Has Crisco changed here recently?
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Comments (9)I noticed it too. I found that when I returned to the Hosta Forum repeatedly, the lineup of maybe the top 10 or so postings were rearranged. Though I am not so inquisitive that I charted them, I thought I did see repetitions of the arrangements. We have a very active forum here, and to me it is a blessing. My tropical fish forum may not have a single new post in several days. We have so many that if one doesn't get a response quickly it is literally dropped way down the list. Then it gets kicked back up via the rearrangement I have seen and begins to get responses. I think it serves us well. Les...See MoreNew use for Crisco
Comments (29)I've used coconut oil for cooking and baking, as well as on my face and skin for about 15-years. It even works fairly well as an alternative sunscreen. I can't use commercial sunscreen products due to the chemicals in them. Topically applied, coconut oil helps wounds heal faster and has a whole long list of other benefits including helps prevent bacterial, viral, and fungal infections. There are benefits in flax for skin issues too, but you benefit more from taking the whole seed (milled into flaxmeal using a spice/coffee mill) rather than just the oil. You can't get the oil any fresher than by milling the seed yourself, and the commercial flax oil and flaxmeal products have been exposed to heat, light and air, so they are substantially degraded before they ever hit the shelf. You really benefit from milling your own flax. Coconut oil taken orally helps keep skin soft and help heal eczema and similar skin problems. Dry skin, according to one source in my stack of information on the topic, is because "there is a relative imbalance or deficiency of saturated fats -- especially in relation to the amount of carbohydrates in the diet." The water in our cells comes from metabolizing fats. Evidently, the water we drink mostly goes into the blood-stream, rather than the cells, and then out via the kidneys. I put coconut oil in cooked cereal, hot beverage, mix with honey like you would make honey-butter, and also mixed with peanut butter (or other nut butters)..... In a pinch, it also works well as a bread spread - vegans often use it that way. The nutrients in coconut oil, especially that hard-to-find-in-foods, lauric acid, which coconut oil is a rich source of, are beneficial for the immune system as well as autoimmune disorders. Cod liver oil is also beneficial, especially in the winter when most people don't get enough vitamin D from the sun. In some people, many who don't ever realize they are sensitive to it, wheat can have a destructive effect on skin. In fact, over-consumption of simple carbohydrates can have an effect on skin, and wheat is probably the #1 source for carbs in the diet, followed quickly by sugar. Here's a partial list of gluten-related rashes and other skin manifestations: -oral ulcers (tongue, mouth) -cutaneous vasculitis -acanthosis nigricns -erythema nodosum -psoriasis -vitiligo -Behcet's disease -dermatomyositis -icthyosiform dermatoses -pyoderma gangrenosum In the link below, coconut oil has been indicated as useful for the treatment of chronic and genetic conditions, including SjogrenâÂÂs syndrome. It might be a useful point of research at any rate, and I would hope it would actually be helpful. I know it's helped a friend who has Sjogren's, but it's not a one-size-fits-all thing. -Grainlady Here is a link that might be useful: Healthy Ways Newsletter...See MoreHas anyone been to Japan recently?
Comments (16)Our trip was quick, only 7 days. I'm unable to give you day by day detail as I did not keep a diary. (sorry) We visited shrines, temples, took a Tokyo harbor tour in a boat (Symphony). Hiroshima was meaningful, but not sure if that would work for you with your plan to go to Okinawa. If your kids are older (like teens at least), it would be educational for them. We arrived in Japan by flying into Haneda and took the train to the Via Inn/Ooimachi. It was a fine place for our first night. The rooms were a bit on the small side, but not a problem. Next morning we went to a restaurant downstairs which had a wide range of breakfast items which was good for that first morning. After that first night in Tokyo, we transferred to the ryokan Tsurugata in Kurashiki, Okayama, mentioned above where we spent two nights. It really is a charming place. I recall it was a little pricey but included breakfast and dinner. We spent two nights there. Other places we stayed were less expensive, so it evened out somewhat, and it was worth the expense to be in that traditional setting. After that we went to the thatched roof village, Miyama, for one night. We then stayed one night at the Granvia Hotel in Kyoto, which is at the train station. Very nice hotel. From there we went to the Disneyland resort (Hilton Tokyo Bay) so the Disney-lovers could get their fill of Disney Sea theme park. Maybe not too interesting to you, but I must share with you that we visited an elementary school since one of us had a contact there. It was really fun to see a Japanese classroom, and the kids were thrilled to have us as visitors. If you are out shopping and see a Daiso store, it's a good place to stop in to pick up odds and ends affordably, maybe little souvenirs. Not joking here: check 7-11 for affordable food. They have fresh, good food available, meals. (I know, sounds wrong, but they are better in Japan than in the US.) It can save you quite a bit if you can pick up some meals there. If anyone in your group cannot function without coffee, take a couple of packets of instant coffee. Every place but one had coffee. Here's the Fushimi-Inari shrine with over 1,000 gates. It's reachable from Kyoto and is very interesting, amazing actually. The fox is significant to Shinto believers, so there are a few statues at the Fushimi-Inari shrine. Very charming. Bullet train (shinkansen). Comfortable, clean, well maintained. (Local trains are more crowded, often packed. When you think no more can fit in the car, many more come in and everyone bunches up! You get to know your fellow travelers!) The shrines offer an opportunity to write a special message like a prayer on these small wood plaques. At shrines you can purchase inexpensively small, beautiful charms of all sorts to help you get a wife, heal your knee, make more money--anything you want. Fabric with the message inside. I bought several as gifts but neglected to make a note of what each one was for and so never gifted them. Last, the Golden Pavilion, near Kyoto...See MoreRecent changes in ole joyful's lifestyle.
Comments (97)A slight reduction in the warfarin, according to my hematologist, and altered after I had some antibiotics prescribed following the camera angling into the bladder (quite a few varying camera angles, actually). Thanks for the info about the cranberry juice, as I've been using it, trying to take a glass some time before breakfast, to let it get some good work in, as well as at other times. Will have to ease off some. Some more blood since yesterday, but my retired doc. relative tells me not to worry unless I feel light-headed (no comments, please) or otherwise a bit off, for the weekend ... if so, head to emerg.. I asked her whether, if I smiled pretty, I could drag her kicking and screaming out of retirement for about 5 min. - she smiled as she said, "O.K.". ole joyfuelled ... with some fuelling help from cranberry juice...See Moreloves2cook4six
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