April's CR Diary

I often do "colour themed" meals too....a dinner that is entirely white, for example (cauliflower, onions, garlic, quorn, egg whites, leeks + white wine sauce etc), or entirely green (heavy on the cruciferous veggies), or entirely orange (slightly more difficult). Haven't done a pink one yet. I'll have to try it!
Wonder if it's possible to do an entirely blue or purple CR meal ?

last summer I bought purple cauliflower and purple broccoli, and they turned my entire dish a very frightening bright blue. Quorn, eggwhites, all blue. MR ate it, tasted good, but it looked really weird.

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I love pink! :-) Sorry to bother you again, but I was wondering what you think of Stevia? I am reading this book called "Fantastic Voyage" and it actually recommends the use of Stevia and I have found generally supportive information on the website. However, the FDA bans its use in food (okay only as a supplement) so I'm curious to find out what you think ! :-)

Thanks April!

Hi Cyn!

Stevia: MR is convinced of its toxicity, and so we avoid it. I never used it before, so I don't miss it. I haven't read the studies myself, but on avoiding something I already didn't eat, I'm willing to take MR's word for it.

I love Fantastic Voyage! Ray is the nicest guy... I did a lunch at his house a year or so ago for the Mprize. What a great guy. His wife is lovely too, and their house is just beautiful. Lots of their daughter's art work everywhere.

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From the not-pink website ..

It's almost a week since April mentioned rdamethod.com. There have been several hundred unique visitors in that week, from a wide range of places - including the UK, Turkey, Iceland, Indonesia, Australia, France, Spain, and Panama.
More than a dozen people have created accounts; most of them have logged in to the site.
About half of the users came via April's current blog; about 10% were referred from methuselahmouse.org, and 5% from the divine.miss.m, where I'd posted a request to gather a recipe in a comment.

The motivation behind the site was a remark in this blog about 'RDA magic': and a thought that a collection of information, tools and recipes to help people who wanted to improve the quality of their diet might be useful.

Let us know, in comments here or there, what else you'd like to see in the collection.

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Hi April! I love your blog and have been reading it for a while now. I was just wondering if you could help me out with my own semi-CR lifestyle (mostly focused on ON, since I'm happy with my weight and an amateur athelete who needs her calories):

I am a college student entirely without access to a kitchen or a fridge--meaning I can't stock up on fruits or vegetables and need to rely on the dining hall for my food. Luckily, the food served at the cafeteria can be quite healthy, but I find it very hard to reach my RDAs (I use CoM and track everything) without eating things like fortified cereal, due to the lack of choice in the dining hall. (I know you aren't a fan of carbs, but I'm just the kind of person who can't function without them--and I've already taken up your advice on eggwhites for breakfast, so just bear with me on this one :) )

Are these foods okay, ON-wise? I know you have posted before criticizing vitamins/most supplements as ways to reach RDAs, and I'm not sure if these kinds of fortified things fall into the same category. I know that "clean" food is always better than processed, but trust me--I am a complete whole-foods/hippie/organic foodie, but the whole school situation can make it a lot harder. Thanks!

On the topic of ON, I was wondering if anyone knows of any blogs by people who practice ON as rigorously and passionately as April, MR, and other readers practice CRON.

Also, is anyone aware of which benefits that CRON followers experience are due to more to ON and which are due more to CR? For instance, and I have only anecdotal evidence for this, my guess is that the drop in instances of mild/common sickness such as colds is mostly due to ON. People who follow the science can probably set me right if that isn't the case.

I'd be especially interested in hearing stories from anyone who followed ON rigorously for at least a year before moving to CRON.

To Mike and J,
There's a large group of us blogging CR & ON and loads of comments about how effective the ON portion is for our health and well-being. We strive to achieve as much ON as we can while living our lives fully.

As an older CRONie myself, the ON is almost more important to me, than the CR.

The RDA website above is all about Optimum Nutrition as well.

Stop by my site and you'll find loads of links to others practicing.

http://djhinva.blogspot.com/
:-D

are you for real, it is no wonder that the labor movement can't close a door, we have type a freaks like you running the show