Coffee

Skye · Jan 19, 2009

You know....I am really not suggesting anyone stop coffee<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"><img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> I really did not notice a headache with full strength, only decaf.......so, if I do coffee in the future I will do it in moderation and will just drink full strength. It is the ONE vice I have left in life, ughh!

Skye · Jan 19, 2009

You know....I am really not suggesting anyone stop coffee<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"><img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> I really did not notice a headache with full strength, only decaf.......so, if I do coffee in the future I will do it in moderation and will just drink full strength. It is the ONE vice I have left in life, ughh!

Skye · Jan 19, 2009

You know....I am really not suggesting anyone stop coffee<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"><img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> I really did not notice a headache with full strength, only decaf.......so, if I do coffee in the future I will do it in moderation and will just drink full strength. It is the ONE vice I have left in life, ughh!

Skye · Jan 19, 2009

You know....I am really not suggesting anyone stop coffee<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"><img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> I really did not notice a headache with full strength, only decaf.......so, if I do coffee in the future I will do it in moderation and will just drink full strength. It is the ONE vice I have left in life, ughh!

Skye · Jan 19, 2009

You know....I am really not suggesting anyone stop coffee<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"><img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> I really did not notice a headache with full strength, only decaf.......so, if I do coffee in the future I will do it in moderation and will just drink full strength. It is the ONE vice I have left in life, ughh!

Nightwriter · Jan 20, 2009

Fred, your uncle is right. But it isn't another chemical that "helps" breathing. It is the Caffeine that is the bronchodilator. They used to prescribe a bronchodilator called Theophylline. It was chemically almost idententical to caffeine. I took it once and not knowing that I had all these weird symptoms (I don't drink coffee) extreme jitteriness -- I was jumping out of my skin. I even made a horrible mistake and mistook the bottle for nose drops and after putting the drops in my nose my heart jumped skyhigh. When I saw my mistake I panicked not knowing how high my heart rate would go.

I have no opinions on whether coffee is good or bad. I do know there are negatives, but if anyone wants to know what they are in relation to CF, I will inquire. I do know that it is decaf is the kind that is processed with chemicals.

Skye -- I really like your attitude and it's going to be great to see what else you discover and share with us.

I would like to make a few more remarks about food. Food is what what powers us. So it makes sense that eating in a healthy ways has to have a positive effect. Some people are super picky about the gas they put in their cars, but they will eat all kinds of junk.

For the people who are on low acid diets and have good results, that is great. But I can only talk about my own personal opinion and the experience that my doctor has had with treating her own patients.

I was on a low acid diet and it did absolutely nothing for me. If anything I got worse --maybe not because of the diet per se -- but it didn't stop any disease process or improve anything.

Althought the low acid diet has been around forever it is currently a diet craze including people testing their own ph levels -- there is a particular book out now, and when I saw the author speak about it, he was not impressive at all. And the interviewer was becoming more and more skeptical as he answered her questions.

I asked my doctor what she thought of the low acid diet and she doesn't subscribe to it. First, she has had incredible success changing people's eating habits towards purer food (as I mentioned). And she prescribes a really great probiotic. I also asked about some of the research cited concerning low acid diets. She said that the human body is so complex, that what works in a simple test tube does not necessarily work in people. There are have been no controlled studies to date comparing a low acid to a normal diet -- which would be so easy to do.

I think when you have CF, you want to make sure you are getting clean, chemical and preservative free food. It's really very simple. I saw a guy on TV with really good advice. "Don't buy anything your great grandmother wouldn't have recognized." Buy things along the perimiter of the supermarket -- that's where the unprocessed food is located.

No matter what you try, I look forward to reading about your new adventure in taking better care of yourself.

Nightwriter · Jan 20, 2009

Fred, your uncle is right. But it isn't another chemical that "helps" breathing. It is the Caffeine that is the bronchodilator. They used to prescribe a bronchodilator called Theophylline. It was chemically almost idententical to caffeine. I took it once and not knowing that I had all these weird symptoms (I don't drink coffee) extreme jitteriness -- I was jumping out of my skin. I even made a horrible mistake and mistook the bottle for nose drops and after putting the drops in my nose my heart jumped skyhigh. When I saw my mistake I panicked not knowing how high my heart rate would go.

I have no opinions on whether coffee is good or bad. I do know there are negatives, but if anyone wants to know what they are in relation to CF, I will inquire. I do know that it is decaf is the kind that is processed with chemicals.

Skye -- I really like your attitude and it's going to be great to see what else you discover and share with us.

