Unity Farm Journal - First Week of July 2016
When running a farm you sometimes feel like MacGyver - given a few 2x4s, a piece of hardware cloth, and a box of bags, create a compost bagging machine. Every year, we produce about 10,000 pounds of organic compost from alpaca manure (a 16:1 carbon to nitrogen ratio) and timothy hay (a 45:1 carbon to nitrogen ratio), resulting in a perfect blend of Unity Farm “Llama beans” which has a 25:1 carbon to nitrogen ratio. Alpaca compost has been described as “gardener’s gold” because of its perfect balance of nutrients. One cubic foot weighs 33 pounds, so we can produce 300 bags for sale each year. &...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - June 30, 2016 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
Let Food Be Thy Medicine: 20 Superfoods to Improve Your Health
Conclusion
Based on extensive medical and scientific studies, health professionals have identified different types of superfoods that are greatly beneficial in promoting a healthy lifestyle. To help health enthusiasts get a better idea of the superfood concept, the comprehensive list above will serve as an important source of information. At the same time, they are given the liberty of incorporating these foods into their daily diets based on their personal preferences.
References
http://www.besthealthmag.ca/best-eats/nutrition/nutrition-tips-spirulina-helps-cleanse-and-detox/
https://www.glozine.com/lifestyle/health/affo...
Source: Life Learning Today - June 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: AgentSully Tags: Green Living Healthy Living Recipes food be thy medicine natural healing nutrition superfoods Source Type: blogs
Let Food Be Thy Medicine: 20 Superfoods to Improve Your Health
Conclusion
Based on extensive medical and scientific studies, health professionals have identified different types of superfoods that are greatly beneficial in promoting a healthy lifestyle. To help health enthusiasts get a better idea of the superfood concept, the comprehensive list above will serve as an important source of information. At the same time, they are given the liberty of incorporating these foods into their daily diets based on their personal preferences.
References
About the Author
Katleen Brown is a health, beauty and fitness writer. She loves to publish her articles on various health related websites...
Source: Life Learning Today - June 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: AgentSully Tags: Green Living Healthy Living Recipes food be thy medicine natural healing nutrition superfoods Source Type: blogs
The Muffin Test
Here are two blueberry muffins. On the left is a conventional muffin weighing 131 grams. Because I purchased it in a bakery, no nutritional analysis was provided, but I estimated from similar blueberry muffins in which analyses are provided. Total carbs 63 grams, 3.1 grams fiber; net carbs = 59.9 grams.
On the right is a muffin I made from a Wheat Belly recipe using almond flour, coconut flour, coconut oil, eggs, and blueberries. (Yes, I browned it a few minutes too long.) I used the monkfruit/erythritol Wheat-Free Market Virtue sweetener, which yields no carbs for all practical purposes. Total carbs 121 grams, 70 grams fi...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - June 27, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle blood sugar carbs diabetes gluten glycemic grain-free grains Source Type: blogs
Chocolate Walnut Ice Cream
Yes, ice cream can fit into your Wheat Belly lifestyle . . . but some adjustments will be necessary.
I have yet to find a commercially produced ice cream or custard that I thought was truly healthy. Even the “no sugar added” ice cream brands are usually sweetened with sorbitol and maltitol that can still cause rises in blood sugar (as well as small LDL particles that lead to heart disease), not to mention gas and diarrhea–-not the best choice after a romantic dinner!
Here’s a way to make your own thick, rich custard without sugar, sorbitol, maltitol, and without having to endure gas and diarrhea. If you have a dai...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - May 30, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Recipes coconut grain-free ice cream low-carb no sugar Source Type: blogs
“Is it time for brunch yet? This blueberry poppy seed...
"Is it time for brunch yet? This blueberry poppy seed brunch cake first appeared in @nytfood in a 1990 article about the @pillsbury Bake-Off, the Super Bowl of baking contests. The grand-prize winner was certain her cake was ''too ordinary to win anything." But it was the judges' unanimous choice because, they said, it was "light, refreshing and satisfying." To get the recipe for this cake, which was photographed by @nytimes photographer @jimwilson125, visit the link in our profile." By nytimes on Instagram. Posted on infosnack. (Source: Kidney Notes)
Source: Kidney Notes - May 19, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs
Neutrophils 3700
I was guessing 1700 / uL, with a little false bravado, actually just hoping they would be over 1000, so I was shocked to see the smiling nurse with the printout showing 3700, nine times as many as yesterday ' s count of 400. Yesterday the doctor and nurses were concerned about neutropenia, asking me how I felt. Based on prior experience, however, I believed that the neutrophils were there all along, just not measurable for some reason. After a good night ' s sleep they have to be teased out of hiding, or out of some other phase, or whatever neutrophils do.
