I believe in good food, not medicine..

cabell:healthorhighwater:

I believe in…
Avocados, not Advil
Beans, not Benadryl
Cauliflower, not coedene
Dragonfruit, not Dramamine
Eggplant, not epitol
Flax seeds, not Fortical
Grains, not Glucotrol
Hummus, not heparin
Iceberg lettuce, not ibuprofen
Juniper berries, not jolessa
Kale, not Keppra
Lemons, not Lunesta
Mushrooms, not Motrin
Nuts, not Nolvadex
Oats, not oxycodone
Peas, not Prozac
Quinoa, not Questran
Radishes, not Ritalin
Spinach, not Sporanax
Tofu, not Tylenol
Ugli fruit, not Ultracet
Vanilla, not Valtrex
Watermelon, not warfarin
Xigua melon, not Xanax
Yams, not Yaz
Zucchini, not Zeltrixa

Food is the best medicine.

You know, I am now up to three shots of heparin a day, which are, btw, seriously painful, in an effort to keep myself alive long enough to successfully deliver my baby.  Hummus would not prevent me from throwing a fatal blood clot, because hummus does not have anti-coagulant properties.

Neither does watermelon, and thank god for warfarin, because once the baby is delivered I can STOP GIVING MYSELF SHOTS and go back to my normal oral medication, which I will need to use for the rest of my life to get the best possible chance of extending that life.

I would honestly like to smack the OP in the face.  Or possibly give them a shot.

Like, seriously.  Who is this big of an asshole?

Someone who’s had the good fortune of being mostly healthy and therefore has never actually needed medication to stay alive and takes their luck completely for granted? Someone who is honestly ignorant enough to think that sweet potatoes are going to keep you from getting pregnant? In other words, someone who is privileged and not particularly smart.