24/6 and 25/6 Coffee Log
 

24/6 -- coffee consumption

... 5 cups @ 1 level teaspoon caffeinated

(1 lvl tsp over quota)

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25/6 -- coffee consumption

... 4 cups @ 1 level teaspoon caffeinated

(at quota, for now... considering one now :o, holding out so far)

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I use cinnamon in coffee, most of the time.
I use sugar occasionally (independently of cinnamon use).
So far I haven't observed significant impact of either. The cinnamon, if anything, seems beneficial, but I don't have strong observations.

just got back to our computer at home!!!!!
hello again!
congratulations on the weight loss. That just made my day!
bizi

Good that this happened away from the Gabapentin so that the information collected today is clear.

I dislike peppers more than other veggies. . . . but would not be able to tell you why. I ask hubby not to cook with them.
I do eat them fresh occasionally.

M

No... that's just it. The interpretation of those sx is obfuscated by the fact that the increased burning could be related to a lower gabapentin level (trough is lowest), and not the food.

Tastewise, I prefer mature bell peppers (yellow or red ones). I find these have a much sweeter taste than the green ones, especially cooked. I find the green ones bitter and enjoy them significantly less.

My folks, among other people, have digestive trouble with peppers. When I prep them for everyone, whether cooking or not, I presoak them -- cut to desired size, then soak in saline/salt water for 20-30 mins. Gets out some of the bitter/pungent flavor and increases digestibility.

==> You might find them less horrible, presoaked, if you want to try it. :)

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Welcome back, Bizi! :hug:

And thank you! :)

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I know what a trough is -- our farm animals ate from them --- :cool: ;) :cool: ;)
So I guess I messed up.:confused:
When is the optimal Gabapentin time for this food study?
If Gababpentin is near peak, then the information you collect will help you?


I also have a feeling (and little more) that the nightshades might be best if they are limited.
I do not mind if he cooks the bell peppers with potatoes and tomatoes together on the same day and then lets me stay away from them for a good week or two. (We often eat separately even when we eat at the same time.)

Yes, I like the way you prepare them.
You are a good cook.


Mari

LOLOL...
Hmmmm. :Hum:
In those terms, "eating at a gabapentin trough" adds a whole new layer of complexity to this problem! :p:cool:
Yes, eating near peak would be best, but I really can't juggle the gabapentin around food --- too harrd, plus I sometimes eat at off times. I just have to note if a possible (lack of) drug effect can contribute to something.

I was hoping to be better at this being careful thing. Instead, it's almost like I am eating worse! Like tonight, stuffing myself with peanuts... after determining that two beers before dinner, while not terrible, are not the greatest, especially when dinner is soup which sloshes around in there with all that beer. :Doh:

Now this is interesting. Based on a personal reaction to them? ... or?

I do suspect they all contain significant fractions of similar, irritating flavonoids (personal observation of some prickliness/pungency to the taste of each, except potato which is the tuber). They are all on the stop/caution list for reflux diets. However the presence of irritants doesn't necessarily imply the presence of toxic nightshade alkaloids such as solanine.

Thanks... the soaking is my mother's trick, though. If I cook just for me I don't bother (now with this new "thing" I might do so.) We don't soak eggplant but we salt it, let it sit, then squeeze it out... same result. I find chinese eggplant sweeter -- ever tried that?

waves ... now going for my SECOND cup of coffee today (it's only 8 am :rolleyes::o)

The "mango" rash last summer was likely an "eggplant" rash according to the acupuncturist .(likely allergy)


Regarding the group: I do not know much. It seems that they can create "issues."
http://www.thepaleomom.com/2012/08/t...-protocol.html (do not feel like linking to science sites although I did see similar)

Right. And besides all that, you are doing your own study.


Hubby has brought home the chinese eggplant. I forget what it tasted like. They are cute for sure.

Mari

Aaaahhhhhh, yes. Very good reason for suspicion and for preventively limiting intake of the entire family.
Yes, but I have a general interest in this stuff. ;):) I really should have been a chem major. :rolleyes:
... as the dickens. :D When I was able to get these, I never bougtht he regular ones.... simpler to prepare as no salting/squishing/draining required. :cool:

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coffee 6/26 and other stuff
 

Coffee:

4 cups @ 4 level tsp for today, Thursday 6/26. I think. I'm not honestly sure.

I had other crap that I shouldn't have too... no specific observaations to make that I Haven't already and feel too embarrassed to write about it.

My sleep is beyond erratic because I don't know where to put it any more. I try to be up in the day, but then I also end up being up at night... and... yeah. No worky.

I am a mess. I slept through the Vampire Diaries, which is saying something.

I did not go to the ENT with the cat results today because, sigh... oh never mind why it's SOO stupid it's embarrassing.

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