trystinn | Healing and health news

I tend to think of myself as a realistic and a pragmatist, yet someone who chooses to wear rose-colored glasses. Frankly, the view is often better through them. I've been put on an estrogen supplement, which is the pragmatism portion of the above. The rose-colored glasses comes in where I've decided to eat tofu daily, despite so much research that seems to prove it does little, but I'm going to do it anyway. Somewhat because I really adore Miso soup and needed an excuse to make huge batches on a weeky basis and partly because it gives me some tiny reassurance that I'm doing something, that some part of healing is within my power and not limited to a physician's prescription pad.

I also drink gallons a week of nettle tea, which either works incredibly well or is the best placebo I've yet found to trick my metabolism into burning glucose, giving me more energy and makes losing weight easier. Either way, I reap the benefit, so I'm content. I'm sure others have similar experiences, we're not really sure why it works, just that it does and so we remain committed to the process.

So on that note: I had a thing for Victorian novels a few years back and adored how everyone went to the Coast to "take the waters" for their health. Apparently, they were right! Seems inhaling saline solution has been proven to show a marked improvement in cystic fibrosis patients, so perhaps there's something to these older remedies after all.