• The coffee bean has been around a lot longer than since the 1800s, though it sounds good to associate the industrial revolution with the introduction of coffee. Though I agree with your assessment of coffee, when […]

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  • Diane Meyers posted a new activity comment 10 months ago

    In reply to: JANINE posted an update in the group Weight & Obesity Well, after an anxious week away from the scale, my weight-loss efforts were rewarded with a 2 pound loss! Even bigger news is that my waist is 9.5” smaller […] View

    yeah!

  • Diane Meyers posted a new activity comment 10 months ago

    In reply to: Barb posted an update in the group Supplements I am concerned about PGX! Dr. H says to take 15 minutes before meals and then take all other supplements with your meal. BUT PGX says to take supplements either 1 […] View

    thanks, Margaret for your input. I think the PGX would be very helpful for me to help bring down my blood sugar. I can see it coming down without the pgx (I am diabetic) but I don’t think it is fast enough.

  • Diane Meyers posted an update in the group Group logo of SupplementsSupplements 10 months ago

    Has anyone found a good way to include (most of) the recommended supplements and the PGX? I also take a few medications. I think the PGX would be very helpful for me, but it is quite a chore to take the supplements AND the PGX so that they don’t interfere with each other.

    • I first tried mixing it with cold water and drinking it which I found to be unbearable…just yesterday, I put a packet in my smoothie and it worked out great!

    • I take my meds. (down to 2 pills and 2 inhalers) and Vitamins first thing in the morning with breakfast and lots of water. I first started taking the vit. in the afternoon because I didn’t want it to interfere with my meds but I couldn’t sleep at night. I take PGX 15 min. before lunch and supper.

  • Diane Meyers posted an update in the group Group logo of SupplementsSupplements 10 months ago

    Hi all — I received some supplements by mail last week. The ones that I ordered from this website had a freezer pack in them and everything seems fine (it is VERY hot where I am and the package sits on the porch for a few hours at least). One of the supplements I ordered from a different site and it did not come with a freezer pack and it has a…[Read more]

  • Diane Meyers posted a new activity comment 10 months ago

    In reply to: JANINE posted an update in the group Weight & Obesity 14 WEEKS STRICTLY ON PLAN AND 3 WEEKS OF PREPARATION HAVE YIELDED A TOTAL OF 55 POUNDS LOST (-3 LAST WEEK) AND 10 INCHES LOST OFF MY WAIST. WOOHOO! View

    WOW!

  • Diane Meyers posted a new activity comment 10 months ago

    In reply to: JANINE posted an update in the group Weight & Obesity Well, after an anxious week away from the scale, my weight-loss efforts were rewarded with a 2 pound loss! Even bigger news is that my waist is 9.5” smaller […] View

    Janine — glad you mentioned the ”ummentionable” — I am hoping that as I slim down so does that top portion!

    I am looking forward to getting into a size 16 also — I am pretty sure that I have some jeans in that size that I ordered a few years ago and was never able to get on!

    • Thanks, Diane,
      The best part was only paying $10 instead of the $40-$50 that I used to have to pay, and for the same quality and style. I am beginning to see how being slimmer will save me money. Clothes are cheaper and there are more options. Of course, right now, it is beginning to cost more because I am getting to a point where a 10-15 pound…[Read more]

  • Diane Meyers posted a new activity comment 10 months ago

    In reply to: Cheryl Francisconi posted an update in the group Recipes I am having trouble finding the UltraShake recipe on the website. Can anyone help? I tried the Tofu Strawberry Smoothie this morning which was good. But […] View

    oh, more good news regarding the berries! It is too bad bananas are off the list — I always tell people about the wonderful bananas I had in Tanzania! there is no comparison to what we get here. I am not sure they are even the same fruit!

    I do belong to a CSA — community supported agriculture — and the farmers that I have a “share” with…[Read more]

  • Diane Meyers posted a new activity comment 10 months ago

    In reply to: Cheryl Francisconi posted an update in the group Recipes I am having trouble finding the UltraShake recipe on the website. Can anyone help? I tried the Tofu Strawberry Smoothie this morning which was good. But […] View

    Hi Cheryl — thanks for the response! I haven’t fully read the book yet — just skimming at first, but have been reading from the first page. So glad to hear that I can have strawberries! I have been going to a functional doctor for a month and she put me on a plan very similar to Dr. Hyman’s and also recommended the book. So I am not…[Read more]

    • Hi Diane. Good to hear back from you and hear about your wonderful Africa experience. I hope you make it back sometime. Sounds like it was a wonderful experience.