I would like to make a few more remarks about food. Food is what what powers us. So it makes sense that eating in a healthy ways has to have a positive effect. Some people are super picky about the gas they put in their cars, but they will eat all kinds of junk.

For the people who are on low acid diets and have good results, that is great. But I can only talk about my own personal opinion and the experience that my doctor has had with treating her own patients.

I was on a low acid diet and it did absolutely nothing for me. If anything I got worse --maybe not because of the diet per se -- but it didn't stop any disease process or improve anything.

Althought the low acid diet has been around forever it is currently a diet craze including people testing their own ph levels -- there is a particular book out now, and when I saw the author speak about it, he was not impressive at all. And the interviewer was becoming more and more skeptical as he answered her questions.

I asked my doctor what she thought of the low acid diet and she doesn't subscribe to it. First, she has had incredible success changing people's eating habits towards purer food (as I mentioned). And she prescribes a really great probiotic. I also asked about some of the research cited concerning low acid diets. She said that the human body is so complex, that what works in a simple test tube does not necessarily work in people. There are have been no controlled studies to date comparing a low acid to a normal diet -- which would be so easy to do.

I think when you have CF, you want to make sure you are getting clean, chemical and preservative free food. It's really very simple. I saw a guy on TV with really good advice. "Don't buy anything your great grandmother wouldn't have recognized." Buy things along the perimiter of the supermarket -- that's where the unprocessed food is located.

No matter what you try, I look forward to reading about your new adventure in taking better care of yourself.

Nightwriter · Jan 20, 2009

Fred, your uncle is right. But it isn't another chemical that "helps" breathing. It is the Caffeine that is the bronchodilator. They used to prescribe a bronchodilator called Theophylline. It was chemically almost idententical to caffeine. I took it once and not knowing that I had all these weird symptoms (I don't drink coffee) extreme jitteriness -- I was jumping out of my skin. I even made a horrible mistake and mistook the bottle for nose drops and after putting the drops in my nose my heart jumped skyhigh. When I saw my mistake I panicked not knowing how high my heart rate would go.

I have no opinions on whether coffee is good or bad. I do know there are negatives, but if anyone wants to know what they are in relation to CF, I will inquire. I do know that it is decaf is the kind that is processed with chemicals.

Skye -- I really like your attitude and it's going to be great to see what else you discover and share with us.

I would like to make a few more remarks about food. Food is what what powers us. So it makes sense that eating in a healthy ways has to have a positive effect. Some people are super picky about the gas they put in their cars, but they will eat all kinds of junk.

For the people who are on low acid diets and have good results, that is great. But I can only talk about my own personal opinion and the experience that my doctor has had with treating her own patients.

I was on a low acid diet and it did absolutely nothing for me. If anything I got worse --maybe not because of the diet per se -- but it didn't stop any disease process or improve anything.

Althought the low acid diet has been around forever it is currently a diet craze including people testing their own ph levels -- there is a particular book out now, and when I saw the author speak about it, he was not impressive at all. And the interviewer was becoming more and more skeptical as he answered her questions.

I asked my doctor what she thought of the low acid diet and she doesn't subscribe to it. First, she has had incredible success changing people's eating habits towards purer food (as I mentioned). And she prescribes a really great probiotic. I also asked about some of the research cited concerning low acid diets. She said that the human body is so complex, that what works in a simple test tube does not necessarily work in people. There are have been no controlled studies to date comparing a low acid to a normal diet -- which would be so easy to do.

I think when you have CF, you want to make sure you are getting clean, chemical and preservative free food. It's really very simple. I saw a guy on TV with really good advice. "Don't buy anything your great grandmother wouldn't have recognized." Buy things along the perimiter of the supermarket -- that's where the unprocessed food is located.

No matter what you try, I look forward to reading about your new adventure in taking better care of yourself.

Nightwriter · Jan 20, 2009

Fred, your uncle is right. But it isn't another chemical that "helps" breathing. It is the Caffeine that is the bronchodilator. They used to prescribe a bronchodilator called Theophylline. It was chemically almost idententical to caffeine. I took it once and not knowing that I had all these weird symptoms (I don't drink coffee) extreme jitteriness -- I was jumping out of my skin. I even made a horrible mistake and mistook the bottle for nose drops and after putting the drops in my nose my heart jumped skyhigh. When I saw my mistake I panicked not knowing how high my heart rate would go.

I have no opinions on whether coffee is good or bad. I do know there are negatives, but if anyone wants to know what they are in relation to CF, I will inquire. I do know that it is decaf is the kind that is processed with chemicals.

Skye -- I really like your attitude and it's going to be great to see what else you discover and share with us.

