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Mary Had Schizophrenia—Then Suddenly She Didn’t
""Christine searched for medical papers that might explain her mother’s recovery and allow Angie to believe in it. She read about each of the medications that her mother had taken and concluded that the key drug may have been rituximab, the immunosuppressant. “I have a new working theory,” she texted Angie, in May, 2024. “Theoretically her chemo could have incidentally cured” her.""
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""Christine searched for medical papers that might explain her mother’s recovery and allow Angie to believe in it. She read about each of the medications that her mother had taken and concluded that the key drug may have been rituximab, the immunosuppressant. “I have a new working theory,” she texted Angie, in May, 2024. “Theoretically her chemo could have incidentally cured” her.""
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""For decades we've been telling Americans that you're lazy, it's your fault, you're not moving enough, you're eating too much," Mozaffarian says. "And I think what this study shows is that there's really complicated biology happening and that our food is driving this.""
""For decades we've been telling Americans that you're lazy, it's your fault, you're not moving enough, you're eating too much," Mozaffarian says. "And I think what this study shows is that there's really complicated biology happening and that our food is driving this.""
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Lentils - Dahl - a natural Ozempic?????
I like eating, and I like cooking, and we all know where that leads...
My BMI is about 26 - not that I rate it as a definitive measure. It doesn't take account of how much heavy muscle you have, and active people tend to have more, heavy muscle than average.... That's my excuse anyway, for being just over the 'Over Weight' boundary at BMI 26.
Anyway - I had some VERY tasty dahl the other day at someone's house and I thought I would knock some up for myself. It is very easy and astonishingly cheap, but it is also very tasty and filling.
So - I looked about online, gathered some ideas and made a pan of dahl for lunch when my partner was coming over. I started the cooking when she set off from Newcastle in the car and by the time she got here an hour later, it was already done and waiting for her to arrive. It went down well, and why not?
This is not my photograph, but mine looked pretty much like this.
I had no idea how many lentils to use so I tipped a whole 800 gram packet into the pot and this made a pretty huge amount. I have been eating it all week since Sunday and I reckon I got 8 servings out of a £1 packet of red lentils.
The funny thing is - although I have always felt really full when I ate a portion of this stuff, I have lost nearly a quarter of a stone since Sunday!! I had a serving yesterday lunch time and by seven o'clock at night I didn't feel hungry. I ate a tiny portion of something and put the rest back in the fridge. I am asking myself:
"Are lentils a bit like Ozempic - making you feel full for a long time and overall reducing how much you want to eat?"
I think they are.
Lentils are high in fibre and high in protein. Both of these make you feel full for a long time and reduce your total consumption of calories without the misery of just starving which most diets involve.
I think I am onto something here - time will tell.
How do you make it?
REALLY easy.
Put oil into a pan and fry a finely chopped onion, clove of garlic, some green pepper and a couple of those small hot chillis, until the onion is soft and translucent.
Add a teaspoonful of garam marsalla spice, some turmeric and salt to taste. I added about a level teaspoon full of salt. That might be too much for some of you.
Add a tin of chopped tomatoes and bring to the boil.
I added about two teaspoons of cheap Lidle honey to the broth.
Rinse the lentils in a sieve, under cold running water and stir into the broth of vegetables and bring to the boil again, adding more water as needed, when the lentils absorb water.
I used red lentils because I had some in the cupboard, but other people recommend green lentils or black ones. The red lentils cook faster than the others - it is up to you.
If you use different lentils you will likely have to increase the cooking times mentioned below.
Gently boil for about ten minutes and then reduce heat and gently simmer for another 15 minutes.
Keep an eye on the water content - i had to add small amounts a few times as it got absorbed. You don't want it all sloppy, or too dry. I tested whether the lentils were properly cooked, by nibbling some from a spoon as they cooked to test if they were cooked.
In the last five minutes, I added chopped leaf coriander, because I like its flavour.
If you put coriander leaf in too soon, you will lose most of the fragrant volatile notes that come with it, so just wilt it in the simmering dahl at the end for best results.
You can add a small dash of cream or coconut milk. I didn't have any to hand so didn't, but will do next time.
I have really enjoyed the dahl and I can see a significant weight loss in four days - 3 pounds. I have never felt like I was going short of food, but I just didn't need to eat much for the rest of the day after eating it at lunch time. When I tried, I couldn't manage to eat much. I just didn't need it.
For sure the whole pot cost less than £3, considering the number of portions it was incredibly cheap and rather good in my view and my partner's.
You could add some tomato slices and salad. I did that and it went well.
I like eating, and I like cooking, and we all know where that leads...
My BMI is about 26 - not that I rate it as a definitive measure. It doesn't take account of how much heavy muscle you have, and active people tend to have more, heavy muscle than average.... That's my excuse anyway, for being just over the 'Over Weight' boundary at BMI 26.
Anyway - I had some VERY tasty dahl the other day at someone's house and I thought I would knock some up for myself. It is very easy and astonishingly cheap, but it is also very tasty and filling.
So - I looked about online, gathered some ideas and made a pan of dahl for lunch when my partner was coming over. I started the cooking when she set off from Newcastle in the car and by the time she got here an hour later, it was already done and waiting for her to arrive. It went down well, and why not?
