Food & Nutrition

Glad that I can still be of some “mystery” to your day!!! Hahahaha

You can buy “regular” Cod Liver Oil almost ANYWHERE these days … Walgreens, Walmart, grocery stores, etc., and of course, the health food stores too.

But the health food stores WILL be the places that are more inclined to carry what I call the “good stuff” when it comes to eliminating that mercury content. You CAN find Carlson at MANY locations though!!!! So just keep on the lookout … AFTER you buy your first bottle SOON!!!!!

All I can tell you about CHOOSING one though, is to do your best at “reading between the lines” on a label. That is all I too know about how to manage quality control! Otherwise, hop on the phone and call around rather than drive around and use up all that precious petroleum in your car.

The bottle you buy will tell you how much to take. I definitely prefer capsules to liquid (which you can still buy). Even the capsules can come in various sizes.

If I take my dosage BEFORE my meal, then I don’t have that fishy aftertaste in my mouth. But it’s not that objectionable even if I forget.

You might be interested in knowing that I personally try to take about twice the dosage because it is one of the ways a woman can help herself to more naturally deal with the symptoms of menopause (in order to get the high dosages of Vitamin A in cod liver oil too).

You can take the minimum recommended dosage if you wish. But through the winter, as I hinted at before, you can easily take double that recommended dose and it will not be a problem. (Now if we lived in the Bahamas and had a job spending our day out on a surfboard, then we wouldn’t even be having a need for ANY of these capsules!!!!)

I LIKE your adventuresome nature with foods. Just experiment again with the lemon juice for your salad … but do include the OILS TOO on SOME of your food selections … whenever you can!!!! Because the right oils will be soooo helpful in your ability to lose weight!!!!

And heavens, DON’T measure anything by weighing it. Only eyeball it for good measure. You’re doing well just by staying AWARE of what you’re eating!!!!!

Your coffee intake sounds about perfect!!!!

If you DO try raw cashews again (which I do hope you will do), put them ON your salad or chicken dish or something, and you might like them better than just eating them plain. But this is also a great opportunity to experiment with roasting them yourself! Just put a few on a cookie sheet in the oven (225 degrees, maybe more????) for a few minutes, sprinkle them with olive oil and salt afterwards, and … what a luxurious treat they will be!!!!

I’m actually GLAD to hear that you will partake in the celebratory food efforts of the holidays. Do yourself a favor and DON’T try to “prepare” for them by starving yourself before you go. In fact, do the opposite. Eat a normal, healthy amount all the way up to the event. You will still hopefully want to sample things … and you will still likely leave there quite stuffed … but trust me … you would eat MUCH more if you walk into these events feeling “starved!”

I too love the warm drinks, in the wintertime especially. So I often sip pure, warm, water typically used for tea … all by itself … for a wonderfully “comfy” feeling that keeps me contented. Oh, I sometimes throw a teabag in there … any of the many … or just simple peppermint perhaps, with a pinch of fresh cloves.

Now you’ve done it to me again!! I just turned my teapot on!!!!

Hope your days are productive with all this “new energy” you might begin to see. Even if you initially start out with a bit of natural “detoxing” that your body might give you as you up your vegetables and therefore, fiber content … I have a feeling that you are going to be feeling quite good by it all.

And with your level of experimenting … be SURE to look up some of those whole dark rice grains, whole barley and oats, and perhaps even beans you can cook with through the winter. Make soups. They are a delightful mix of all kinds of FRESH goodies. Slow cook those BONES of ANY kind when you make soup. This helps you to receive a wonderful dosage of extra calcium that your body also needs. And with soups’ high water content, they are a GREAT way to help you feel full and lose weight!!!!

ALL of this is just helping the “AUTHENTIC YOU” to emerge!!!!

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