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Do yourself a favor - keep it fresh if you are working with recipes... those noodles are like sponges, they absorb flavors from everything!!! If you have a sensitive palate like I do, those jarred sauce preservatives will come through more and its nasty. Personally I would recommend making homemade marinara... I use them…

Get those calories up..... otherwise you may very well end up like her... definitely dont want to see you or anyone else here become a worst-case scenario like her... which is exactly the reason why I posted this... thanks!

ROFLMAO.... with all due respect, there is no way that woman would ever survive being invited to my place for a function, a dinner party or anything that would involve providing food, appetizers and such. If it isnt fried, smothered in sugar, she aint gonna go... And, its a shame... but that just means more zucchini…

microbiology is definitely an involved scientific approach.. I understand it pretty well thanks to some wonderful doctors Ive chatted with... you really have to be 'in' to the whole concept just to get an idea... but when you do.... you can easily get sucked into it!

"Sorry, but I have no room for dessert".... keep it simple... if she argues, ask her how she would feel to see you get sick all over the place because you stuffed yourself with too much food...

I whip out my spiral slicer to make noodles out of zucchini and summer squash - a light pan saute in butter, gahhhhhlic, colorful bell peppers, onions and mushrooms, homemade marinara.. freshly grilled asparagus, sea salt, black pepper, olive oil, freshly squeezed lemon portabella mushrooms, sliced, marinated in my…

Unfortunately you will run into patients who do know that one arm might have rolling/collapsing veins vs the other arm which is better... Ive done phlebotomy work and Ive always asked the patient if they had a preference to which arm they would like it done to... When Im the patient, they have to take it from the right arm…

OHHHHH HELL, if you can get yourself in with an Anaesthesiologist, you will have it MADE!!!!!

1600 Calories minimum 60g of carbohydrates, but no more than 120g (doctor ordered) 100g protein 90g of fat

Looking for Halloween-themed recipes folks! A favorite of mine is turning my deviled eggs into bloodshot eyes!!!! Prepare deviled eggs like you normally would - however, for the effects to really work, you have to get the yolk cream super-smooth!!!!! Take a piping bag with the circle shaped tip (or quite simply a quart…

There is this one woman at work who is about 5% positive and 95% negative. She expects the lunch time conversation to be all about her - especially when she has something to complain about. She saw me coming back to the table from the microwave as I just heated up my lunch. It was a bed of zucchini noodles, homemade…

Side note: Ketogenic Diets original main function in its earliest days, was a medical treatment for refractory epilepsy under strong medical advisement and supervision. It continues to this day, to still be used in the medical community for those patients. Anyone outside of that equation definitely needs to consider the…

Check with your local health department to see if they have clinics that will accept patients for a sliding fee.... Im sure there must be some clinic around that can help you out...

Because he has an underlying medical condition, he should be consulting with a healthcare practitioner... as I posted in another post, if he has an HMO, he has to see his PCP first, then get referred to a GI Specialist. If he doesnt have an HMO, he can self-refer to a GI specialist on his own (I dont know if he lives here…

There is however, this should not go without the advice of his PCP and then a GI.... dependent on the type of insurance he has...

Yes!!!!!!

Right - he is describing the anal/rectal sphincter muscles and they are not returning back to their normal positioning after allowing the fecal material to pass... it could be a stricture, it could be a simple neurological issue (compressed nerve response), it could be anything.. But, it is definitely treatable! We have…

This is exactly why you need to seek medical assistance hun....

Bingo! Can you imagine what it would be like to tell a conference room full of Physicians, Surgeons and Management "sorry, I have to leave to go eat my 200 calorie meal"... that wouldnt go over so well..

If you are having problems with the rectal muscles functioning (I have a large GI office of surgeons out of 300+ physicians at work), then I would suggest you talk with your PCP first (if you have an HMO plan)... if you have a plan that doesnt require a referral, then talk directly with a GI specialist who can perform an…

Very simple.... fresh melted butter, little gahhhhlic, sea salt and black pepper... and I like the sweet potato boiled....

HELL NO! We stopped inviting my MIL to our home for the holiday dinners because of her constant complaining that I make nothing but healthy food. She will sit there and degrade me, my cooking, and her son hates having to remind her of her rudeness all the time. He got fed up with her real quick and told her "We both worked…

Yup - you need to eat more.... absolutely

Very easily.... I learned about food triggers, sensitivities and allergies and how certain foods were affecting me both hormonally, physically, etc... I dont crave junk food.. I dont even miss it. I dont miss pasta, potatoes, rice, corn, flour, bread - I dont want any of it... when I got rid of those foods under medical…

If your daily intake is 1600 calories: whether you eat four small 400 calorie meals, or two 800-calorie meals, or 8-200 calorie meals, it doesnt matter.... Personally I would drive myself to insanity if I had to eat more than three, maybe four meals per day.. I just dont have that kind of time on my hands... too much to do…

LauraDotts is spot on: even fruits can have a negative impact. The best way to determine which fruits are more optimal than others would be defined by the Glycemic Index. The better choices would be from the berry category. They are low glycemic (aka least impact on insulin spikes) however, they still contain sugar after…

You could do what I did... Hold out your trash bin.... when she asks why... tell her "despite my telling you several times no, no thank you, not today, you just dont listen. Its just going to go in the trash if you keep asking me and Im getting fed up with you constantly asking me and you ignoring me each time".... When…

There is never such a thing as 'normal' with regards to recovery time. Every patient is different. Different circumstances, vitals, health history, body composition, etc. Aftercare and recovery information pertaining to you is a conversation you need to have with the surgeon who will be performing the procedure. Only they…

Actually that is not strange at all.....

Actually breakfast is the easiest meal to do: one that is prepped the night before... Ill have leftovers from last night's dinner as my breakfast with a side garden salad... Or, Ill prep my breakfast items while Im prepping dinner's items.... If you have the time to prep and cook dinner, there is no reason why you cant…