Food as Medicine
May 7, 2020 - Category: Food as Medicine
Good eggs come from hens raised in sanitary surroundings with plenty of natural light and outdoor space for exercise and wing flapping. They eat mostly grass, seeds and bugs that is their natural diet, supplemented with grain, preferably organic, free of hormones or antibiotics. The organic label is not a guarantee of superior quality -…The Good Egg
...May 7, 2020 - Category: Food as Medicine
Saturated fats, cholesterol are bad! Low-fat and non-fat products, all polyunsaturated, homogenized and hydrogenated fats, are good! This is the bill of goods we've been sold by the vegetable and food processing industries (including the sugar companies whose "goods" fill in the taste void created by low-fat and chemicalized fat products), based on the theory…The Fat Story
...May 7, 2020 - Category: Food as Medicine
Nutritional gurus wisely tell us to eat a wide variety of colors when it comes to fruits and vegetables. This insures that we get the full range of phytonutrients the plant world has to offer. However, perhaps you’ve noticed lately, there’s a whole lot more purple in the produce section amidst the usual greens, yellows…Purple Power
...May 7, 2020 - Category: Food as Medicine
About 95% of the eggs sold in U.S. markets are produced in factory farms where some 250 million hens are jammed into wire cages so small the birds can barely move, much less ever spread their wings. An automatic feeding cart runs between cages, sometimes decapitating hens as they're eating the chemicalized feed - usually…The Bad Egg
...May 7, 2020 - Category: Food as Medicine
Eating a pomegranate is a challenge. If you don't know what you're doing, you might create a scene that looks like something out of a horror film — seeds scattered all about, splattering their bloody-red color on your skin, clothes, hair and walls! There are, however, less messy ways to do this and they're well…Pomegranate — Nature’s Medicine Cabinet
...May 7, 2020 - Category: Food as Medicine
Oregano, Greek for "joy of the mountain," is so much more than a pizza seasoning! The herb was virtually unheard of in the U.S. until soldiers came back from Italian World War II assignments raving about it. But Hippocrates, "father of medicine," was onto its antiseptic properties way back in ancient Greece, using it to…Oregano – The Joyful Protector
...May 7, 2020 - Category: Food as Medicine
When you cut or peel an onion, volatile oils are released that stimulate the production of tears which cleanse the epithelial layers of the eyes, clearing waste and toxic chemicals from the cells. A similar detox process goes on internally when you eat onions. But that's not all this powerful bulb can do for you.…Onion Power: What Makes You Weep Can Get You Well!
...May 7, 2020 - Category: Food as Medicine
We are including this article here because our main concern with soy is that it inhibits enzymatic function which is vital to health. As Leo Roy, M.D. has written: "Enzymes are carpenters which build the structures of all cells. Almost all restoring and normalizing of body chemistry is activated and accomplished by, and is the…Myths And Truths About Soy By The Weston A. Price Foundation
...May 7, 2020 - Category: Food as Medicine
You’ve probably heard about “magic mushrooms” - the kind that contain psilocybin, a naturally occurring psychoactive, hallucinogenic compound, celebrated in religious rites and ceremonies down through the ages, and today by many in pursuit of personal growth and enlightenment.These have their place, but we’re talking here about a different kind of magic found in a…Mushroom Magic
...May 7, 2020 - Category: Food as Medicine
Legend has it that coffee was discovered by a 9th century Ethiopian goatherd after his goats ate berries from a certain bush and became so spirited they didn't want to sleep at night. Whatever the actual origin, coffee has been enlivening spirits and keeping people up at night for over a thousand years. Today, it's…Is Coffee Good For You?
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