I would like to make a few more remarks about food. Food is what what powers us. So it makes sense that eating in a healthy ways has to have a positive effect. Some people are super picky about the gas they put in their cars, but they will eat all kinds of junk.

For the people who are on low acid diets and have good results, that is great. But I can only talk about my own personal opinion and the experience that my doctor has had with treating her own patients.

I was on a low acid diet and it did absolutely nothing for me. If anything I got worse --maybe not because of the diet per se -- but it didn't stop any disease process or improve anything.

Althought the low acid diet has been around forever it is currently a diet craze including people testing their own ph levels -- there is a particular book out now, and when I saw the author speak about it, he was not impressive at all. And the interviewer was becoming more and more skeptical as he answered her questions.

I asked my doctor what she thought of the low acid diet and she doesn't subscribe to it. First, she has had incredible success changing people's eating habits towards purer food (as I mentioned). And she prescribes a really great probiotic. I also asked about some of the research cited concerning low acid diets. She said that the human body is so complex, that what works in a simple test tube does not necessarily work in people. There are have been no controlled studies to date comparing a low acid to a normal diet -- which would be so easy to do.

I think when you have CF, you want to make sure you are getting clean, chemical and preservative free food. It's really very simple. I saw a guy on TV with really good advice. "Don't buy anything your great grandmother wouldn't have recognized." Buy things along the perimiter of the supermarket -- that's where the unprocessed food is located.

No matter what you try, I look forward to reading about your new adventure in taking better care of yourself.

Nightwriter · Jan 20, 2009

Fred, your uncle is right. But it isn't another chemical that "helps" breathing. It is the Caffeine that is the bronchodilator. They used to prescribe a bronchodilator called Theophylline. It was chemically almost idententical to caffeine. I took it once and not knowing that I had all these weird symptoms (I don't drink coffee) extreme jitteriness -- I was jumping out of my skin. I even made a horrible mistake and mistook the bottle for nose drops and after putting the drops in my nose my heart jumped skyhigh. When I saw my mistake I panicked not knowing how high my heart rate would go.
 
 I have no opinions on whether coffee is good or bad. I do know there are negatives, but if anyone wants to know what they are in relation to CF, I will inquire. I do know that it is decaf is the kind that is processed with chemicals.
 
 Skye -- I really like your attitude and it's going to be great to see what else you discover and share with us.
 
 I would like to make a few more remarks about food. Food is what what powers us. So it makes sense that eating in a healthy ways has to have a positive effect. Some people are super picky about the gas they put in their cars, but they will eat all kinds of junk.
 
 For the people who are on low acid diets and have good results, that is great. But I can only talk about my own personal opinion and the experience that my doctor has had with treating her own patients.
 
 I was on a low acid diet and it did absolutely nothing for me. If anything I got worse --maybe not because of the diet per se -- but it didn't stop any disease process or improve anything.
 
 Althought the low acid diet has been around forever it is currently a diet craze including people testing their own ph levels -- there is a particular book out now, and when I saw the author speak about it, he was not impressive at all. And the interviewer was becoming more and more skeptical as he answered her questions.
 
 I asked my doctor what she thought of the low acid diet and she doesn't subscribe to it. First, she has had incredible success changing people's eating habits towards purer food (as I mentioned). And she prescribes a really great probiotic. I also asked about some of the research cited concerning low acid diets. She said that the human body is so complex, that what works in a simple test tube does not necessarily work in people. There are have been no controlled studies to date comparing a low acid to a normal diet -- which would be so easy to do.
 
 I think when you have CF, you want to make sure you are getting clean, chemical and preservative free food. It's really very simple. I saw a guy on TV with really good advice. "Don't buy anything your great grandmother wouldn't have recognized." Buy things along the perimiter of the supermarket -- that's where the unprocessed food is located.
 
 No matter what you try, I look forward to reading about your new adventure in taking better care of yourself.

Skye · Jan 20, 2009

I think when you have CF, you want to make sure you are getting clean, chemical and preservative free food. It's really very simple. I saw a guy on TV with really good advice. "Don't buy anything your great grandmother wouldn't have recognized." Buy things along the perimiter of the supermarket -- that's where the unprocessed food is located.

I LIKE this suggestion........is there a good way to find inexpensive non-processed food and organic fruits and veggies? BTW, the above is part of the previous post by nightwriter......I messed up the "quoting".

Skye · Jan 20, 2009

I think when you have CF, you want to make sure you are getting clean, chemical and preservative free food. It's really very simple. I saw a guy on TV with really good advice. "Don't buy anything your great grandmother wouldn't have recognized." Buy things along the perimiter of the supermarket -- that's where the unprocessed food is located.

