ACAI? What is that?

I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a little ice cream a couple times a year, but I've also got some not so small bowel issues, candida, digestion problems, etc., so it always sets me back, and I can't shake off the guilt when I do it, either. Oddly enough, I can do a little ice cream much easier than a hot cream sauce on fish or something - that will take me down with major cramps and nausea every time. I'll be rolling on the floor telling my husband, "oh my god, don't let me ever order anything with cream sauce again..." Then about a year or two later I forget how bad I felt and do it to myself again.

I have made banana "ice cream" in a champion juicer with delicious results. Or banana and berry. Mmmm...... I also bought a book awhile back called "Vice Cream" with recipes for vegan ice creams from cashews and/or coconut meat. I tried a cashew chocolate one in an ice cream maker - it wasn't half bad, but I didn't feel well on it. I have yet to try one of the coconut based ones, but it's hard to get good fresh coconuts around here - the few times I've tried, I thought they tasted awful, and were a huge pain to get into.

I might try making ice cream with conconut cream (from a box). It's good stuff - the only additive is some kind of natural stabilizer, it's very creamy, sweet and delicious - I use it to make "whipped cream", sweeten it with stevia and add a little vanilla and maybe some orange extract. I don't see why I couldn't substitute that for milk or cream in an ice cream recipe. I just haven't gotten around to trying.

When I was a kid, up through maybe 11th grade before it started catching up with me, I would sit down and eat a pint or two of ice cream at a time, or make cookies and eat like a dozen at once. I never had a weight problem or acne, so I figured as long as I wasn't getting fat, there was nothing wrong with it. I guess all my worms and yeast were getting it. I'm paying for it, now. Woulda coulda shoulda.... had I known better.

I did gain back some weight I had lost several years ago when I had to go in a wheelchair. Its hard not to gain when one is suddenly rendered inactive. However, I have not gained weight since I began the Lugol's, in fact my clothes fit a little looser, but I have not been on a scale. Its true I did gain a cup size. However, I cannot guarantee that Lugol's and Vitamin C will have the same effect on everyone.

If I could prove it would work, I would patent the process, write a book and make an infomercial and a couple of million dollars. Now all I can do is share my experience and see if it can be replicated.

Edit-I do have an alternative theory. I wonder if being so inactive has caused by lymphatic system to become sluggish and the increase in cup size is due to clogged lymph glands. I do use a Chi Machine to keep circulation in my legs going, and occasionally dry skin brush, but this may be a lymph problem. If it is, then it is not worth it. I need a rocking chair (on wheels).