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I make a ginger bug (fermented ginger) which I add to all natural juices to create a carbonated alternative. Very delicious and fun to make.
I also make fermented garlic in honey. If you take a spoonful of that daily your immunity will thank you.
u/moodyblue You know I’m an outlander fan too. I’m convinced Diana Gabaldon is a time traveler herself, or at least an anon. ;)
I used to love ginger tea. I’ve changed my diet over the last two years and now most herbal tea tastes horrible. I eat animal based mostly and occasionally add non animal foods. I’ve had skin issues, gut issues, hives and allergies most of my life. I’m much better, still have allergies and chronic pain. One carnivore doctor says plants are poison. I don’t agree or disagree. However, I’ve discovered after giving them and adding some back after two years I can’t tolerate most plants. He believes we build up a defense against foods and when you don’t eat the foods that cause the problems your body is no longer defending against them. It’s true for me. There’s very few I can eat now. I used to drink green tea every day and loved it. It tastes like grass now. I recently gave all my herbal tea away. Except for a bags of green and black tea to use on eyes as compress when needed. Most people aren’t affected to this extreme. Your ginger and honey drink sounds delicious. I used to drink ginger tea also, especially when sick. Thankfully I haven’t been sick. I did treat myself to matcha today at a locally owned coffee house. It was so good.
I just watched the latest Outlander season 8 episode. I hate its ending but I understand. I truly don’t know how many times I’ve watched from start to finish. I started reading the books during the early months of the plandemic. I think I’m on book five. I’m such a slow reader. I jump in for several weeks and take a break that’s too long. Nine hundred pages is a lot! Speaking of time travel, I believe it’s real but not in the Hollywood sense. I believe it’s a portal for the demonic. Just my thoughts. There’s too many movies and books on the subject not to be true. If it were true in a non evil way I’d go back in time to an Elvis Vegas concert😂
Are you watching the latest season?
Sorry for the slow reply. I am currently watching the newest season. I too am sad for the ending but understand and respect the storyline. Jamie and Claire are absolutely some of my most favorite fictional characters and the actors that brought them to life are true artists. I’ve started reading the books to, they definitely are a but much sometimes. Whew!
I cured myself from diagnosed “fibromyalgia” by eliminating trigger foods and other inflammatories. It is such a challenge when you can’t always keep the triggers away, but it serves as proof that they contribute to us feeling crappy and toxic.
Take care, fren.
Hi, now it’s me with the slow reply😆 Two more episodes to go! I can’t believe it’s almost over. I recently read they filmed multiple endings to keep the actual ending a secret. Season one is my favorite season. I had droughtlander so I started watching the first season. I don’t sleep very well and I’ll watch YouTube videos (a few favorite accounts) or old shows like Outlander. Most new tv series are just crap. I agree, Jamie & Claire are in my top favorite fictional characters. The actors do a wonderful job of making you forget they are acting. Gone With the Wind isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, I don’t mean to offend anyone. I grew up watching it a lot. It was on reruns on Sunday afternoons when I was a kid. Caitríona Balfe as Claire reminds me of Vivian Leigh as Scarlett. Her strong will and independence is very much like Scarlett, although Claire isn’t an immature spoiled adult brat. They resemble each other tremendously, especially when she’s coming down the staircase in the red dress in France, season 3 I think.
It’s wonderful you cured Fibromyalgia. Recently I saw a short video by a random person saying it’s a trash can disease. If they can’t figure out what’s wrong with you they give you the fibromyalgia diagnosis. I’m not cured but it’s much better after 2.5 years eating carnivore diet. I’m less medication than in the past twenty eight years. My pain is worse than five years ago. That’s not from symptoms getting worse. It’s from me learning to live with out the strong medications. I’m down to Tylenol and muscle relaxer at night & occasionally during the day if the pain is unbearable. I keep my granddaughter’s three days a week and occasionally am with them on the weekends at the beach. When I’m around them I don’t take anything that causes sedation. My mom had a bad addiction to pain medication and I’m very careful because I don’t want that for myself. She was in pain but I believe a lot of it was being numb because my dad was verbally abusive. We all lived with it & I can understand why she had a problem. She died two years ago this June. I’m trying to be more strict with my diet. My husband and I will cheat on the weekends and it’s become a bad habit. Now I’m having gallbladder problems and can’t eat carnivore right now. That’s really hard because I feel terrible if I don’t eat burger every day. I’ve got an appointment with a surgeon in a couple weeks. I saw my primary doctor last week and the cray confirmed gallstones, so she referred me to the surgeon. I knew I had them from an separate medical incident three years ago, test confirmed it. At the time I didn’t have symptoms so surgeon for appendix didn’t remove gallbladder. My only symptom is terrible nausea and occasionally vomiting. In the last six months it’s become more frequent and interfering with what I can eat and life in general. After that’s over I plan to get strict with my diet. I haven’t been able to eat eggs in six months. I miss that. I’ll get through it. It’s just a bump in the road. We will have to discuss the ending of Outlander in a few weeks. Talk soon fren.