Note: I am not a doctor - what happens to neutrophil...
Source: Myeloma Hope - April 26, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: neutropenia neutrophils Source Type: blogs
Valentine Veggie Parties
I often have parents who want my sessions to focus on helping kids learn to eat healthier foods, especially vegetables. On the journey to developing the oral motor skills necessary for biting, chewing and swallowing a variety of vegetables, simply interacting with these foods via food crafts and food play develops a positive relationships with Brussels sprouts, carrots and more. Holidays offer ideal opportunities for food play, especially Valentine’s Day.
From classroom parties to neighborhood get-togethers, Valentine’s Day is traditionally a sugar-fest of red, pink and white candy, frosting and sprinkles. Why n...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - February 2, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Melanie Potock MA Tags: Speech-Language Pathology Feeding Disorders Swallowing Disorders Source Type: blogs
Liberate Your Inner Cow: Life Ungrained
Here’s an excerpt from chapter 1 of Wheat Belly Total Health, the Wheat Belly book that lays out much of the rationale and science behind why so many facets of health, so many abnormal health conditions, reverse with wheat and grain elimination. Short version: humans are simply not equipped to consume any component of grasses, including the seeds (“grains”).
(Only the text is excerpted; I added the photos and illustrations for the blog.)
“Goldfish do not eat sausages.”
Monty Python
Since you are reading this book, ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - January 7, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle gathering gluten grains Grasses hunting ruminant seeds Source Type: blogs
Find a Mom. Be Her Village
In her blog post To the Mom Without a Village, Chaunie Bruise expresses her gratitude for all the family and friends in the village that supports her as a Mom while at the same time, wishing for more of one. I’m guessing that lots of Moms feel the same way, given the comments on her post and what Moms tell me. She questions, though: “If I don’t have a village, isn’t it my fault?”
She ends reminding mothers who desperately want a village but don’t have one that they’re not alone. You can imagine her raising a glass to toast: “Here’s to finding our villages, wherever they may be.”
I’d like to put the sh...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - December 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Children gender Source Type: blogs
1-Minute Blueberry Ice Cream
A recipe from Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox.
I recognize that our effort to get away from processed food products and return to real, single-ingredient foods involves time and effort. Here is a way to make your own ice cream that requires almost no effort. Note that, for this time-saving shortcut to work, the blueberries must be frozen. And, as always, adjust the quantity of sweetener to the tastes of your family, depending on how far along on the wheat-free process they have progressed.
Add a green, unripe banana to the mix if you want to add about 27 grams of prebiotic fibers to the treat.
Makes 4 (1/2-cup servings)
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Source: Wheat Belly Blog - November 6, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Source Type: blogs
Finding Dead Bodies [EOL in Art 155]
In the 1986 film Stand by Me, several adolescent boys find a dead body. The encounter was novel and unusual for 1959, (the setting for the film) as it would be today.
But, looking to the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as one example, ... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - October 13, 2015 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope Tags: Health Care medical futility blog syndicated Source Type: blogs
Raspberry Cheesecake Fat Blasters
Recipe from the Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox.
Fat Blasters are bite-sized wallops of healthy fat that give you a feeling of fullness without triggering insulin—the hormone of weight gain—thereby allowing weight loss to proceed unimpeded, or even accelerating the process. Fat Blasters are high in calories and high in fat grams—and that’s good!
Fat Blasters can be eaten as a snack, or you can eat two or three (or more) as a meal replacement. (In general, of course, you should be sure to have real, whole foods for most meals to ensure full nutrient intake. Fat Blasters are meant to be an occasional component of ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - October 9, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Source Type: blogs
A blueprint to fertilize the garden called “bowel flora”
This is a repost from a blog from July 2014. Now that the Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox is on sale for preorders, I’m glad to present this information again with the book as a blueprint for taking on the life-changing challenge of improving your bowel flora.
I like to think of bowel flora, the thousand or so species of microorganisms that inhabit the human gastrointestinal tract, as a garden. Probiotics, i.e., anything that provides microorganisms believed to be among the desired inhabitants such as the various Lactobacillus or Bifidobacteria species, are like planting seeds for peppers and zucchini in your garde...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 23, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Bowel flora Bowel permeability Fiber intake Grains News & Updates Weight loss Wheat Belly 10-Day Detox butyrate microbiota prebiotic resistant starch Source Type: blogs
