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Blueberries Lower Cholesterol As Effectively As Drugs
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| Aug. 24, 2004
| Health Talk
Posted on 08/23/2004 8:55:39 PM PDT by FairOpinion
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To: 2Jedismom
I've been buying the HUGH bag a local grocery store sells. I eat 'em pretty much every day.
That's in addition to the fresh ones, which I'm finally able to find at a reasonable price at the farmer's market. Man, I love 'em!
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posted on
08/24/2004 5:58:46 AM PDT
by
RosieCotton
(He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
To: RosieCotton; 2Jedismom
I'm gonna live forever...But you'll turn into a blueberry.
To: HairOfTheDog
I think that's just the gum...
At least...so far, so good...
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posted on
08/24/2004 6:00:32 AM PDT
by
RosieCotton
(He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
To: FairOpinion
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posted on
08/24/2004 6:01:46 AM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(Democrats are herd animals)
To: dorben
Buy grapes, blueberries and redwine!
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posted on
08/24/2004 6:07:52 AM PDT
by
wingnuts'nbolts
(Keep your eye on the donut, not on the hole.)
To: wingnuts'nbolts
dictating your shopping list to hubby via FR, now that is ingenious! ; )
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posted on
08/24/2004 6:08:45 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: RosieCotton; HairOfTheDog
I have at least enough to make it to my 3 month recheck.
Ha! Funny, Hair!
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posted on
08/24/2004 6:09:47 AM PDT
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
To: nickcarraway
Wild blueberries, the ones that at most about 3/16" in diameter are way tastier than the cultivated bush blueberries that are almost the size of grapes. I had the good fortune growing up to live in areas where wild blueberries could be found and picked quite commonly. They're a lot of work to pick, though. The wild type can be cultivated and then harvested with small rake-like implements.
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posted on
08/24/2004 6:25:31 AM PDT
by
-YYZ-
To: nickcarraway
About $3 for a half pint (1 cup) in season (now), and $5+ for a cup of fresh berries out of season (if you can get them). I used to work all my summers from age 8 to 16 at my uncle's blueberry farm, so it took me 25 years before I could stand looking at another blueberry. Now that I like them again, I can "berry-ily" afford them!
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posted on
08/24/2004 7:38:36 AM PDT
by
Kirkwood
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To: FairOpinion
I've just switched from 'Zocor' to:
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posted on
08/24/2004 8:27:50 AM PDT
by
evets
(God bless president George W. Bush)
To: FairOpinion
They've got amazing customer service too, I can't say enough good things about them.
To: Freebird Forever
thanks for the advice and tip.
To: Cold Heart
Thanks for the help and the good advice. Didnt know that about the nurseries, especially.
To: walford
I heard today onFox that 30% of Americans are obese. I can understand your feelings. I am in good shape myself.
Have you ever tried wheatgrass? Look it up on the net if you haven't.
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posted on
08/24/2004 7:32:42 PM PDT
by
TheLion
To: TheLion
Have you ever tried wheatgrass? Look it up on the net if you haven't.
I heard Dr. Mirkin talk about this a dozen years ago on his radio show:
THE BENEFITS OF WHOLE GRAINS
"A recent review of 15 studies in the medical journal, Nutrition and Cancer, shows that eating whole grains helps to prevent colon, stomach and inner lining of the uterus cancers and heart attacks, while refined grains do not.
Wheat, rye and wild rice grow in the fields as berries with a hard outer shell. Because flour made from the whole berry has a limited shelf life, the miller crushes the berry and throws away the outer fibrous husk and calls it chaff. He then grinds the inner starchy kernel into flour. By removing the outer husk, he removes most of the fiber, vitamins, minerals and other phytochemicals. Eating wheat and rye berries and wild rice instead of flour-based foods such as pasta and bakery products helps to prevent constipation, colon cancer, heart attacks, overweight and high cholesterol..."
To this I would add that a healthy lifestyle need not be boring, involve going around hungry or eating foods that don't taste good. Your body will acclimate to a new diet/excercise routine within a month. Then you will look forward to it.
I have gotten to the point that if I cheat and eat excessive amounts of fatty foods, I pay for it later -- painfully. If I stay away from the gym too long, I feel lethargic. I am a fundamentally lazy person. If I can do it anybody can...
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posted on
08/24/2004 10:13:27 PM PDT
by
walford
(http://utopia-unmasked.us)
To: walford
Thanks for the link. Wheatgrass is juiced in a special juicer. You grow sprouts from wheat berries, which grows very green and rich, then you juice it. I think it is about 70% Chlorophyll
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posted on
08/24/2004 10:29:36 PM PDT
by
TheLion
To: TheLion
What's it taste like? Do you flavor it?
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posted on
08/24/2004 10:43:52 PM PDT
by
walford
(http://utopia-unmasked.us)
To: walford
It is sweet. You get about 1/2 ounce from a hand full of the grass. I mix it with apple cider about 10 to 1. Some people drink it straight up...I didn't particularly like it that way.
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posted on
08/24/2004 10:50:46 PM PDT
by
TheLion
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