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Can You Get Parasites from a Water Park Visit?

I am working with a man in his 30s who is in overall good health. Eats well, works out regularly, keeps himself fit. About three weeks ago, he took his family to a water park and almost immediately afterward began having unusual symptoms including stomach cramping, diarrhea/constipation, and nausea. He visited a number of doctors and had a number of scopes and lab tests performed, all of which came back without positive results.

Luckily, he was convinced that something was wrong with him anyway and he began suspecting that it may be parasitic infection. He found his way to me and I heartily agreed. Sudden onset of symptoms is a strong sign that you’ve been invaded by parasites.

Not everyone will have the same symptoms he did as there are a whole host of ways that bodies react to parasites. Check out these posts for more symptoms of parasitic infections.

As I sent him off with the herbal parasite cleanse, I invited him to take photos of his stools during this eviction process and send them to me. He laughed and assured me that he most certainly would NOT be taking any photos.

Then he sent me these photos with this note: “So you know how I said I didn’t want to take a picture.  I took a picture, still gross.  My daughter was complaining of stomach issues and I would hate to see her suffer because I didn’t want to take a dumb picture.”

Here are his photos. See what you think. We have started his entire family (with the exception of his breast-feeding wife) on herbal parasite cleanses as well. If you can identify these buggers, please leave a comment below!

If you think parasites could be affecting you, shoot me an email and schedule a free initial phone consultation to discuss how best to evict the buggers from your body so that you can reclaim your health.

One Pot Cooking Method Patented?

Question from a reader:
Ms. Yarnell, I’m curious as to why you patented your one pot cooking method.
The purpose of a patent as I understand it is to allow the inventor the right to exclude other from using the invention – in this case your method of cooking.
Yet the obvious purpose of any cookbook is to get people to use the recipes they contain.
Can you explain?  -Tom
Hi Tom! Good question. GOPM holds a “process” patent. The purpose is not to exclude others from using this method — heck, I’ve sold 60k cookbooks containing recipes using this method, have taught hundreds of cooking classes, and publish recipes and videos teaching it online — but to preclude others from publishing the process and making money off it.

As a concrete example: Years ago I was in talks with a cookware company to publish a book of my recipes. They pulled out of the deal and wanted to publish recipes using the GOPM method with a different chef/author and cut me out completely. They were not able to do that because I had the patent that proved it was my idea first.
Thanks for asking the question! It’s a good one and I hope you don’t mind that I also post it on my blog. Please feel free to respond in the Comments section below.
Happy cooking!   Elizabeth

What’s In an Egg at Fast Food Restaurants?

Getting an egg may seem to be a healthy option when you’re looking to grab something at a fast food or fast-casual restaurant. But is it always just an egg that you’re getting when you order that egg sandwich?

Unfortunately not. My readers know that I am a fan of eggs as a healthy food, however, while Panera uses freshly cracked eggs in their offerings, here’s what’s in Subway’s Egg Omelet Patty (Regular):

Whole eggs, egg whites, water, nonfat dry milk, premium egg blend (isolated pea product, salt, citric acid, dextrose, guar gum, xanthan gum, extractive of spice, propylene glycol and not more than 2% calcium silicate and glycerin to prevent caking), soybean oil, butter alternative (liquid and hydrogenated soybean oil, salt, soy lecithin, natural and artificial flavors, beta carotene (color), TBHQ and citric acid added to protect flavor, dimethylpolysiloxane (antifoaming agent added), salt, beta-carotene (color).

As Marion Nestle remarks: At least egg is the first ingredient!

Yes, there are eggs in the egg sandwich at Subway, but also a whole lot more for sensitive people to watch out for. Hydrogenated fats, artificial colors, the evil “natural and artificial flavors” catch-all that can hide dozens of chemicals, dextrose (a derivative of corn), dimethylpolysiloxane… Yuck! That “egg sandwich patty” is a chemical stew rather than a pure egg.

Forbes has compiled a list of the ingredients in a lot of breakfast sandwiches, so be sure to check out what you might be ordering before you chomp down.

Diet Sodas Lead to Weight Gain, Disease

A new class action lawsuit has been filed against big soda manufacturers for misleading consumers into thinking that drinking diet sodas sweetened with Aspartame are a good choice for weight loss and overall health.

Family reading health plan booklet

As I’ve preached for a long time: nothing could be further from the truth.

Not only do “diet” drinks sweetened with Aspartame not lead to weight loss, but, according to a report on Good Morning America, there is extensive data showing that drinking diet sodas can contribute to obesity, Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

I recently saw a dear friend and noticed that he had lost weight. In fact, he had lost 45 lbs., and the only thing he had changed in his life was that he stopped drinking all soda, including the liters of diet soda that had been a staple in his life.

My advice: save soda for special occasions, and then the first choice should be an all-natural soda like Blue Sky Organic Ginger Ale. And if you’re going to drink a mass-market soda, don’t choose the diet version that is sweetened with Aspartame.

Campfire Cooking with Glorious One-Pot Meals

Wally W. of Cornville, Arizona sent me this message about his experience in preparing Glorious One-Pot Meals in a campfire rather than in an oven:

Hello Elizabeth,

I found your book at the library when searching for dutch oven cookbooks. When I go camping it’s fun to cook in a dutch oven (camp oven, with feet) over charcoal.  I’ve found that your recipes from “Glorious One-Pot Meals” work just fine in a camp oven.  The only trick is using enough coals for a hot oven.  Recipes that cook more than 30 minutes will require a new set of hot coals mid way through the cooking.  Otherwise, the recipes as given are wonderful in the open air.

Thanks for sharing, Wally! I agree that GOPMs are a great to make when camping!