Dan's Low Carb Journey: February 2022

Thursday, February 17, 2022

CRAZY TIMES

MY 160 POUND WEIGHT LOSS

My study into health and nutrition began 10 years ago. At that time I had just lost my wife to a health related illness. I was obese and in bad health myself. In the following 2 years I lost 160 pounds and lots of health problems.

I started a blog to talk about what I had learned back in June of 2011. I have posted most of my old blog posts here on this blog. Go back several pages to read the first, and work yourself up to the newer posts. CLICK HERE TO GO BACK

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CRAZY TIMES

What crazy times we live in. Shortages and rumors of shortages everywhere.

I haven't post here for sometime. With Biden's "Dark Winter" upon us I thought I should try and help those trying to eat healthy in a time of shortages.

Most food shortages don't bother me. I JERF, Just Eat Real Food. 95% of the junk they call food in the supermarkets should be avoided anyway.

You should be buying as much food directly from your local farmer as you can. The farmers need us, and we need the farmers, now more than ever.

There is a website that lists local farmers that sell to the public all across the country it's EatWild.com CLICK HERE

GROWING YOUR OWN GREENS

I've posted in the past about seed sprouting as a way to have fresh greens in your home year round. Scroll on down the blog to find the post on sprouting.

HYDROPONICS

Another way to have fresh vegtibles is home hydroponics. There is a new method of hydropoonics that I have just learned about. It's called the Kratky Method. Easy as pie. No more air hoses and pumps

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

YOU HAVE TO MOVE

MY 160 POUND WEIGHT LOSS

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YOU HAVE TO MOVE

MY BELLICON REBOUNDER

I was just listening to Dr. Jane Ruby talk about the EXPLODING rate of cancer in those who have taken the covid "vaccine". especially lymphoma. 

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE. 

Got me thinking about the lymphatic system. It's part of the immune system that filters the blood. It doesn't have a pump like our circulatory system does. It is dependent on movement. And we just don't move enough.

That's where a rebounder comes in. I first found out about rebounding 10 years ago when I began a study into health and nutrition that led me to lose 160 pounds and lots of health problems. SCROLL ALL THE WAY DOWN ON THIS BLOG TO SEE MY FIRST POST FROM 2011

I found the study from NASA that shows Rebound Exercise Is The Most Efficient Form Of Exercise Yet Devised By Man. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE.

I sold all my exercise equipment and bought a Bellicon Rebounder. The best on the market. I still have it 10 years later, and still use it. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

When I purchased it I was about 350 pounds so I bought the big heavy duty one. I got the one with fold up legs so I could take it with me when I traveled. It slides under the bed when you're not using it. 

You COULD use a large trampoline. But a rebounder fits in your room.

Health Benefits of Rebounding

Click here to learn more about rebounding

REBOUNDING.

It's as fun as jumping on the bed when you were a kid, but without getting yelled at.

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

GROW YOUR OWN

My 160 Pound Weight Loss

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GROW YOUR OWN

We’ve all experienced shortages over the past couple years. Even now we see empty shelves and sold out items every time we go shopping.

It’s important that we do all we can to prepare for coming food shortages. Now is the time to stock up as much as we can. I’ve posted an article about sprouting. How you can grow fresh greens in your home year round with no garden and no soil. Go back and check out the article.

Another way you can grow fresh vegetables in your home even during the winter, with no soil is hydroponics.

In the past growing vegetables using hydroponics has been complicated and expensive. Requiring tanks, pumps, hoses and lots of time. Not anymore.

A new method, at least new to me allows you to greatly simplify and makes it almost effortless to have fresh vegetables growing in your home. Year round.

It’s called the “Kratky Method Hydroponics”. You don’t need pumps and hoses. Just a plastic tote, or glass or plastic containers, grow lights, and plant food.

I planted a tote and several large canning jars with kale, and lettuce. Plant it and do nothing else till harvest time. I was able to get several harvests from the same planting. They keep growing back till the water is used up.

I’m planning on expanding from kale and lettuce, adding peppers, onions, cucumbers, and more.

I'll include links to the items you will need for your Kratky Hydroponic garden. It's best to try and find the items locally. But If you can't, they can be purchased on Amazon.

My first attempt at Kratky Method Hydroponics,
IT WORKED GREAT!

Here is a short video on the Kratky Method: https://youtu.be/KWUirDxgavc

Learn more about Kratky here: https://www.growkratky.com

*You will need a tank or containers to plant your seeds in. I shop at Goodwill stores all the time so I buy storage totes.

Rubbermaid makes the best totes. You can get them at Goodwill for around $2. The one you see here is a Rubbermaid tote.

You will need to cut holes in the top.

You can also use large canning jars, pickle buckets or large plastic food containers.

*You will need net pots to insert into the holes cut in the top. The net pots hold the plants. Net pots come in several sizes. I use 2 inch and 3 inch pots.

*You will need a planting medium for the net pots. I have used rock wool but I prefer coconut husks.

*You will need plant nutrients.

Vegtable seeds.

*And a grow light. You can use Fluorescent tubes, but LEDs are better and cheaper to run.

Click on the pictures for Amazon links...