Janelle Brown: Smarter Than Your Average Brown (Maybe)

[suomi]

So, you can drink it before a meal, during a meal and between meals. That is very helpful information but not easy to remember so be sure to jot that down. It's good to know that it reduces "glass and bloating."

[Absolom]

Reduces glass and bloating.  I really have no problem with glass and my digestion.  Makes one wonder about her diet.  

[Sandy W]

1 minute ago, Absolom said:

Reduces glass and bloating.  I really have no problem with glass and my digestion.  Makes one wonder about her diet.  

If her drinking glasses are as chipped as her crockery, it may be a very real problem.

[TurtlePower]

51 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

“Today’s drink post will be a little out of the box”.........

No, Janelle, not for those of us who have actual nutrition education. Her followers must be as stupid as she is. 

[ginger90]

1 hour ago, TurtlePower said:

“Today’s drink post will be a little out of the box”.........

No, Janelle, not for those of us who have actual nutrition education. Her followers must be as stupid as she is. 

This one was , interesting:

[xwordfanatik]

hehe, @Mahamid Frauded Me, did you post that?  It's GOT to be a joke!

[deirdra]

3 hours ago, xwordfanatik said:

hehe, @Mahamid Frauded Me, did you post that?  It's GOT to be a joke!

Ha ha. Mahamid Frauded Me should write a Strife post where Janelle starts drinking hard whisky, neat. That would be "out of the box".

Edited November 16, 2019 by deirdra

[Mahamid Frauded Me]

Crap, I cant keep up with her dribble.  Alls I got is a big ass can of cabbage and s box of wine

Edited November 17, 2019 by Mahamid Frauded Me

[Roslyn]

Yes, most all herbs and spices have health properties, and over the millennia people have used spices/herbs/foods for healing and then they end up as common kitchen spices that just a sniff or taste you can identify the region the food developed from.

However...you have to know what you are doing before you go online prescribing this stuff to people.  Oooh. Her daily rock star is good?  How about we just take more, one cup of tea?  How about a gallon drank through the day?  People are stupid about this stuff.  Hey, it's natural right?  Can't be bad if it's natural right?  Hemlock is all natural, Wild Parsnip is all natural, Foxgloves (hey...they are SO pretty too!), Giant Hogweed, Common garden rhubarb...etc. etc.

I have taken turmeric for years and I have seen improvements in my aging dogs as well.  I don't have serious issues, just the over 50 creakies. But turmeric helps keep me more mobile and active.  My pug moved easier after I added turmeric to his diet and more movement helped his health issues in his final years.  Now my Heeler is in his older years and his new diet with turmeric has him getting up quicker and up and down stairs better as well as increased exercise.

There is a catch with turmeric.  She doesn't mention at ALL that for it to be properly digested in your body you don't take it alone.  No...nutmeg is not the supporting rock star.  Turmeric needs black pepper, and they have to be taken together.  You also need to know the body weight of the person/dog taking it and calculate the daily dose based on body weight... Infusing the black pepper is very important.  I was lucky that when I changed my Pugs diet I had a new Vet who is Indian.  He is very knowledgeable about the medicinal uses of foods and spices/herbs and we shared recipes when he helped me develop my pugs diet.  As a child he was in charge of caring for his mothers turmeric plants and he shared some of the recipes she used for various ailments with turmeric.  She always infused the pepper before adding it to the turmeric, and that is how I now do it for myself and for my dog. I simply add black pepper fresh ground to the rice and let them cook together.  Also, I discovered that black pepper rice is really tasty and I now add pepper to my meals rice in the beginning instead of adding it in the end dish.

Ayurvedic healing beliefs are basically the Indian version of ancient Chinese medicine.  A whole body look at healing that isn't just symptomatic, but spirituality as well as food and lifestyle bases. Keeping yourself healthy versus healing sickness kind of thinking. However it is way more complicated than Janelles (probably online) reading about all these "rock stars" and "game changers" that she spews ad nauseam. 

What blows me away the most is how she has NO WARNING on these posts!  When you post online, or write a book about herbal "healing" you had damn well better put that little tidbit about how you are not practicing medicine and your post is in no way claiming to replace a qualified doctors care. Based on how hard it is to find real information with all the crap that is posted out there, people will jump to taking x, y, z JUST because it's all natural and so much better.  People kill themselves and kill family members because they don't know what the hell they are doing.  Yes, foods and herb and spices have healing properties, but the biggest difference between a medicine and a poison is the dose.

