“A masala is simply a mixture of ground #spices. Each...
"A masala is simply a mixture of ground #spices. Each state in India has its own blend, and there are countless variations of each. Sambhar masala — a blend of curry leaves, chiles, yellow split peas, fenugreek, cinnamon, coriander, cumin and poppy and mustard seeds — is one of thousands of versions of a spice mix from southern #India. The trickiest part about making your own is getting the 8 spices, yellow split peas and fresh curry leaves called for in the recipe. While on #nytassignment for @nytfood, the photographer @melinahammer took this picture of #sambharmasala ingredients before they were ground. Visit the lin...
Source: Kidney Notes - March 28, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs
Ketogenic Cooking by Maria Emmerich–and a recipe!
Maria Emmerich, the prolific nutritionist of Maria Mind Body Health, has released a wonderful new cookbook: Ketogenic Cooking: Time-saving paleo recipes and meal plans to improve your health and help you lose weight.
Although Maria calls it a “paleo” cookbook, she does not fall into the common paleo traps such as overuse of honey or maple syrup. So the recipes Maria provides are perfectly compatible with the Wheat Belly lifestyle.
Readers will find some very useful new ideas here, including how to create your own meat rubs and seasoned salts; an excellent guide to re-stocking your kitchen; quick, limited ingr...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 23, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle cookbook emmerich gluten grains ketogenic low-carb maria paleo Source Type: blogs
Wheat-watch: Campbell’s Healthy Request Tomato Soup
You thought tomatoes were good for you?
They are . . . unless, of course, some peculiar ingredients are added.
Campbell’s Healthy Request Tomato Soup contains:
tomato puree
high fructose corn syrup
wheat flour
sea salt
vegetable oil
ascorbic acid
citric acid
What is wheat flour doing in tomato soup? Isn’t tomato soup supposed to be, well, tomato? Add a little salt, or some herbs like cilantro or basil––but wheat flour? And high-fructose corn syrup? “Vegetable oil” means corn, cottonseed, canola, or soybean—you know, the ones that disrupt inflammatory pathways.
Examine the can and you will notice that ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 10, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle gluten grains soup wheat watch Source Type: blogs
“Planning to pig out this #SuperBowlSunday? Here are a few...
"Planning to pig out this #SuperBowlSunday? Here are a few ingredients you need to add to your shopping list. This caldron of melted cheese, photographed by @andrewscrivani, calls for a pound of Monterey Jack, along with chorizo, jalapeño and cilantro. Serve it with tortilla chips and lime, and throw penalty flags for double-dipping. Visit the link in our profile to get the full @nytfood recipe." By nytimes on Instagram. Posted on infosnack. (Source: Kidney Notes)
Source: Kidney Notes - February 5, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs
How to use the Wheat Belly books
There are 5 books in the entire Wheat Belly series dating back to September, 2011. It’s been a glorious few years watching so many people experience spectacular health and weight transformations, many of which are highlighted here on the pages of this Wheat Belly Blog, as well as the Official Wheat Belly Facebook page.
You seasoned Wheat Belliers already know a lot about navigating the different content of the Wheat Belly books. But we’ve had so many newcomers that I thought it would be helpful to discuss how and when each of the Wheat Belly books can be used to derive maximum benefit.
This is th...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - January 10, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle cookbooks Detox gluten grains Wheat Belly books Wheat Belly Total Health Source Type: blogs
Creamy avocado taco soup
I've seen a video going around on Facebook the last few weeks where they make regular chicken tortilla soup and then, wait for it, they put an avocado in it and use an immersion blender to create a creamy soup. Naturally people are losing their minds. 'It looks amazing', they say, quickly followed by, 'but soooo much fat!!!!' Luckily, this is not a problem for me and my diet. So today I whipped it up, and let me tell you, the hype is real. And it's so easy to make. What you'll need for 1 bowl-2-3 cups good chicken broth3oz shredded chicken thigh meat1 small avocado (100 grams approximately)1-2 cherry tomatoes for colo...
Source: the beautiful diabetic - January 3, 2016 Category: Nutrition Authors: Kathryn Source Type: blogs
Keto rice bowl with slow roasted pork belly
I'm writing this post as I'm inhaling said rice bowl. Apparently it's good enough to inspire me to dust off the old blog and forever document it's amazingness on the interwebs. Plus I have an appointment with my Endo in 1 month and I need to be super strict Keto to get my A1c down to a decent number. Goals!! Doing Keto right requires planning. You have to hit your macros if you want stellar results. Usually I'm a lazy ass ketoer , but I'm inspired by the freshness of 2016 to perhaps not be so lazy. We'll see. But this week I have planned out all my meals and one of them is this rice bowl. I love Asian inspired flavors...
Source: the beautiful diabetic - January 2, 2016 Category: Nutrition Authors: Kathryn Source Type: blogs
Chicken Curry with Lentils (for GOS prebiotics)
In line with our discussions about cultivating healthy bowel flora with prebiotic fibers, we have been contemplating whether enriching the lifestyle with the galacto-oligosaccharide, or GOS, variety of fibers in particular is a healthy practice. If you choose to do so, you could purchase (exceptionally expensive) products available commercially, or you could simply add small servings (1/4 to 1/2 cup) of GOS-rich foods such as lentils or chickpeas/hummus.
