Acupuncture Information Video

Interested in acupuncture as a treatment? Check out what it is, and how it works in this video.

Check out the following foods and their protein levels.  No wonder I like fish so much!

Naturally Ocurring  High Protein Foods
Food                            g protein  /  g carbs

EGGS ( 1 medium size ) 6 grams 0 g
MILK ( 1 pint or 568ml) 19 grams 24 g
MILK ( 1 glass ) 6.3 grams 8 g
SOYA MILK Plain (200 ml) 6 grams 1.6 g
TOFU (100 g) 8 grams 0.8 g
LOW-FAT YOGHURT (plain) 150g 8 grams 10 g
LOW-FAT YOGHURT (fruit) 150g 6 grams 27 g
FISH (cod fillets 100g or 3.5 ounces) 21 grams 0 g
CHEESE cheddar 100g (3.5 ounces) 25 grams 0.1 g
ROAST BEEF ( 100g or 3.5 ounces ) 28 grams 0 g
ROAST CHICKEN 100g ( 3.5 ounces) 25 grams 0 g
OTHER MEATS AVERAGE (100g or 3.5 ounces) 25 grams 0 g
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Processed Food Protein/ carb levels
Sausages (100g or 3.5 ounces) 12 grams 13 g
Bacon (100g or 3.5 ounces) 25 grams 0 g
Ham (100g or 3.5 ounces) 18 grams 0 g
Beefburgers - freezer type average(100g) 20 grams 6 g
Corned Beef (100g or 3.5 ounces) 26 grams 0 g
luncheon Meat (100g or 3.5 ounces) 13 grams 5.5 g
Meat Paste (100g or 3.5 ounces) 15 grams 3 g
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Protein Supplements

Met-RX Big 100 bars 27 g Metamyosyn 26 g
Myoplex Protein 42g 24g
Precision Protein 20 g 4 g
EAS Products 21 g 0 g
Whey Protein 23 g 3 g
IST Pure Glutamine 98% -

Can Cravings Address Nutritional Needs of Chronically ill?

By Daniel Taverne

I believe my food cravings are trying to tell me things. For example, I get serious cravings for pickles from time to time, and no I’m not pregnant. What could this pickle craving be telling me?

I also get cravings for cabbage, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, assorted greens (mustard, turnip and collard).
I often crave fresh tomatoes, peaches, strawberries, blueberries and foods that contain a sour flavor.  Foods I don’t crave are meats like pork and beef. Yes, all my cravings are fruits and vegetables.

What could this mean?

Our bodies are designed in a way that gives us clues as to what this could mean. One such clue is our teeth. By looking at them we can see the vast majority of them are squared off; not pointy, as are the teeth of carnivores.

As we look at the “traditional” American diet, meat and potatoes, and the number one cause of death in America, heart disease, we might conclude that meat isn’t the best choice for humans to eat.

In an article titled, “Top Ten Cravings People Experience During Pregnancy",   Dacy Reimer asserts, “Pregnancy changes the chemistry of your body in strange and miraculous ways. Since you're eating for two now, you might get hit with some rather odd food cravings…” It’s this notion of changed body chemistry that causes me to make an assertion of my own.

I would like to assert that people, like me, who have dietary deficiencies experience cravings as well; cravings that if acted upon can address some of those shortcomings.  How pickles might help me, I don’t know, but when I get these cravings I try to obey them.

What do you think about this issue?  Do you have cravings and how do you think they might address a nutritional need of your own?  Leave a comment or sign my gurestbook to let me know how you feel.

Mild Exercise Reduces Poor Effects of Hospital Beds

Article available online at: http://www.therapytimes.com/092809Physical
Critical care experts at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore are reporting initial success in boosting recovery and combating muscle wasting among critically ill, mostly bed-bound patients using any one of a trio of mild physical therapy exercises during their stays in the intensive care unit (ICU).

“ICU-related muscle weakness is the number one factor in prolonging a patient’s recovery and delaying their return to a normal life, including work and recreational activities,” says critical care specialist Dale Needham, MD, PhD, the senior researcher involved in producing the report, to be published in the journal Critical Care Medicine online Sept. 21.

“Our ICU patients are telling us that they want to be awake and moving. Gone are the days when we should only think of critically ill patients on complete bed rest,” says Needham, whose 2008 publication in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that a majority of ICU patients experienced prolonged fatigue and delayed recovery after bed rest. For the rest of the article click here.

Click here for a video I made of 3 exercises you might use to help you get back to normal.

VIDEO - 3 Hospital Bed Exercises for Hospitalized and Bed-Bound Patients - VIDEO

These exercises can be done right in the bed!  The diagnals are done  while supine (laying on back).

When I get hospitalized, it's eazy for me to lay around getting weak.  I decided this isn't what I want so I started doing some simple exercises to maintain my strength.  In this video, I share a few exercises you might do, when you are hospitalized.   Check with your doctor or nurse to make sure you are okay to do them.

Also, this video shows a very good exercise for morbidly obese people to perform as a start to losing weight.

Do you know your Edema?

I have noticed there are different levels of edema.

I know about the “+” indicator of pitting edema, and I’m not referring to that. I am talking the anasarca.

Anasarca is generalized edema, meaning it is present throughout the body; not just dependant areas.

I have noted over the years I’ve been dealing with this that even my muscle fibers seem to become edemic. How do I know this?

When laying in the hospital bed one day, I had my right forearm resting in my right hand. When I tpositioned to sit up, I noticed the huge depression in my forearm where my hand had been.

Another observation I’ve made is that doctors will mistakenly think I have ascites (fluid within the abdominal space). I actually had one doctor try to aspirate fluid from within my abdomen with a huge syringe. It didn’t work!

My fluid was third spaced within the skin and was unable ot be drawn out. I would leak however whenever I was given a subcutaneous injection in that area.

So, the point of this little post is to get you to pay attention to your edema. What are its characteristics? Is it only in your lower extremeties, or is it also in your lower back area?

Do you notice times when your fluid level is worse? If so, what are tohose triggers.

All these questions and their answers may be important to your doctor, so be honest and pay attention.

Stuffed Chili (Pepper) Recipe

Cheese is loaded with protein so I thought I'd show you one of my favorite recipes.  Here's a video I made myself.