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9 Foods That Healed My Body + Belong In Every Kitchen. Food is a subject very close to my heart. As a young girl, I loved being in the kitchen, baking, cooking and creating new recipes. But, in my teenage years, as I started to gain weight, I started to see food as my enemy. I struggled every year to lose my extra weight. With each failed diet, I pretty much resigned myself to being overweight for the rest of my life. Just days before my 20th birthday, my body collapsed and I became extremely sick. I turned my attention to the alternative to taking pharmaceutical drugs. Another unexpected side-benefit of going on my healing journey was that I also lost over 60 pounds naturally! During this time, I used specific foods to heal my body from within. Here are 9 foods that I introduced to my kitchen. 1. Focus your diet around plant foods, especially fresh green vegetables, which are high in micronutrients. Make a healing tonic by juicing half a cucumber with some pineapple, pears or apples and half lemon – yum!
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. How to Turn Ordinary Vegetables into Superfoods. By Dr. Mercola Caroline Barringer is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (NTP), and an expert in the preparation of the foods prescribed in Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride's Gut and Psychology Syndrome (GAPS) Nutritional Program. I first met Caroline at the November 2011 Weston Price Wise Traditions event, where I had the opportunity to enjoy some amazing fermented vegetables that her company had prepared. I immediately started incorporating them into my own diet, and after about six weeks, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that this minor change had dramatically decreased plaque formation on my teeth, which has been a chronic problem for me.Caroline has been involved with nutrition for about 20 years, and is now one of Dr.
McBride's chief training partners, helping people understand the food preparation process, which relies heavily on fermented and traditionally-prepared whole foods.Caroline's journey began when her health suffered a blow. There are Many Varieties of Cultured Foods.
5 Spices To Add Flavor (Without Adding Fat) Food is meant to energize the body, not weigh it down with inflammation or disease. Cooking with herbs and spices adds mouth-watering flavor to your meals without adding saturated fat or artificial additives. Plus, these super healthy, spice rack staples also protect the body against cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. 1. Parsley When in doubt, go green! 2. If you’re looking to detox, this is the spice for you. 3. Loaded with antioxidants, cinnamon keeps blood sugar stable while lowering inflammation in the body. 4. Known for its anti-inflammatory properties, turmeric helps alleviate arthritis, joint pain, and swelling. 5.
Not just for keeping unwelcome kisses at bay, garlic helps reduce cholesterol, lower blood pressure, fight infection, and prevent cancer. Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com. Smart Juicing. By Sheila Mulrooney Eldred / June 2012: Amplify Your Energy Yeah, yeah, yeah. We should all be eating more fresh vegetables. In the best of all possible worlds, we’d enjoy fresh organic produce from our gardens several times a day. In the real world, however, it can be challenging to meet that quota. If your diet consistently comes up short on this front, many experts agree that juicing your produce can help you increase your intake. We’re not talking about commercial juice drinks here (no hypersweet fruit-punch-style concoctions), but vibrant, nutrient-packed refreshments made primarily with hearty vegetables — kale, broccoli and sweet peppers, for example — and perhaps a little fresh fruit added mostly for flavor.
“I see juicing as an easy, delicious way to get a big bowl of vegetables, fast,” says Seattle-based nutritionist Cherie Calbom, MS, author of several books on the subject, including The Juice Lady’s Turbo Diet (Siloam, 2010). Juice Smart Balance veggies and fruits. Waste not. Little Fish: Why to Love Them and How to Eat Them. My father has always loved eating sardines pulled straight from the can, and my mother has always made him eat them in the garage because she absolutely hated the smell. While a popular part of many cuisines including the healthy Mediterranean diet, small fish such as sardines and anchovies have yet to really catch on in America. Known for juvenile palates that favor bland tastes, many Americans eschew the briny, salty slam the little fish deliver.
However, with potent health benefits and greater environmental sustainability than most big fish, perhaps its time to reconsider adding little fish to your diet. High in omega-3 fatty acids, sardines and anchovies are heart-healthy. The little critters are also packed with a wealth of other nutrients, including potassium, iron, phosphorus, protein and B vitamins. They’re also an excellent source of dimethylethanolamine or DMAE, a compound that may enhance your mood and brain function. Little fish come in a variety of shapes, sizes and prices.