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About Susan Lee Ottevanger, Wellness Coach
Expertise
There is nothing on earth more important than your body, your health. With a little knowledge, there is nothing in life you have more power, more control over. If you are tired of feeling bad, stop eating badly. Most of what we eat most of: only a human mistakes this stuff for food. Distinguish real, satisfying food from the mere flavored packing material that keeps you hungry. If you`ve been on every diet twice and are going crazy, I can give you a path to Peace in the Kitchen.

Experience
In the late '80's my weight up and down reached a crisis. Arthritus in my back made it painfull to move. Balancing blood sugar had me eating more often. Eating more, moving less, miserable. My doctor smiled, said "just move more and eat less". This from a medical professional about to burst his buttons. Not a working plan. I knew I had to write my own, so I started researching what was new to put with what sorta worked for me in the past. Eat protein, eat carbs, just not at the same time. Never go around hungry, listen to your body, it can tell you what it needs.

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Food Science - Protein source

Expert: Susan Lee Ottevanger, Wellness Coach - 10/18/2009

Question
Hi,

I have read your book. I keep it in my duffel bag when I go to work and read some from different chapters. I didn't get to make any of your meals yet, but I think I might. Today I read the Why Me chapter, and I had no idea what you've been through. It's almost mind bending. I just didn't know what to think. On a brighter note at least now you're a human lie detector, that's a great skill to utilize in today's over-commercialized market trying to coax you to go their way by feeding you nonsense with no backup. I think we all have that ability to some degree, but yours seems to be on another level......I actually don't know how that works but I'm curious.
I'm not really sure I have a question for you, I want to definitely thank you for putting this book out there. Being a 26 year old guy now, I always had problems with acne as a boy, and there's still a lot left over especially on my back, and some on my face. Ever since I completely cut out refined sugar the acne literally disappeared, I mean it's gone, and I know sugar is causing it because two days ago I got careless and ate an entire quart of fat-free ice cream. It had tons of sugar in it. The next day I had acne on my back and face. Now, will it make a difference if I use honey or brown sugar? Anyway, I'm also a weight lifting enthusiast and try to combine plant protein just like the vegetarians. Do you have any suggestions?

Thank you very much
Your website definitely caught my eye before I decided to get your book.

Rob

Answer
Hi Rob,

Thank you for writing.

We all get some bag of rocks we learn to drag around with us.

Honey is the only food that "never" goes bad. I think they found a jar or two in the Eqyptian pyramids, still good.

Brown sugar is refined sugar. For sweets, stevia has no known bad effects. If that is too fine a grain, it is concentrated, try chopped up dried, unsulphured fruit.

Protein - you make your own from amino acids, just get the full range. One kind are in brown rice, others in legumes like pinto beans. Pure vegetarians seem to need vitamin B supplements.

Latest news is that a study found knitting to be more effective in anti depression than prozac, etc. Something about a chemical or connection in the brain when the mind and body do some coordinated physical act.

Fighting health costs with forks and knitting needles,
SusanO
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