Comments for Karmic Nectar

Comment on President’s Weekend by Marci

Marci — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:34:53 +0000

THANK YOU so much for sharing your wonderland…..I cannot tell you how breathtaking those pictures are, but I got chills all up my back – as I do now just typing about them!

Comment on Connections by cynthia

cynthia — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:56:26 +0000

Love this post KN, isn’t it wonderful meeting new like-spirited people? Talk about an energy lift! Thank you for your wealth of info on skin care, I am one that continues to search out the best for my skin. Enjoy your day!

Comment on MLK weekend… by cynthia

cynthia — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:08:43 +0000

Hi KN, I am loving your blog! It appears we have much in common, health, horses and music just to name a few… Thank you so much for linking to me, I’m sure readers on my blog will really enjoy reading your posts! Cynthia

Comment on My Hair Loss Story by Karmic Nectar

Karmic Nectar — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:00:08 +0000

Marci,
Potatoes (not sweet), tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, eggplant, tomatillos, tamarios, pepinos, pimentos, ground cherries, garden huckleberry and naranjillas, paprika, cayenne, and Tabasco sauce are classified as nightshade foods. A particular group of substances in these foods, called alkaloids, can impact nerve-muscle function and digestive function in animals and humans, and may also be able to compromise joint function. Because the amount of alkaloids is very low in nightshade foods when compared with other nightshade plants, health problems from nightshade foods may only occur in individuals who are especially sensitive to these alkaloid substances.
I am obviously sensitive to alkaloids. My sensitivity presented itself in the form of debilitating joint pain after I injested large amounts of cayenne pepper this past summer when I did the lemonade “Master Cleanse”. The alkaloid, solanine, that is in cayenne pepper cannot be properly detoxified in my body.
Your daughter, Cat, obviously has a sensitivity as well to the solanine in hot sauce (Tabasco) that has presented itself in the form of a rash. In my research into how nightshades can affect the body I have come across a multitude of cases where people have broken out in rashes as a result of eating nightshade foods.
The best advice is to avoid nightshades completely for at least six months. Most likely her rashes will disappear. And then, if she wants, she can slowly introduce hot sauces back into her diet and see how her body reacts…. But, it sounds like eating hot sauce every day is just asking for trouble.

Comment on My Hair Loss Story by Marci

Marci — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:32:55 +0000

My daughter, Cat, has been complaining of a rash on the outside of her cheeks that comes and goes, is like red flat spots, and she eats hot sauce all the time. All the time.

I was wondering what the cayenne/spices do?

Please enlighten me, on Karmic Nectar! (Mind, body, spirit for the Sweet Life ) – (I like that!

Comment on Random Things I Am Obsessed With Today by miles henry

miles henry — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:23:58 +0000

you should get a mouse mit!