Oh, yeah, if you have trouble sleeping try chamomile tea. Or a hot cup
of chocolate or warm milk. The tryptophan naturally found in milk has
a mild soporific effect, too.

Can you get goat's milk? It is better than cow's milk.

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 00:31:51 +0800, Azlan Adnan <azlan088@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Izzie
>
> I wanna tell you more but I don't wanna overload you. Get used to this
> "lifestyle change" for a week and then I'll give you more changes to
> make.
>
> You are right about the simple carbohydrates and sugars. Try eating
> complex carbohydates like chapatis that you find in Indian
> restaurants.
>
> Quaker oats are good too and will help you lose the weight you have
> put on with the Epilim ~ the oats absorb cholesterol and you pass it
> out in your stool.
>
> Fish protein is excellent ~ much better than animal protein, esp. the
> fatty cold water fish like salmon and cod which are rich in Omega-3.
> Mackerals are great, too, as long as they are fatty. Fish fat is good
> for you!
>
> Avoid the ham ~ it is full of preservatives and also smoke-cured stuff
> is full of carcinogens.
>
> The reason I want you to avoid sodium is because brain nerve impulses
> rely of sodium/potassium reactions. Lithium works by replacing the
> sodium as modern diets in general has too much sodium. You can also
> start eating potassium-rich food like tomatoes to balance it out.
>
> More in a week. I want you to start feeling some results before
> moving to phase two or else you won't be motivated to give it a go.
> Keep a journal or diary and please be honest. Write down what works
> for you or what you can't give up. The only way to move forward is to
> be true to yourself...
>
> *AZLK*
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ysemay Grant Ferguson <ygf_diary@...>
> Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 17:04:44 +0100 (BST)
> Subject: Re: [BAD_MD] Good Psychiatrists and Some Horrible Ones
> To: bad_md@...
>
> Hello,
>
> I new I would get some truth from you! That is
>
> extremely good advice. I have in the past given up
>
> drinking, and caffeine at different times. I also find
>
> a BIG reaction to carbohydrates including the obvious
>
> one plain sugar (after a mild 'up' reaction I get a
>
> terrible low, as I am sure you will know).
>
> I will try this, luckily I enjoy fruit teas and that
>
> type of thing... I was veggie for 13 years but I
>
> recently changed to eat meat so I could have protein
>
> to avoid the overload of carbs. I eat just a little
>
> pure meat like cold cooked chicken or a little pure
>
> ham. I eat a huge amount of fish, particularly tinned
>
> so that is good I believe. I am quite good on
>
> nutrition and always read the lables... I didn't know
>
> about that preservative though! Thanks.
>
> I will start with this... Excersise is great too...
>
> but it has always been difficult for me to be in
>
> public i.e. join something, or I am often I am in far
>
> too bad a state to lift a limb... but I have started
>
> walking.
>
> THANK YOU VERY MUCH for taking the time to write that
>
> out for me as I can use it as a structure for how I
>
> start to approach this.
>
> Izzie (what most people call me) x
>
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