22 September 2008
Monday, 9:30 PM

High-Level Journal Summary: Getting more information on taking precisely what was given to me on 9/19/08 by Alana Sugar. Despite her last name, her food is spot on for dealing with major amounts of grams of fat in a single meal -- and in a way that is actually healthy for an individual. Great information to learn in depth and share.

Countdowns:
1.) Day 11 of 28 in Cycle 1 of the Avastin + Enzastaurin Clinical Trial at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

2008 Seizure Activity:
1.) Last Simple Partial Seizure, or SPS, was 10 days ago.
2.) In 2008, I have had 80 SPS's in 266 days. This is an average of 1 SPS every 3.3 days.

Actual Journal: I love when information is shared. When this is done, information can just pile my way. Some of it is way beyond my head, but I can ask around and try to connect dots in healthy ways. Here is a certain message I got from a friend I met on Amtrak from New York City to Washington, D.C.

Hey, thought of another high fat but HEALTHY thing for you besides olive oil --AVOCADOS! They're so good and an average one has 35 grams of fat. Go out and get yourself some guacamole, or just eat them sliced up on a sandwich with some hummus and tomatoes. DEElish. Hang in there, my friend. -m

What this trends
This immediately trended a whole series of events in the past week. It finally took me to my nutritionist named Alana Sugar, who I mentioned in my 9/19/08 online journal entry.

I asked for very little of what Alana was giving to me. But now, other people were bringing up the same subject. Avacado! Time to pull out that formula and share it with other people, which I requested today from Alana. Here is what I got in the mail from Alana.

Adding Healthy Natural Fats/Oils to Meals
1 cup avocado cubes, 23 grams fat
1 Alana's Muffin, 12 grams fat (made with almond flour)
2 TBS regular cream cheese, 10 grams fat
1 TB extra virgin olive oil, 14 grams fat
1 TB any oil, 14 grams fat
1 TB pure real butter, 11 grams fat
¼ cup walnuts, 16 grams fat
¼ cup macadamia nuts, 26 grams fat
1/8 loaf Alana Banana’s Banana Bread, 18 grams fat (made with almond flour)
2 ounces real Cheddar Cheese, 19 grams fat.

Use coconut milk – just a couple of TBS
Use cream – just a couple of TBS
Use avocado – ½ medium or 1 small whole with lunch (check Whole Foods Market produce for bagged small avocados)
Make Olive Oil salad dressings (see below) and use ¼ cup over salads.

Salad Dressing:
• 1 cup Extra Virgin Olive oil
• ¼ cup raw apple cider vinegar, or to taste
• 1 chopped shallot or 1 clove minced garlic
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard
• Sea salt and black pepper, to taste.

Shake it up!

The easiest way to add fat to a meal
• Spread full fat cream cheese over nut bread or any healthy bread
• Scramble 2 eggs in a TB of butter
• Drizzle a couple of TBS of good oil (extra virgin olive oil, flax seed oil) over food
• Sprinkle ¼ cup roasted nuts (pecans, almonds) over your meal along with a couple ounces of grated cheddar cheese (all of this is delicious over salad).

Yummy!
I can personally say that these dishes are superb. I could barely eat my dinner. All I could eat for dinner is one corn on the cob, and that is it. Actually, I could have skipped that for dinner altogether. I could have gone without anything at all.

That is how filling my lunch happened to be today. Is that how filling a single meal can be for one person? I would guess this to be true, because I sure felt it today. (Burp.)

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