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Friday, April 30, 2010
Ohio mushrooms
Kristal Gartner, RN at Grant Medical Center sat next to me at lunch in Columbus and talked about morel mushroom hunting with her husband. You see them here in the wild and on the family picnic table.
Well this ignoramus was thinking they looked distinctive enough to be safely harvested, but not so,says Wikipedia; "When gathering morels, care must be taken to distinguish them from the poisonous false morels.." Also that they are the state mushroom of Minnesota. "State mushroom"???
Good Morning What a pleasure to meet and speak to you yesterday at lunch. Love the pictures. Hope you enjoyed Ohio hospitality. Next trip to Boston, I will look you up.
The key is telling your body there won’t be any more famines. There are two primary ways of doing this:
1. Eat real food. When you’re eating quality food and it’s assimilated efficiently, the body begins to receive what it needs to function at its best. This is one very important step in turning off the famine response. The presence of nutrient-dense food in the diet signals to the body that there is plenty of food available and there’s no need to pile on fat stores. Digestion is also an important part of this equation because you want to make sure the real food you eat is assimilated properly. Including raw and cultured foods in your diet on a regular basis can improve your digestive health and ensure you’re getting the most out of your food.
2. Reduce stress. Another folly of modern society is the intense level of stress most of us are exposed to, often since very early childhood. Stress induces the famine response as much as dieting. After all, the body doesn’t distinguish between types of stresses; the same biochemical reactions occur whether you’re stressed by your work, a difficult marriage, lack of real food, poor sleep habits or any number of stressors. So it’s very important to address this and take the appropriate steps to reducing and managing the stress in your life. Read more about the stress connection to weight loss here and here and here.
Without addressing these two components, a healthy body composition is virtually impossible to achieve. Plus, healthy food choices reduce stress, and reducing stress makes it easier to choose healthier food. So making one small change at a time really can add up, and the right choices will come more naturally over time. Granted, this involves patience and won’t produce results like "Lose 10 pounds in one week!" But it will set you on the path to lasting health.
Well this ignoramus was thinking they looked distinctive enough to be safely harvested, but not so,says Wikipedia;
ReplyDelete"When gathering morels, care must be taken to distinguish them from the poisonous false morels.." Also that they are the state mushroom of Minnesota. "State mushroom"???
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Good Morning
ReplyDeleteWhat a pleasure to meet and speak to you yesterday at lunch. Love the pictures. Hope you enjoyed Ohio hospitality. Next trip to Boston, I will look you up.
Kristal Gartner
The key is telling your body there won’t be any more famines. There are two primary ways of doing this:
ReplyDelete1. Eat real food. When you’re eating quality food and it’s assimilated efficiently, the body begins to receive what it needs to function at its best. This is one very important step in turning off the famine response. The presence of nutrient-dense food in the diet signals to the body that there is plenty of food available and there’s no need to pile on fat stores. Digestion is also an important part of this equation because you want to make sure the real food you eat is assimilated properly. Including raw and cultured foods in your diet on a regular basis can improve your digestive health and ensure you’re getting the most out of your food.
2. Reduce stress. Another folly of modern society is the intense level of stress most of us are exposed to, often since very early childhood. Stress induces the famine response as much as dieting. After all, the body doesn’t distinguish between types of stresses; the same biochemical reactions occur whether you’re stressed by your work, a difficult marriage, lack of real food, poor sleep habits or any number of stressors. So it’s very important to address this and take the appropriate steps to reducing and managing the stress in your life. Read more about the stress connection to weight loss here and here and here.
Without addressing these two components, a healthy body composition is virtually impossible to achieve. Plus, healthy food choices reduce stress, and reducing stress makes it easier to choose healthier food. So making one small change at a time really can add up, and the right choices will come more naturally over time. Granted, this involves patience and won’t produce results like "Lose 10 pounds in one week!" But it will set you on the path to lasting health.