Dear Friend, who has or who may be at-risk-for DIABETES and HEART DISEASE...please read this article. It brings together all that I have been researching on Low-Fat/High-Carb vs. High-Fat/Low-Carb eating, and it all makes sense, showing how the ADA has been promoting the treating of symptoms rather than the source, because they believe people will not make changes to save their own lives.
http://www.menshealth.com/health/the-cure-for-diabetes
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE: I don't like eating meat, and am allergic to dairy and egg products, so I have been eating a Low-Fat vegan diet for most of my life. However, I have continued to experience hypoglycemic episodes daily and gained weight as the years passed. Sensing that the hypoglycemia has begun to progress toward symptoms of diabetes, which runs in our family, I've begun my own personal experiment, doing the research, and tackling my FAT PHOBIA by adding coconut oil, a few extra olives, nuts, seeds, and avocado to my diet. In just ONE DAY, I noticed that I had NO HYPOGLYCEMIC EPISODES and I did not have to battle any SUGAR--STARCHY FOOD--CARBOHYDRATE CRAVINGS--those ARE GONE! Two weeks later...I've checked the scale, and I've lost weight! Now, of course I won't mind if I lose weight, but even if I don't...I feel fantastic! Healthier than I have for ages! And that in itself will improve the quality of my existence.
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Classical Music (well, most any kind of music, really) and Literature...the Arts...Philosophy, Psychology, Nature...EVERYTHING! I WANT TO LEARN IT ALL!!! but there's not enough time for that, so I'll focus on Music and People. Not necessarily in that order...People always come first. Especially Family. Pursuing my lifelong passion: promotion of reading to young people especially, along with arts and music appreciation. Planning on expanding this into a program on the order of kindermusik but with my own special touches. Part of it will be based in my home studio; the other will be ala Carte which reaches out to the community via visitations to libraries, schools, and other organizations. Recorded a cd with two of my extremely talented friends and am looking forward to making another, singing Italian arias, some blues and jazz pieces, etc.
Keeping life simple and getting closer to Nature has been the running thread of my existence. Some people think this lifestyle means less work...but it isn't. It's more work...however, it is work which is meaningful, pertinent, and fulfilling.
*AN EYE FOR AN EYE MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD BLIND.(MOHANDAS GHANDHI)
*Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.(Annette Funicello)
*Shoot for the moon...even if you miss, you'll land among the stars!(Les Brown)
*The grass is always greener...over the septic tank.(Erma Bombeck)
*A friend is a gift you give to yourself.(Robert Louis Stevenson)
*You don't have to live forever....you just have to live.
*Life is not a dress rehearsal.
*Life is not a vacation.
*Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...It's about learning to dance in the rain.
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11.10.2019 What do you think of my new nickname format? Instead of the generic "BornToSing", a clever and generous chatter gifted Ḃοᴦŋ†o§Ä±Å‹g ™ to me last evening. Pretty, ain't it? :-)
03.26.2020 Updated to include spacing: Ḃοᴦŋ †o §Ä±Å‹g ™ Is that better?
