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Sugar Sensitivity - it could solve your problems
Sakhicharan - Fri, 17 Sep 2004 05:02:29 +0530
For the last couple of years I have not felt "quite right" and tried a few fasts and different herbal treatments and so forth and so on.
These things didn't solve the problem for me. Somehow it dawned on me that sugar could be the cause of the problems, you know the feeling, dull head, feeling sleepy to often, memory slipping, etc.
I have been totally off sugar and eating low carb (mostly raw veg and cheese) for about three weeks (I will have to adjust my diet in time of course) and it is like I have a new "lease on life".
Every morning when I get up I feel myself awaken easily and then I thank the "Gods" for this healthful sensation.
My conclusion. Give up sugar (except for the manditory occasional maha-prasad sweetball) and just see the difference this makes, particularly if you are found to be sugar sensitive as I was.
Radhe Radhe!
Talasiga - Sat, 18 Sep 2004 08:37:43 +0530
What was your previous name? Was it Shakharcharan?
jijaji - Sat, 18 Sep 2004 08:40:27 +0530
babu - Sat, 18 Sep 2004 20:26:41 +0530
I'm just the opposite. Drinking a quart of gulabjamin juice puts me into samadhi. High doses of sugar definately brings me to the higher realizations.
Sakhicharan - Mon, 20 Sep 2004 09:07:34 +0530
| QUOTE (babu @ Sep 18 2004, 09:56 AM) |
| I'm just the opposite. Drinking a quart of gulabjamin juice puts me into samadhi. High doses of sugar definately brings me to the higher realizations. |
Babu!,
Now you are kinda throwin me.
I always perceived you as the serious one here.
The one who could put the "siddha" in siddhanta if ya know what I mean.
Nowhere do the foundational acharyas recommend this practice!
DharmaChakra - Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:52:29 +0530
| QUOTE (Sakhicharan @ Sep 16 2004, 07:32 PM) |
For the last couple of years I have not felt "quite right" and tried a few fasts and different herbal treatments and so forth and so on.
These things didn't solve the problem for me. Somehow it dawned on me that sugar could be the cause of the problems, you know the feeling, dull head, feeling sleepy to often, memory slipping, etc.
I have been totally off sugar and eating low carb (mostly raw veg and cheese) for about three weeks (I will have to adjust my diet in time of course) and it is like I have a new "lease on life".
Every morning when I get up I feel myself awaken easily and then I thank the "Gods" for this healthful sensation.
My conclusion. Give up sugar (except for the manditory occasional maha-prasad sweetball) and just see the difference this makes, particularly if you are found to be sugar sensitive as I was.
Radhe Radhe! |
I just want to personally second this. While it is very hard for a vegetarian to follow a strict no/low carb diet, with some work it can be done. I personally started following the 'South Beach Diet', mainly to take off some weight from when my wife was pregnant... (and anyone who has had kids knows what I'm talking about), and the low sugar levels def. gave me the same effects described here.
Sakhicharanji.. I have to say that my biggest help was discovering Lebanese food. Unfortunately, onions & garlic are central to this style cooking.. I notice that you 'adapt' Middle Eastern foods to vegetarian lifestyles, any advice on this issue?
I might note, that I would personally love to get to the point where my biggest hurdle in devotional life is onions & garlic in my food...
babu - Mon, 20 Sep 2004 19:07:44 +0530
| QUOTE (Sakhicharan @ Sep 20 2004, 03:37 AM) |
| QUOTE (babu @ Sep 18 2004, 09:56 AM) | | I'm just the opposite. Drinking a quart of gulabjamin juice puts me into samadhi. High doses of sugar definately brings me to the higher realizations. |
Babu!, Now you are kinda throwin me. I always perceived you as the serious one here. The one who could put the "siddha" in siddhanta if ya know what I mean. Nowhere do the foundational acharyas recommend this practice! |
Don't know what all the acaryas teach but I'm just speaking my own truth. After drinking a quart of gulabjamin juice, you could pour a bucket of cold water on me and it wouldn't disturb my deep meditation.