Here is a recipe taken from the original Wheat Belly Cookbook but tweaked to include lentils. The original recipe was ultra low-carb with 3 grams net carbs per serving (5...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 9, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Recipes Wheat Belly Lifestyle bowel flora gluten grains lentils microbiota prebiotics resistant starch Source Type: blogs
Foods that Nourish, Replenish and Repair
The food we eat serves many purposes. It satisfies a primal need to fuel our bodies and quell hunger. It connects us to family and friends in lovely ways, during the holidays, in social situations and at the nightly dinner table. It encourages us to be creative, to try new things, explore different cultures, and savor interesting tastes. And it comforts us, at least temporarily, when we are lonely, sad, anxious or otherwise spent.
Food has another very important purpose: it cleanses, repairs, replenishes our body at the most basic cellular level. In fact, the latest research from the field of nutrigenomics[1], reve...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - August 25, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Nutrition Source Type: blogs
Study on Potential Toxicity of E-Cigarette Flavorings Produces Unwarranted Scare
A study published in the journal Tobacco Control this past April has produced an unwarranted scare about the potential toxicity of the flavorings in electronic cigarettes.(See: Tierney PA, et al. Flavour chemicals in electronic cigarette fluids. Tobacco Control. Published online ahead of print on April 15, 2015. DOI: 0.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-052175.)The study used gas chromatography/mass spectrometry to analyze the chemical constituents in e-liquids of various flavors. It appears that 30 different e-liquid flavors were tested. Multiple flavors of two brands of disposable e-cigarettes (Blu and NJOY) were tested along with...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - July 16, 2015 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs
Cancer is Not a Death Sentence
Life is Good!
If you or a loved one has just gotten a cancer diagnosis, I want to reach out to you with this article to let you know you don’t have to be afraid. Of course you will be in the beginning. We are conditioned to fear cancer. But, I want you to know that you have enormous hope for a high quality, healthy, even long, life in your future if you want that and are willing to listen to the message from your body and take action to heal it.
Let’s Face the Fear Factor First
I realize that having “death” in the title is a little scary, but it’s true: Cancer is not your death sentence. Being born is. At birth...
Source: Life Learning Today - May 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: AgentSully Tags: Green Living Happy Healthy Living How To Solving Problems Spiritual alternative cancer cures alternative cancer healing Believe faith fear fear of cancer heal yourself healing cancer healing power love yourself Source Type: blogs
Cool Foods for Warm Weather
Me mind on fire. Me soul on fire. Feelin’ Hot. Hot. Hot
You too? Last thing you want to do is turn on the oven. I feel ya. That’s why I I’m keeping mine off and making these easy foods and recipes instead. No oven necessary.
Go ahead and store your winter sweaters and other things you don’t need in there. Pour a nice cold glass of ice water and get inspired to keep it cool (and healthy) when it’s hot outside.
Disclosure: The brands and organizations included in the TV segments and blog are clients of mine.
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Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - May 19, 2015 Category: Nutrition Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: cooking eating healthy food recipes TV segments best cereal canned peaches chicken wraps chocolate milk smoothies healthy deviled eggs Kind Bars lamb sliders memorial day recipes picnic foods slow cooker recipes Source Type: blogs
Late Night Dinner at Five & Ten in Athens, Georgia
At first, I was really, really upset that my flight to Atlanta was delayed, making us miss our 8:30 dinner reservation at Five & Ten in Athens, Georgia.
This was no ordinary dinner reservation. My brother Joe and wife Rachel had arranged a special tasting meal for us with Five & Ten’s executive chef, Jason Zygmont, who they originally met when Joe stopped into the kitchen one day last year unannounced to borrow preserving salt for some charcuterie he was making. Joe returned a few weeks later to give Jason some of the duck proscuitto he had cured, expecting to quickly drop it off with the busy chef...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - May 5, 2015 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Restaurant Reviews Travel Athens Georgia FIVE & TEN Hugh Acheson JAson Zygmont Source Type: blogs
Haitian Griot Served with Cuban Black Beans & Rice and Marinated Cucumber Salad
If I haven’t blogged much in the way of new recipes lately, it’s because not much of what we’ve been trying lately has been blog worthy. Oh, of course, it’s been edible. Maybe even tasty. But not worth sharing with the world.
But this dinner? It’s worth shouting about.
In fact, I’ll go on record and say it’s one of the best meals we’ve ever made. And worth every minute of preparation, which is not a lot of time at the stove, but does include an overnight marinade and a couple of hours braising. So save it for a weekend dinner when you can give it the time it deserves to sa...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - March 24, 2015 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Meat & Poultry Salads Vegetarian Cuban black beans & rice Cucumber Salad Haitian Griot Melissa Clarke Source Type: blogs
How to Lower Your Risk for Breast Cancer
“TREE OF HOPE” Breast Cancer Survivor Tree
I found out I had breast cancer on June 11th 2014. I had a double mastectomy on July 3rd 2014. I am 4 months out from surgery and I am feeling great. However, as you might imagine, it was no walk in the park. Lots of emotional upheaval. Lots of physical difficulty. But with great support from friends, family and good health care workers I’m doing very well.
Over the last 4 months I have spent most of my free time learning about cancer and in particular breast cancer, what causes it and what cures it. Before my diagnosis, it never crossed my mind that I would get b...
Source: Life Learning Today - October 14, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: AgentSully Tags: Healthy Living breast cancer lower breast caner risk prevent breast cancer prevent breast cancer naturally Source Type: blogs
