The Old Folks Home

[Arielle2]

We didn't have any peaches at all this year. 7 mature trees and no peaches. The spring weather was perfect. Cool and wet but unfortunately it was their 'off' year. Millions of blooms but not one flippin peach. I really had my mouth set for peach jam. We have one Alberta peach and the rest are heirlooms. Small fruit about the size of a large apricot but they make the best jam.....or wine.

Only 4 of the apple trees were productive. Two were on their off years but still gave us some fruit. The other two were loaded although the Arkansas black really outdid itself this year. Stupid tree was so fruit heavy it pulled itself over and was almost flat on the ground. DH drove in two posts this morning and used bruit force to pull it back up semi straight. We are going to work on it more after the rain and see if we can't tamp the ground down around it. Our orchard is over what used to be an old corral. The Loam is very rich and very fine. Almost a point of being too fertile.

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Isnt it funny how fruit trees can be? My peach trees are very old now..... 25 years or so. Just a branch or two left on each. Have been putting in new ones.

Knowing the rootstock is important. OFten they need support their whole lives if on dwarfing stock. The root system is limited to cause the dwarfing but it leaves the trees vulnerable to falling over.The standard apple trees live for years, maybe over 100, but dang they are so hard to harvest. Just have to wait for drops.

Have you looked at the Paul Friday peaches??

 

[ronott1]

Our two year agreemen with FIos is coming up-- the service has been reliable, with about 4 times we lost it.... and it costs electricity to run the boxes in addition to the Tv.... we are in the process of deciding to dump it and jut keep the internet portion.

Buying an occassional DVD was farr less expensive. Just goota figure out how to run Netflicks separately... maybe it does and I just realize it? We used to use a hotspot but that device died. If any one has thoughts on this.... chime in.

Roku has a low cost stick that streams netflix, amazon prime, hulu and a lot of other services.

 

[Arielle2]

Yes it is. Last month I fell off the wagon. Just couldn't take another mouthful of it. I ate two bags of cheddar cheese and sour cream potato chips. Several candy bars, basically all the junk food I'd been avoiding over the past year. It was wonderful, it was delicious. I got it out of my system and am now back on my diet. My big luxuries are 2 graham crackers in the evening, a half cup serving of low fat ice cream and Go Fish cheddar crackers....yeah, I love cheese. And lots and lots of fruit.

Thunder and rain all day here today and all day tomorrow before turning colder.

I'm of to peel apples and make applesauce for the freezer.

Have you looked at the low carb desserts?? You might find a few that will fill your cravings without causing other issues. Made LC crackers the other day-- kids noshed them down so fast I didnt get my share!! Sometimes we need crunchy!! And sometimes I just gotta have my cheesecake!! ( which is also LC)

How about pork rinds with scour cream dill dip??

 

[Arielle2]

I just read a study of depressed
College students. They put them in a Mediterranean diet (lots of fruits and vegetables, fish, poultry, less meat, snack on nuts) with added cinnamon and turmeric. In 3 weeks they were markedly less depressed!

The “pizza-as-usual” crowd remained depressed. They didn’t call it that, but you know. Pizza, burgers, junk.

So it’s not strange you have more energy!

So true!!!!! OUr brains needs lots of good nutrients. Especially Magnesium-- our soils are very depleted and a supplement is beneficial.

Dr P______, dang forgot his name, lists foods by ranking of nutrients-- all breads fall into the MINUS ZERO zone-- actually depletes nutrients.

Dr Davis wrote Wheat Belly, which I HIGHLY RECOMMEND, as he presents the science behind how modern grains hurt our body. Causes glycation of not just red blood cells ( A1c) but all proteins in the body ( think arthrosclerosis and cateracts). FOr those that are gluten intolerant, old varieties of wheat can be tolerated.

THere is a list of vegetables that are ranked by how they help lift depression: parsley, beet greens, spinach, mustard greens..... kale fell low on the list; Meats were way at the bottom.

 

[Arielle2]

From what I can tell nearly all of the stuff on diet and exercise is driven by someone wanting to make money. Quite a lot of charlatans out there.

Eating a healthy diet from all food groups is best for health.

I think the word keto is over used and often silly thing to say-- a buzz word used to make someone money. Going into ketosis is not a good thing for your kidneys so I would bet most of the so called keto diets do not put someone into the dangerous state of ketosis.