Satyabhama - Mon, 20 Sep 2004 19:11:11 +0530
| QUOTE |
| Don't know what all the acaryas teach but I'm just speaking my own truth. After drinking a quart of gulabjamin juice, you could pour a bucket of cold water on me and it wouldn't disturb my deep meditation. |
If you think eating gulabjamuns helps your meditation, try giving gulabjamuns to Krishna and see what happens...
Sakhicharan - Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:08:34 +0530
| QUOTE (DharmaChakra @ Sep 20 2004, 08:22 AM) |
I just want to personally second this. While it is very hard for a vegetarian to follow a strict no/low carb diet, with some work it can be done. I personally started following the 'South Beach Diet', mainly to take off some weight from when my wife was pregnant... (and anyone who has had kids knows what I'm talking about), and the low sugar levels def. gave me the same effects described here.
Sakhicharanji.. I have to say that my biggest help was discovering Lebanese food. Unfortunately, onions & garlic are central to this style cooking.. I notice that you 'adapt' Middle Eastern foods to vegetarian lifestyles, any advice on this issue?
I might note, that I would personally love to get to the point where my biggest hurdle in devotional life is onions & garlic in my food... |
The diet I am eating now of cheese with raw or steamed veg is an austere diet in many ways, odd thing is I nearly always feel satisfied with it and am seldom hungry though I eat only twice a day. I really don't know if this will work out for everyone. I believe that for some reason my body became extremely sugar sensitive and caused me a lot of problems. I was clueless for years to find the solution.
Hard physical work will drain you quickly but other than that I am so impressed with the changes in my physical and mental health that this has brought about.
You can lose a lot of weight this way too. Once snug CKs are now sliding down my hips!
You mention Lebanese food and that is certainly a huge favorite of mine!
Just the thought of Fatayer B'Jibne, Lubieh Bel Zeit, Htipiti (this is Greek but what the Hell!) etc, is now making staying on this diet a tough choice!
I have never really cared for garlic ever and as far as onions are concerned I personally have no problem with eating a few. I don't eat them on a regular basis but I simply don't make a big deal of the issue either.
My mention of adapting Middle Eastern cuisine really means that if I have a recipe that is using meat I will replace it with paneer or tofu if it seems like the substitution would work well.
DharmaChakra - Wed, 22 Sep 2004 23:16:48 +0530
| QUOTE (Sakhicharan @ Sep 20 2004, 12:38 PM) |
| QUOTE (DharmaChakra @ Sep 20 2004, 08:22 AM) | I just want to personally second this. While it is very hard for a vegetarian to follow a strict no/low carb diet, with some work it can be done. I personally started following the 'South Beach Diet', mainly to take off some weight from when my wife was pregnant... (and anyone who has had kids knows what I'm talking about), and the low sugar levels def. gave me the same effects described here.
Sakhicharanji.. I have to say that my biggest help was discovering Lebanese food. Unfortunately, onions & garlic are central to this style cooking.. I notice that you 'adapt' Middle Eastern foods to vegetarian lifestyles, any advice on this issue?
I might note, that I would personally love to get to the point where my biggest hurdle in devotional life is onions & garlic in my food... |
The diet I am eating now of cheese with raw or steamed veg is an austere diet in many ways, odd thing is I nearly always feel satisfied with it and am seldom hungry though I eat only twice a day. I really don't know if this will work out for everyone. I believe that for some reason my body became extremely sugar sensitive and caused me a lot of problems. I was clueless for years to find the solution. Hard physical work will drain you quickly but other than that I am so impressed with the changes in my physical and mental health that this has brought about. You can lose a lot of weight this way too. Once snug CKs are now sliding down my hips! You mention Lebanese food and that is certainly a huge favorite of mine! Just the thought of Fatayer B'Jibne, Lubieh Bel Zeit, Htipiti (this is Greek but what the Hell!) etc, is now making staying on this diet a tough choice! I have never really cared for garlic ever and as far as onions are concerned I personally have no problem with eating a few. I don't eat them on a regular basis but I simply don't make a big deal of the issue either. My mention of adapting Middle Eastern cuisine really means that if I have a recipe that is using meat I will replace it with paneer or tofu if it seems like the substitution would work well. |
Just a note, its the switch away from complex carbohydrates and to more protein in the diet that gives you that 'full' feeling.. I experienced the same thing, mostly feeling full, even though I had eaten very little. Usually a salad at lunch will keep me full until late evening ,then just a little something so I am eating with the family. Its nice actually...
