[Diabetes-talk] whole lemons

Sun Mar 3 00:39:49 UTC 2013

Right.  Adults can always make their own decisions about what they do, but 
when you want the truth about something, Snopes is one of several sites that 
does give reliable factual information.  And I have to tell you, they refute 
some pretty bizarre stuff!

Sandi

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] whole lemons

I completely disagree. Snopes is one of the *few* reliable Internet sites
around.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of d
m gina
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 2:40 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] whole lemons

I don't believe anything that snokes has to offer.
Who ever runs that, loves to babble.
That is what is fun on behalf of everyone, the gift to decide what is good
and isn't.

Original message:
> Unfortunately, many of the pills and potions marketed in drugstores
> and on TV are not just sugar pills, which might have implications for
> us, but not necessarily everybody.  There are ingredients in
> over-the-counter medications that either don't work or can do harm, or
> interact with prescription medications and foods in harmful ways.
> There are herbs and other supplements sold to cure everything that
> ails one, and some of those "natural" substances are dangerous.  And
> many more of them have no effect on health.

> One of my favorite sayings is "You want natural; strychnine is
> natural.  You want strychnine?"

> The danger in the lemon piece from yesterday isn't that people will
> eat lots of lemons--so far as I know lemons in any quantity anyone
> could eat are not harmful.  The danger is that someone reading that
> piece will give up chemotherapy that is helping, and die from trying
> out this bogus, or at least unproven,  thing.  And the same is true of
> cinnamon.  As long as you take your medication and follow your plan
> along with the cinnamon, more power to you.  The danger is that
> someone will hear about it and, because it's "natural," will give up
> things we know work for something they've heard about.

> Sorry--end of lecture!

> Sandi

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 3:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] whole lemons

> I agree with that. But then we shouldn't charge them an arm and a leg
> for a placebo. But perhaps that would ruin the effect. Why not place
> all the surplus income from marketing placebos into food banks or
something?

> Mike Freeman

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Sandi Ryan
> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 12:44 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] whole lemons

> Placebo is a word that means there are no physical effects, but the
> person feels better anyway.  In controlled trials, scientists often
> provide part of

> the group the new medication, and then give the rest of the group (the
> control group) the placebo (sugar pill often).  There are always those
> in the control group who claim improvements, even though they did not
> take the medication and the pill they took was sugar.

> Lately, people are starting to say "So what?  If people can take a
> sugar pill and feel better, how can we argue with that?"

> Sandi

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "d m gina" <dmgina at samobile.net>
> To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 2:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] whole lemons

> Brake the word down for me pluscebo
> Thanks,
> You asked that last night, where I didn't want to say anything, so I
> drank the fifth.
> Giggle.

> Original message:
>> Actually, the evidence on this is mixed: there are about as many
>> medically-valid studies that show cinnamon has *no* effect as studies
>> showing it is beneficial. Again, can you say "pluscebo"?

>> Mike Freeman

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of

>> d
>> m gina
>> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 11:52 AM
>> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] whole lemons

>> I know it lowers sugar numbers, that is all I know.
>> I do a cinnamon capsel twice a day.
>> I know it helps the heart.

>> Original message:
>>> Maybe I'm crazy, which very well may be true, grin, but I thought I
>>> heard somewhere that cinnamon can help you lose weight. Does this
>>> ring a bell to anyone else?

>>> Bridgit

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf Of d m gina
>>> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 12:49 PM
>>> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] whole lemons

>>> I love cinnamon anyway.
>>> Just wonderful stuff.

>>> Original message:
>>>> Oh we have all of these things here in Santa Cruz. We have a
>>>> world-famous chocolatier in town who puts gotether all sorts of
>>>> things. But the top of the list for me is the cinnamon bark. Dark
>>>> chocolate and cinnamon. Man, that stuff will make anything feel
>>>> better. It just has to be good for diabetes! <drool!> Veronica

>>>> Watch the video as The Guide Dog Glee Club sings "Rehab!" Yes! Yes!
>>>> Yes! http://youtu.be/JvakJ5lk6Us Then find more music from Veronica
>>>> Elsea and The Guide Dog Glee Club at:
>>>> http://www.laurelcreekmusic.com Veronica Elsea, Owner Laurel Creek
>>>> Music Designs Santa Cruz, California
>>>> Phone: 831-429-6407

>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>> Behalf Of Robert Shelton
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 7:37 PM
>>>> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
>>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] whole lemons

>>>> There's cinnamon, jalapeno and even bacon chocolate.

>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>> Behalf Of Mike Freeman
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 1, 2013 9:34 PM
>>>> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
>>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] whole lemons

>>>> Really? Chocolate-covered jalapeños? Hafta check that one out!

>>>> Mike

>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>> Behalf Of Sandi Ryan
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 5:37 PM
>>>> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
>>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] whole lemons

>>>> I'm with you, Veronica.  And actually, you can now get dark
>>>> chocolate with jalapenos, Mike.  Hmm!

>>>> Sandi

>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Veronica Elsea" <veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com>
>>>> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 5:42 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] whole lemons

>>>> Think I'll stick with dark chocolate! <grin.> Veronica

>>>> Watch the video as The Guide Dog Glee Club sings "Rehab!" Yes! Yes!
>>>> Yes! http://youtu.be/JvakJ5lk6Us Then find more music from Veronica
>>>> Elsea and The Guide Dog Glee Club at:
>>>> http://www.laurelcreekmusic.com Veronica Elsea, Owner Laurel Creek
>>>> Music Designs Santa Cruz, California
>>>> Phone: 831-429-6407

>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>> Behalf Of Mike Freeman
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 3:29 PM
>>>> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
>>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] whole lemons

>>>> Up with jalapenos!

>>>> Mike Freeman
>>>> sent from my iPhone

>>>> On Mar 1, 2013, at 14:39, "Sandi Ryan" <sjryan2 at gmail.com> wrote:

>>>>> One thing lemons are showing promise for is dissolving gallstones.
>>>>> The
>>>> article at snopes.com is very interesting, because they're an
>>>> excellent fruit.  But I wouldn't recommend leaving the second layer
>>>> of

>>>> the skin in your cut-up lemon.  That's where much of the bitterness
>>>> comes from.

>>>>> Sandi

>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "d m gina"
>>>>> <dmgina at samobile.net>
>>>>> To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 4:17 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] whole lemons

>>>>>> I drink water all of the time, for the most part.
>>>>>> When I am out I will get an ice tea.
>>>>>> Even our doctor asked Jim if he would start doing this. Because
>>>>>> the lemon water would stop the kidney stones from forming.

>>>>>> Original message:
>>>>>>> I think it would take more than one lemon per meal, and is it
>>>>>>> really the lemon giving you energy, or is there a psychological
>>>>>>> element
>>>> happening?
>>>>>>> Also, did you always drink water? Because other drinks may
>>>>>>> lessen your energy whereas water helps to hydrate and cleanse
>>>>>>> the body, which usually gives you more energy. So the more water
>>>>>>> you drink, the more likely you are to experience higher levels
>>>>>>> of energy during the
>>>> day.

>>>>>>> Bridgit

>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>>>>> Behalf Of d m gina
>>>>>>> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 10:06 AM
>>>>>>> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] whole lemons

>>>>>>> I know drinking lemon juice with warm water daily has helped me
>>>>>>> more than I can share. I get more done during the day.

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