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Foods to Avoid With Diverticulitis

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Some people suffer with what is called diverticulitis.  This is when the small pockets called diverticula, located on the wall of the intestine, become inflamed.  When this happens, the pockets can become infected and the person will most likely suffer from pain and discomfort.  Research shows that this condition may be hereditary and that the foods you eat can really bring on this condition.  Your diet is very important as it helps you to stay healthy and fuel your body.  Without the proper nutrition, you can become sick and possibly develop diverticulitis.  If you suffer with this condition then you will want to watch what you eat so that you can allow your intestines time to heal properly.  There is a good list of foods to avoid with diverticulitis.  If you want your health to improve then you will take the steps to avoid these harmful foods. It is recommended that you eat a low residue diet, as it will help to reduce the amount of bowel that passes through the intestines. This will allow your body time to heal properly.

A low residue diet is one that is low in fiber.  You want to try to stay with a low fiber diet for at least 10 days for the best results.  There are certain foods such as chili peppers, sesame seeds, nuts, pumpkin and corn, which will make the condition worse and these foods should be avoided.  You also want to stay away from foods that are high in fiber such as bean and lentils.

Many people that suffer with this condition make the mistake of trying to eat at places such as pizza parlors and fast food joints.  Places such as these serve nothing but greasy and fried foods that will only irritate your condition and make it much worse.  You should stay away from fried foods, spicy foods, and pizza as they all can cause intestinal discomfort.  If you like these types of foods then it is better to make them yourself so you can control what ingredients are put in and go for baking the foods rather than frying them.

Refined foods can also wreak havoc this condition, especially refined foods such as white rice and white flour.  You need to learn to read the labels on the foods that you buy so you can see if they contain the foods that you need to avoid.  Many times, there are products that contain things as corn but it won’t be listed on the front of the package.

Anyway here is a list of foods to avoid with diverticulitis in general.

1) All the junk food such as burgers, pizzas, fried food and spicy food should be avoided.

2) Refined foods like white flour, white rice etc.

3) All the processed foods.  (Processed means anything with a label.)

4) Corn and corn products.

5) Nuts

6) Sesame seeds

7) Pumpkin

While there are certain foods that are known to cause more problems with this condition, many times it is a matter of trial and error to find which foods bother you and your particular situation.  When you find foods that irritate the condition, you should put them on your list of foods to stay away from.  It is also a good idea to have a list of foods that you know are safe to eat and ones that you can tolerate with little issues.

http://www.dietfordiverticulosis.org/foods-to-avoid-with-diverticulitis/

Today’s moon-Saturn square gives the opportunity to convert old wounds

Today’s moon-Saturn square gives to you the opportunity to convert your old wounds, as well as the old wounds of others, into brilliant opportunities.  “We are not creatures of circumstance,” Disraeli wrote . “We are creators of circumstance.” Liberate yourself from conventions that drag you down. Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go, says astrologer Dennis Fairchild.

Recognizing when someone is a sacred step on your journey

It’s a special man who understands the depth of a moment in time and how it is such a part of the puzzle and necessary and sacred step on the path to his further destiny.  It’s a wise man who learns from the consequences of his actions so he stops gathering attention and affection just to have something else to conquer.  It’s a humble man who recognizes he’s started something and no matter how softly he tries to end and detach, it has to play out and he has to take his medicine.

It’s a blessed woman who understands the depth of a special moment and how necessary a step on the way to her happy future.  It’s a responsible woman who knows the power of her own enticement and knows when it’s time to have a moment and when it’s time to bow out gracefully. Continue reading →

Three Dreams by Willis Harman

IN THE FIRST DREAM  I am walking along a very rough terrain, on the way to climb a high and rather forbidding mountain, the top of which is concealed by mist and clouds.  It is clear that the ascent of this mountain symbolizes my whole life. Clambering over the rubble in front of me is not too daunting, but as I look ahead I see that my way is blocked by several cliffs that appear to be around ten feet high.  Beyond those are some still higher cliffs, the farthest being perhaps hundreds of feet high. I have no idea how I will deal with those when I get to them, but meanwhile there seems nothing to do but forge ahead. However, although I didn’t know notice it at first, I am growing in stature as I go along, so that by the time I finally reach the ten-foot cliffs I am tall enough that I can simply step up over them.  The same with the hundred-foot cliffs. Continue reading →

Ten Rules for Being Human by Cherie Carter-Scott

1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it’s yours to keep for the entire period.

