You use olive oil in salad dressing?

You use Smart Balance spread on toast/veggies?

You use peanut butter (Smart Balance I hope with flax oil)?

Vitamin D gel caps from iherb are very inexpensive. Much less than in stores.

If he uses 4000IU and got that reading he must have been near zero when he started, or the dry is not working at all for him.

The general rule (but not guaranteed to work for everyone) is 1000IU for ever 10 ng serum reading. Some people seem to store this in fat, or don't absorb. So this is just a generalized guideline.

Alan does NOT use Olive oil in salad dressing.
Alan does not eat peanut butter.

And I will buy the gel caps. I'll tell him what you said about how he probably was at zero when he began.

What I CAN do is saute his veggies in Olive Oil. that's a start. But that is not enough fatty food right? He should be eating Salmon once or twice a week. He won't go near any fish. Drives me crazy.

And he lives on those stupid low calorie Jello pudding things. He puts them in the freezer and thinks because they are low calorie, he can eat them all night long. Of course he can't do this.

He did NOT get the light bulb moment about food that I got.

He has severe neuropathy, he has depression, and he still uses food (even though it's low fat and low sugar), well he uses food to self medicate.

And I don't buy the stuff, he does.

Good Lord!!

Melody

This is more than about vit D now. If Alan does not consume good fats... flax oil, etc...he cannot maintain his nervous system properly. (Olive oil does not have appreciable omega 3s in it).

We have to consume some basic alpha linolenic acid --it is an essential Omega-3. Without it you cannot live. It goes into your body to maintain the skin, all cell membranes, nerves, stomach lining ...everything!

So he must be eating foods with omega-6 in them. Most veggies, and processed carbs.

If one does not balance omega-3 and 6 properly, the body becomes inflammatory, and cannot heal itself properly.

Mrs.D.

I just found this website:

http://www.dietandfitnesstoday.com/n...et=0&nutid=851

So because Alan has auto-immune things going on, I gather he needs more alpha linolenic acid in his body.

I guess I must high tail it to iherb and get us some, or Puritan's Pride maybe?

What do you think?

He does takes Alpha Lipoic Acid every day.

Mrs. D!!!!!
Guess what I found in my freezer (next to my cannisters of brocoli, radish and other sprouting seeds)??????

100% Whole grain Flaxseed.

I am going to grind it up. I read that you can use it in hot cereals, salads WHATEVER!!!

So starting tomorrow, I shall add it to Alan's breakfast oatmeal and maybe during the dinner time, his salad? Kind of like adding wheat germ right?

So after I grind it up, how much should I add to his oatmeal?

And by consuming this, maybe his psoriasis will calm down??

That would be amazing.

Thanks much
Melody

Yes, that would help. I don't know how long it stays fresh in a freezer. Flax is very unstable.

But yes, this is one way to increase alpha linolenic acid.
And it will definitely help the skin. My husband take the oil every day... 2 grams.

Okay, what did I do wrong? I put about half a cup of the whole grain flaxseed in my mini food processor to grind it.

I turned it on, it worked perfectly, ONLY IT DIDN'T GRIND ANYTHING.

I tried again.

It's still whole.

What happened? do I need a special grinder for this?

And after I figure out how to grind it, how much should I put in Alan's oatmeal?

A teaspoon full?

thanks much
P.S. I feel like a complete idiot. I'm trying to grind this stuff and nothing is happening. lol

Hi Melody, catching up on the Vit D issue and saw your post. Flax is great stuff. I wonder if you have noticed yet that it comes in pure form oil from the health food store. This makes it very easy to takem one tablespoon at a time.

I like the combination of EFA's, which is ideal 3-6-9 all vegetarian sources from Vita Cost. This is a great company to order from. Their house brand is Nutraceutical or NSI- 2k mg per serving 180 capsules . Forgot the cost, but cheaper than trying to get the combination from single sources. Evening Primrose and Borage are two sources of the EFA not found in Flax. Most ideal to get all of them in combination. So this brand does a good job without fish oil. Very affordable.