Timber - Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:13:36 +0530
| QUOTE (Sakhicharan @ Sep 20 2004, 04:38 PM) |
The diet I am eating now of cheese with raw or steamed veg is an austere diet in many ways, odd thing is I nearly always feel satisfied with it and am seldom hungry though I eat only twice a day. I really don't know if this will work out for everyone. I believe that for some reason my body became extremely sugar sensitive and caused me a lot of problems. I was clueless for years to find the solution.
Hard physical work will drain you quickly but other than that I am so impressed with the changes in my physical and mental health that this has brought about.
You can lose a lot of weight this way too. Once snug CKs are now sliding down my hips! |
I'm quite new to this board, so sorry for disturbing you.
But if you would like to make a really useful slimming diet, you should try separating diet (protein-vegetable-carbohydrat-fruit days). After stopping nursing my daughter, I lost 10 kg-s in 90 days. And my friends who also tried it lost about the same weight. Anyone who's interested... I can tell the details
Sakhicharan - Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:29:38 +0530
| QUOTE (Timber @ Sep 22 2004, 01:43 PM) |
I'm quite new to this board, so sorry for disturbing you.
But if you would like to make a really useful slimming diet, you should try separating diet (protein-vegetable-carbohydrat-fruit days). After stopping nursing my daughter, I lost 10 kg-s in 90 days. And my friends who also tried it lost about the same weight. Anyone who's interested... I can tell the details |
When I started this diet weight was not an issue for me, however in the first two weeks I noticed I lost over 10 lbs. It has evened out now at about a half a pound a day. The only time I ever noticed such quick weight loss is when in India. I usually return like a stick no matter how much I eat.
Thanks for your input Timber!
babu - Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:32:35 +0530
And what is the necessity for one to have a slim waistline in cultivating raganuga bhakti? Oh wait, I think I just figured it out.
Timber - Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:36:53 +0530
| QUOTE (babu @ Sep 22 2004, 07:02 PM) |
| And what is the necessity for one to have a slim waistline in cultivating raganuga bhakti? Oh wait, I think I just figured it out. |
For my diet the reason was that I wanted to have a satisfied husband... He likes me slender, so I became slender again
babu - Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:44:20 +0530
| QUOTE (Timber @ Sep 22 2004, 07:06 PM) |
| QUOTE (babu @ Sep 22 2004, 07:02 PM) | | And what is the necessity for one to have a slim waistline in cultivating raganuga bhakti? Oh wait, I think I just figured it out. |
For my diet the reason was that I wanted to have a satisfied husband... He likes me slender, so I became slender again |
How did Krishna reveal this "liking of slender waistlines" to you?
Timber - Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:49:22 +0530
| QUOTE (babu @ Sep 22 2004, 07:14 PM) |
| QUOTE (Timber @ Sep 22 2004, 07:06 PM) | | QUOTE (babu @ Sep 22 2004, 07:02 PM) | | And what is the necessity for one to have a slim waistline in cultivating raganuga bhakti? Oh wait, I think I just figured it out. |
For my diet the reason was that I wanted to have a satisfied husband... He likes me slender, so I became slender again |
How did Krishna reveal this "liking of slender waistlines" to you?
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Dear Babu!
You have to know, that I get in touch with KC in this May... And that slimming diet was in last year...
But... if I accept that in this world woman's function is to serve their husbands... than the slimming diet is connectable to vedas
babu - Thu, 23 Sep 2004 01:04:38 +0530
Timber, I was misreading your statement it appears. I think what you are saying is that you have an earthly husband and not Krishna who wants you to have a slender waistline. Now I think I understand.
Yes, the Vedas teach to organize society along the terms of varna ashrama dharma that the wife is to serve the husband. But all these rules and regulations mean squat if you here Krishna's flute playing in the full moon's night and in your entrancement, by all means, leave your husband in his slumber and go dancing in the groves of Vraja with Him. Such sin is good sin.
