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Clearspring used to do a range of fruit cordials based on concentrated apple juice. Fructose, being an invert sugar, much better than sucrose. Also, they do a bancha tea which is the roast twigs of the tea bush. Naturally caffeine-free and very refreshing hot drink. Clearspring used to be...

Ancient Kingdom of Northumbria. No, not Northumberland, Northumbria ! :lol:

Queen Led Zep AC/DC Current favourites Inkubus Sukkubus - good, pagan rock ! :twisted:

Depends on what you are looking for but most years I spend time at Samyeling which is a Tibetan Buddhist Centre in Scotland near to Lockerbie. Great place for spiritual relaxation and renewal. www.samyeling.org

I use acupuncture in preference to Western medicine. The key is to use someone who is qualified, not someone who once did a weekend course [GP's are the worst offenders] In the UK, check with the British Acupuncture Council at www.acupuncture.org.uk for QUALIFIED practitioners.

Coming very soon ! Snow on the moors. I wander there all year round but snow adds a certain magic.

Swine Flu vaccine I am a member of several pagan/wiccan forums and the big question raging, in a very heated manner, is the Swine Flu shot. There seems to be no middle ground - some are for, and some violently opposed. Accusations of conspiracies, dubious "evidence" in U-Tube videos, etc...

I would nominate "The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran. A slim volume of verse that I have been reading for 30 years and everytime I open it, there is something new. ON SELF-KNOWLEDGE And a man said, "Speak to us of Self-Knowledge." And he answered, saying: Your hearts know in silence the secrets of...

sloppy description ! I meant low cal e.g. yogurt manufactured with synthetic additives.

Cugila, Interesting ! About the time Bg rocketed I started new meds, B-Blocker was doubled [5mg bisoprolol] and Nicorandil was added [2 x 20mg] as cardiac problems had become an issue again. Just had an angiogram to find that one of the by-pass grafts has a blockage and stents are being planned...

Breakfast - half pint of tomato juice followed by wholemeal cereal or toast Lunch - generally fish or chicken with veg, and rice or pasta Evening meal - sandwich of some sort. Thats it. Basically, one meal and two snacks. Fasting reading is 15 - 17. Reading before lunch [and taking metformin] 24...

I have had type 2 diabetes for about 10/12 years, controlled with Repaglinide. About 6 months ago, my blood sugar rocketed to mid-20's. I slowly increased the dosage [under medical supervision] to 4mg per day without any improvement - first am reading about 15 -13 . I was changed over to...

Greetings all. I have been diabetic [type 2] for about 10/12 years. During that time, I had a quad heart by-pass without problems. Now I have problems.