OH!  And those damn green smoothies she is always posting about, her love of getting those greens into herself without the need to actually taste or chew them?  Sure, spinach and kale are the dark leafy greens that are SO good for you, you read about them everywhere.  However.  There is a catch. Basically you can't really eat so much spinach or kale to mess up your kidneys unless you have later stages of kidney issues.  But. You can really get WAY too much dark leafies when you reduce them in the blender and drink them every. single. day. People with good kidneys can find themselves having issues and people with issues can make them much worse with essentially overdoses of those "so damn healthy" dark green leafy veggies. Before treating yourself medicinally with food...you really really need to know more.

....rant over....

[TurtlePower]

21 hours ago, Roslyn said:

Yes, most all herbs and spices have health properties, and over the millennia people have used spices/herbs/foods for healing and then they end up as common kitchen spices that just a sniff or taste you can identify the region the food developed from.

However...you have to know what you are doing before you go online prescribing this stuff to people.  Oooh. Her daily rock star is good?  How about we just take more, one cup of tea?  How about a gallon drank through the day?  People are stupid about this stuff.  Hey, it's natural right?  Can't be bad if it's natural right?  Hemlock is all natural, Wild Parsnip is all natural, Foxgloves (hey...they are SO pretty too!), Giant Hogweed, Common garden rhubarb...etc. etc.

I have taken turmeric for years and I have seen improvements in my aging dogs as well.  I don't have serious issues, just the over 50 creakies. But turmeric helps keep me more mobile and active.  My pug moved easier after I added turmeric to his diet and more movement helped his health issues in his final years.  Now my Heeler is in his older years and his new diet with turmeric has him getting up quicker and up and down stairs better as well as increased exercise.

There is a catch with turmeric.  She doesn't mention at ALL that for it to be properly digested in your body you don't take it alone.  No...nutmeg is not the supporting rock star.  Turmeric needs black pepper, and they have to be taken together.  You also need to know the body weight of the person/dog taking it and calculate the daily dose based on body weight... Infusing the black pepper is very important.  I was lucky that when I changed my Pugs diet I had a new Vet who is Indian.  He is very knowledgeable about the medicinal uses of foods and spices/herbs and we shared recipes when he helped me develop my pugs diet.  As a child he was in charge of caring for his mothers turmeric plants and he shared some of the recipes she used for various ailments with turmeric.  She always infused the pepper before adding it to the turmeric, and that is how I now do it for myself and for my dog. I simply add black pepper fresh ground to the rice and let them cook together.  Also, I discovered that black pepper rice is really tasty and I now add pepper to my meals rice in the beginning instead of adding it in the end dish.

Ayurvedic healing beliefs are basically the Indian version of ancient Chinese medicine.  A whole body look at healing that isn't just symptomatic, but spirituality as well as food and lifestyle bases. Keeping yourself healthy versus healing sickness kind of thinking. However it is way more complicated than Janelles (probably online) reading about all these "rock stars" and "game changers" that she spews ad nauseam. 

What blows me away the most is how she has NO WARNING on these posts!  When you post online, or write a book about herbal "healing" you had damn well better put that little tidbit about how you are not practicing medicine and your post is in no way claiming to replace a qualified doctors care. Based on how hard it is to find real information with all the crap that is posted out there, people will jump to taking x, y, z JUST because it's all natural and so much better.  People kill themselves and kill family members because they don't know what the hell they are doing.  Yes, foods and herb and spices have healing properties, but the biggest difference between a medicine and a poison is the dose.

OH!  And those damn green smoothies she is always posting about, her love of getting those greens into herself without the need to actually taste or chew them?  Sure, spinach and kale are the dark leafy greens that are SO good for you, you read about them everywhere.  However.  There is a catch. Basically you can't really eat so much spinach or kale to mess up your kidneys unless you have later stages of kidney issues.  But. You can really get WAY too much dark leafies when you reduce them in the blender and drink them every. single. day. People with good kidneys can find themselves having issues and people with issues can make them much worse with essentially overdoses of those "so damn healthy" dark green leafy veggies. Before treating yourself medicinally with food...you really really need to know more.

....rant over....

All this. Janelle is SO damn uneducated and her “advice” is just enough to be dangerous. Food as science is complicated but logical if one has made an effort to study it as a whole (versus one  ingredient at a time).

