours that it started to look like some weird misspelled word.
And I'm partially feeling guilty about the abandoned order. Because it turned out that the person abandoned it because they lost their job. So I thanked those above for the blessing for us. And asked them to bless that person. But my son can't eat beef and venison is important here.
Anyone have good cube steak recipes? It's not something that I've cooked before. I punted today and tossed it in the crockpot because there were so many comments about it turning out tough.
We are on the list for a local processor. I am grateful if even one order a year happens. Because many years it doesn't happen. I stretch that venison for as long as I can.I would think a cubed steak would have been tenderized. We need to look around for some abandoned orders, DH can't hunt right now because of his surgery and weight restrictions and he only got two small deer.
I stretch it too, we buy no beef, ever.We are on the list for a local processor. I am grateful if even one order a year happens. Because many years it doesn't happen. I stretch that venison for as long as I can.