Doug Irvine wrote: > Hey Art...loved your answer! But what do you do when you are a lactose > intolerant If it's a lactase deficiency, that develops gradually, starting around ages 10=>20, that's ~25% of adults of N. Europe background, ~90% of Oriental, ~75% of all other ethnic groups, you're not alone. See: http://www.panix.com/~nomilk/ If it's not also a casein allergy, you could supplement; ask these people about your local supply: http://www.americancasein.com/edible.htm > diabetic, Don't get me started on this. [Let the rant begin.] Diabetes is not curable (beware the "diabetic honeymoons"). It is treatable. But the work that each diabetic has to do is beyond most peoples' assumed capacity. Beyond the "regular medicine" absolutely necessary obsessive monitoring that would make every Martha-Stewart-wannabe look like mere hog wallow: How EVERYTHING affects your blood glucose level; supporting the "test strip industry" (glucometers - still only +/- 15=>20% accuracy) no less than 5 times every day; along with watching and recording your intake-, exercise-, and stress-effects like an eagle; and humulin (pumps optional), for Type I, &/or rezulin, etc., for type II, (draw a breath and go on) "alternative medicine" sez diabetes, and its side effects, can be lessened to a degree (or, at the very least, be made less brittle) by (in addition to, and NOT EXCLUSION of, in any way, the glucometer plus humulin/rezulin stuff) using ALL, not just part, of the following in conjunction, in the exact combinations of amounts that are, again based on recorded intake-, exercise-, and stress-effects on carefully and frequently monitored (& automatically recorded nowadays) blood glucose levels, right for you in each moment: Cr, Va, betaine HCL, digestive enzymes, Zn, B-complex (niacin is part of the GTF), bioflavanoids, including quercetin, Cu, lecithin, glutathione, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Pilocarpus jaborandi, Achillea millefolium, Erigon canadense (!), and Jerusalem "artichoke". Mainly, each diabetic is unique and each diabetic has to become their OWN absolute EXPERT. Since a good many humans don't like to put this much mandatory energy into investigating & constantly watching & analyzing every damn aspect of themselves, diabetes, by a good many individuals' "neglect", thru its side effects, gets right up there with cardiovascular diseases and cancer as one of the things "most popular" for us humans to die from. "Hey, folks, I could be wrong, but that's the way it seems to me." [Rant ends here.] Hands down, the best single starting page on the Web for diabetes is: http://www.mendosa.com/faq.htm > which I have been for many years? > > And as you may > have noticed, if you have been watching the recipes I post every once in > awhile, I have been into chiles for over fifty years! Do you have an > answer to that one? None whatsoever. But (as if any of us needed the least justification) check out pp 3=>13, starting here: http://www.muscle-fitness.com/musclefitness/nutrition/some-like-it-hot/index3.cfm (Doug, there's also 3 recipes on pp 14=>16.) Since distancing, in order to analyze and control, is only one aspect of life, there's certainly no rhyme (after 50 years, rime?) or reason (Endorphins talkin' here: "It must be the flavors!") for you, Doug, liking caps.'s pain. If only logic was involved, there would be no Chile-Heads (newsletter). > Don't like yogurt, and it don't like me!! cheers, Doug > in BC Art