7 Top Health Benefits of Maca Maca, a root that belongs to the radish family, is most commonly available in powder form. Grown in the mountains of Peru, it has been called “Peruvian ginseng.” Maca’s benefits have been long valued, and has recently been popularized as a supplement and food ingredient. There are no serious known side effects of maca, but like any other supplement it should not be taken in large amounts. Maca is good in smoothies, salads, drinks, cooked foods, and juices. Please be aware that other than the nutritional benefits provided by the vitamins and minerals, the other benefits are anecdotal, as maca has not been formally studied. A great resource that includes a lot of information on maca, as well as how to incorporate it into recipes, is Superfood Kitchen by Julie Morris. And if you’d like to compare various brands of maca, you can do so by exploring this page on Amazon.com 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. But be very cautious if you have a cancer related to hormones like testicular and ovarian, among others. 6.
Golden Milk: The Simple Drink That Could Change Your Life Golden Milk: The Simple Drink That Could Change Your Life Golden Milk is a wonderful beverage to have in the evening and the benefits are extraordinary. The main ingredient in this recipe is turmeric. Turmeric contains curcumin, the polyphenol identified as its primary active component and which exhibits over 150 potentially therapeutic activities, which include antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties. Additional benefits: -Anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, antiseptic,analgesic,. Adding black pepper to turmeric or turmeric-spiced food enhances curcumin’s bioavailability by 1,000 times, due to black pepper’s hot property called piperine. Golden Milk Step 1: Turmeric Paste: Ingredients: -1/4 cup of turmeric powder -1/2 teaspoon of ground pepper -1/2 cup of filtered water Directions: Mix all ingredients in a small a small sauce pan and mix well. Let this mixture cool and then keep it in a small jar in the fridge. Step 2: Golden Milk -1 teaspoon coconut oil -Honey Related Posts
All About Chiles Inspired by conversations on the Food52 Hotline, we're sharing tips and tricks that make navigating all of our kitchens easier and more fun. Today: Chile 101. How to cook with, identify, and enjoy (yes, enjoy) chiles. If there's one ingredient that yields polarizing opinions, it's the chile pepper: Some of us can't get enough of them, adding heaping scoops of chile powder and flakes to our meals, while others avoid the peppers at all cost. While as ubiquitous as salt, the ingredient is shrouded in mystery -- particularly for those who go out of their way to avoid it. So let's turn up our chile know-how, starting with their definition. How to buy and store fresh chiles: Fresh chiles, particularly popular variations like jalapeños and poblanos, can be found in the produce aisle of nearly any grocery store. How to cook with chiles: Once properly protected, it's time to get to work. Chiles lined up in order of heat. Varieties of chiles: Using whole chiles versus dried or powdered:
Balance Hormones with Collagen Hydrolysate and Gelatin Who needs Botox when you’ve got bone broth? (Ha ha, real food joke.) Homemade bone broth, as many real-foodies know, provides a rich source of collagen, a component that adds luminosity and plumpness to the skin. Both collagen hydrolysate and gelatin comes from cooking the bones, hides and hooves from animals. Dietary sources of quality gelatin have all but disappeared from the modern diet, although past generations widely consumed gelatin-rich broths, soups, headcheese, calves foot jelly, sauces and aspics. Collagen hydrolysate is a dietary supplement. According to Catherine Crow, who interviewed Bob Busscher, the president of Great Lakes, this processing starts by separating the collagen from grass-fed beef hides. To my knowledge, Great Lakes carries the only grass-fed collagen hydrolysateand this is the only collagen supplement that I take. Collagen hydrolysate vs. gelatin Collagen hydrolysate and gelatin help balance hormones Dr. Improve digestion with gelatin and collagen hydrolysate
Detailed Listing of Acid / Alkaline Forming Foods The pH scale is from 0 - 14 Human blood pH should be slightly alkaline ( 7.35 - 7.45 ). Below or above this range means symptoms and disease. A pH of 7.0 is neutral. A pH below 7.0 is acidic. A pH above 7.0 is alkaline. An acidic pH can occur from, an acid forming diet, emotional stress, toxic overload, and/or immune reactions or any process that deprives the cells of oxygen and other nutrients. An acidic balance will: decrease the body's ability to absorb minerals and other nutrients, decrease the energy production in the cells, decrease it's ability to repair damaged cells, decrease it's ability to detoxify heavy metals, make tumor cells thrive, and make it more susceptible to fatigue and illness. The reason acidosis is more common in our society is mostly due to the typical American diet, which is far too high in acid producing animal products like meat, eggs and dairy, and far too low in alkaline producing foods like fresh vegetables. Shifting Your pH Toward Alkaline...
A Recipe for Turmeric Juice: A Powerful Healing Beverage Promoted Content From The Web:Promoted Content From The Web:Promoted Content From The Web:Promoted Content From The Web:Promoted Content From The Web: by CHLOE PARK When I lived in Bali, I fell in love with the Balinese-style turmeric juice, Jamu Kunyit. Turmeric is known to be one of the most powerful healing herbs. It is great for bones and joints as it has anti-inflammatory properties. Turmeric’s also a natural liver detoxifier and a kidney cleanser, and it speeds metabolism and aids in weight management. For these reasons, turmeric is ubiquitous both in Ayurveda and Chinese Medicine. Here’s what you’ll need to get started: -5-7 inches turmeric -5-7 tamarind-2 lemons-raw honey-water-blender-strainer-bowl-mason jar(s) or other glass jar with lid 1. 2. 3. 4. By this time, you should be able to see the little seeds coming out. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Enjoy! Share: Comments comments DIYEating Healthynatural reliefturmeric Related Posts
How To Make Whipped Feta I don’t even know what to saaaay. This whipped feta is single-handedly changing my life. And I mean, like reallyreallyreally changing my life, in ways that include consuming (very small) portions of vegetables along with it because it’s that good. Not like in the when-I was-12-I-stood-outside-of-Limited-Too-in-a-mint-and-navy-flannel-pleated-plaid-skirt-being-a-“model” type of way. That really didn’t take me… anywhere. Fortunately. For weeks I was inflated with the idea of whipped feta. You know where I actually think the thought came from? Enter whipped feta. As you can clearly see, I slathered it on toast. I attempted the recipe three different ways: with regular cream cheese, whipped cream cheese and Greek yogurt. Perhaps my favorite thing about this whole mess is that you can flavor it any way you like. Okay. Ingredients: 8 ounces feta cheese, crumbled and at room temperature 3 ounces whipped cream cheese, at room temperature Directions: Whip it good.
