Comments on: Sous Vide Supreme tour

By: catherine

catherine — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:40:12 +0000

on a different note,
check this out:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8334353.stm
“Eating a diet high in processed food increases the risk of depression, research suggests.”

By: Kathy from Maine

Kathy from Maine — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:12:24 +0000

Dr. Mike, I know you said you were planning on doing an article on supplements. My question concerns calcium.

I keep reading that I should be getting 1,000 mg of calcium per day, but you’ve said in PPLP and elsewhere that we need equal amounts of calcium and magnesium. I don’t think I want to take 1,000 of magnesium a day (I’d never get out of the bathroom!).

Do you think that 500 grams of calcium plus 500 grams of magenesium plus 5,000 IU of Vitamin D3 per day is sufficient to ward off osteoporosis? I’m also starting to take 1,000 mg of krill oil, 1,000 mg of Omega 3 oil, and 800 mg of Vitamin E to help with arthritis. I’ve taken both Bromelain and Curcumin for more than a month now (with the Krill oil, but not the Omega 3 or the Vitamin E), and see no difference, which is why I’m switching up a bit.

I don’t expect an answer right away, but if you could address this in an upcoming blog, that would be great.

THANKS!!!

By: Amber

Amber — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:34:44 +0000

Dr. Mike,

I know you are super busy……have you ever considered putting together a blog on gestational diabetes/long term effects on mommy and baby? I want to scream right now, one of my dear friends spent last week in the hospital after being diagnosed with it. I have given her my two cents, but was curious to see what the internet had to say as well. HORRIBLE. Seems the dietician recommended diet has preggo’s eating around 200g/carbs per day. Between the medical websites and the mommy forums, I kept seeing “carbs are the answer!” only their version of low-carb was kinda off. I’d love to hear what you have to say.

R/Amber

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:01:19 +0000

Lynn I owned the handi-vac and yes you can use the ziploc vacuum bags with it. They work just as well if not better. I order them by the case from BuyTheCase.net . Since moveing to Texas in June, I was haveing a hard time finding even these bags, so I e-mailed ziplock and yes they still make them. Our stores here, HEB and Walmart are the only choices in Austin it seems. doesn’t always carry them.

Debbie

By: Jacquie

Jacquie — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:13:53 +0000

@ Lynn_M

Yes, the Ziploc vacuum bags work with the Reynold’s Handi-Vac. I’ve been using the Reynold’s Handi-Vac for a couple of years for food-freezing purposes. I was disappointed when the Reynold’s product line was discontinued and I could no longer find the vacuum bag refills, but relieved and delighted to discover that the Ziploc bags work just as well as the Reynold’s bags. Of course, there is also a Ziploc-brand vacuum pump available for sale. I’ve seen it marketed alongside the replacement bags at a couple of different area supermarkets (definitely Superfresh and ShopRite and/or Acme, in NJ).

By: Guy

Guy — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:38:37 +0000

ML Harris: I disagree and think shill was a most inappropriate word used to describe the business relationship. Even according to definition in your link, the word is used to describe the role of a set up man in a scam or a carnival barker. It is simply not appropriate in this context.

‘Promote’ or ‘sell’ would be more appropriate choices. ‘Shill’ is a loaded term and an insult, which I’m sure is what the writer intended.

By: matt beaudreau

matt beaudreau — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:26:57 +0000

What the hell did Ken S just say?

By: Low-Carber

Low-Carber — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:07:26 +0000

Hello all: I have a simple question not related to this specific post. I would like to know if egg-yolks cause swelling, bloating and water-retention in our bodies? I would like to know that, because i’ve read different articles and even in Dr. Eades book “Protein Power” he said that in some people read-meat and eggs might cause some liquid retention and some bloating.

Thanks

By: Desmondo

Desmondo — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:25:01 +0000

@Katie

Hyperlipid – Peter – seems quite happy, does he not?

“So do I worry about a FBG of over 5.5mmol/l?

Not while my HbA1c is 4.4%.”

By: Desmondo

Desmondo — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:15:17 +0000

Most recent on oesophageal cancer and curcumin:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8328377.stm

I have been using turmeric as an additive on many foods recently, but it does stain my utensils as if suffering from the “yellow peril”!