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12-03-2014, 12:43 PM | #1 | ||
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Also, I'm not sure if I'm allowed to share personal links in this group, but I save a lot of healthy recipes on my Pinterest board. Here is the link: My Pinterest Recipes It's mostly Paleo and gluten-free stuff.
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12-06-2014, 12:31 PM | #3 | ||
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Everybody should be limiting their intake of artificial sweeteners. Aspartame is the worst as it is an excitotoxin. Sucralose is highly questionable. All forms negatively impact how the pancreas releases insulin by confusing the body with a sense of ingesting sugars without the availability of those sugars.
Personally, I find that the key issue is the density of sugars ingested. Sugars with proteins or complex carbs are much better tolerated. I can enjoy an 80 calorie piece of chocolate without even noticing it. I do try to avoid all High Fructose Corn Syrup as I can feel the difference in my system.
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12-06-2014, 04:36 PM | #4 | ||
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These are some dinners that went down well. Tried to keep things simple and healthy. Amounts used are general, nothing will be ruined by a bit of apoximation. Should produce three small dinners. Standard over temp. Very tasty.
Chicken and Brassica Bake. -- 30mins, one dish, one pan: easy/moderate Slice one small leek Pick leaves of a sprig of thyme, slice sprig of sage, whole spring of rosemary. 2 cloves of garlic squashed Mix into casserole dish, spread chicken thigh fillets on top. Drizzle of oil (olive, sunflower, saflower), Salt and pepper, bake for 20mins. Par-boil broccoli and cauliflower florets. (broccoli should be half the size of the cauliflower for an even cook) ---have a sit down Drain broccoli and cauliflower, keep 1/3 cup of water. Add to casserole dish, pour over water and 1/3 jar of bechemel (white sauce, or soft cheese) Put a bit of mozzerlla on top and bake for further 10mins. Serve with slice of wholegrain bread to mop up soupy sauce. __________________________________________________ ____________ Trout Curry --25mins, one dish: Easy Into a casserole dish: fine grated nub of ginger and garlic clove, drizzle of oil. (Put in hot oven as you get other ingrediants out, then remove and add 1x carton of chopped tomatoes 1x sliced red bell pepper 1 teaspoon of cumin 1 teaspoon of tumeric sprinkle of chilli flakes to taste 1x sliced baby leek 4 good tablespoons of ground almond Mix, place trout fillet on top, skin up, squueze of lemon. Into oven for 20mins. --have a sit down, maybe a cup of green tea Remove from oven, placing fish onto a plate, stir in a cup of couscous and extra water as needed, replace fish. Add a big handful of spinach, cover and return to oven for 5mins as get plates out, finish tea ect. Fluff zingy, spicy couscous onto plate. |
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12-18-2014, 09:44 PM | #5 | ||
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Here's an interesting link regarding nutrition in tbi:
http://www.intechopen.com/books/trau...ng-supplements Food sources: Omega 3 and 6-- faxseed, makerel, wild salmon, sunflower oil. Here is a link with lots more detail and weight %: http://www.dhaomega3.org/Overview/Di...-3-Fatty-Acids oligonucleotides-- blue algave, jerusalem artichoke, bananas, onions, asparagus, chicory, garlic, leeks Arginine--peanuts, almonds, walnuts, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, fish, chicken, eggs have most, see link for further: http://www.dietaryfiberfood.com/amin...ntent-food.php Glutamine-- beef, pork, chicken, eggs, cabbage, beans, nuts, beets, spinach, parsley Anti-oxidants: Green tea, ginko, tumeric, wheat germ, sunflower seeds & oil, saflower oil, nuts, leafy greens,blueberries, meat, bell peppers, tomatoes, sardines and fish Branched-chain amino acids--chicken, fish, eggs, beans, lentils, whole grains, nuts Choline--eggs, shrimp scallops, cod, leafy greens- broccoli, cauliflower,chard, spinach, aspargus Creatine--game, free range domestic meat, wild fish Magnesium-- spinach, beets greens, swiss chard, pumpkin seeds Vitamen D--oily fish, egg yolks, fortified cereals Zinc-- beef, spinach, shtake mushrroms, asparagus |
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12-19-2014, 12:43 AM | #6 | ||
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Your list left out pork as one of the best sources of branched chain amino acids.
Trying to consume all of the foods in adequate quantities to provide all of the nutritional needs of a struggling brain is difficult. It is far more expensive than the $1 a day vitamin regimen I take. I still eat healthy at my wife's insistence but she also insists I take the vitamin regimen. She can see a difference in my ability to function when I have missed my vitamins for a few days. For those of us needing higher B-12 intake, foods just do not cut it. I'd have to eat 40 clams a day to get the minimum level of B-12 I need to keep my plasma B-12 levels up. I'd need to eat 2 pounds of cold water fish each day to do it with fish. Eating that much fish would create a risk of heavy metal toxicity. The need for D3 creates a similar challenge.
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12-21-2014, 07:19 AM | #7 | ||
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Getting vitamins through diet is the ideal way unless you are deficient in certain ones. I'd go for natural one over synthetically made ones any day. Having a good diet has more benefits than vitamins alone can supply you also learn about food groups and how they work and get an overall interest in what you eat. I do wonder about some of the quantities of vitamins people take and their effects.
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Concussion 28-02-2014 head butted a door edge. . Symptoms overcome: Nausea, head pressure, debilitating fatigue, jelly legs, raised pulse rate, night sweats, restlessness, depersonalisation, anxiety, neck ache, depression. Symptoms left: Disturbed sleep, some residual tinnitus. |
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