I came across a site that has some health info that I found interesting. It includes food, exercises, etc., that benefit the brain. Some may find it helpful. Definitely check out the blog section.
www.brainready.com
www.brainready.com
Staying Healthy
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Actually Israelis did some tests with Pomegranates [four chambers, shaped like the heart] and found that the juice is amazing for the heart, it increases circulation significantly. Others found that the Walnuts are very good for the brain in several ways, take some at night and you get to sleep quicker, carrots are known to be good for your eyes since I don't know when [vitamin A].
Lighten up, I believe in a creator that makes things not too complicated for us. the evidence is everywhere btw.
Probably you are "scientific" and have to throw krap at anything that is not "science", like I said, lighten up, keep your eyes and your opinions open.
Back on topic, one doctor from Mexico, I guess he worked in a Cancer clinic or something, said that 99% of Cancer patients are constipated. I'm thinking that the benefits of veggies is not entirely what is in them but that they are easy to digest and excrete quickly. For those of us that don't like to spend hours every day chewing I recommend Metamucil, it has Psyllium Husk Fiber in it which feeds your friendly bacteria in your colon and keeps their populations large and that reduces the population of the unfrendlies like yeast and whatnot. Wifey and I buried her cancer ridden dad last year, taking a dump was a big deal for him, that was a red letter day for the guy, gadz... he had an enema bag and all that stuff but he was a "science" guy so he had to have proof that being constipated was bad before he would think about his diet !! I seriously could not stand the guy, many people could not stand him, but he was very ill and a relative so wifey and I put in tremendous time and effort trying to help him. He rejected "non-science" cures immediately at the outset so I got to watch him do chemo !! There is some "science" for ya... the doctors believe in the science but many will not take chemo themselves...
The oldest guy on earth that died a year or two back was 115 yo and he lived on pancakes and sausage.... my guess is that he never was constipated.
I've studied this stuff for decades now, there has to be a distinction in the goal. If you want to recuperate from something, you go vegan. If you want to have a life you are not going to be able to do that forever with the vegan diet. Anthropologists have found, and they all agree that there is not a spot on the planet where you can get all the nutrients you need without eating meat. You can use supplements to try to make up for meat deficiency, I'm not sure that our "science" is adequate to really tell us what all we should take really. I've known long-term vegans that are desperately short in the brain nutrition area, Omega3's from plants are not good for much, phosphatidylserine is not available from plants, there is a pretty good list of stuff that is not available from plants, I don't have it right now.
My take on human dentition is that it is explained in Genesis. People were told to eat veggies until after the flood. The flood changed the earth drastically and then meat was added in the time of Moses. So we were made to eat plants, plants are the key to recovery but they don't supply all the nutrition that they did before the flood, in fact it changed the atmosphere and our food needs changed drastically... don't wait around for "science" to get that figured out, it doesn't fit their world view so they would bury it in a heartbeat anyhow...
Having had cancer, I have extensive blood work done every 3-6 months. My blood work after being vegan for 3 1/2 years showed excellent levels in all areas including calcium and B12. I add nutritional yeast to my smoothie each morning to ensure ample B12, which is the only nutrient a pure vegan will need to supplement after a few years (the body has enough to last 4-7 years before any deficiency shows up). B12 is found in rich soil, so if you eat organic produce without washing it too thoroughly, you'll get it that way, too.
do you get the B12 shots like the Hollywood crowd does? why don't they just take it orally?
I mix brewer's yeast in with my grapefruit juice. Is your nutritional yeast brewer's yeast?
I use nutritional, not brewer's, yeast, but I just looked it up and:
Sources of B12 for Vegans
Fortified Foods
There are many vegan foods fortified with B12. They include non-dairy milks, meat substitutes, breakfast cereals, and one type of nutritional yeast.
The "Daily Value" for B12 found on food labels is based on 6 µg, which was the RDA in 1968. If a label says a food has, for example, 25% of the Daily Value of B12, it has 1.5 µg (25% of 6 µg = 1.5 µg).
Brewer's and Nutritional Yeasts
Brewer's and nutritional yeasts do not contain B12 unless they are fortified with it. At least two vegan B12-fortified yeasts are currently on the market: Red Star Vegetarian Support Formula and Twinlab Natural Nutritional Yeast (verified to be fortified with B12 via personal communication with Twinlab June 3, 2003).
I do use Red Star, so that's likely why my B12 levels are good.
So it appears that a B supplement is the best bet if you're vegan.