Almond milk will have some fat, as will the coconut oil you are eating. Young coconut kefir is also great for your skin — if you can find the young coconut juice (wildernessfamilynaturals.com). Avocadoes are also a great way to get fat that is good for your skin.

Blood type A can have fat, they just tend to tolerate less than a type O — although the principle of uniqueness always overrules the rules! No one can say how much fat a person should have — but what we do know from the latest research is that low fat is not the healthy way anymore for most.

You’ll know if you’re having trouble digesting fat — gas, bloating, digestive problems. Eating cultured vegetables can help correct your digestion, including fat digestion. The question is, how is your liver? If your liver is congested, it may not digest fat well. The good news is that BED guidelines help heal your liver and correct digestion.

It sounds like you are great at watching your body for reactions, so have fun experimenting with the healthy fats. See what happens to your skin — give it a month or so to see results in your skin. I started to notice small changes at first — my skin got softer and less dry. Then the red spots that were like roseacea went away and the lines in my forehead went away. If you have heard about face reading, all the trouble spots on my face went away as the corresponding organs healed. Pretty cool stuff.

With love,
Heather

I’d have to say the almond milk works beautifully for me. So this morning I had almond milk with quinoa. I love the taste a lot. I did not feel really good instantly, but gradually, starting from the afternoon, I felt great with lots of energy. I did not feel that I have cravings today even I have been working very intensively for more than 10 hours.

I guess kefir was the cause of that tense feeling my body experienced. As you said I am not ready for it yet, although it is such great food. I did not have any diary products today and I did seem to better. But I’d have to see what happens in a week.

I guess one of the big reason I felt that I have to have diary produces was because I think the fat will help my dry skin. My skin is always so dry, in the winter time I feel nothing seems to help. Then I was told that I need to have more fat or milk. I started to drink lots of milk everyday, but it has been many years, it doesn’t seem to help. I guess it was because as Type A person, my body doesn’t digest fat very well. However I am worried that on a diet with such low fat, will my skin become dryer?

I wish I could write more and better, but I am so busy these days, lots of deadline to meet. Thanks so much again. Wish you have a great day!

Meg

You can use the pulp. You could eat it alone, or add a little sea salt. Or you can cook with it — adding it to steamed veggies for a nice flavor. If you like it with coconut oil and want a little treat every now and then, that’s great too. It’s not so much that it’s high in fat — healthy fats are really good for our bodies. Believe me, I’ve eaten 2 jars of almond butter in one week and boy was I freaked about the fat content. But my body is fine and nothing changed. I do think it’s too much almond butter though — too much fat is difficult for the liver and I’ve also found it constipating. But one jar per week seems fine for me — and I never would have had that when I had the ED. Keep in mind that I’m a type O blood, who needs more healthy fats that a type A.

You’ll find the right balance for you as you follow your body. Re: culturing almond milk — you can do that. You can use the kefir starter, the culture starter or the Duo. The duo is great for constipation — and rotating them is really beneficial for a spectrum of good microflora in your intestines.

I’d love to hear how you like the almond milk kefir if you end up making it!

With love,
Heather

I wonder if almond milk is easy to digest? Can I have it everyday? I soaked it overnight, but it is not sprouted.

I wonder if we can use the pulp. It taste delicious with coconut oil but is it too high in fat.

I wonder how would you store almond milk if you do not boil it. I know it is better to drink it raw, but it won’t hold long, right? Fresh smoothies do not hold for more than 3 hours I found. So I was wondering if we could boil it and store it in fridge. That is how I made soy milk.

I wonder if we can make cultured almond milk too.

Wow, I am so excited about the “white liquid”. Thank you so much. You made my day.

Meg

With love,
Heather

Thanks so much. It seems I can identify lots with you. How interesting!

Mei

The milk thing is a challenge — what would happen if you try no milk and substitute with almond milk? Not from the health food store because it usually has sweeteners. Here is how to make it:

Courtesy of RAW Restaurant, San Francisco
1 Part Almonds
4 Parts water & Blend
(Example: 1 cup almonds, 4 cups water)
To activate almonds, soak overnight, pour off water & follow recipe above.

You can also strain the resulting blend through cheescloth to get the pieces of almond out and just use the liquid.

If you like that, see how your body does on a week of doing that. Take your changes with diet slowly so that you can track how your body feels. It can be very confusing to try a lot at once.

Re: not wanting to look like a health nut, I can identify with you. I was afraid of seeming weird at work. I was in a lot of meetings with executives — including big sales meetings at client sites. I found people to be very kind and very curious — I got a lot of questions from people who wanted to make healthy changes in their own lives. I tended to tell people that I had a wheat and sugar sensitivity and then they would tell me how their neighbor, spouse, sister, friend, etc. had the same thing. It’s so common now to have food allergies that it’s pretty normal. For some reason, I found that people loved to talk about it and they always wanted to try my food. I’d make beautiful salads with my grains or something and it never failed — everyone wanted what I had. Well, except maybe when there was pizza!!

