Stan, Diana, Stumars, Et Al ... I Wanted to Share ... Posted: 05-17-06 10:24am
... With all of you.
I went to a homeopathic doctor yesterday.
Now, just to give you some background.
He is a regular md but went on to study
homeopathology in europe and he
specializes in diabetics and
hypoglycemics.
Anyway, I told him I was following stan's
diet and what it entailed and he thought
this was great. So, stan, thumb's up to
you! :)
also, stan mentions no chlorinated water
... My doctor goes on step further ...
Every faucet in the house should have a
filter on it. The reason? Chlorinated
water + heat = chloriform gas.
Lastly, as a result of not taking proper
care of my hypoglycemia, I have a weakened
heart and I am not old. So, stumars,
please follow your diet. And don't
"experiment" until you're absolutely ready
and only small quantities.
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Stan
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Posted: 05-17-06 17:07pm
I've heard that about chlorine. I
actually have a chlorine filter on our
shower head. They're pretty cheap and
last a year. Good to hear I now have
professional backing for my diet!
Yaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!! Maybe I should get
in touch with that guy, I would need an md
to verify that my information is correct
if I tried to publish...
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stumars
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Jan 2006 Posts: 69
Posted: 05-17-06 23:30pm
Thanks for that.
So im not meant to drink my tap water?
Should I be buying bottled water, man this
diet just gets more expensive everyday its
already hard enough seeing im a student
with no money haha
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Stan
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Posted: 05-18-06 07:37am
You don't have to really, like I said
before I just try to eliminate as many
toxins from my diet as possible. You can
buy big refill jugs and get water for like
39 cents a gallon, so it really isn't that
expensive. For one person, you'd be
running about an extra 3 dollars a week.
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tygrbabi
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 May 2006 Posts: 126
Posted: 05-18-06 10:55am
Stan, my doctor is pretty progresssive and
I think he would welcome the idea,
regarding your book. And he also told me
to change my shower head! (that's more
validation for you! :)
stumars, i'm trying to completely detoxify
my body because of how bad my symptoms
got. That's why I don't drink tap
water. I am more concerned about you
swaying from your diet than drinking the
tap.
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Stan
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Posted: 05-18-06 11:18am
There is actually a lot of evidence about
various water problems. The government
could easily filter out chlorine, but it
costs more money so of course they don't
do it. The thing about it is that it
typically takes awhile to show signs of
damage to the body, unless you have a
chronic illness of some sort, then you
tend to be sensitive to it. My father's
friend used to puke if he'd drink tap
water. The thing we have to remember is
that chlorine is a powerful chemical. It
can kill you in straight form. In the
way we use it, it kills harmful things in
the water. You have to remember though,
it kills whatever it touches. So when
you drink it, it has a tendency to kill
whatever is around, which unfortunately
tends to be good bacteria. I've also
heard it can damage arteries and such but
I don't think there's enough evidence for
that. Also, drinking from out of plastic
bottles too much is supposed to be bad for
you. The fda actually admitted not too
long ago that plastic bottles, if used
more than twice, will begin to break down
the plastic, leaking molecules or whatever
into the water, since water is a solvent.
Their statement was something to the
effect of "it would take drinking 4-5
gallons of water every day from plastic
jugs to show serious damage over time."
notice the wording, serious damage. They
don't say anything about minor or moderate
damage, which should be the main concern.
The thing is that they actually admitted
it does harm the body. I use these
special containers, I think it's called
polypropelyne or something. It's like
glass and plastic combined but it doesn't
break down.
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tygrbabi
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Joined: 01 May 2006 Posts: 126
Posted: 05-18-06 13:59pm
That's quite interesting and alsoe very
frightening. :shock: I wouldn't put
much stock into "it won't do any serious
damage". I say, why take that chance?
I've heard things about plastic containers
and I prefer glass over everything else.
I feel its easier to clean and heat stuff
in.
Btw, since we're still on the subject of
water. What's your take on mineral
water?
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Stan
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Posted: 05-18-06 14:00pm
Good thing you mention that. I purchase
reverse osmosis water and treat it with
"trace mineral drops." they're basically
like sea water with the salt taken out,
full of minerals, so anything like this,
minus carbonation, would be good.
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tygrbabi
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 May 2006 Posts: 126
Posted: 05-18-06 14:19pm
I can actually get real mineral water (not
the perrier kind) in ny. It comes in
glass bottles and I actually like it
better. Wow, something I like that I can
have ... Who would have thought :)
