Food and Health?

I don't have any recipes, but I sure would like to know how to properly care for mine.  I know you have to 'season' the skillet....(or something like that)....and you're not supposed to clean it with soap & water .... (or something).... ?????  

You can clean it, you just have to season it with oil once in a while.

I've been eating a lot of spaghetti made with veggies, chickpea, and red lentils that have been pretty good and don't send the blood sugars soaring.

I hear CBD oil is good for this, but I would only trust the kind that comes from a licensed dispensary (and not online or at a tobacco shop, because half the time what they sell isn't even CBD).

Joseph, homeopathy is a very specialized area, just a small subset of natural remedies. The main homeopathic remedy for nerve pain, especially shooting pains or particularly intense nerve pains (like if you smashed a finger in a door jamb) is hypericum. Which happens to be St. John's Wort but has a broader range of action than the non-energized herb. You have to choose the potency and dose accordingly. A moderate potency would be 30C, and the one most likely to be found locally. You never follow the instructions on the vials - they're just something FDA requires but not an effective way of dosing homeopathically. If you were to try this, PM me and I may be able to give you some pointers.

Alpha lipoic acid is a possibility but you need to take it 3 times a day to keep the level up. This is short-listed for folks with diabetic neuropathy.  It might not be appropriate depending on what other drugs are being consumed.

Joseph, I'm so sorry you're going through this. Make sure you're taking ALA frequently enough. A lesser dose won't do anything at all.

Obviously what could help tremendously would be knowing what is causing this. Doctors usually just cover up the symptoms with drugs and don't push far enough to get at the root. So you might also consider seeking some conventional diagnostics to narrow down why this is happening even if you reject what the doctor recommends doing about it. Withstanding chronic pain is no way to live! There may be an answer here that you need sooner rather than later. You know we're all here to help you through it!

This is going to sound silly, but for maximum health we need plenty of natural sunlight, starting as early as possible in the day, and as little artificial light as possible, especially blue light after dark. We especially need infrared and ultraviolet A light, but natural, not from specialty bulbs. They both penetrate deep, especially infrared. They can stimulate natural endorphins. Any opportunity you get, I would recommend lying in the sun with that part of your skin exposed, as many days as you can. In a sheltered area, it can be very warm in the sun, even if the calendar says it is still winter. All-cause mortality and morbidity both go *down* with increased sunlight. We need it and it doesn't cost anything at all. It's how we evolved. We need to stop being afraid of the sun, but to seek it out sensibly.

I don't recall the total recommended dosage, just that ALA must be taken every 8 hours.

Maybe if you went to your employer for approval of CBD usage before you tried it, and explained why, you could get that approval (and get the name & date of the person approving it on record). It would show on record Why you wanted it & that it wasn't for drug abuse.
I've never tried it myself, but I've heard a lot of good about it from some very straight laced people who have.

Theorectically, what they test for is THC (the element that gets you high). If you're getting pure CBD it should be just that and no THC so it should pass the drug test, but I definitely understand why you wouldn't want to roll the dice with your job on the line. Plus, some CBD mixtures also contain THC.

From what I understand the flower strains (herb) that have higher CBD strains also have THC, but the pure CBD oil doesn't. I could be wrong though.

The only problem with this is that there are little if any controls on the purity of the product. 
At least around here, providers are just that - providers. They get a license to provide marijuana products for "medical purposes". Even the ones like CBD that are fully legal, they still are produced by small or private operations, as in home-grown. I suppose there may be some testing of products to prove that's what they really are, but as to full purity testing, I doubt it's done.

In order to guarantee that there is no THC in the product, it would have to be produced in controlled labs, subjected to rigorous and regular testing. This is just not done at this point.
When buying the product from "providers", and that's all that's available here, you are blindingly trusting that what you're buying is what they say. 
If done on a home-grown home-made scale, which I think is most of it, it really is a crap shoot.

If I needed CBD oil, I would probably chance this & blindly trust, although I would probably ask a lot of questions & do some research & ask for, and hope for, some kind of verification paperwork from the provider.
The way I see it, controls need to be put in place. As much as I hate to involve the government any more than it is, I'm suspicious of any non prescription medication.
That doesn't mean I wouldn't use it, I would just be suspicious.

Eek. I drink two cups of hot coffee every morning and a cup of hot tea in the evenings...guess I should let them cool a bit before sipping.

There are ideal brewing temperatures and time periods. I brew green tea at about 165F. Doesn't mean I drink it at that temperature.

Awwwww.......geez.......my BRO called me before my March birthday and asked if he could buy me an electric kettle. He texted me several models. (He said I know how much you love tea so I thought you would love one of these).

I DECLINED his offer.      I just have always boiled my water on the stove in my lovely kitchen aid tea kettle.   BTW that CHART you posted is AWESOME!!

As far as TEA .... my all time FAV and I have been drinking it since 2008 is P&G TIPS.  It's a UK brand tea.  I used to only be able to buy it at World Market. Then I noticed Albertson's starting selling it.  

Evening tea is anything caffeine free. 

If I am traveling, I will drink any tea. When I go to my son's in Pasadena .... I will take my own bags with me. They are coffee drinkers and while they have tea .... its some generic (#blah) crap. 

My hubby is a riot .... he travels probably easily 2 weeks a month. While he is a coffee drinker, he ALWAYS brings me home the bags of tea from his hotel room.  So I will gladly try those as well.

AND on CC ... #blah 


As far as the study .... I am so old at this point I really don't care. I will continue to drink it hot as I just made a cup now .... it's quite hot.  

If you read of my demise .... its probably going to be just that .... KAR passed due to drinking her TEA wayyyyyy too HOT.  

Oh btw, my Mom is 91 years old. She drinks tea as much as I do. She always has it really hot. Hot that you can barely use the handle of her mug.  AND she is in AMAZING shape.