Also if you wish to grind flax, try using your coffee grinder, rather than your mini food processor. Grind only enough for one day and store the remaining in the freezer airtight. I love flax in pancakes.

I hope you can help your friend find a better substitute for those pudding things. Really filled with altered food which cannot be good or healthy. Best Wishes TT

Hi. I'll check out the vita cost thing. And I do thank you. My friend is my husband. He's he one who snacks all night long. I go to bed at about 1 a.m. He goes to bed at 7 a.m. because (as he put it, because I have neuropathy, I can't sleep at night, I sleep better during the day). He's right, he does sleep much better. But because he's a food addict (he used to weigh 300 lbs), but after getting a stent and going to a nutritionist, I changed all our food habits, especially the way my brain sees food...well, his brain doesn't do this. He self medicates with food, exactly as if he were an alcoholic or druggie.

It makes him feel better. Especially sweets. Now one can use splenda or stevia, instead of sugar. But he loads up on these chocolate pudding things which have more ingredients than one would like to be putting in one's body. Kind of like reading a twinkie package. Ever look at how many ingredients are on a twinkie package.

And Glucerna isn't much better. I'm a diabetic, and I was in my local CVS one day and I happened to come upon the diabetic aisle and I picked up a 6 pack of glucerna cans and I happened to say out loud to myself "oh, I should have this in my fridge in case I miss a meal", and the pharmacist walked over to me and said "you don't want to put that stuff in your body, look at the ingredients".

Well, you could have knocked me over with a feather. There are more ingredients in that can than I could count. I put the 6 pack down and have NEVER even considered it again.

I'm all about fresh ingredients. I wish my husband saw food that way but that's not going to happen. He's on the road to gaining back his weight. Nothing I can do. I give him balanced meals but when I go to bed and he's up, well, we all have to be accountable for our choices. I'm a BIG believer in that statement.

Oh, did you happen to catch the video that is going around about a lady with a 4 year old McDonald's hamburger and french fries. This item is not wrapped in shrink wrap or foil. It's in the exact Happy Meal box that she purchased 4 years ago. (Google it, and you'll see the video).

She takes out the french fries (which look exactly like they did 4 years ago), and she takes out the bun and hamburger (which looks exactly like it did 4 years ago). Looks exactly the same, no mold no nothing. Except it's rock hard, as is the bun. But the french fries look and feel like fresh.

She then took a regular potato, that had been sliced and showed it to the person who was looking at the happy meal. She said "look at this fresh potato. Look what it looks like after 3 months. (all rotted and everything). "Now look at the french fries in the Happy Meal". It looks like it did 4 years ago. She then says "WHAT ARE THEY PUTTING IN THESE FOODS THAT THEY KEEP THIS WAY". This is what is going into our bodies.

She believes that this is why OBESITY is rampant. All these preservatives are going into our bodies and STAYING THERE. She says "these will go straight to our thighs and they stay there".

I watched the video two times. She makes a lot of sense. Now I haven't had a McDonald's hamburger in over 15 years. I'm a vegetarian.

But when I watched the video and saw how the food looked, well, it's apparent that the fast food industry puts SOMETHING IN THE FOOD to make it last and not rot.

We should only eat food that will rot. That way our bodies process it and it gets digested and we eliminate it.

All these preservatives and additives will eventually do us in.

That's why I grow my own sprouts in my kitchen.

My body is better for it.

Now if only the weather would cooperate here in Brooklyn. It's going down to the 30's tonight. But this too shall pass.

If it's 90, I'm a new person.

I should really move to the Sahara Desert.

I'd be just fine.

HOT.... but just fine.

lol

Melody

Hi again.

I just went to VitaCost and found this:

http://www.vitacost.com/NSI-Organic-Flaxseed-Oil

Is this what you are talking about? It's a good price. I just want to make sure I get the right one. THERE ARE SO MANY.

Thanks much
Melody