Results are in. Glucose (fasting) was 76. Cholestorol was 177. Triglycerides 44. HDL 53. LDL 115. Chol/HDL ratio 3.3. All OK.
My numbers are good, but my health is better. I'm alive.
I'm still alive.
The other day we were listening to "Perfect Space" while we cleaned the kitchen and I said "I hope I'm old before I die", and Bjorn said "I hope that I get old before I die", then stopped and said, "I hope that you get old before I die." It's a love song.
30 August 2013
28 August 2013
Apocalyptic Food, pt 3 o' 3
Behold the face in front of the well-oiled, so-far cogs of my no-grain food storage!
♣ canned salmon • canned sardines • canned coconut milk • coconut oil • ghee • tallow • seaweed • raisins • animal gelatin • honey
TA-DA!
Almost all of my process, hard work, and rumination is unenumerated; these three parts are bones; not included are soft, connective, fleshy bits.
I did tons of work to figure out how to have command of a simple process, and this is what I have to show for it, and it's not showy. I feel like this must be what happens to my grandpa. He and my grandma send out a newsletter every month. His part of it usually has such simplified structure that one might think it insulting, yet sometimes (as he states) it took him years to achieve it.
Well, Grandpa, if this is what happens to you, I feel ya.
So. There's no way that I have three months worth of only these foods. And even if I did, it would be a dreary three months. But I have made a very fine start for myself.
♣ canned salmon • canned sardines • canned coconut milk • coconut oil • ghee • tallow • seaweed • raisins • animal gelatin • honey
TA-DA!
Almost all of my process, hard work, and rumination is unenumerated; these three parts are bones; not included are soft, connective, fleshy bits.
I did tons of work to figure out how to have command of a simple process, and this is what I have to show for it, and it's not showy. I feel like this must be what happens to my grandpa. He and my grandma send out a newsletter every month. His part of it usually has such simplified structure that one might think it insulting, yet sometimes (as he states) it took him years to achieve it.
Well, Grandpa, if this is what happens to you, I feel ya.
So. There's no way that I have three months worth of only these foods. And even if I did, it would be a dreary three months. But I have made a very fine start for myself.
26 August 2013
al-Lazeez!
I often make something very yummy and then forget about it (thus not making it again). Well, this one I want to remember, so I am telling you what we had for breakfast today —
Chili powder and garam masala CARROTS coined and sauteed in ghee, with ginger. Then one egg over easy each.
25 August 2013
1 Balanced and Broad, 1 Cute
"Some of My Best Friends are Germs" — Micheal Pollan's essay is the best gut-bug piece yet!
To accompany it, my favorite from Bird and Moon comics.
To accompany it, my favorite from Bird and Moon comics.
18 August 2013
Food Storage part 2 of 3
Part 1
My future food storage system has two primary traits. It is low maintenance in each of three cost categories — energy, time, money. It nourishes my family for ≥ 3 months in The Event (e.g., of a Zombie Apocalypse).
The supporting traits I've identified are familiarity and stability. These each bear up both primaries — minimizing maintenance costs and maximizing nourishment. All food storage candidates satisfy these criteria.
Up to this point, the decisions on including a food are basic — binary. Now they become complex.
When I identify a food that is familiar and stable, next I'll consider its basic nutritional profile. What are the macros and micros? How does it compare with other foods I have identified? Next, is it a hassle to prepare OR consume? Zombies are chasing me, I've lost an arm, and I've run out of spoons. Do I need a can opener for this?
If I end up with dozens of winning foods — more than I have room to store — I can cull by considering other traits. (Comparative cost?) But for now I'll save that energy.
My future food storage system has two primary traits. It is low maintenance in each of three cost categories — energy, time, money. It nourishes my family for ≥ 3 months in The Event (e.g., of a Zombie Apocalypse).
The supporting traits I've identified are familiarity and stability. These each bear up both primaries — minimizing maintenance costs and maximizing nourishment. All food storage candidates satisfy these criteria.
Up to this point, the decisions on including a food are basic — binary. Now they become complex.
When I identify a food that is familiar and stable, next I'll consider its basic nutritional profile. What are the macros and micros? How does it compare with other foods I have identified? Next, is it a hassle to prepare OR consume? Zombies are chasing me, I've lost an arm, and I've run out of spoons. Do I need a can opener for this?
If I end up with dozens of winning foods — more than I have room to store — I can cull by considering other traits. (Comparative cost?) But for now I'll save that energy.
16 August 2013
Emergency Preparedness: Food Storage
It is a good time of year to consider catastrophe.
The other week my dad recommended a certain product to me for food storage. I began doing more thinking about what good food storage items are — for someone with my diet.
The other week my dad recommended a certain product to me for food storage. I began doing more thinking about what good food storage items are — for someone with my diet.
Consideration A: Grains are the staple for food storage as I know it. (Now "knew it".)
Consideration B: Rotation is a primary principle of preparedness; to rotate, store what you eat and eat what you store.
Consideration C: Mine is a diet of animals and vegetables, of no grains, of few pulses or legumes (lentils and limas allowed), of no sugars except fruit and honey.
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Problem: I cannot realistically rotate something I don't eat, and I don't eat the common storage items, so I can't use the old methods, and I don't know any other way.
But who am I to not do something because I don't know what to do? Not I! Time to make up another way.
I am making two lists, one of traits (what do I want of my food storage items?), another of items so far (what do I already eat with those traits?). I shall post them.
Did you notice that I said "items so far"? SO FAR! I request ideas. Pretty please, with a dried cherry on top.
Consideration B: Rotation is a primary principle of preparedness; to rotate, store what you eat and eat what you store.
Consideration C: Mine is a diet of animals and vegetables, of no grains, of few pulses or legumes (lentils and limas allowed), of no sugars except fruit and honey.
==
Problem: I cannot realistically rotate something I don't eat, and I don't eat the common storage items, so I can't use the old methods, and I don't know any other way.
But who am I to not do something because I don't know what to do? Not I! Time to make up another way.
I am making two lists, one of traits (what do I want of my food storage items?), another of items so far (what do I already eat with those traits?). I shall post them.
Did you notice that I said "items so far"? SO FAR! I request ideas. Pretty please, with a dried cherry on top.
12 August 2013
Lover and Thinker
. . .
The answers quick and keen, the honest look, the laughter, the love,
They are gone. They have gone to feed the roses. Elegant and curled
Is the blossom. Fragrant is the blossom. I know. But I do not approve.
More precious was the light in your eyes than all the roses in the world.
. . .
And I am not resigned.
The answers quick and keen, the honest look, the laughter, the love,
They are gone. They have gone to feed the roses. Elegant and curled
Is the blossom. Fragrant is the blossom. I know. But I do not approve.
More precious was the light in your eyes than all the roses in the world.
. . .
And I am not resigned.
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