I need to bake something yummy and low-FODMAP for tomorrow.

Judging from previous experiments, these are roughly the right proportions for muffins:

Dry Ingredients
1.5 cups Flour
6 packets Sweet'nlow
0.25 cups Brown sugar
1.5 teaspoons Baking powder
0.5 teaspoons Salt
0.5 teaspoons Cinnamon (optional)

Liquid ingredients1 cup Water ( Read more... )

I'm making a FODMAP-friendly meatloaf in the slow cooker. It's extremely loosely based on a recipe from AllRecipes.com.

Ingredients
2 lbs lean beef
~1 cup crumbs of sunflower bread rehydrated in lactose free milk
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons dried basil
1 lbs baby carrotts
peanut butter for glazing

SettingsProbe 170F ( Read more... )

( simplified 11 minute workout )

This was originally a response to an LJ entry by a friend. It got way too long and too important to be buried in a comment to a f'locked entry. The original entry contrasted how the poster and her brother were treated by their mother when ill.

What I'm hearing here is that you and your brother were treated very differently by the female authority ( Read more... )

I had a conversation about the dangers of trancework to those who have unresolved trauma with dpaxson and lwood a few weeks ago. The context was a book about trancework. Having done trancework while dealing with unresolved trauma, my point of view was different from theirs. They had, on the other hand, taught trancework to people who had unresolved trauma and ( Read more... )

The Associated Press' science writer, Malcolm Ritter, wrote about a study published in Wednesday's issue of Neurology. At SFgate.com the article had the heading Big Belly Boosts Risk of Later Dementia.

This is exactly the kind of headline that makes Sandy Szwarc, the Junkfood Science blogger, see red. In an article with the headline Computer ( Read more... )

Today has not been a good day. It took me a while to realise that it was because I had taken one of the new sinus medications. The one with phenylephrine and an anti-histamine. No wonder I was feeling very drowsy. I even took a nap. Then I woke up with a nightmare. So much for phenylephrine not causing nightmares ( Read more... )

Part of why today was so hard is that my groin strain is really acting up. This is an injury I got maybe 6 months ago. It's been coming and going but right now it's at its worst. It hurts to walk and driving is hard too. It's one of the muscles on the front and inside of the thigh that's inflamed ( Read more... )

I went home from work because I feel poorly. I really, really, really hope this isn't a UTI. Cue the drinking of nettle tea and eating cranberry capsules as if it were candy.

Have I said lately that I'm ready to move to a warmer climate?

I feel like I've got a cold coming on and my tummy is upset. The new job is pretty intense too. No time for LJ. :-(