It’s like she’s trying to build a house but doesn’t understand how everything fits together—these nails are rockstars! You need them! These 2x4s, you need them! But, she doesn’t know how they fit together. So she’s left with little piles of individual things she doesn’t actually know how to use. 

Janelle is just going to keep plodding along, pretending to know what she’s talking about while everyone laughs at her, oblivious to it all. Meanwhile, she’s not getting any healthier because she doesn’t know what she’s doing. 

[laurakaye]

I sincerely hope the people that actually do turn to her for health advice know enough to do their own research, because Janelle sure as hell doesn't seem to care.  She advocates the use of all these spices, and seems stunned - STUNNED, I tell you - that spices were used for medicinal purposes once upon a time!  A long time ago!  Before medicine!  Shocking, right?!  So yes, too much of a spice could cause problems.  Just like I wouldn't take a pill without knowing the side effects, I also wouldn't dump the contents of my spice rack into my tea without knowing what might happen after I chug it down.

Can someone pull the plug on her nonsense before she actually does damage?  Seriously, shut UP, Janelle.  Go get a nice desk job before you hurt someone.

[ginger90]

[neh]

2 hours ago, ginger90 said:

Again with the mucous...ick!

[Sandy W]

Come On Janelle!  Loosen up, see if Meri has something in her Metallic Elegant Collection that would fit, put on your party shoes and get yourself out to one of Atlanta's dance clubs. 

Instead, you daringly drank a Virgin Bloody Mary at the airport (is that what screwed up your digestion this week?), and sit in your hotel room brewing Chamomile Tea, watching sentimental Hallmark movies, wishing you had those warm and fuzzy feelings in your family life.  You don't, so you might as well take a cue from Sister Meri and live a little.

[neh]

1 minute ago, Sandy W said:

Come On Janelle!  Loosen up, see if Meri has something in her Metallic Elegant Collection that would fit, put on your party shoes and get yourself out to one of Atlanta's dance clubs. 

Instead, you daringly drank a Virgin Bloody Mary at the airport (is that what screwed up your digestion this week?), and sit in your hotel room brewing Chamomile Tea, watching sentimental Hallmark movies, wishing you had those warm and fuzzy feelings in your family life.  You don't, so you might as well take a cue from Sister Meri and live a little.

With a banana and a come hither loook?  😆

[laurakaye]

53 minutes ago, neh said:

With a banana and a come hither loook?  😆

Please NO, seeing that once from one Sister Wife was more than enough, thank you!

As idiotic as Janelle's posts are, I for one would rather read one that does not discuss, in categoric detail, the contents of her digestive tract.  I am never going to look at Hallmark movies the same way again.

[laurakaye]

On 11/15/2019 at 3:54 PM, Mahamid Frauded Me said:

I am still LMAO over that first sentence.  Because you know that it's EXACTLY what Janelle is saying - but trying NOT to say - in all of her stupid posts lately!

[TurtlePower]

1 hour ago, neh said:

Again with the mucous...ick!

Janelle needs a specialist. The world is tired of hearing her go on and on about this—she continues to come off as an idiot who doesn’t know what the fuck she’s doing.  Her excess mucus/gas could be anything from celiac to cancer, she needs tests done. 
 

I will say as a full-on celiac that being 100% gf and mostly plant based has cleared up all—and I mean ALL—digestive issues I once had. I care for my microbiome like a well-loved pet and it WORKS. 
 

Ya know, I’d have empathy for Janelle if she’d stop posing as an expert and stop giving bad advice. Just get some tests done, woman, so you can figure this thing out. 

[Natalie68]

On 11/16/2019 at 11:44 AM, ginger90 said:

This one was , interesting:

Ok, who did this???

[xwordfanatik]

My mind went to our Strife lady, @Mahamid Frauded Me.  But I guessed wrong.

I love Strife.  Hearing Janelle "say" she had a good healthy BM was reassuring.  😛

Too funny!

[Joan of Argh]

8 hours ago, neh said:

Again with the mucous...ick!

Yup same old BS 

Sluggish digestion and GAS!

Janelle is like a volcano waiting to blow!!!!!  😲

[Kohola3]

Geez if she's so obsessed with her bowels at this age I can't even imagine what she'll be like when she's senior citizen.

