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[Kassaundra]

Ditto on not doing what you used to do but mine was less about weight and more about lifting heavy patients for almost 20 years..does some damage. My other sibs never did heavy lifting in their jobs so they don't have the same damage.

And they keep getting bigger and bigger. Our service had to get some bariatric cots and we need several crews to heft them into the ambulance,(when they have a pt on them) and we have pt's that don't even fit on those!!!! Some ems services have gone to outfitting one or more of their trucks w/ wenching lift systems b/c of how many bariatric pts they transport. One of our local er's have built in lift systems into all their er rooms.

 

[Beekissed]

Yep...I hurt my back, initially, on a patient that was over 400 lbs and the next day on another who was around 275. Standing up and on their feet, no problem, but dead weight in a bed? Impossible, particularly if working with women who cannot or simply will not lift and that's how I got injured.

Our facility drew the line at a 900 lb patient, finally, with already having some over 500 that our equipment couldn't handle. I don't have a thing against obese patients because I ARE one, but it's a growing~pardon the pun~concern to the healthcare workers who have to lift them, because we aren't getting any stronger either..and we are getting fat and weak too.

 

[Triple Willow]

Yep...I hurt my back, initially, on a patient that was over 400 lbs and the next day on another who was around 275.  Standing up and on their feet, no problem, but dead weight in a bed?  Impossible, particularly if working with women who cannot or simply will not lift and that's how I got injured.  Our facility drew the line at a 900 lb patient, finally, with already having some over 500 that our equipment couldn't handle.  I don't have a thing against obese patients because I ARE one, but it's a growing~pardon the pun~concern to the healthcare workers who have to lift them, because we aren't getting any stronger either..and we are getting fat and weak too.   

Yeah I have seen nurses and physical therapists that can't hardly handle my little mama. I about knocked one nurse out one day - she had my mom up doing something and I kept telling her that she had to hold on to her because her balance is so bad and she was so weak. She was just messing around like "okay whatever" and mom about fell so I grabbed her before she hit the floor! Ohhh it peed me off so bad!

 

[RachaelS]

Bee, you have to share your pepper butter recipe!!! I am not a huge fan of salt, but sour, I LOVE!

 

[Beekissed]

I'll try to dig it out here in the next couple of days...will keep you posted as to when I post it. When we first started making it it had creamy, relish look to it but then I bought my mother a Vitamix and we blended it down to a smooth spread. We like it better that way and it goes further.

 

[RachaelS]

Does she love the Vitamix? Two people at work got them and seem to think it is the best thing since sliced bread, LOL!

 

[Beekissed]

She did love it! It can do everything but your taxes....but there may be a way to do those with it too, I just didn't read the manual. Then things happened here and her Vitamix got rehomed to a sister's house...over $400 worth of machinery...

and we are down to a Ninja blender, which will still do the trick on taking big things and making them small, but doesn't have the capabilities of the VM.

Personally, I wouldn't invest in one for myself(I'm much too cheap...um..er.I mean,frugal) but at the time Mama really wanted one and I had the money, so I got her one. They are very nice for canning purposes and that's the reason I got one for her, just to make things easier on her.

 

[DaveMorey]

After having just a simple blender, just having a "Ninja" is a real treat. I cooked up some butternut squash the other night and ran it through the ninja. What a silky smooth consistency.

 

[Beekissed]

I agree..but be careful..wicked sharp!!! Found it out the hard way washing the blades.

 

[Robert M]

TW, you do know you can freeze lemons?

Lisa

Hi Tex,

Yes, you can freeze lemons, and use a food grater on them to make lemonade, salad toppings and everything else you use lemons for in your kitchen.

You grate them seed, zest and all. We have lemons in the freezer, on the door.

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Many professionals in restaurants and eateries are using or consuming the entire lemon and nothing is wasted.

How can you use the whole lemon without waste? Simple.. place the washed lemon in the freezer section of your refrigerator. Once the lemon is frozen, get your grater, and shred the whole lemon (no need to peel it) and sprinkle it on top of your foods.

Sprinkle it to your vegetable salad, ice cream, soup, cereals, noodles, spaghetti sauce, rice, sushi, fish dishes, whisky, wine.... the list is endless. All of the foods will unexpectedly have a wonderful taste, something that you may have never tasted before. Most likely, you only think of lemon juice and vitamin C. Not anymore. Now that you've learned this lemon secret, you can use lemon even in instant cup noodles.

What's the major advantage of using the whole lemon other than preventing waste and adding new taste to your dishes? Well, you see lemon peels contain as much as 5 to 10 times more vitamins than the lemon juice itself. And yes, that's what you've been wasting. But from now on, by following this simple procedure of freezing the whole lemon, then grating it on top of your dishes, you can consume all of those nutrients and get even healthier. It's also good that lemon peels are health rejuvenators in eradicating toxic elements in the body.

So place your washed lemon in your freezer, and then grate it on your meal every day. It is a key to make your foods tastier and you get to live healthier and longer! That's the lemon secret! Better late than never, right? The surprising benefits of lemon!


