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 JW> He also started Prevention Magazine...
 ML> which in my day had a decidedly mixed reputation
 NB> There were good things advocated there, along with some decidedly and
 NB> admittedly crackpot things.

My college roommate's mother used to read it and occasionally
went overboard (as did he), but she was very, as they say, orally
fixated, and overate grossly, which was sort of peculiar, like a
doctor smoking or something.

 NB> went down to help my sister recover from a nervous breakdown, and was
 NB> able to bring her round in a 3-week visit... I noted some probable
 NB> vitamin deficiencies and got her the adequate supplementation...

H'm. B-vities? I might need some of those.

 I also
 NB> used my counseling skills, of course.  But the result was totally
 NB> amazing in their eyes, so they started looking into it...  I had to
 NB> laugh, as they got into the whole vitamin schema much more deeply than
 NB> I ever did, and with great seriousness...  ;)  Overall, though, I'd say
 NB> that it helped them, too.  :)

Well, eating organic stuff isn't so bad, and eating lots of
vitamins usually isn't so bad, and if one just approaches one's
diet with a little awareness, that's good. The zealotry that
some (as usual, converts are the worst) exhibit can be a bit
tiresome, though, there too, if it gets them eating wholesome
stuff, all the cooler.

--

 NB> There was a lot of pooh-poohing.. until it was noticed that it worked.
 NB> Now one sees pressure point diagrams on the walls of primary care
 NB> doctors... including the ones that work on symptoms elsewhere...

Thus the discipline evolves - as the saying goes, why do you think
it's called "practice?"; and as YK Jim notes, alternative medicine
that works is called "medicine."

 NB>> where my massage therapist has to work it out to have more storage
 NB>> space for the next week...
 ML> That's funny, or at least would be if it weren't painful.
 NB> It's both.  :)  I have to keep a sense of humor about it all, or it
 NB> would be totally unbearable... ;0

The human condition: life, love it or leave it.

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.01

      Title: Chili Our Way
 Categories: Mexican, Beef, Chili, Beans
      Yield: 6 servings

      6    Dried hot chile peppers           1/2 ts Oregano
      3 lb Boneless chuck, in 1/4 inch              Accompaniments:
           -ice                                     Sour cream
      6 tb Rendered beef suet                       Cheddar cheese, finely
grate
      2    Onions, chopped                          -
      4    Garlic cloves                            Onion, chopped
  1 1/2 tb Cumin                                    Hot chile peppers, seeded &
      1 lb Tomatoes, drained & chopped              -inced
      1 tb Unsweetened cocoa powder                 Kidney or pinto beans
      1    Bay leaf                                 Tortilla chips

  Heat a griddle or cast-iron skillet over mod-high heat until it is hot.
  Toast the chile peppers, turning them and not allowing them to burn, for
  1-2 minutes.  Let chile peppers cool until they can be handled, then seed
  them. Combine peppers with 1 cup water in a small saucepan. Bring to a
  boil, covered, simmer the mixture for 5 minutes.  Puree the water and
  pepper in a food processor. In a large casserole, saute the chuck in 4 Tbsp
  beef suet over moderately high heat until it is lightly browned. Transfer
  meat to a bowl. Add to the casserole, the remaining suet, onions, and
  garlic, and cook the mixture over moderate heat, stirring, until the onions
  are softened.  Add the cumin and cook the mixture over mod-low heat,
  stirring, for 1 minute.  Add the chuck, chile puree, tomatoes, cocoa
  powder, bay leaf, and oregano, and combine the mixture well.  Add water to
  cover barely. Bring to a boil and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally,
  and adding more water, if necessary, to keep the meat covered, for 2 hours
  longer.  Add salt to taste, simmer uncovered for another hour. Discard bay
  leaf. Transfer the chili to a heated serving bowl and serve it with the
  sour cream, cheese, onion, chile peppers, beans and tortilla chips. a 1981
  Gourmet chili favorite

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