For something a little lighter, here's a parody of Star Wars. The message is buy organic.

Personally, I was most entertained by Chewbroccoli.

I decided that instead of focusing on foods I shouldn't eat, it was time to look for foods to include. One of the diets (or rather, eating lifestyles) I hadn't paid much attention to was macrobiotics. This holiday, I read two books: Hip Chick's Guide to Macrobiotics by Jessica Porter, and The Macrobiotic Path to Total Heatlh by Michio Kushi (one of the main innovators of the macrobiotic movement) and Alex Jack.

Hey there folks. I haven't posted in a while for a few reasons. Sometimes I just need a break from talking about food intolerances. We have to deal with it everyday of our lives, as most of you know, and I just wanted to spend my summer on an intolerance vacation.

If you've been in a health food store, you've seen them stacked by the doors: piles of free health publications. During my most recent visit to a store here in Toronto, I decided to pick up three of said magazines. Generally speaking, I have a certain distaste for these things, but I like to keep up on what people are reading. This blog is about what I found.

After years of reading about them, I've finally decided that I am going to give digestive enzymes a try in addition to my restrictive diet. Though it would be nice to believe enzymes could replace my diet, as some companies claim, I think it's a dangerous promise to rely on. So, as always, I enter into experimentation with skepticism and armed with knowledge.

Antifungals are a hot topic for people who are trying to lower the amount of Candida Albicans in their system. As I've stated in the 'Some Pills are Hard to Swallow' section of this website, people rely too much on antifungals and take ridiculous - if not dangerous - amounts of them (in my humble opinion) without any benefit. I like to promote natural intake of antifungals (i.e. FOOD) vs commercial cleansing concoctions and prescription antifungals.

"You are what you eat". This statement is especially true for people with intolerances. But, as it's been revealed to me, that isn't the best way to phrase it. It should be:

"You are what what-you-eat eats".

Humid weather and hot temperatures force many of us to have our windows closed during the summer, leaving us with stale air. Add to that crazy seasonal allergies and smog alerts, and it can be devastating on the ol' respitory system.

I'm trying out an air filter. Some people swear by them. So far I've found that the most my air filter has done is provide me with 'white noise'; another hum in the house to aid me off to dreamland.

I'm always looking for new resources that talk about different symptoms and how to treat them. I realized today that I haven't put anything on here about rashes. There's a reason for that.

I don't get rashes. I'll get a welt-like rash on my face if I have really screwed up, but it is very rare. I've also found nothing makes it go away but time (2 days). I sometimes get eczema on my arms, but that's only if I come into contact with a skin irritant.

Old post from the forum. I wanted to save it so I moved it here.

In a few books I've read about elimination benches being built around toilets so that people can get into a squatting position. This is said to line up the bowels, straighten them to make a simple, direct passage for the waste to come out.

Jordan S. Rubin even lists places to buy these benches at the back of his books. He makes an interesting point by reminding us to think of toddlers when they are having a bowel movement; they automatically get into a squat position.