Comments on: Food, glorious food http://www.livingfordisco.com/2008/04/09/food-glorious-food/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:41:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Rachie http://www.livingfordisco.com/2008/04/09/food-glorious-food/#comment-37950 Rachie Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:26:25 +0000 http://www.livingfordisco.com/2008/04/09/food-glorious-food/#comment-37950 Sinead, hello and welcome! Thanks so much for your comment - it was really useful. I had blood tests recently too, and discovered I've got a benign liver condition, so that all contributes I guess! I'll give the VB12 a go as well, as it's supposed to be a Good Thing. Sinead, hello and welcome! Thanks so much for your comment - it was really useful. I had blood tests recently too, and discovered I’ve got a benign liver condition, so that all contributes I guess! I’ll give the VB12 a go as well, as it’s supposed to be a Good Thing.

]]> By: Sinead http://www.livingfordisco.com/2008/04/09/food-glorious-food/#comment-35076 Sinead Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:53:57 +0000 http://www.livingfordisco.com/2008/04/09/food-glorious-food/#comment-35076 Hi Rachie, I've been reading your blog for a couple of months now and I was really glad when you recently started blogging again. I too have had that feeling of being so lost, completely adrift that I never thought that I could enjoy life the ways other people seem to. I decided that the best thing to do was to keep moving, keep searching out a new adventure but this didn't work because I had the same feelings, just a different location and ever more reasons to feel bad and beat myself up. I've been treated for depression on and off for about 9 years, with anti-ds, psychiatrists, counsellors...some of which helped a little but never significantly. I came across a book entitled 'Eat to Live' by Joel Furhman which advocates cutting out all processed food from your diet and going back to basics, initally it's hard work but it made me feel so much better physically which in turn had a real impact on my mental well being. After all, the brain is just another organ that needs to be nourished. I recently had my bloods tested for something unrelated to the depression and they came back with debilitatingly low vitamin B12, I've been researching this vitamin and there's a really strong link between mental health and vitamin B12. I'm now being treated for this with B12 injections but large doses of a supplement is an alternative also. Just thought I'd mention it as in 9 years of being 'treated' for depression with numerous different doctors in different countries, nobody had ever considered testing me for B12 deficiency. Sinead Hi Rachie, I’ve been reading your blog for a couple of months now and I was really glad when you recently started blogging again. I too have had that feeling of being so lost, completely adrift that I never thought that I could enjoy life the ways other people seem to. I decided that the best thing to do was to keep moving, keep searching out a new adventure but this didn’t work because I had the same feelings, just a different location and ever more reasons to feel bad and beat myself up.
I’ve been treated for depression on and off for about 9 years, with anti-ds, psychiatrists, counsellors…some of which helped a little but never significantly. I came across a book entitled ‘Eat to Live’ by Joel Furhman which advocates cutting out all processed food from your diet and going back to basics, initally it’s hard work but it made me feel so much better physically which in turn had a real impact on my mental well being. After all, the brain is just another organ that needs to be nourished.
I recently had my bloods tested for something unrelated to the depression and they came back with debilitatingly low vitamin B12, I’ve been researching this vitamin and there’s a really strong link between mental health and vitamin B12. I’m now being treated for this with B12 injections but large doses of a supplement is an alternative also. Just thought I’d mention it as in 9 years of being ‘treated’ for depression with numerous different doctors in different countries, nobody had ever considered testing me for B12 deficiency.

Sinead

]]> By: Little Sister http://www.livingfordisco.com/2008/04/09/food-glorious-food/#comment-33453 Little Sister Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:46:44 +0000 http://www.livingfordisco.com/2008/04/09/food-glorious-food/#comment-33453 I agree, it is excellent :) I didn't have a chance to go round the Singapore restaurants last time I was there (I only had a few hours at the airport unfortunately) I only hope that the food and weather here puts up a good show too :) xxx I agree, it is excellent :)

I didn’t have a chance to go round the Singapore restaurants last time I was there (I only had a few hours at the airport unfortunately)

I only hope that the food and weather here puts up a good show too :)
xxx

]]> By: Rachie http://www.livingfordisco.com/2008/04/09/food-glorious-food/#comment-33383 Rachie Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:40:19 +0000 http://www.livingfordisco.com/2008/04/09/food-glorious-food/#comment-33383 Ooh - thanks Nat. I will let you know (no doubt I will force Gordon to spend mucho time in an internet cafe so I can blog. The bug is back). Ooh - thanks Nat. I will let you know (no doubt I will force Gordon to spend mucho time in an internet cafe so I can blog. The bug is back).

]]> By: Nat http://www.livingfordisco.com/2008/04/09/food-glorious-food/#comment-33238 Nat Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:16:24 +0000 http://www.livingfordisco.com/2008/04/09/food-glorious-food/#comment-33238 A couple of ideas for Singapore. For food, I'd recommend the East Coast Seafood Center, if only for the experience. Check the prices before you order though as it can be a little pricey. Next, for a snapshot of the seedier side of life, check out the bars and the clubs at the Orchard Towers where you can play that most interesting game - "Which ones are women, which are men dressed as women and which are now women but were once men?". On a more civilized note, the Marriott hotel on Orchard Street has a rather excellent open air bar on the corner of a couple of busy shopping streets that makes for simply excellent people watching. I look forward to hearing how you get on! :o) A couple of ideas for Singapore. For food, I’d recommend the East Coast Seafood Center, if only for the experience. Check the prices before you order though as it can be a little pricey. Next, for a snapshot of the seedier side of life, check out the bars and the clubs at the Orchard Towers where you can play that most interesting game - “Which ones are women, which are men dressed as women and which are now women but were once men?”.

On a more civilized note, the Marriott hotel on Orchard Street has a rather excellent open air bar on the corner of a couple of busy shopping streets that makes for simply excellent people watching.

I look forward to hearing how you get on! :o)

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