Author Archives: Mel Green

State of my art

Posted on Sat, 28 January 2006 by Mel Green

I first started learning about nutrition maybe twenty years ago when I first started doing much cooking for myself, from Laurel’s Kitchen & Diet for a Small Planet. I’m not & never have been a vegetarian, but I like a … Continue reading →

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More on low-carb

Posted on Thu, 26 January 2006 by Mel Green

Over the past few days as I’ve read & researched more, & also engaged in discussion on a couple of email lists, it’s become quite clear to me that there’s a vast difference between the health results in various low-carb … Continue reading →

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Low-carb?

Posted on Wed, 25 January 2006 by Mel Green

I’m on low GI but not low carb. My sister got pretty sick from the Atkins diet & is only now recovering from it with the help of a nutritionally conscious acupuncturist. I was made to go on the Atkins … Continue reading →

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Tracking the loss

Posted on Wed, 25 January 2006 by Mel Green

I’ve been for the time being using a food diary program on my Palm handheld computer (Diet & Exercise Assistant, by Keyoe, Inc.) to keep track food intake & exercise, & use this info in conjunction with the glucose monitor … Continue reading →

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Learning what works

Posted on Tue, 24 January 2006 by Mel Green

The glycemic index hasn’t yet been embraced in the U.S., at least not by a lot of the big agencies that are major opinion leaders in matters dietary — such as the American Diabetes Association, which has at times given … Continue reading →

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Rye bread

Posted on Mon, 23 January 2006 by Mel Green

Since beginning to eat a low-GI diet, I have been using (organic) Bavarian whole grain bread, which is imported from Weissenstadt, Germany from a company called Heinrich Leupoldts KG (also does business as PEMA). We buy it from our local … Continue reading →

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Weather changes

Posted on Sun, 22 January 2006 by Mel Green

Through a bus window on a rainy day. Seattle, Washington, 21 Jan 2006. Just returned from a trip to the Lower 48. We spent several days visiting my dad & sister in Spokane. This was the trip we’d planned to … Continue reading →

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Matanuska Valley farm and Pioneer Peak

Posted on Wed, 11 January 2006 by Mel Green

North of Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska. 5 Apr 2003. A couple of years ago, my friend Chris & I went on a photo safari along in the Mat-Su one fine April day. What could be more cool breezier than that?

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Cinnamon & spice & everything nice

Posted on Tue, 10 January 2006 by Mel Green

186. 101 mg/dL. Well, the BG ain’t as good as yesterday morning, but it’s not like everything’s gonna change in a couple of days. Weight is actually hovering, wanting to go down to 185, but not quite. And another mouthful … Continue reading →

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Four Alaskans die in crash

Posted on Tue, 10 January 2006 by Mel Green

The Alaska Army National Guard is mourning the deaths of four crew members killed in a Black Hawk helicopter crash Saturday in Iraq, officials said Monday. The four are the Alaska Army Guard’s first combat deaths since World War II. … Continue reading →

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