I LIKE this suggestion........is there a good way to find inexpensive non-processed food and organic fruits and veggies? BTW, the above is part of the previous post by nightwriter......I messed up the "quoting".

Skye · Jan 20, 2009

I think when you have CF, you want to make sure you are getting clean, chemical and preservative free food. It's really very simple. I saw a guy on TV with really good advice. "Don't buy anything your great grandmother wouldn't have recognized." Buy things along the perimiter of the supermarket -- that's where the unprocessed food is located.

I LIKE this suggestion........is there a good way to find inexpensive non-processed food and organic fruits and veggies? BTW, the above is part of the previous post by nightwriter......I messed up the "quoting".

Skye · Jan 20, 2009

I think when you have CF, you want to make sure you are getting clean, chemical and preservative free food. It's really very simple. I saw a guy on TV with really good advice. "Don't buy anything your great grandmother wouldn't have recognized." Buy things along the perimiter of the supermarket -- that's where the unprocessed food is located.

I LIKE this suggestion........is there a good way to find inexpensive non-processed food and organic fruits and veggies? BTW, the above is part of the previous post by nightwriter......I messed up the "quoting".

Skye · Jan 20, 2009

I think when you have CF, you want to make sure you are getting clean, chemical and preservative free food. It's really very simple. I saw a guy on TV with really good advice. "Don't buy anything your great grandmother wouldn't have recognized." Buy things along the perimiter of the supermarket -- that's where the unprocessed food is located.
 
 
 
 I LIKE this suggestion........is there a good way to find inexpensive non-processed food and organic fruits and veggies? BTW, the above is part of the previous post by nightwriter......I messed up the "quoting".

AnD · Jan 20, 2009

I used to have a list of foods that you should eat organic, and others you didn't have to worry about, but I lost the link I guess when my computer crashed <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> . However, I did find this link:

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/diet-nutrition/organic-products/organic-products-206/overview/">http://www.consumerreports.org...products-206/overview/</a>

that lists a few of the foods, and gives tips to finding organic foods more economically. I just read over it (running short on time today), but I hope it helps-I've got a few others to read over too.

Oh, and I don't drink coffee very often at all. For some reason, it just makes me feel jittery if I have more than one cup (or one cup of Starbucks!).

I can drink teas though, and they don't do me the same way. I don't know if it's because they have less caffeine, or if it's something to do with the coffee itself. I can't drink Chamomille tea (sp?) though and I think I found out why- it's apparently related to goldenrod (which is related to ragweed and used to be our state flower-gah) which is one of my biggest allergy triggers. I wondered why it was supposed to be so soothing, but if anything, made me feel icky (enough that I didn't buy any more), lol.

I am addicted to Oregon Chai's Chai Tea Latte Mix, however, lol, and it does make me feel better for some reason (probably the little bit of caffeine in the black tea <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0"> ). It's not organic, but it is all natural. I usually have it about now (right before lunch-just finished one- yum) when my blood sugar starts to drop in the am. Ah, the sacrifices we make to keep our blood sugar stable... <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

Well, there I go again- all that chatting to post a link, lol. I hope it has some good info for you in it!

AnD · Jan 20, 2009

I used to have a list of foods that you should eat organic, and others you didn't have to worry about, but I lost the link I guess when my computer crashed <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> . However, I did find this link:

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/diet-nutrition/organic-products/organic-products-206/overview/">http://www.consumerreports.org...products-206/overview/</a>

that lists a few of the foods, and gives tips to finding organic foods more economically. I just read over it (running short on time today), but I hope it helps-I've got a few others to read over too.

Oh, and I don't drink coffee very often at all. For some reason, it just makes me feel jittery if I have more than one cup (or one cup of Starbucks!).

I can drink teas though, and they don't do me the same way. I don't know if it's because they have less caffeine, or if it's something to do with the coffee itself. I can't drink Chamomille tea (sp?) though and I think I found out why- it's apparently related to goldenrod (which is related to ragweed and used to be our state flower-gah) which is one of my biggest allergy triggers. I wondered why it was supposed to be so soothing, but if anything, made me feel icky (enough that I didn't buy any more), lol.

I am addicted to Oregon Chai's Chai Tea Latte Mix, however, lol, and it does make me feel better for some reason (probably the little bit of caffeine in the black tea <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0"> ). It's not organic, but it is all natural. I usually have it about now (right before lunch-just finished one- yum) when my blood sugar starts to drop in the am. Ah, the sacrifices we make to keep our blood sugar stable... <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

Well, there I go again- all that chatting to post a link, lol. I hope it has some good info for you in it!

