Re: [fast5] (Rick's post re-hijacked by Rick!)

Monday, February 14, 2011

Re: [fast5] (Rick's post re-hijacked by Rick!)

Huh. That is interesting about Dr. Groves.

Actually you don't have to eat a lot of carbs to get vegies, or fiber. My favorite vegies are greens ...

they have loads of good stuff in them and they satisfy me in a way that, say, carrots don't. Our

rule is that we have to have something green with each meal (my hubby loves greens too). Stir

fried broccoli with bacon bits is lovely. The starchy vegies don't get along with some people

so well.

But if you want a simple way to get fiber ... use konjac. I take say, 3/4 tsp. of a konjac/psyllium

mix with my meal, mixed with water. Zero carbs, zero cooking. I started taking it

because it helps with digestion, and it tends to kill off stuff like h. pylori (I had ulcers). But

it is the BEST fiber they've found so far for feeding the butyrate-producing bacteria. It costs

like $20 a lb, but a lb lasts a long time at 1/4 tsp. a day. I add psyllium for bulk and to

make it dissolve easier in water (so it doesn't lump so much), but psyllium helps

in the bacterial department too. It gives some people some gas at first, as the bacteria

adjust, but it's very good stuff.

You could also eat konjac roots, or aloe leaves, but both are pretty goopy and I

don't know of anyone that actually eats them (though some people use aloe

leaves in smoothies). Japanese taro yams are supposed to be very good for

people too, but they are hard to find and I'm not clear on how to cook them.

The thing about gut cancer is that it's not just when the cancer STARTS, it's

also about killing it once it does start. Butyrate kills cancerous gut cells

by inducing them to kill themselves. And the gut

cells prefer butyrate as their food. So it's almost as if the gut is designed

to need butyrate to stay healthy ... but the only known way to get it is to have

the right bacteria growing, and to keep them fed. So in theory, if

Dr. Groves had the right bacteria, the stress and diet that caused his

cancer wouldn't have been enough to allow it to keep growing for the

next 10 years.

BTW ... I got spooked after my experience watching someone die from

that, at got a colonoscopy, and have had one every 5 years or so since.

They've never found anything at all, even a polyp. It's definitely worth it,

if only for the peace of mind.

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 8:40 AM, RickS <rstewart@iaff.org> wrote:

{Rant On}

Now see, that's it!! I'm going back to adding veggies to my diet! And Barnaby, you'll find this interesting. I was looking at Barry Grove's website and came across this: http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/why_me.html . Dr Groves actually GOT colon cancer!! I found this article on his site last week. He thinks he got it from a period in his life when he started slacking and eating grains and whatever was available for a few years. Maybe that's an accurate assessment... but now that Heather mentions her two friends' experiences added to Dr Grove's experience...I'm not willing to take the chance. I'm rather attached to my bum and all the bits that are attached hither and yon.

So then begins the internal strife of well, is a tomato a fruit or is it just semantics? Can I put a tomato on my salad since I'm just eating vegetables? Does a carrot have too many carbs? How many carbs is too many carbs? Well if I can eat a tomato on my salad, then surely, a handful of cashews is OK too. Or just a spoonful of peanut butter, oh and just a little dark chocolate, right?

I LOVE eating just protein and fat because it calms all the crazy questions in my head. I don't have the choice so I don't make bad decisions. It's why F5 works for me.

Well, I'll be adding veggies tonight. Wish me luck.

{Rant Off}

-Rick