Using Manuka Honey as a Medicinal Superfood (when 80% is fake) FDA Quietly Acknowledges Medical Benefits of Honey. (NewsTarget) In an Associated Press story dated December 27th 2007, it was revealed that the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration had quietly approved a line of honey-based wound dressings during the fall of that year. Derma Sciences, Inc., a New Jersey manufacturer of medical wound and skin care supplies, was then able to market their MEDIHONEY product. MEDIHONEY is a line of wound dressings consisting chiefly of an absorbent alginate (which is a component of brown algae) pad, covered in Manuka (Leptospermum) honey. Using honey to treat wounds is nothing new; even ancient civilizations used it in this manner.
However, this is the sort of thing that usually gets relegated to "folk healing". Nutritional Yeast: The Antiviral, Antibacterial Immune-Booster - Dr. Axe. Nutritional yeast, also known as savory yeast or nooch, is an inactive yeast made from sugarcane and beet molasses.
In the scientific form saccharomyces cerevisiae, or sugar-eating fungus, yeast cells use the sugar for energy. Yellow in color, nutritional yeast comes in flakes, granules or a powder-like form and is often found as a condiment due to its savory taste and health benefits. It has a nutty, cheesy flavor and is often used to emulate cheese in vegan dishes, thicken sauces and dressings, and act as an additional boost in nutrients because it’s filled with B vitamins! Nutritional yeast is grown from fungi, like benefit-packed mushrooms and cordyceps, but much smaller. Despite it’s name, because it’s an inactive form of yeast, it cannot be used for baking. A perfect addition to any meal — providing nutrition while saving calories — nutritional yeast is one source of complete protein and vitamins, in particular B-complex vitamins. Nutritional Yeast Facts Nutritional Yeast Benefits 1. Nutritional Yeast Flakes (Kal) 2 Tablespoons Nutrition Facts & Calories. For best results, be sure to enable the option to PRINT BACKGROUND IMAGES in the following browsers: - Firefox (File > Page Setup > Format & Options) - Internet Explorer 6/7 (Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Printing) - In Internet Explorer 7 you will need to adjust the default "Shrink To Fit" setting.
Taking Stock Of Bone Broth: Sorry, No Cure-All Here. Poultry bone broth is typically simmered for 24 hours or more.
It can be consumed as a hot beverage, or incorporated into gravies, sauces or soups. Amy Blaszyk for NPR hide caption toggle caption Amy Blaszyk for NPR Poultry bone broth is typically simmered for 24 hours or more. How did bone broth become the magic elixir du jour? We're not sure, but in the past three months, breathless stories about its umami depth and super nutrition have ricocheted through food media. To be clear, there's nothing all that new about bone broth (sometimes called stock). "Broth has always been considered a healing food, especially if you consider the tradition of eating chicken soup when you're sick with a cold," says Jennifer McGruther, author of The Nourished Kitchen.
But lately, the list of bone broth's rumored healing and restorative properties seems to be getting longer and longer. In their book Nourishing Broth, authors Sally Fallon Morell and Kaayla T. The Bone Broth Trend Isn't Going Anywhere: Here's What You Need to Know - Eater. Pickle Juice Has Health Benefits, Fact Or Fiction? Pickles have been considered to be a health food with benefits for literally centuries.
Cleopatra was said to use them as a beauty aid, Caesar is said to have had his troops eat them to boost their strength. Pickle juice is thought to contain several positive health benefits and uses. Pickle juice has even been said to be able to enhance performance during exercise, help to control blood sugar, and more. That being said, it’s also very high in salt. Cookie Cutters ★ Copper Gifts - CopperGifts.com. The School of Essential Ingredients eBook: Erica Bauermeister. Gourmands Through The Ages: 'A History Of Food In 100 Recipes' : The Salt. Health Tips. Natural Bias. My Foods, favorite foods, nutrition facts, labels. The food processor, unplugged. Guide: Mortar and pestles for different jobs Less easy to grasp is why the mortar and pestle is a stranger to so many modern home kitchens, where it is arguably most useful.
Pesto (or Tunisian harissa, Thai chili paste or any number of other classic blends traditionally made in the mortar and pestle) is good enough reason to own one. But so are the ancient tool’s simplicity and its easy way with basic tasks such as pounding garlic or ginger into a paste, crushing freshly toasted spices and grinding coarse salt. It begs for use no matter what you are cooking. The smallest mortar and pestle I own, a gray-blue marble one with a carrying capacity of a quarter-cup, I acquired many years ago on account of its cuteness.
“With spices, it makes such a difference if you use them fresh, and very often you need just a teaspoon of something,” says Indian cooking authority Madhur Jaffrey. But the mortar and pestle is not a romantic tool. White Bean Salad With Crushed Fennel Vinaigrette. Cyber Letters > Cyber Letters 2011. USDA forces Whole Foods to accept Monsanto. USDA forces Whole Foods to accept Monsanto Genetically modified Crops contaminate organic crops There has been a lot of confusion about what is going on with Monsanto corporation and Whole Foods Market.
There are plenty of Whole Foods “haters” out there that are claiming that the company has been bought out by monsanto (not true, the companies are publicly traded so you can see for yourself) and that Whole Foods Market has agreed to use monsanto’s genetically modified foods. Basically Genetically Modified (GM) foods are designed to resist monsanto’s pesticide “round up”. But in turn when you mess with mother nature bad things happen. The truth of what has happened lies with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).