Timber - Thu, 23 Sep 2004 01:11:12 +0530
I pray to reach that level, when hearing Krishna's flute will make me forget my husband, my child and this whole material world. For me it seems so far...
babu - Thu, 23 Sep 2004 02:02:18 +0530
Imagine
kalki - Thu, 23 Sep 2004 08:15:27 +0530
| QUOTE (Sakhicharan @ Sep 16 2004, 11:32 PM) |
Somehow it dawned on me that sugar could be the cause of the problems, you know the feeling, dull head, feeling sleepy to often, memory slipping, etc.
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I had trouble with sugar for years. I diagnosed myself as hypoglycemic meaning having a pancreas that cannot assimilate sugars well and therefor blood sugar levels are not regulated properly causing many problems that you mentioned. I recommend trying stevia extract to sweeten your food and drinks when necessary which is safe being an herb not a sugar and also helps to balance lood sugar levels. Also try brewer's yeast with food which does the same and I heard that birch sugar gives the lowest rise in blood sugar levels.
Peace
nabadip - Tue, 05 Oct 2004 20:11:08 +0530
The intake of sugar feeds the fungus growth in the intestines. (remember: our bodies are a universe for the innumerable bacterias and and other beings living in there.)
To get rid of the fungus you can take a GI formula (Gastro-Intestinal formula consisting of bio-active flora bacteria) for a month.
It can improve your feeling of well-being considerably, since the assimilation-process of food is much enhanced by that.
kalki - Wed, 06 Oct 2004 12:26:00 +0530
| QUOTE (nabadip @ Oct 5 2004, 02:41 PM) |
The intake of sugar feeds the fungus growth in the intestines. (remember: our bodies are a universe for the innumerable bacterias and and other beings living in there.)
To get rid of the fungus you can take a GI formula (Gastro-Intestinal formula consisting of bio-active flora bacteria) for a month.
It can improve your feeling of well-being considerably, since the assimilation-process of food is much enhanced by that. |
Are you referring to candida albacanus? Candida grows in the fatty tissue when too much sugar has been taken in and one's body cannot process it.
One can also take Pau' darco tea, use the strands from corn to make tea, or ingest colloidal silver, among other things. Candida is a yeast infection similar to when women get yeast infections in the vaginal area.
Is this bio-active flora bacteria a treatment for the same as I am describing?
Kishalaya - Thu, 07 Oct 2004 10:32:59 +0530
| QUOTE (babu @ Sep 23 2004, 01:04 AM) |
| leave your husband in his slumber and go dancing in the groves of Vraja with Him. |
Er .. you can have the best of both worlds
Like your gulabjamun juice
babu - Thu, 07 Oct 2004 17:35:22 +0530
| QUOTE (kalki @ Oct 6 2004, 06:56 AM) |
Are you referring to candida albacanus? Candida grows in the fatty tissue when too much sugar has been taken in and one's body cannot process it.
One can also take Pau' darco tea, use the strands from corn to make tea, or ingest colloidal silver, among other things. Candida is a yeast infection similar to when women get yeast infections in the vaginal area. |
If one has yeasts growing in the intestines, doesn't it make much more sense to eat lots of flour and then pinch the loaf of bread?
DharmaChakra - Fri, 08 Oct 2004 17:27:32 +0530
| QUOTE (kalki @ Oct 6 2004, 02:56 AM) |
| QUOTE (nabadip @ Oct 5 2004, 02:41 PM) | The intake of sugar feeds the fungus growth in the intestines. (remember: our bodies are a universe for the innumerable bacterias and and other beings living in there.)
To get rid of the fungus you can take a GI formula (Gastro-Intestinal formula consisting of bio-active flora bacteria) for a month.
It can improve your feeling of well-being considerably, since the assimilation-process of food is much enhanced by that. |
Are you referring to candida albacanus? Candida grows in the fatty tissue when too much sugar has been taken in and one's body cannot process it.
One can also take Pau' darco tea, use the strands from corn to make tea, or ingest colloidal silver, among other things. Candida is a yeast infection similar to when women get yeast infections in the vaginal area.
Is this bio-active flora bacteria a treatment for the same as I am describing?
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Watch out when ingesting silver...
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_683401.htmlI'll avoid obvious jokes...
Talasiga - Mon, 11 Oct 2004 16:38:23 +0530
Timber, why is your "avatar" doing martial arts with his flute? It is no way to fend off the bees. It is only natural that every Queen Bee desires some Braj honey in her hive .....