We need to eat the right carbs to live. Complex grain carbs. Most people can be much healthier by cutting white sugar and sugar free foods. Cutting processed baked goods and eating home baked goods too. Processed baked foods have very nasty chemicals in them that I do not add to my baked foods.

I have posted before that the key thing is to eat a diet that is sustainable. The Atkins diet was more sustainable but still not as good as eating lower calories of a diet that does not cut out an entire food group.

Look at the science.

In the world I live in keto has a definition: a diet in which the body produces ketones.

Yes, the right carbs. Carbs are not a required nutrient techically. However, they go along with a whole package of nutrients which are beneficial. Lots of green leavey vegetables and small amounts of drupe fruits are great.

It is what a bear does when it hybernates. It uses its fat stores to live over the long winter. Ketosis is not dangerous. It is natural. IT is something that we Americans have lost as we eat many times a day in a constant state of "fed" and never allowing the body to switch to using its fats.

THere is a whole area of research now looking at how fasting allows the body to repair at the cellular level, and mitochondria cannot rejuvinate in the fed state. ALso in a fasted state, Growth Hormone rises to fix and repair. THis is something that ddropss greatly in us 50- somethings and older.

Bottom line is ketosis is necessary to mobilize the extra body weight people like me carry. Because it is the process of burning fats for energy. As long as too many carbs are consumed, the body cannot switch to burning fats.

Not every one is in it for the money. Like everything, learn to find the real deal. Dr Jason FUng and many others put out info that is free. Look at all that is out there for free. He is a kidney doctor that was frustrated by all his patients on dialysis. He started IDM program.com which is basically free. DIetDoctor.com is basically free.

Dr NOakes survived a 4 year law suit by the South African Medical establishment and wont on all 15-16 counts. He is a keto convert. ANd while his legal defense cost some $1 million, he said in the weeks after the final verdict, it was the best money spent as it put food choices and keto on the world stage for less than the cost of an advertising company.

It helps to get to know the science behind food, diets and fasting and insulin..... and learn to sift the facts and the truth from fallacy. We are lied to by many factions..... and even medical doctors are woefully inadequate..... they are the last place I look to for information other than a diagnosis.

 

[Arielle2]

"Doesn't the Keto diet promote that as well?"

Im not entirely sure of your question....

Nuts are not required. Generally, the more problems foods that can be removed for a particular person the better they feel. For you its nuts. FOr someone else it is dairy.

Keto only means to use fat as an energy source in the form of ketones. How you get there varies. It can by frank starvation. It can be intermittent fasting, like restricting feeding to 8 hours a day; it can be by dropping carbs very low, like one or two small salads a day and eating a modest amount of meat and fats. Does that make sense?
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Grains were not part of the diet until 10,000 years ago. My kids eat more potatoes, sweet potatoes and root crops now instead of a heavy grain diet. Grain is for the birds. lol

 

[Arielle2]

Roku has a low cost stick that streams netflix, amazon prime, hulu and a lot of other services.

Ok, you lost me at " low cost stick" lol

 

[ShrekDawg]

Our two year agreemen with FIos is coming up-- the service has been reliable, with about 4 times we lost it.... and it costs electricity to run the boxes in addition to the Tv.... we are in the process of deciding to dump it and jut keep the internet portion.

Buying an occassional DVD was farr less expensive. Just goota figure out how to run Netflicks separately... maybe it does and I just realize it? We used to use a hotspot but that device died. If any one has thoughts on this.... chime in.

They have all sorts of devices you can plug in and stream Netflix (and other apps) from there. Google Chromecast, Amazon Firestick, Roku, etc.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Bet it was good!!

We make donuts too, but with almond flour and stevia... my kids love them!! Usually chocolate, so as it is in season, pumpkin spice will be the next batch!

Unfortunately the donut was from Dunkin Donuts normally wouldn’t have gotten it but my dad got it and I couldn’t refuse

It was very good but I do think I want to make my own. That sounds delicious. Never have before.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Ok, you lost me at " low cost stick" lol

Yes it is definitely much cheaper than cable!!!

Although there are so many different streaming services now it adds up if you try to subscribe to all of them.

But there are many sticks and even smart TVs with apps now!!