Be kind to yourself — see if you can find some time to get in touch with your body. Ask it what it needs most from you now.

With love,
Heather

Meg

You ask some very good questions and I can see what an internal struggle it has been to make a decision about meat. As a blood type A, I can understand why you are less likely to want meat — since the A’s tend toward vegetarianism. Also, since most people don’t digest animal protein well, it can create toxins in our intestines that cause other problems.

Your body may not be ready for meat yet. Donna always talks about correcting digestion before eating animal protein. Once your digestion is corrected, you can actually eat meat and digest it. Young coconut kefir, cultured veggies — fermented foods will help correct your digestion. And they will take care of the vitamins and minerals you need as they really build up in your body. Yes, meat is the best source of vitamin B12 — but if you are not digesting it, that’s not going to help with vitamin absorption anyway.

If you need amino acids, I like things like pure noni juice from Genesis Today and Fulvic and Humic acid that BED sells. They are mineral and amino acid-rice liquids that you can drink througout the day. i have noni juice in the morning because it improves digestion. Then I have 1 or 2 Tablespoons of fulvic or humic acid in-between meals (1 TBL in 8 oz of water — could add stevia if you want). This is for the adrenals, which go looking for minerals every hour. So if you are short minerals, they will go to your body or bones to get them. I find it regulates my appetite too — sometimes I feel hungry because I’m thirsty — or maybe it’s also my body needing minerals. Drinking the water with minerals really helps.

Is it possible to just allow the answer to come to you? Or even to do a meditation where you go into your body and ask it what it needs right now. As you listen quietly for the answer — or let it come to you when the time is right — you’ll know because it will feel gentle and peaceful. It will reasonate with inner wisdome and feel right.

Rhonda will probably tell you more about your need for meat becuase she will answer your question as you — as your inner wisdom which can see the situation in its totality. She will also make supplement and tincture recommendations. If she suggests things that come from Emerson Ecologics — and you can’t get them at work — try http://www.illnessisoptonal.com. Their prices are much lower and they give free shipping for orders $100 or over.

With love,
Heather

I had my coconut DUO this morning…1/2 cp…do want to get the kefir starter…. I do not think I have $100.00 worth of things to get at this point…but, understand the need for this amount in order to get a discount.
In all honesty, doing the enemas have been a tremendous relief as I have such constipation, I don’t mind the time. I am trying not to do them every day…I don’t want to completely rely on them, so I am hoping the Duo and Kefir will help. Thanks for the heads up that I don’t have to worry at this point about doing to many.
I am so looking forward to going and seeing Rhonda on the 31st…I am sure she will be able to help me… And I look forward to having some instruction from her…
A friend recommended I get a reading from a friend of hers who works with people on health issues. I have been wondering why this illness has been lingering on for so long.
Apparently, she gets guidance from her quides or maybe they are my guides talkiing to her.
I had a reading with her yesterday… she told me that my health issues are about stress, and that I really need to do something about it….the stress was why I can not heal…from any of my issues…. She is recommending some tinctures, supplements, and dietary things.
I don’t want to get too deeply into this until I see Rhonda, but, taking the tinctures and the
supplements may be a good idea. I feel her reading was pretty much right on.
The one area I need to really contemplate,which I have for quite some time is eating meat.
She says the guides say I need to eat some, not a lot of animal protein. I have tried to so many times…I have tried to cooperate with this advice, even accepted and eaten it for months on end. I have tried to adopt a spiritual attitude, I have told myself it is my medicine,
and yet, I have not been able to stick to it. Why…some part of me just doesn’t resonate with eating it…some part of me doesn’t really believe it is right for me. Whether it is spiritual, emotional and or physical, I don’t want to eat it.And yet, I have been told a number of times
my body needs it to heal…
So how do I answer this questionn…Is it SELF WILL or is it INTUITION. When do I surrender, and stop the augument…when do I let go and do what I am advised to do and when do I stick to my guns and say..no, I trust myself this in not for me. I have lived my life in both directions and there have been times I thought it was intuition…but, perhaps it wasn’t and there are times I trust and I am glad I did. If it is the amino acids I need, is there not another way? Sometimes one does have to trust the quidance of another because it is my guidance in the end and sometimes one must go against the flow and say…I know what is best for me.
And Heather, I know I don’t always know… Healing is what is most important to me..
not being right!!!!
With appreciation
Turtle