Cocktails can be Managed too

Afternoons Cocktail Cravings should be Managed
Retrieved by Pat Darnell

All good people seek "selflessness;" and that is how we are taught; but good people should remember to take good care of themselves.

In a lifetime a person goes from shape-changing youth to completed-design adults; this course of biologic "miracle" happens far too fast for most of us. As we mature, some very interesting pieces of each of our bodies and habits come in conflict with our minds. That is, it turns out, is why we must continue learning about our self. There is the thinking side of each of us, and the biological reality of each; this is supposed to work in conjunction for the greater good in all of us.

That said: "Yes, all good people should seek [not only] selflessness" but also self-preservation. Many of my activities as an adult have proven to be self-defeating -- even self-destructive. Once I realized that my own children are unhappy when I act out these behaviors, did I realize they too want me happy, healthy, and -- less wise.

Actions speak louder than words to my shape-shifting teens.

-- Meanwhile --

On the continuing discourse of hydration I connected with my GERD mentor this Saturday morning, April 9,  on faceBook and she had this to say: (EXCERPT)

Mentor: "How much water do you drink every day?"

Me: almost a gallon
some days I forget to hydrate
those are generally bad days
I can't seem to break the coke zero habit in the afternoons
i look forward to my "strong drink" as a habit
since i don't imbibe amymore but I still look forward to a coke zero with bottled water "cocktail" in the afternoons

Mentor: I was the same- gave up everything, but going to hell w a diet coke in hand.

Me: so how'd you do it?

Mentor: You saw the study out today? A self funded study

Me: where?

Mentor: Read about aspartame- and it eats your bones... and dehydration. On it's way

VB: I was concerned about family members who were consuming large amounts of -- especially diet sodas. I had already become aware of possible adverse effects of aspartame. I was doing further research on it and I came across the Bressler report. I noticed that he was talking about sizeable tumors that were reported from the use of ... DKP (diketopiperazine) which is a breakdown component of aspartame. I thought that if I did my own experiment that I might be able to actually see some tumors and that I would make photos of them and then provide an additional resource 2 for people to use to try to get it off the market and to try to convince family members to stop using it. (LINK, Transcript HERE)

Me: oh, how nice,
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Mentor: Generally, rule is to divide weight by 2, and drink that number of ounces, not exceeeding 100 oz or you risk washing out minerals and electrolytes

But if you add caffeine, alcohol, fruit juice... any diuretics you need more water
generally 1.5 oz for every ounce of diuretic.

So I am one cup of coffee a day to keep the water need down.

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You can check yourself for dehydration like this:

Stand up, one hand over your heart. Have someone palpate a vein in your lower hand and slowly raise it, not going over the level of your heart. If the vein loses structure at all, you are dehydrated. Big cause of GERD, btw...
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Reference:
(DiRico, Elaine  April 9 at 9:09am Report. retrieved, Victoria Inness-Brown's Aspartame Experiment. articles.mercola.com  .  A private study conducted by a concerned citizen revealed that aspartame, the artificial sweetener used in diet soda, causes cancerous tumors in female rats. Retrieved HERE)

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