The Lost Tech of Cooking Seeds, Nuts, Beans and Grains:
80 years ago every housewife knew exactly how to cook any seed, nut, bean or grain. However, the industrial age swept in with rapidity and fast foods, fast-processes, and “short cuts” of every imaginable means were developed. Today, most people have forgotten that all seeds, nuts, beans, and grains have a survival agenda. They want to be consumed by an animal, survive digestion, and then be excreted with a pile of growing medium (manure). How do they survive the digestive tract? By containing anti-protein enzymes to prevent being digested. This is the reason that most people have gas following the consumption of beans, seeds, or nuts (cooked or uncooked).
All professional seedeaters have special organs designed to soak seeds or nuts to neutralize the anti-protein enzymes. Birds have esophagus pouches; Squirrels and chipmunks have cheek pouches. This is why you must observe the tradition of ALWAYS pre-soaking all beans, nuts, or seeds. This includes grains, as grains are the seed of the plant.
Turmeric Is More Important Than Ever
Turmeric is a very ancient herb with 4000-5000 years of history with both the Chinese culture as well as the Ayurvedic medicine in India. Today, as an average person reading all of this information, you have to be very cautious to recognize that a lot of this information claiming to be testing turmeric, which is a whole plant and a whole food, many are making isolates.
Once, one enters the field of isolates, the supportive structures of the plant are no longer there and like many other isolates, toxicity occurs and one has to watch carefully how much one consumes before one reaches the toxic levels. This is why so many people are always promoting whole foods, whole herbs, and not isolates.
The Forgotten Miracle Cucumber
A cucumber is one of those highly beneficial vegetables, from hydrating your eyelids to make you look younger to the seeds, which can be used as a parasite cleansing material.
Cucumbers are the fourth largest cultivated crop in the world. It is a vegetable that belongs to the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae, which includes gourds, melons, and squashes. Cucumber is often regarded as a health food because it is low in calories and fat. Cucumber also contains many vitamins and minerals that make them a healthy choice for cooking and snacking.
Here are a few ways the body benefits from cucumbers!
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What You Don’t Know About the Link Between Cholesterol Medications and Diabetes
In an alarming new study of 153,840 postmenopausal women, a disturbing link was found between cholesterol-lowering drugs and diabetes.
Recently, my wife who is over 50, had a physical. Her LDL cholesterol was almost nonexistent, while her HDL was 65, the highest the doctor had ever seen. When asked why her HDL was so high while her LDL was so low, my wife replied that it was due to our diet – grass-fed and free-range meats and eggs. Since she has a dairy allergy, she consumes little or no dairy. If you are concerned about cholesterol, there are many things you can do: Consume grass-fed meats, free-range chicken and eggs, and raw or pasteurized only organic cheeses and dairy products. Stay away from homogenized dairy products. You can also consume Red Yeast Rice, a supplement that supports the liver while reducing cholesterol.
20 Reasons To Add Turmeric To Your Diet
The active ingredient in turmeric is curcumin. Tumeric has been used for over 2500 years in India, where it was most likely first used as a dye.
The medicinal properties of this spice have been slowly revealing themselves over the centuries. Long known for its anti-inflammatory properties, recent research has revealed that turmeric is a natural wonder, proving beneficial in the treatment of many different health conditions from cancer to Alzheimer’s disease.
Here are 20 reasons to add turmeric to your diet:
A Lemon A Day Keeps The Doctor Away
Lemons contain vitamin B6, iron and potassium, and a very good source of dietary fiber and vitamin C. They also contain calcium, copper, folic acid, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus and zinc. “They are a great source of bioflavonoids, which protect against damage caused by free radicals, and enhance the antioxidant effects of some nutrients. They help maintain capillaries and help the blood clot. Weak capillaries can lead to easy bruising, brain and retinal hemorrhages, bleeding gums and other abnormalities. They may help prevent heart diseases. They act as natural antibiotics and may protect the body from cancer-causing substances.
Turmeric Benefits
Besides flavoring food, the principle organs that
turmeric treats is the skin, heart, liver and lungs.
Activities of Turmeric include: alterative, analgesic, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, anti-allergic, antioxidant, antiseptic, antispasmodic, appetizer, astringent, cardiovascular, carminative, cholagogue, digestive, diuretic, stimulant, and vulnerary. Therapeutic uses include: AIDS/HIV, anemia, cancer, diabetes, digestion, food poisoning, gallstones, indigestion, IBS, parasites, poor circulation, staph infections, and wounds. Turmeric helps regulate the female reproductive system and purifies the uterus and breastmilk, and in men it purifies and builds semen, which is counterintuitive for a pungent bitter. It reduces fevers, diarrhea, urinary disorders, insanity, poisoning, cough, and lactation problems in general. It is used to treat external ulcers that respond to nothing else. Turmeric is used to remove mucus in the throat, watery discharges like leucorrhea, and any pus in the eyes, ears, or in wounds, etc.
Black Tea Vs. Coffee
Black tea is made from the same plant as green tea, oolong tea, and white tea, from leaves of tea (Cameliia sinensis). The difference is only in processing. The black tea is oxidized fully. That’s why black tea is often mentioned as oxidized tea or fermented tea.
Black tea contains caffeine, fluoride, flavonoids, teofilin, antioxidant and others. Like green tea, drinking black tea has so many advantages for health.
Build Your Immune System
Using the ORAC chart to see what foods are rich in antioxidants is a great tool to help you pack in some of those important foods that may be missing from your diet. Mike Adams, the Health Ranger recently wrote an article on how oregano is a great source of antioxidants. Read below:
Did you know that oregano delivers more antioxidant benefit than blueberries, oranges, or apples?
29 Billion Lies About Cholesterol
Here is a breif synopsis of the movie
$29 Billion Reasons To Lie About Cholesterol.
Millions of people around the world are currently taking medications to lower their cholesterol. In England alone, around 7 million people are taking cholesterol-lowering statins in the hope of reducing their risk of a heart attack. But an increasing number of doctors and researchers are questioning the supposed link between cholesterol and heart disease.
