Pastor Dave's Highlights

[greybeard]

From the regular food we eat. In the case of magnesium, green leafy vegetables ( a 1 cup serving of cooked spinach provides 157mg of magnesium which is about 40% of our rda all by itself), nuts, legumes, and grains, especially wheat but..meats also have it because the animals eat green leafy substances. Some more than others.
Heck, 4 oz of dark (70% or better) chocolate gives you 250 mg of mag.
And of course, bananas are high in Mag.
Everything we eat in the normal course of daily life has some trace elements and minerals and for almost all of us, there's no reason to supplement.
Of course, that doesn't stop companies from trying to hawk their goods off on us because their product does contain minerals and trace elements.

 

[Pastor Dave]

I have stopped adding salt to food and cooking. I have been using No Salt, potassium chloride substitute. I take a multivitamin that has minerals too. Not sure if I'm balanced or not. Been told I'm not

 

[Pastor Dave]

My doctor told me the potassium would be good for me too.

 

[greybeard]

There are times that you don't want to take or need potassium and magnesium as supplemental and can get too much in your normal diet as well. They can act as antagonists to other minerals and elemental neccessary 'stuff'.
Some things the body gets rid of the excess without a problem, some things it does not.

 

[Pastor Dave]

Been getting ready for the surgery coming up on Thursday. I got all the drop trays dumped and spread out on the hay field. Then, I got the field mowed. Today I got the litter of rabbits butchered that didn't want ti wait a month to process, and got a shower in time to take both boys to the elementary school for back to school night.

5pm for school bus orientation for kindergarteners and then 5:30 down at the K classroom for orientation. Dropped off half the supplies I've been carrying and then went down to the 3rd grade classroom to meet the oldests teacher and drop off the other half of supplies I've been carrying. Got home and had supper and out the boys to bed. First Day of school tomorrow. It was a short summer break!

 

[Mike CHS]

I really enjoyed my kids and all of their experiences but I really don't miss those things you are doing now.

 

[CntryBoy777]

I shouted and did a dance when the last of my 4 made it thru school.....they got tired of me going to the office for a conference.....

 

[RollingAcres]

Back to school already? We start the Wednesday after Labor day.

 

[Pastor Dave]

We're pretty close to a balanced school year that gives 8 weeks for summer, and more frequent and extended breaks throughout the year. I think it's ok because kids need to learn they don't get summers off when they get out of school.

 

[Mike CHS]

They started back her this week. When I was a young fellow in Missouri we used to go back at this time of year and then take a two week break in late August early September that they called Cotton Vacation so all of the farm kids could labor in the fields.