AnD · Jan 20, 2009

I used to have a list of foods that you should eat organic, and others you didn't have to worry about, but I lost the link I guess when my computer crashed <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> . However, I did find this link:

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/diet-nutrition/organic-products/organic-products-206/overview/">http://www.consumerreports.org...products-206/overview/</a>

that lists a few of the foods, and gives tips to finding organic foods more economically. I just read over it (running short on time today), but I hope it helps-I've got a few others to read over too.

Oh, and I don't drink coffee very often at all. For some reason, it just makes me feel jittery if I have more than one cup (or one cup of Starbucks!).

I can drink teas though, and they don't do me the same way. I don't know if it's because they have less caffeine, or if it's something to do with the coffee itself. I can't drink Chamomille tea (sp?) though and I think I found out why- it's apparently related to goldenrod (which is related to ragweed and used to be our state flower-gah) which is one of my biggest allergy triggers. I wondered why it was supposed to be so soothing, but if anything, made me feel icky (enough that I didn't buy any more), lol.

I am addicted to Oregon Chai's Chai Tea Latte Mix, however, lol, and it does make me feel better for some reason (probably the little bit of caffeine in the black tea <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0"> ). It's not organic, but it is all natural. I usually have it about now (right before lunch-just finished one- yum) when my blood sugar starts to drop in the am. Ah, the sacrifices we make to keep our blood sugar stable... <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

Well, there I go again- all that chatting to post a link, lol. I hope it has some good info for you in it!

AnD · Jan 20, 2009

I used to have a list of foods that you should eat organic, and others you didn't have to worry about, but I lost the link I guess when my computer crashed <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> . However, I did find this link:

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/diet-nutrition/organic-products/organic-products-206/overview/">http://www.consumerreports.org...products-206/overview/</a>

that lists a few of the foods, and gives tips to finding organic foods more economically. I just read over it (running short on time today), but I hope it helps-I've got a few others to read over too.

Oh, and I don't drink coffee very often at all. For some reason, it just makes me feel jittery if I have more than one cup (or one cup of Starbucks!).

I can drink teas though, and they don't do me the same way. I don't know if it's because they have less caffeine, or if it's something to do with the coffee itself. I can't drink Chamomille tea (sp?) though and I think I found out why- it's apparently related to goldenrod (which is related to ragweed and used to be our state flower-gah) which is one of my biggest allergy triggers. I wondered why it was supposed to be so soothing, but if anything, made me feel icky (enough that I didn't buy any more), lol.

I am addicted to Oregon Chai's Chai Tea Latte Mix, however, lol, and it does make me feel better for some reason (probably the little bit of caffeine in the black tea <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0"> ). It's not organic, but it is all natural. I usually have it about now (right before lunch-just finished one- yum) when my blood sugar starts to drop in the am. Ah, the sacrifices we make to keep our blood sugar stable... <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

Well, there I go again- all that chatting to post a link, lol. I hope it has some good info for you in it!

AnD · Jan 20, 2009

I used to have a list of foods that you should eat organic, and others you didn't have to worry about, but I lost the link I guess when my computer crashed <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> . However, I did find this link:
 
 <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/diet-nutrition/organic-products/organic-products-206/overview/">http://www.consumerreports.org...products-206/overview/</a>
 
 that lists a few of the foods, and gives tips to finding organic foods more economically. I just read over it (running short on time today), but I hope it helps-I've got a few others to read over too.
 
 Oh, and I don't drink coffee very often at all. For some reason, it just makes me feel jittery if I have more than one cup (or one cup of Starbucks!).
 
 I can drink teas though, and they don't do me the same way. I don't know if it's because they have less caffeine, or if it's something to do with the coffee itself. I can't drink Chamomille tea (sp?) though and I think I found out why- it's apparently related to goldenrod (which is related to ragweed and used to be our state flower-gah) which is one of my biggest allergy triggers. I wondered why it was supposed to be so soothing, but if anything, made me feel icky (enough that I didn't buy any more), lol.
 
 I am addicted to Oregon Chai's Chai Tea Latte Mix, however, lol, and it does make me feel better for some reason (probably the little bit of caffeine in the black tea <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0"> ). It's not organic, but it is all natural. I usually have it about now (right before lunch-just finished one- yum) when my blood sugar starts to drop in the am. Ah, the sacrifices we make to keep our blood sugar stable... <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">
 
 Well, there I go again- all that chatting to post a link, lol. I hope it has some good info for you in it!

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