atw: Re: OT. Shameless self-promotion, or how to handle brain fatigue

  • From: Bob Trussler <bob.trussler@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 02:01:48 +1000

Warren,
My GP suggested tonic water for cramps.  It is the quinine that does the
work. Fixed in about 2 minutes.
Bob T


On 5 August 2011 15:35, Lewington, Warren <
Warren.Lewington@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> **
> I can personally testify when I was a semi-professional rock climber and
> mountaineer that abundantly consumed fresh food, unprocessed, cooked
> sensibly with good flavour was the most effective way to help the energy
> replenishment part of recovery. Anything that was massively processed was
> always second best compared to real food. Boy could I tell.
>
> And I can still tell when MSG or its derivatives are in food too... It's
> still being used.
>
> I can also say however, that some of the gels and power bar type foods used
> by cyclists and other athletes do work - I use one gel brand in particular
> myself (avoiding any of the caffeine based gels due to the effect caffeine
> has on me). I am less and less convinced about muesli bars these days, which
> a decade or more ago used to work quite well. Now they just make me sick
> while riding - turning my stomach inside out. I'm more inclined to take a
> big handful of cashews, dried fruits like sultanas and oat-filled biscuits
> (anyone have recipes for that kind of thing btw?).
>
> Some of the electrolyte drinks also kind of work (staminade in particular,
> while powerade and gatorade are more like placebos), but when it comes to
> cramp prevention, NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING, works better than bananas...
> Not even salt tablets. As log as I am not dehydrated, if I am cramping, and
> can get a banana, I'll stop, eat it and drink some water with it. Within ten
> minutes I can feel it working if I am not too dehydrated. Replenishment with
> one or more bananas later in the ride keeps you going.
>
> Warren
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Bill Parker
> *Sent:* Friday, 5 August 2011 15:21
> *To:* austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* atw: Re: OT. Shameless self-promotion, or how to handle brain
> fatigue
>
> Christine
> With a background in biochemistry and bacteriology ( and to a degree the
> public health) I tend to view books of this ilk with a degree of caution.
>  His data on the cancer/casein work with rats was compelling and I delved
> into his reviewed papers. Difficult and challenging conclusions for a
> society devoted to milk and milk products.
>
> The China Study itself may be open to other interpretations an opinions -
> one thing to work on a bunch of lab. rats, quite another to get a diverse
> nation as China to get involved a study as major as his was.  Nevertheless,
> the evidence does support what we might all suspect - eating processed foods
> is not half as good as eating the raw materials.
>
> I agree absolutely with the watchfulness on toxins - merely because it's
> "natural" does not mean safe.  Many of the 
> Solanaceae<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanaceae> plants
> are deadly ( the nightshade)  Campbell was of course involved in the
> aflatoxin work in the early days.
>
> Off to get a junk of broccoli...
>
> Bill
>
>
>  On 05/08/2011, at 12:10 PM, Christine Kent wrote:
>
>   Looks like good information Bill.****
> ****
> Not completely compatible with my book however, in that I have SOME recipes
> that use milk and cheese. The jury is still out as to whether the issues
> caused by milk are actually caused by the way it is processed rather than
> the milk itself. ****
> ****
> I have made the whole book gluten free though, as the only way to render
> wheat toxins inert is to ferment it for at least 24 hours, and none of my
> recipes is for 24 hour bread.****
> ****
> I do recommend in the book that people follow whatever diet they have
> decided to adopt and use my book to ADD value to that diet and perhaps get a
> little bit of the pleasure of food back. ****
> ****
> I have watched my mother and my sister die, trying to follow restrictive
> diets.  I watched my sister’s lip curl up as she tried to eat her sprouts –
> which it turns out really do contain a very harmful toxin – so the reaction
> of her face muscles was telling the truth.****
> ****
> This book is not like that.  It brings pleasure back into eating, and is
> for people who want to stay healthy as well as for people who want to get
> well.****
> ****
> Hey, Bill, we can look at this as being on-topic.  As technical writers our
> brains get very tired.  I have seen quite a few individuals, over my years
> in the business, “hit the wall” and not be able to work any more.  Consider
> a discussion of food as a necessary OH & S conversation for overworked
> brains. I list brain foods in the book.****
> ****
> Christine****
> ****
>  *From:* austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Bill Parker
> *Sent:* Friday, 5 August 2011 1:56 PM
> *To:* austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* atw: Re: OT. Shameless self-promotion****
> ****
> Well, here I go OT indeed.  I might need banning as well. Before I bought
> any more cook books I recommend Tom Campbell's treatise "The China Study"
> and look at the casein data.   Nuttin' to do with words as they should be
> writ proper!****
>  ****
>  Bill****
>  On 05/08/2011, at 11:42 AM, Christine Kent wrote:****
>
>
> ****
>  In case Neil bans me, here is my totally unrelated and totally shameless
> self-promotion.****
>  ****
>  For those who expressed an interest previously, my superfoods cookbook is
> now available again, after all sorts of technical issues related to Lulu
> printers, not to my documents or Word.****
>  ****
>  http://www.christine-margaret.com/****
>  ****
>  Actually we can make it example of what can be achieved using Word as a
> desktop publishing tool. This book looks gorgeous printed.****
>  ****
>  We can also extol the virtues of the capacity now for Word to post direct
> to a blog. The posts on the blog are posted using Word’s blog posting
> feature, for any who are unaware of that possibility.****
>  ****
>  Is that TW related enough Neil, or are you going to ban me?****
>  ****
>  Regards, Christine****
>  613 9017 0164****
>  0407 604010****
>  ****
> ****
>
>
>


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