This is not my photograph, but mine looked pretty much like this.
I had no idea how many lentils to use so I tipped a whole 800 gram packet into the pot and this made a pretty huge amount. I have been eating it all week since Sunday and I reckon I got 8 servings out of a £1 packet of red lentils.
The funny thing is - although I have always felt really full when I ate a portion of this stuff, I have lost nearly a quarter of a stone since Sunday!! I had a serving yesterday lunch time and by seven o'clock at night I didn't feel hungry. I ate a tiny portion of something and put the rest back in the fridge. I am asking myself:
"Are lentils a bit like Ozempic - making you feel full for a long time and overall reducing how much you want to eat?"
I think they are.
Lentils are high in fibre and high in protein. Both of these make you feel full for a long time and reduce your total consumption of calories without the misery of just starving which most diets involve.
I think I am onto something here - time will tell.
How do you make it?
REALLY easy.
Put oil into a pan and fry a finely chopped onion, clove of garlic, some green pepper and a couple of those small hot chillis, until the onion is soft and translucent.
Add a teaspoonful of garam marsalla spice, some turmeric and salt to taste. I added about a level teaspoon full of salt. That might be too much for some of you.
Add a tin of chopped tomatoes and bring to the boil.
I added about two teaspoons of cheap Lidle honey to the broth.
Rinse the lentils in a sieve, under cold running water and stir into the broth of vegetables and bring to the boil again, adding more water as needed, when the lentils absorb water.
I used red lentils because I had some in the cupboard, but other people recommend green lentils or black ones. The red lentils cook faster than the others - it is up to you.
If you use different lentils you will likely have to increase the cooking times mentioned below.
Gently boil for about ten minutes and then reduce heat and gently simmer for another 15 minutes.
Keep an eye on the water content - i had to add small amounts a few times as it got absorbed. You don't want it all sloppy, or too dry. I tested whether the lentils were properly cooked, by nibbling some from a spoon as they cooked to test if they were cooked.
In the last five minutes, I added chopped leaf coriander, because I like its flavour.
If you put coriander leaf in too soon, you will lose most of the fragrant volatile notes that come with it, so just wilt it in the simmering dahl at the end for best results.
You can add a small dash of cream or coconut milk. I didn't have any to hand so didn't, but will do next time.
I have really enjoyed the dahl and I can see a significant weight loss in four days - 3 pounds. I have never felt like I was going short of food, but I just didn't need to eat much for the rest of the day after eating it at lunch time. When I tried, I couldn't manage to eat much. I just didn't need it.
For sure the whole pot cost less than £3, considering the number of portions it was incredibly cheap and rather good in my view and my partner's.
You could add some tomato slices and salad. I did that and it went well.
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My wife is vegetarian so we have loads of lentils and legumes, red lentils, green lentils, chickpeas, edamame, lots of different sorts of beans. Lentil Curry with coconut milk is a favourite.
They have a low Glycemic Index (which I think means they take quite a long time to digest so keeps you feeling full)
They have a low Glycemic Index (which I think means they take quite a long time to digest so keeps you feeling full)
I'm not vegetarian, but I am going to make sure I eat more of the kinds of things you mention there than I did before, Peter.
It makes sense. Low GI, High fibre, high protein and so cheap it is hard to believe how much you are getting for so little.
Given that many people are struggling with cost of living pressure, it is surprising how many are eating so much take away and fast food which is vastly more expensive, and a lot less good for you.
It makes sense. Low GI, High fibre, high protein and so cheap it is hard to believe how much you are getting for so little.
Given that many people are struggling with cost of living pressure, it is surprising how many are eating so much take away and fast food which is vastly more expensive, and a lot less good for you.
I count myself lucky that I have decent size garden with a vegetable plot at the top. I'm not a "good life" all year round fanatic but we can find ourselves at this time of year most days of the week with only the meat on the plate having been out sourced. My parents were in the situation where the some meat as well was home grown though only chickens and ducks.
I am myself I think ready for slaughter for "foie gras" having in the last few weeks eaten sweet corn for more than a few days of the week.
I am myself I think ready for slaughter for "foie gras" having in the last few weeks eaten sweet corn for more than a few days of the week.
Before I moved here I used to have an allotment and 16 laying hens. I had a shed on my quarter acre plot and in it I kept an axe, a steel grid - some sort of rebar scrap, and a frying pan. Some days I went down early without breakfast and there were mornings in summer when I just pulled up a couple of new potatoes, and some rocket, sliced them up straight from the earth, pulled an onion and made a fantastic omelette on a fire with the pan over a couple of bricks, and some metal grid.I count myself lucky that I have decent size garden with a vegetable plot at the top. I'm not a "good life" all year round fanatic but we can find ourselves at this time of year most days of the week with only the meat on the plate having been out sourced. My parents were in the situation where the some meat as well was home grown though only chickens and ducks.
I am myself I think ready for slaughter for "foie gras" having in the last few weeks eaten sweet corn for more than a few days of the week.
Perfect.... All of it right out of the hens or the earth.
When I say perfect, you have to ignore the ash and muck that got into it, but it seemed pretty good at the time.
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