[Homestead] Update on health: turmeric and milk thistle
Lynda
lurine at com-pair.net
Tue Feb 3 15:22:52 EST 2009
Yes, the body doesn't do a very good job of digesting flax in its whole
form.
Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky at bellsouth.net>
>
>
> Jeanne Driese wrote:
> Also in
>> that drink I include 2 Tablespoons of fresh ground organic flaxseeds,
>> so I think I am well oiled. :)))
>
> I eat a lot of flaxseeds, too, but I don't grind them...should I? Would
> I not lose some of the oil in the mortar?
>
>
>
> To bad we are not able to conduct
>> more testing among ourselves.
>
> If there are 200 people on the list, and each person ran their own
> little experiment, what a resource we could be for each other. It would
> have to be well-planned, though.
>
>
> Will take the time though to find out
>> how Frontier gets the turmeric and how it is processed, or not. It is
>> good to hear that the milk thistle is working for your liver. Now
>> that you are back on the drug do you think it might be necessary to
>> increase the milk thistle? Jeanne tnhillwoman North East TN zone 6
>
> Yes. Actually, since thinking more about it yesterday, I might even
> continue a 500mg dose of turmeric a day. I've been off the high dose
> for about a week and I can tell a difference in my sinuses, so I may add
> it back and see what happens. DH is going to try it for his elbow. He
> is getting OA in his elbow and hopes that will help.
> One thing I did not mention before was that the doc thought that the
> NSAID(Voltaren) might be the liver culprit instead of the Enbrel. She
> suggested that I try to cut back on that. If the turmeric is what has
> lowered my CRP and ESR, and I continue to take it long term, then that
> would reduce or eliminate the need for the NSAID at a minimum.
> It is a bit strange that this is not working out as I thought, or as
> completely and quickly as I thought, but I think it is all good change.
> At least I feel more in control of what is going on with my body, and
> that is good.
> Now, if I could lay off the guacamole, I might could lose weight..lol
>
> B
>
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