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Certainly lemons (and citrus fruits in general) provide a number of useful nutritional and health benefits, as described in the Encyclopedia of Healing Foods:
The fruit juice contains mainly sugars and fruit acids, which are made mainly of citric acid. Lemon peel consists of two layers: the outermost layer ("zest"), which contains essential oils (6 percent) that are composed mostly of limonene (90 percent) and citral (5 percent), plus a small amount of cintronellal, alphaterpineol, linayl, and geranyl acetate. The inner layer contains no essential oil but instead houses a variety of bitter flavone glycosides and coumarin derivatives.

Lemons are an excellent source of vitamin C. In addition, they are a good source of vitamin B6, potassium, folic acid, flavonoids, and the important phytochemical limonene. A 3½-ounce (100 gram) serving is about 2 medium lemons and provides 29 calories, 1.1 grams of protein, 0.3 grams of fat, and 9.3 grams of carbohydrate, with 2.8 grams of fiber and 2.5 grams of natural sugars.

The phytochemical limonene, which is extracted from lemons, is currently being used in clinical trials to dissolve gallstones and is showing extremely promising anticancer activities.
Several academic papers published in the last decade have suggested that lemons, as well as other citrus fruits, might possess some substantial anti-cancer properties. For example, a 2002 report on the medicinal use of citrus issued by the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences noted that:
Recent research has focused on the biological activity of compounds found in citrus species, including compounds called flavanoids, carotenoids and limonoids, especially in terms of their effects on citrus palatability and anti-cancer activity. Citrus flavonoids have potential antioxidant (prevents aging), anti-cancer, antiviral, anti-inflammatory activities, effects on capillarity, and cholesterol-lowering ability. The principal carotenoids in pink grapefruit are lycopene and beta-carotene. Lycopene-containing fruits and vegetables have been shown to contribute to a significant reduction in prostate and mammary cancer risk.

Recent studies have further shown that limonoids inhibit the development of cancer in laboratory animals and in human breast cancer cells as well as reducing cholesterol. Researchers have also suggested that, if ingested, limonoids may not be absorbed in the large intestine, and therefore could be distributed throughout the body, with beneficial effects.
Likewise, a 2000 paper from University of California Davis on "The Potential of Citrus Limonoids as Anticancer Agents" observed that:
Vitamin C and flavonoids are antioxidants, substances that neutralize active oxygen species which can damage body cells and contribute to chronic diseases including cancer. Carotenoids, colored pigments in fruits and vegetables such as beta-carotene, lycopene, and lutein, also provide some antioxidant protection, but have other beneficial actions involving cell growth and vision. Folate is a B vitamin that is needed for the synthesis of DNA, and therefore is important for the integrity of genetic material in cells and the healthy growth of tissues. Recent information indicates that mild folate deficiency alters the structure of DNA in a way that may decrease the expression of tumor suppressor proteins. A survey of food folate sources showed that orange juice is the largest contributor to the food folate intake in the U.S. population. Recent research suggests that U.S. consumers may be getting another health benefit from orange juice and other citrus products — phytochemicals called limonoids — which appear to possess substantial anticancer activity.
And a 2004 ScienceDaily article reported on similar research from Texas A&M University's Kingsville Citrus Center:
Research by Texas Agriculture Experiment Station scientists has shown that citrus compounds called limonoids targeted and stopped neuroblastoma cells in the lab. They now hope to learn the reasons for the stop-action behavior and eventually try the citrus concoction in humans.

Neuroblastomas account for about 10 percent of all cancer in children, Harris said, and is usually a solid tumor in the neck, chest, spinal cord or adrenal gland. The finding in citrus is promising not only for its potential to arrest cancer, but because limonoids induce no side affects, according to Dr. Ed Harris, Experiment Station biochemist who collaborated on the study with Dr. Bhimu Patil, a plant physiologist at the Texas A&M University-Kingsville Citrus Center in Weslaco.

"Limonoids are naturally occurring compounds," Harris said. "Unlike other anti-cancer drugs that are toxic, limonoids apparently do not hurt a person. That's the beautiful potential."

Patil calls citrus fruit "a vast reservoir of anti-carcinogens." As a plant physiologist, he has succeeded in isolating and purifying a number of limonoids from citrus so that the biochemists could evaluate and compare their anti-cancer abilities at the molecular level.

"Limonoids are unique to citrus," Patil said. "They are not present in any other fruits or vegetables. My goal is to find the direct benefits of citrus on human health."
However, the best that can be said at this point is that citrus fruits may potentially harbor anti-cancer properties that could help ward off cancer. No reputable scientific or medical studies have reported that lemons have been found to be a "proven remedy against cancers of all types," nor has any of the (conveniently unnamed) "world's largest drug manufacturers" reported discovering that lemons are "10,000 times stronger than chemotherapy" and that their ingestion can "destroy malignant [cancer] cells." All of those claims are hyperbole and exaggeration not supported by facts.

Last updated: 23 October 2012
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