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Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:52 am |
Animal protein is controversial. For example the skin does need protein, but some say red meat causes inflammation. Salmon is not thought to cause inflammation, but some worry about mercury. |
_________________ I am from LI, New York, and enjoy reading and sometimes posting on beauty boards |
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Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:07 am |
I don't care if birds nests were the elixir of everlasting beauty I still would not eat it!!!!! |
_________________ 27...dark hair...hazel eyes...good skin...never had breakouts or broken caps etc...loving the LRP Redermix!  |
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Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:20 pm |
green drinks like spirulina, wheat grass, barley grass are wonderful for skin luminosity and tone |
_________________ 71 years, primarily raw living food 35 years(vegan 45 years) herbal tea decoctions, homeopathy, TCM, facial massage, facial exercises, vacu-lifting, gua aha, shiatsu/acupressure, intention, home microcurrrent |
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Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:28 pm |
I dont believe in eating animal parts for the sake of beauty. I think you can get all you need form pomegranate grapeseed berries fruits veggies EFAs
goji berries tofu miso soy lecithin and soy products. and some good vitamins b group etc.
I have just included glucosamine (veggie one) which is what our body needs to produce Hyaluronic Acid...drinking collagen and gelatin is kind of like feeding a starving village with bread only. Giving your body what it needs to produce collagen and Hyaluronic Acid (glocosamine and lecithin etc is like supplying that same village with water seeds and sunshine to ensure they will keep producing what they need .
also there has been more than enough research that proves meat protein is NOT good for you! and research showing that all of the fruits and nuts veggies berries etc have AMAZING antioxidant and longevity benefits. |
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Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:10 am |
According to my dr, an anti-ageing specialist, unfermented soy is dangerous for 2 reasons: it is too high in phyto-estrogens, which can cause cancer, and it can cause serious thyroid problems.
Soymilk is to be completely avoided.
Fermented soy products such as miso, tempeh and natto are fine.
Please, please make sure your commercial catfood is free of soy! Soy is heavily implicated in thyroid problems in cats. |
_________________ "I know that only time will heal my broken heart, just as only time will heal his broken arms and legs.” --Miss Piggy |
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Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:02 am |
Justine1900 wrote: |
Never eat meat, unfermented soy, fried food, white rice, trans-fat.
Seldom eat white flour, grains in general, processed food, bakery products, salt. |
I agree with most everything you said but just wanted to comment on the limitation of salt. Salt is actually vital to the maintenance of the body and adding more salt to your diet can bring a lot of health benefits. The reason why it's been recommended that people cut back on salt and eat low salt diets is because of the form of salt being used today. Regular refined table salt no longer has anything in common with the original crystal salt. It's now mainly sodium chloride and not salt. Unrefined sea salt for example doesn't have the negative effects of the refined salt you normally buy and find in food. The common table salt we use for cooking has only 2 or 3 chemical elements. Seawater has 84 chemical elements. So there is a huge difference between the two.
Some of the many things salt does is it regulates the water content of the body, it enhances your metabolism, it's essential for the regulation of blood pressure and the balancing of sugar levels in the blood, as well as it's important for it's overall immune system strengthening abilities and disease prevention. Recent studies have in fact shown that you're actually four times more likely to have a heart attack from a low salt diet than a normal sodium diet.
So just some things to take into consideration when thinking about going on a low salt diet. Because the best salt diet is the elimination of refined salt and the increase of natural unrefined salt. Personally I apply sea salt rather liberally to my food each day. |
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Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:49 pm |
Here's a list of Nicholas Perricone's top 10 superfoods, here's what he says about nuts and seeds:
If you want to dramatically decrease your risk of cancer, heart disease and diabetes, control your weight with no hunger pangs and reduce the visible signs of aging like wrinkles and sagging skin, I recommend that you "go nuts."
http://www.oprah.com/article/health/nutrition/life_acai/ |
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Fri Aug 28, 2009 5:43 pm |
"Epidemiological studies have shown that Asians, particularly in Japan and China, have a lower incidence of breast and prostate cancer than people in the United States, and many of these studies credit a traditional diet that includes soy. But Asian diets include small amounts--about nine grams a day--of primarily fermented soy products, such as miso, natto, and tempeh, and some tofu. "
It's all about the type of soy we are consuming
"Fermenting soy creates health-promoting probiotics, the good bacteria our bodies need to maintain digestive and overall wellness. By contrast, in the United States, processed soy food snacks or shakes can contain over 20 grams of nonfermented soy protein in one serving."
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"The highest risk is for infants who are fed soy formula. 'It's the only thing they're eating, they're very small, and they're at a key stage developmentally,' says Daniel. 'The estrogens in soy will affect the hormonal development of these children, and it will certainly affect their growing brains, reproductive systems, and thyroids.' Soy formula also contains large amounts of manganese, which has been linked to attention deficit disorder and neurotoxicity in infants. The Israeli health ministry recently issued an advisory stating that infants should avoid soy formula altogether." |
_________________ 23, fair, EDS newbie, taking Diane 35. |
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Sat Aug 29, 2009 1:07 am |
Soy and the Thyroid
Apart from the question as to whether soy even has demonstrable health benefits, there are long-standing concerns that soy may have negative effects on thyroid function and hormonal health. Soy falls into a category of foods known as goitrogens -- vegetables, grains and foods that promote formation of goiter -- an enlarged thyroid. Some goitrogens also have a definite antithyroid effect, and appear to be able to slow thyroid function, and in some cases, trigger thyroid disease. These concerns have been studied for years, but were raised specifically by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) researchers Daniel Doerge and Daniel Sheehan. Doerge and Sheehan were the FDA's key experts on soy. In 2000, Doerge and Sheehan wrote a controversial letter of protest (PDF) to their own employer, protesting the positive health claims for soy that the FDA was approving at the time. They wrote:
...there is abundant evidence that some of the isoflavones found in soy, including genistein and equol, a metabolize of daidzen, demonstrate toxicity in estrogen sensitive tissues and in the thyroid. This is true for a number of species, including humans. Additionally, isoflavones are inhibitors of the thyroid peroxidase which makes T3 and T4. Inhibition can be expected to generate thyroid abnormalities, including goiter and autoimmune thyroiditis. There exists a significant body of animal data that demonstrates goitrogenic and even carcinogenic effects of soy products. Moreover, there are significant reports of goitrogenic effects from soy consumption in human infants and adults.
Since publication of their letter, Doerge and Sheehan have refined their concerns, and in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, suggested that for soy to cause toxicity, there need to be several factors, including iodine deficiency, defects of hormone synthesis, or additional goitrogens in the diet. They also stated that: "Although safety testing of natural products, including soy products, is not required, the possibility that widely consumed soy products may cause harm in the human population via either or both estrogenic and goitrogenic activities is of concern. Rigorous, high-quality experimental and human research into soy toxicity is the best way to address these concerns." |
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