[Mahamid Frauded Me]

41 minutes ago, Kohola3 said:

Geez if she's so obsessed with her bowels at this age I can't even imagine what she'll be like when she's senior citizen.

right, should she be worried about something more important, like, I don't know - whirled peas ?

[toodles]

On 11/16/2019 at 9:54 AM, Sandy W said:

Puhleeze!!!  Janelle and her digestion.  I am more familiar with Janelle's bowel movements than I am with my own.  Enough Already.

Amen. Janelle needs a new hobby.  Gahhhhhd.

[Yeah No]

On 11/15/2019 at 2:11 PM, laurakaye said:

But what is she babbling about regarding Hallmark movies and food?  The actresses who appear in those movies don't eat much?  Like, in the movie itself or real life?  And this is a problem because....Janelle wants to eat when she watches a Hallmark movie?  She needs a snack to go with her hot chocolate?  She wants the actress to consume a Big Mac so Janelle can have one too?

I just caught up with this thread - Who even thinks about stuff like this???  She is OBSESSED with eating and food to the point that she even wonders why she doesn't see more eating in Hallmark movies?  WTF?  Then she speculates that the actors and actresses don't eat much in real life either?  Like maybe there's an admission implied there about how much she eats compared to thin people.  Like she knows deep down that she eats more than they do.  Well, duh, maybe that's the problem, Janelle!!!  Stop looking for justifications for how much you eat!!  🙄

[MonicaM]

11 hours ago, Yeah No said:

I just caught up with this thread - Who even thinks about stuff like this???  She is OBSESSED with eating and food to the point that she even wonders why she doesn't see more eating in Hallmark movies?  WTF?  Then she speculates that the actors and actresses don't eat much in real life either?  Like maybe there's an admission implied there about how much she eats compared to thin people.  Like she knows deep down that she eats more than they do.  Well, duh, maybe that's the problem, Janelle!!!  Stop looking for justifications for how much you eat!!  🙄

Compared to Janelle, none of us eats much.  

[deirdra]

15 hours ago, Yeah No said:

She is OBSESSED with eating and food to the point that she even wonders why she doesn't see more eating in Hallmark movies?  

I prefer movies where the actors are not talking with their mouths full of food.

[Meowwww]

On 11/19/2019 at 3:09 PM, Joan of Argh said:

Yup same old BS 

Sluggish digestion and GAS!

Janelle is like a volcano waiting to blow!!!!!  😲

I see what you did there.... 🤣

[DakotaJustice]

Her posts remind me of Books 5 & 6 of Jean M Auel's Earth's Children series. The books I (and millions of other fans) waited 20+ years for and turned out to be complete drivel. 

[Sofa Sloth]

1 hour ago, DakotaJustice said:

Her posts remind me of Books 5 & 6 of Jean M Auel's Earth's Children series. The books I (and millions of other fans) waited 20+ years for and turned out to be complete drivel. 

Agree. I read Clan of the Cave Bear as a teen and I really got into the series but don’t think I could even read the last one despite trying. At least I didn’t have to wait 20 years for it though as they were already published 😆 #youngCOL

[xwordfanatik]

My mother-in-law and sister-in-law were quite into Jean Auel years ago.  Now I'm glad I didn't start the series.

I wish we could rename Janelle's thread.  She's just not any smarter than the rest of her "spiritual spouses."  

[TurtlePower]

6 minutes ago, xwordfanatik said:

My mother-in-law and sister-in-law were quite into Jean Auel years ago.  Now I'm glad I didn't start the series.

I wish we could rename Janelle's thread.  She's just not any smarter than the rest of her "spiritual spouses."  

She really isn’t any smarter, is she? At least Meri and Christine are making money shilling LuLaNo and Robyn is the established queen bee. That leaves Janelle: still overweight and no healthier.  She continues to peddle her unsuccessful “health coach” business and complains about constant digestion woes. Same shit every year. 

What a sad old sack. 

[DakotaJustice]

2 hours ago, xwordfanatik said:

My mother-in-law and sister-in-law were quite into Jean Auel years ago.  Now I'm glad I didn't start the series.

I wish we could rename Janelle's thread.  She's just not any smarter than the rest of her "spiritual spouses."  

Just don't read the last two books. 

[DakotaJustice]

Janelle Brown - Having an intimate relationship with her toilet.

[Natalie68]

16 minutes ago, DakotaJustice said:

Janelle Brown - Having an intimate relationship with her toilet.