Sorry for the slow reply. I am currently watching the newest season. I too am sad for the ending but understand and respect the storyline. Jamie and Claire are absolutely some of my most favorite fictional characters and the actors that brought them to life are true artists. I’ve started reading the books to, they definitely are a but much sometimes. Whew!
I cured myself from diagnosed “fibromyalgia” by eliminating trigger foods and other inflammatories. It is such a challenge when you can’t always keep the triggers away, but it serves as proof that they contribute to us feeling crappy and toxic.
Take care, fren.
Having experimented with veganism and carnivore and seen what other people do, it seems like different people like different diets and are ok on them and whatever works for you is best (I think veganism can be a penance and good for spiritual reasons for some people, and also a minority seem to have health issues that clear up with the diet; likewise a handful seem to do well with carnivore)
For me the time-tested diet is just eating a little of everything (omnivore). I am trying to do more carnivore lately but not being strict about it, and long term I think I would like to continue eating plenty of non-animal foods. I've never felt good with a vegan or vegetarian diet though; the closest I could sustain was pescetarianism (eating fish but no meat).
I’ve been busy and just getting back to you. I agree with you on different diets and people should eat what’s best for them. I’m thankful my husband and I are on the carnivore journey together. It would be very hard for both of us if the other wasn’t on board. You can’t be concerned about what other’s think. Family and friends think my husband and I are crazy because we eat meat, butter and eggs. We just laugh amongst ourselves because they are eating processed foods full of toxins, yet that’s considered normal. I most definitely couldn’t be vegan or vegetarian. I have never loved vegetables enough to even consider it. Although briefly a few years ago I thought I would try to eat vegan because I’ve had several health problems for a long time. I lasted a week. I made my family homemade lasagna with meat and for myself zucchini lasagna. I preferred the zucchini to the meat lasagna. After doing a deep dive into carnivore, keto, health problems and diseases I now know carbs, especially sugar and toxins in the processed foods are the major cause of my health problems. I’ve discovered what foods I can’t eat or shouldn’t. Human nature takes over and when I eat junk I really find out my body can’t tolerate certain foods.
Double check the source of seafood. I love seafood and should eat it more. I will only eat at a very few local restaurants at the coast. It’s very sad most of the seafood sold in USA restaurants comes from Asia. I prefer scallops (not the fake ones from sharks), flounder & mahi mahi. There is a good independent family at our local beach that sells shrimp and oysters we occasionally get for home cooking. I don’t eat oysters, wish I liked them, people that do really enjoy them. We have found a great local seafood restaurant and even fries in beef tallow.
I’d love to be more versatile with the meats I eat. I can’t handle any seasoning other than salt. I thought it was because after doing elimination diet and adding spices and foods back it was an intolerance to them causing digestive problems. Per, carnivore dr expert: your body has had a lifetime building up defenses against “toxins” from plants. When you stopped eating them and add back your body no longer has that defense mechanism. I’m not saying I agree or disagree all plants are toxic. I think that’s something each person has to figure out for themselves. For myself I originally thought most plants were not for me. I recently started having gallbladder issues and now I don’t know if it’s that or some plants do cause me harm. I’ll figure that out later after I get that issue resolved. I do miss a good salad. I’m hoping I can add back salads occasionally.
Good luck and have fun figuring out what works for you. One thing I’ve figured out is we are better off eating at home and occasionally eating out only a limited number of independently owned restaurants. No more chain restaurants with trucked in toxic food.