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Ingredients
2 bunches of spinach, organic if possible.
water
Method
Plug in your slow cooker with no more than an inch of filtered, mineralized water in the pot. Turn it on high. Cut the roots off the spinach while it’s still bundled. Then rinse the loose spinach leaves in a large basin of water until there’s no earth clinging [...]
Enjoying a snack of cacao beans (magnesium), some mulberries, & black sesame seed milk (calcium)! How can you tell I’m studying nutrition?
This list of foods that can ease pain comes from Marcia Zimmerman’s Webinar on “Responding to Pain – A Mind/Body Approach” on the NOW University site.
spelt, teff, quinoa; barley, oats, millet; dark leafy greens; fruit (except citrus); legumes; rice; red, yellow, orange, green vegetables; fish (salmon, tuna, anchovies, bluefish, herring, sardines, sturgeon, mackerel, lake trout); [...]
Where is Erin Brokovich now? Right now she (Julia Roberts) is on TV. But check out the real Erin at brockovich.com/bio.htm.
Ideally, our bodies prefer to ingest nutrients in a complex form & digest them in a simple form, so bring on those complex carbs.
This list of foods that can increase chronic pain comes from Marcia Zimmerman’s Webinar on “Responding to Pain – A Mind/Body Approach” on the NOW University site.
alcohol, caffeine, coffee, tea, dairy products, carbonated beverages, meat, solanaceae (for those with arthritis), wine, sugar, aspartame, white flour, wheat, nuts, citrus, margarine, monosodium glutamate, and aged cheese
That’s a [...]
The nightshade family of vegetables (aka the “solanaceae family”) includes potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, sweet peppers, and chili peppers. I enjoy all these veggies, but more and more often I keep reading that they can be detrimental to the body in large amounts, as solanaceae contain solanines, which can interfere with the transmission of nerve impulses.
I [...]
A friend sent me the following information about bananas. I don’t know the source.
But, what a fruit!
photograph courtesy – Capgros at www.sxc.hu
Bananas contain three natural sugars – sucrose, fructose & glucose, combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained & substantial boost of energy.
Research has proven that two bananas provide enough energy [...]
A dear friend of mine was telling me about some of her aches and pains the other day, and I suggested she might feel less achy if she were able to move her body toward a more alkaline state through her diet. Maybe you know someone who has some of the same problems. If so, [...]
Fall in love with chocolate all over again! Raw cacao is highest natural world source of magnesium, iron, chromium, & antioxidants!
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