Or Janelle Brown-Why Can't I Poop

[DakotaJustice]

1 hour ago, Natalie68 said:

Or Janelle Brown-Why Can't I Poop

Janelle Brown - Ayurvedic scatologicalist 

💩🚽🧻

[Gramto6]

Janelle Brown - Google it yourself Rock Star

[Galloway Cave]

Janelle Brown: Rockstar!Digestion

[DakotaJustice]

On 11/19/2019 at 2:10 AM, ginger90 said:

I'm just catching up after a busy week and omg. This is a new low. I think she must be putting us on now. 

Sitting in her hotel room? I haven't been to Atlanta in 10 years but you better believe I'd be going out to dinner and exploring a bit. 

Edited November 23, 2019 by DakotaJustice

[Joan of Argh]

Janelle's new Rockstar is Pimento Cheese 

She posted a pic of puke on a pancake... Oops I mean pimento cheese smeared on a pancake!

She never knew it existed until her trip south last week.  🙄

[DakotaJustice]

24 minutes ago, Joan of Argh said:

Janelle's new Rockstar is Pimento Cheese 

She posted a pic of puke on a pancake... Oops I mean pimento cheese smeared on a pancake!

She never knew it existed until her trip south last week.  🙄

ON PANCAKES? 

Ick. I like pimento cheese but on a pancake? Just no.

[Joan of Argh]

[TurtlePower]

40 minutes ago, Joan of Argh said:

Janelle's new Rockstar is Pimento Cheese 

She posted a pic of puke on a pancake... Oops I mean pimento cheese smeared on a pancake!

She never knew it existed until her trip south last week.  🙄

Didn’t know pimento cheese existed? Lordy she’s stupid. And I’m sure all that will come back to haunt her and we will see another poor digestion post.

Idiot. 

[Joan of Argh]

19 minutes ago, DakotaJustice said:

ON PANCAKES? 

Ick. I like pimento cheese but on a pancake? Just no.

maybe it's corn cakes?

Ive never seen a corn cake so I assumed it was a pancake  😋

[laurakaye]

32 minutes ago, TurtlePower said:

Didn’t know pimento cheese existed? Lordy she’s stupid. And I’m sure all that will come back to haunt her and we will see another poor digestion post.

Idiot. 

Good heavens, if she wasn't stopped up before, this new cheese obsession is going to completely derail her.

And "maybe" it has been in grocery stores all this time?  Does she have ANY idea how stupid she truly sounds?  Just because it didn't come from the Fritos and Mountain Dew aisle doesn't mean it doesn't exist, Janelle!

[Kohola3]

There are no words for how horrid that looks.  She seriously needs to stop taking pictures of her "discoveries".  They are off putting and she makes herself look like a fool.

[ginger90]

Janelle said she was going to post a drink a day for 7 days. Never happened. Instead, days later, we have this......

I get up at 4am every day to GO TO WORK. Just thought I’d mention that. Today is my first day off in 14 days. Janelle needs to just stop. Proud COL.

[DakotaJustice]

14 minutes ago, Kohola3 said:

There are no words for how horrid that looks.  She seriously needs to stop taking pictures of her "discoveries".  They are off putting and she makes herself look like a fool.

It's so unappetizing to see the fork that was in her mouth. 

All she needed to do was include a used Kleenex next to the plate. 

ETA - her dog could lose a few pounds.

Edited November 25, 2019 by DakotaJustice

[Kohola3]

Is she using sheets for curtains?  How very college apartment.

And what is this work she keeps referencing? She takes a kid to school and then needs a rest and then needs yoga for reflection.  "Frame her day" to do what exactly?  Peruse the grocery aisles for mysterious. rock star. game changing foodstuffs?

[DakotaJustice]

13 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

Janelle said she was going to post a drink a day for 7 days. Never happened. Instead, days later, we have this......

I get up at 4am every day to GO TO WORK. Just thought I’d mention that. Today is my first day off in 14 days. Janelle needs to just stop. Proud COL.

I just get up at 4 (or earlier) every morning. Including days off.  BTW - does she actually go into an office or does she go to Christine's house to watch Netflix and count that as work? Or maybe she does have an office job and she's managed to keep it a deep dark secret?

Quoting one of the characters in my favorite book this year (Maybe you should talk to someone by Lori Gottlieb): "Menopause ruined my sleep." 😳

Edited November 25, 2019 by DakotaJustice