September 22, 2004
Drink Your Green Tea and Be Fresher than Britney Spears!
My name is Anna and I'm a dairyholic. I'm not quite up to the task of giving up dairy completely, so I've decided to do it one day at a time, like an alcoholic. I really do need some kind of 12-step program to wean myself from cheese. But hey, I figure if I can cut down my cheese consumption to just 2 or 3 days per week, that's better than nothing.
Today I went completely dairy-free. I had a yummy frozen tofu lasagna (Amy's brand -I cannot live without Amy's Organic frozen foods, period. Sadly, one of my favorite Amy's products is the pesto pizza, which has cheese on it). For dinner I had homemade pasta primavera with lots of organic veggies sauteed in olive oil and garlic. It was delicious - carrots, red onions, scallions, artichoke hearts, and tomatoes, tossed together with orecchiete (pasta shells). Of course, I ate too much of the pasta, but it was too good not to.
After dinner I drank two mugs of green tea. Et voila, there was my first vegan day. I didn't miss dairy at all.
Speaking of green tea, I'm downing gallons of the stuff. I think I'm addicted. I've been doing this for about a week. I've known for a while about the health benefits of green tea, but I never made it a regular habit. Now, bolstered by having read about its anti-aging and anti-cancer properties, I've bought myself a proper tea kettle and am drinking at least 4 cups per day, two in the afternoon and two in the evening. I get the decaffeinated kind from Lassen's so it won't keep me up at night.
I hear the newest trend is green tea lattes. Well, I am wondering what a green tea soy latte would taste like. All summer I've been drinking iced soy lattes and I was thinking an iced green tea soy latte might be interesting.
Doesn't that sound like such a typical L.A. thing? It sounds so freaking pretentious, an iced green tea soy latte. But it would be healthy, that's for sure!
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Comments
Just a thought: could you be feeling less hungry due to the amount of liquid (green tea) you have been drinking, and not necessarily due to the tea itself? I know that you shouldn't drink too much water because it can lead to feelings of fullness and prevent you from eating nutrient dense foods you need.Just a thought ;)
Posted by: Mandy at October 22, 2004 05:54 PM
You should read Paul Pitchford's book Healing with Whole Foods and check out the topic of dairy. He looks at health from TCM (traditional chinese medicine) perspective and notes that excess dairy causes excess mucous and damp conditions in the body which may lead to growths, tumors, weight problems, skin problems ... I've been giving it up too , cos i'm convince it caused excema as a child and acne later on. I literally get boils if i eat hard cheese now, which sucks cos life without parmesan and my bolognese isn't much of a life : )) Anyway .. good luck !
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