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Hi Friends, I'm back from New Mexico, and hungrily reading the 80 new messages that have been posted since I left for NM. It's so good to have such a wonderful resource. Thanks Gary and all the wonderful contributors, both counselors and seekers/ questioners, for your enthusiasm. I have a friend in NM who was asking me lots of questions I couldn't answer. Her main complaint is diverticulitis and she says she has an alergy to onions. She is eating a peculiar diet. Staying away from onions and other things her doctors tell her is bad for diverticulitis, but she ate the jalapeno hush puppies (we made some without onions) that we prepared in our special fish-fry that Ed always prepares for the monastery and guests when we go there. This little sister does not use a computer so she asked me to ask about the macrobiotic recommendations for her condition and mail them to her. It's amazing how much interest there was in my diet while I was there. I never sat down to eat that I didn't have a barage of questions about what I ate and why. Very encouraging for me to learn and study more! The diet at the monastery is very poor, macrobiotically speaking, since they lost brother Nicholas as their cook. He always used whole grains and sea salt instead of regular salt and honey instead of raw sugar, and lots of veggies and greens and home-grown sprouts prepared by the abbot himself(who is also gone not - in California founding a new abbey) in his cooking. But that was back in 79 and he's been gone, and I believe the health of the monks is beginning to show the effects of their "SAD" diet. I would appreciate any help you could offer to Sr. Miriam. Thank you. ~Stephanie PS. Yes, I had a wonderful time in NM. Climate, refreshing, no trouble with blood pressure (thanks to my macrodiet) even though the altitude is 7000 feet higher than Baytown. Wonderful hiking in the mountains and along the Pecos River and Monastery Lake. Sweater and light jackets when the sun goes down. Actually, macrobiotic foods, condiments and organic produce is more abundany, available and a less expensive in NM than in TX. I even enjoyed delicious, unyeasted, whole grain breads from Wild Oats and Cloud Bakery while I was there. ~Steph |