These 5 Common Items Could Quite Possibly Save Your Life! Green Med Info | Some of the most powerful medicines on the planet are masquerading around as foods and spices. While they do not lend themselves to being patented, nor will multi-billion dollar human clinical trials ever be funded to prove them efficacious, they have been used since time immemorial to both nourish our bodies, and to prevent and treat disease. So valued were these in ancient times that they were worth their weight in gold, and entire civilizations either rose to great power or collapsed as a result of their relationship to them. What is even more amazing is that many of these “plant allies” are found growing in our backyards, and often sitting there in our refrigerators and spice racks, neglected and under appreciated. This amazing list underscores how important it is to keep a supply of garlic close by! 2.) There are many more uses for honey than covered here. 3) Apples – an apple a day does in fact keep the doctor away, especially cancer specialists it would seem.
Heart Surgeon Makes Shocking Confession On The Real Cause Of Heart Disease I stumbled upon an article yesterday that I want to share with everyone. It was written by Dr. Dwight Lundell, a heart surgeon with 25 years of experience performing over 5,000 open-heart surgeries. What he revealed is sure to generate negative feedback to say the least from the mainstream medical community. But I’ve got to commend the man for speaking out on what he believes to be a major mistake. Think about it, what has the public been advised to do to offset the risk of heart disease? Everything has been focused on reducing fat in the diet, especially “bad” saturated fat, along with consuming more whole grains and “healthy” carbohydrates. Dietary fat has been tagged as the evil culprit behind the ills of high cholesterol and arteriosclerosis. Chances are if you’ve been identified to be at risk for or having heart disease, the recommendation has been to follow a low-fat diet, eat more whole grains, and take cholesterol lowering medications. There’s just one problem…it’s NOT working!
Homemade Lemon Pepper Seasoning There are a ton of things that I eventually want to make; like my own ketchup from scratch, or sandwich bread and jam. Today it is lemon-pepper. I needed some for a recipe so I set out to make it myself. How hard could it be? Lemon pepper seasoning is like the all-purpose seasoning to fish and chicken, like Lawry’s is to beef and eggs and like chocolate is to pretzels. Know-what-I-mean? Well it is painfully simple to make and in this recipe you won’t find any artificial modified-anything! Start with a lot of lemons, pepper and salt! So I started out with 4 to see how much I would need… Lemme just tell ya, you need a whole lotta lemon zest! Scrape. And add it to a bowl. Add in the pepper. I used a mixture of half black and half the “peppercorn medley” because not only does it have pink, green and white peppercorns, but it has coriander and allspice in it as well. Give it a good stir, mashing the lemon zest into the pepper. There is no “exact amount” of lemon zest. Once completely dried.
Turn Scallion Greens and Tomato Skins From Trash to Delicious Powdered Treasure [Photographs: Vicky Wasik] Every time I cook from a recipe that calls for just part of a vegetable, I feel like crap—I don't have a compost bin, which means all those scallion greens or tomato skins wind up going straight into the trash. What else can you really do with 'em? What if I told you that there's actually a great use for these cast-off ingredients, and that it's simple, fast, fun, and delicious? Of course, the idea of transforming vegetable scraps into something that tastes good and lasts in your pantry is nothing new. I took some cues from a post we ran a while back about drying herbs in the microwave to preserve flavor and even color. Tomato Powder If you're wondering why on earth you'd ever have a pile of tomato skins in the first place, take a quick gander at the step-by-step process and one of our favorite uses for skinless tomatoes: refreshing, smooth-textured coulis. I've found that the best flavor comes from ripe, flavorful tomatoes—no surprises there. Scallion Powder
Kokosöl Test - Welches Öl ist das beste? BioKokosöl.de Wir haben mehrere Kokosöle einem internen Test unterzogen. Es standen sechs verschiedene Produkte von unterschiedlichen Herstellern zur Auswahl. Die einzelnen Prüfkriterien und Erklärungen zum Kokosöl-Text finden Sie weiter unten. Unser Test ergab folgende drei Spitzenreiter: Die Prüfkriterien bei der Beurteilung waren unterteilt in Herkunft der Rohstoffe Nährstoffgehalt Verarbeitung Geschmack und Geruch Erläuterungen zum Test Herkunft: Da die Philippinen witterungsbedingt die allerbesten Voraussetzungen für ein gutes, gesundes Wachstum der Kokospalmen bieten und deshalb beim Plantagenanbau auf jegliche Chemie verzichtet werden kann, spielt dies bei unserer Entscheidung mitunter eine große Rolle. Nährstoffe: Der Nährstoffgehalt eines Kokosöls spielt eine besondere Rolle. Verarbeitung: Bei der Verarbeitung eines hochwertigen Kokosöls ist es wichtig, dass während der Vorgänge keinerlei Wärme zugeführt wird. Geschmack und Geruch: Über Geschmack lässt sich bekanntlich streiten.