2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called, “life.”

3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial, error, and experimentation. The “failed” experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that ultimately “work.”

4. Lessons are repeated until they are learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can go on to the next lesson.

5. Learning lessons does not end. There’s no part of life that doesn’t contain its lessons. If you’re alive, that means there are still lessons to be learned.

6. “There” is no better a place than “here.” When your “there” has become a “here”, you will simply obtain another “there” that will again look better than “here.”

7. Other people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.

8. What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.

9. Your answers lie within you. The answers to life’s questions lie within you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.

10. You will forget all this.

 

Two Wolves: A Cherokee Teaching

An elderly Cherokee Native American was teaching his grandchildren about life…  He said to them, “A fight is going on inside me, it is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves.  One wolf is evil — he is fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, competition, superiority, and ego.  The other is good—he is joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, friendship, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.  This same fight is going on inside you, and inside every other person, too.”  They thought about it for a minute and then one child asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?”  The old Cherokee simply replied: “The one you feed.”

I love it when friends tune in to each other with their spidey sense

Every few years, I run across some that we seem to be real psychic together.  It’s so cool when it’s someone with a similar mission on a parallel path.  Even better when we both know it’s going on and can enjoy the unfolding of it.   My friend JB and I have been doing some meditation together and discussing synchronicities, how it’s all Divinely orchestrated and how everything is connected.  He’s a  singer/songwriter and I downloaded some of his songs onto a cd and have been listening in the car.  I told him I liked a particular song, and asked him to guess which lines of the song were my favorite.  He didn’t want to play, but he took a few moments and then guessed correctly.  It made me wish I’d written it down so he could know he’d intuited correctly.  I’d just told him about the significance of the number 108.  In the song, the lines I really dug come at minute 1:08 as I thought they would.   Later, I tested him again. “A number between 1 and 7, pick one” and he said “Seven.”  “Pick another, ”  I said, and he corrected guessed numbers 7 and 3.   Again I wished I’d written it down before asking him.  He’s a healthy skeptic, which makes it all the better. I’ve only had a handful of these in the past 20 years:   my brother of course, also Frank Maiello, Doug Cobb and Carl Morgan.   I love it when friends can tune into each other with the spidey sense!

The games I play with time and time management

I’ve grown up having to keep my eye on the clock. My entire life I’ve been on a time schedule.  From the time clocks of the 1970’s to the 22  years as a paralegal keeping track of time — in 6 minute segments — for client billing purposes.  Later, the hourly billing for spiritual counseling and psychic readings.  I work on publisher’s deadlines for contract work, on my tax accountant’s deadline for quarterly reporting, and on a commercial print shop’s monthly magazine print schedule.  I keep two appointment books: one for daytime 6:00am to 6:00pm, and the other for evenings 6:00pm to 6:00am.  I’ve gotten so programmed that I can even wake up in the dark middle of the night and guess within minutes of what time it is.   I used to resent being tied to a clock since it basically meant I was never able to completely relax.  I later realized it was simply how I choose to perceive it. Continue reading →

Never Lie To Your Mother

A son, Anthony, invites his mother for dinner.  He lives with a female roommate, Tina.  During the course of the meal, his mother couldn’t help but notice how pretty Anthony’s roommate is.  Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she started to wonder if there was more between Anthony and his roommate than met the eye.  Reading his mom’s thoughts, Anthony volunteered, “I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you,  Tina and I are just roommates.”  A week later, Tina came to Anthony saying, “Ever since your mother came to dinner, I’ve been unable to find the silver sugar bowl.  You don’t suppose she took it, do you?”  “Well, I doubt it, but I’ll email her, just to be sure. ”  So he sat down and wrote an email:  Dear Mama, I’m not saying that you “did” take the sugar bowl from my house; I’m not saying that you “did not” take it.  But the fact remains that it has been missing ever since you were here for dinner.  Love, Anthony.

Several days later, Anthony received a response email from his Mama which read: Dear son, I’m not saying that you “do” sleep with Tina, and I’m not saying that you “do not” sleep with her. But the fact remains that if she was sleeping in her OWN bed, she would have found the sugar bowl by now. Love, Mama.
—— Moral: Never lie to your Mama