      I always forget, since we don’t have access to so many berries, that you can also have other berries as well. Raspberries, blueberries and blackberries. I can only get…[Read more]

      • oh, more good news regarding the berries! It is too bad bananas are off the list — I always tell people about the wonderful bananas I had in Tanzania! there is no comparison to what we get here. I am not sure they are even the same fruit!

        I do belong to a CSA — community supported agriculture — and the farmers that I have a “share” with…[Read more]

  • Dr. Hyman says: “Skip the sugar – in all of its forms. Especially liquid calories from any source (soda, juice, alcohol) all of which store belly fat. Be on a mission to get high fructose corn syrup out of your […]

  • Diane Meyers posted a new activity comment 10 months, 1 week ago

    In reply to: Cheryl Francisconi posted an update in the group Recipes I am having trouble finding the UltraShake recipe on the website. Can anyone help? I tried the Tofu Strawberry Smoothie this morning which was good. But […] View

    I didn’t think you were supposed to have fruit on the advanced plan?

    • Hi Diane -
      Sorry to be slow to respond. I live in East Africa and sometimes can’t get on internet as often as I would like. You can have 1/2 cup of strawberries a day on the advanced plan. That’s the only fruit that is allowed. How are you doing? I have been on the plan for about 6 weeks — started on basic and now on advanced after I fully…[Read more]

      • Hi Cheryl — thanks for the response! I haven’t fully read the book yet — just skimming at first, but have been reading from the first page. So glad to hear that I can have strawberries! I have been going to a functional doctor for a month and she put me on a plan very similar to Dr. Hyman’s and also recommended the book. So I am not…[Read more]

        • Hi Diane. Good to hear back from you and hear about your wonderful Africa experience. I hope you make it back sometime. Sounds like it was a wonderful experience.

          I always forget, since we don’t have access to so many berries, that you can also have other berries as well. Raspberries, blueberries and blackberries. I can only get…[Read more]

          • oh, more good news regarding the berries! It is too bad bananas are off the list — I always tell people about the wonderful bananas I had in Tanzania! there is no comparison to what we get here. I am not sure they are even the same fruit!

            I do belong to a CSA — community supported agriculture — and the farmers that I have a “share” with…[Read more]

  • Diane Meyers posted a new activity comment 10 months, 1 week ago

    In reply to: Prudence Shaw posted an update in the group Recipes Cauliflower and Vegetable Soup I head cauliflower chopped into small florets 2 stalks celery thinly sliced 1 large onion chopped 3 large carrots thinly sliced 1 […] View

    this does sound good — and I have everything on the list already!

  • Diane Meyers posted a new activity comment 10 months, 1 week ago

    In reply to: Barb posted an update in the group Supplements I am concerned about PGX! Dr. H says to take 15 minutes before meals and then take all other supplements with your meal. BUT PGX says to take supplements either 1 […] View

    At first I thought the same thing, that the supplements would just enter the blood stream slower, but something I read on another part of this site made me think that the pgx will actually bind to the supplements and carry them out of the body before they are absorbed. I got a box of some of the supplements today — some you take with meals,…[Read more]

    • I was really making it too difficult the first week, trying to take everything at a different time. I finally took everything at one of two times, morning and/or evening. I did not use the PGX more than a couple times a week, after the third week. My appetite was so low that I did not see any need for it. I assumed that my appetite was low because…[Read more]

      • thanks, Margaret for your input. I think the PGX would be very helpful for me to help bring down my blood sugar. I can see it coming down without the pgx (I am diabetic) but I don’t think it is fast enough.

  • Diane Meyers posted a new activity comment 10 months, 1 week ago

    In reply to: Susan Farrell-Jones posted an update in the group Supplements I had my gall bladder removed a couple of years ago and have had constant digestive issues ever since. I’m wondering if there are any supplements or […] View

    I buy a fish oil at whole foods that has peppermint in it so no aftertaste. It is called fishsmart

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