Comments on: How I Cured Years Of Excruciating Stomach Pains Without Doctors Or Medicines

By: Karol

Karol — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:09:14 +0000

Hey Kristof,

I don’t eat much bread, but I don’t strictly stay away from it….except for white bread. Like you mentioned, it’s pure crap.

Karol

By: Kristof Alentijns

Kristof Alentijns — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:30:59 +0000

I also went from drinking soda and eating garbage all the time to drinking mostly water and sometimes tea or coffee and the occasional beers (am cutting back on that too). Still working on my eating habits though, they’re getting better but sometimes laziness still takes over (although I will not eat at any fast food chain).

What’s your take on bread btw? I’ve been reading that white bread is pure crap (because of white flour being almost like sugar) and whole grain is better but not truly healthy either.. Need to read some more about it but thought perhaps you had some interesting articles about it. I really love my whole grain bread though :).

By: Karol

Karol — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:05:58 +0000

Hey BJ,

Thanks for asking.

1 cup Quinoa
2 cups water
little bit of salt

Put it all in a pot, cover, and bring to a boil. Then bring the heat down and let it simmer for 15-20 minutes or until the quinoa has absorbed all the water. Fluff with a fork and eat!

I made a dish with quinoa yesterday. As above and then in a separate large pan I sauteed onions, and then added carrots and cauliflower until they were hot. Mix it all with the quinoa. Delicious. I usually just use whatever vegetables I have or vegetables that are almost over ripe to use them up before they go bad. I made so much of this dish I’m about to eat more right now. :)

By: BJ

BJ — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:00:07 +0000

Karol-
would you be willing to share your Quinoa recipe? I hear great things about quinoa, so I bought a bag of it. Now I don’t know what to do with it. Do I boil it like rice? Do I mix it with something? If you’re eating lots and lots of it, you must be doing something right with it.
Thanks!
BJ

By: Karol

Karol — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:58:39 +0000

Hi Bia,

Thanks for sharing. Great to hear that your Mom kept that poison away from you. And the fact that you got sick when you drank it proves just how poisonous the stuff is.

As far as Brazil: I’ve been wanting to visit (the Amazon specifically) since I was 8. But there are other places I will visit first. I will make it there. Maybe around this time next year. :)

Karol

By: Bia Kunze

Bia Kunze — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:04:03 +0000

I was grown with my mom putting soda and soft drinks far away from me. But there comes a time when all we stupid kids want to do is whatever our friends do. I went to some parties and got some cola and a few other things alike.
Then I had the 2 worst days of my childhood, all spent in bed and bathroom :P
I believe people drink and eat all these garbage just as an habit. They’ve been drinking it their whole lives, then it’s hard to stop later.
Recently I discovered I developed an allergy to milk and eggs and I’ve been hardly trying to adapt to a new routine. But it’s not the end of the world, but I’d love a post from you about food.
Second: do plan visiting Brazil? I live in Curitiba, southern Brazil, and it’s very different from the rest of the country… mild weather and many german, poland and ukraine descendents and a great ecological urban structure of public transports and recycling. Maybe you’ve heard of Jaime Lerner, worldwide award-winner mayor, famous architect and urbanist, who made Curitiba this great city, and later developed projects for other cities like NYC, Shanghai, and others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Lerner
We are very concerned about the environment here. It would be great to have you around!

By: Karol

Karol — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:35:12 +0000

I used to love that fake nestea stuff too. It gave me stomach pains just like regular soda though. The tap water at restaurants is usually just fine.

As far as your other comments: don’t be crazy. :)

Karol

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:22:57 +0000

I think soda and sugary foods are more harming to our bodies than we are told or want to be told. I barely ever drink soda but do tend to have a raspberry nestea if at a restaurant that doesn’t have options (that tea is pretty much soda). Glad you found out what was wrong.

On another note, now that you are doing the Alist Blogger thing with Leo, try and remember us little bloggers when you are all successful and a world-renowned blogger in the next month.

Thanks for the great post!

Dave
LifeExcursion

By: Karol

Karol — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:59:36 +0000

Hey Karen,

Thanks for commenting/subscribing!

My vegan post is coming eventually. It’s a touchy subject because I absolutely hate when somebody preaches to me, but I feel strongly (backed by science) that a healthy vegan diet is optimal for everyone (animals, the environment, ourselves). So I’m trying to keep the article from being too political. Maybe I’m overthinking it. :)

I don’t consider it a diet so much as a lifestyle change and that’s the key. Lifestyle changes are forever. Diets are fleeting.

Although my willpower/self-discipline is strong, I don’t feel at all like I ever have to use it to stay away from non-vegan foods. That all said, I do allow myself junk food sometimes. So far today, for example, I had lots fruits (1lb grapes, 2 bananas), veggies (a good 1 lb of mixed veggies), quinoa (lots and lots of quinoa), and almonds… but I also had about 2 oz of soy ice cream. :)

Karol

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:36:52 +0000

Hey Karol,

Great post! I totally agree that soda is the devil.. I work at a restaurant, where I serve it constantly, and it amazes me at how large a portion of the general public consumes mass quantities of it.

Bravo to you for changing yourself from the Standard American Diet!! I go from eating incredibly healthy, to buckling under stress and lack of time and laziness and just eating fast food and soda. I’d like it to never happen, but I just don’t have that much self discipline. Yet.

I’d love to hear your take on how you became a Vegan! Just sub’d to your blog… I’m not sure why I hadn’t before!

Great post, and point of view.
:)

Karen