Helen Fridays…
Last night, I told my father I dearly wanted a pot roast, potatoes, onions, and carrots for our Friday evening meal. He left my house and headed to the grocery store to buy the ingredients before the grocery store could close. Helen called me about an hour ago to come and pick up a healthy plate of pot roast, carrots, and potatoes. On the side were butterbeans, fried okra, and green beans. Helen also made cole slaw – that was an interesting pick by my father. Helen’s cornbread continues to improve with every week that passes as well. Dad’s been buying this full fat Bavarian style buttermilk that ca...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - February 28, 2014 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs
Building Unity Farm - Planning for Spring
In the past 18 days, we've had 9 snow days. The small silver nub in the center of this picture is a yardstick placed in the snow on the patio. The squirrels can walk up to the bird feeder. It's time to have a heart to heart with the groundhog who suggested 6 more weeks of this. For the first time, this week, I cannot split wood because the logs are buried too deep. Mulch and manure are similarly inaccessible. The snow banks are as high as the roof of the hoop house, so watering vegetables took an hour of concerted shoveling to find the door. I carved a moat around ...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - February 20, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs
Forget the Diet Plans: The No-Brainer Way to Eat Healthy AND Lose Weight
During my life I’ve had a love/hate view of “the meal plan” segment of diet books. I want to make it work, but often it just takes too much time and effort to follow the plan and so I don’t stick with it for more than a couple days.
I’ve read many many books and articles on nutrition, food as medicine, and weight loss. In that time I’ve come up with a simple formula that I use to eat healthy and lose/maintain weight.
What follows is a simple approach to eating that is both healthy and conducive to losing/maintaining your desired weight.
The 5 Pillars of Healthy Eating
Remembering...
Source: Life Learning Today - February 2, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: AgentSully Tags: Exercise Healthy Living How To Motivation Personal Development diet diet plan eat healthy healthy diet healthy diet plan how to lose weight weight loss Source Type: blogs
How Offal! Global Warming Threatens the World’s Haggis Supply!!
Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. "Chip" Knappenberger
Global Science Report is a feature from the Center for the Study of Science, where we highlight one or two important new items in the scientific literature or the popular media. For broader and more technical perspectives, consult our monthly “Current Wisdom.” In this edition, we cover an important story that we missed back in 2008.
People send us stuff. As a result of our recent Global Science Report on global warming ruining our bananas, one of our fans directed our attention to an important effect of climate change that we somehow missed, back in 2008, ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 19, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Patrick J. Michaels, Paul C. "Chip" Knappenberger Source Type: blogs
Meatless Monday Recipe: Poblano and Portobello Fajitas
Another happy Meatless Monday!
Today I wanted to share a fresh, savory and interactive meal the entire family will love: Poblano Pepper and Portobello Mushroom Fajitas. These simple and vibrant fajitas will be on the table in minutes and provide your family with a nutritious, customizable, and fun evening together without spending too much time in the kitchen prepping or cleaning afterwards. These fajitas can be made spicy (by including the jalapeño and poblano peppers) or mild by leaving them out. Try incorporating sautéed corn and different colored bell peppers as well as experimenting with the various varieties of mus...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - December 16, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: cooking eating healthy food nutrition recipes fajitas family meal meatless monday mushrooms peppers vegan vegetables vegetarian Source Type: blogs
Make Celeb Chef Ingrid Hoffmann's Roasted Tomato Sopa When Temps Drop
Nothing beats a hot bowl of soup on a cold day -- and we're big fans of tomato soup, which packs a hefty dose of lycopene, a promising antioxidant. However, many tomato soup recipes use loads of butter and cream to give them a creamy texture (which we will say goes great with a grilled cheese sandwich). However, in this recipe from celeb chef Ingrid Hoffmann's latest book, Latin D'Lite: Delicious Latin Recipes with a Healthy Twist, she takes the classic soup to a tastier, healthier next level by using roasted tomatoes, onions and cumin for flavor; Hoffman mimics a creamy texture by garnishing it with protein-rich nonfat pl...
Source: The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S. - December 6, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Tags: Recipes dinner food nutrition recipe of the week soup vegetables Source Type: blogs
Do You Eat Organ Meats?
By David Spero
All you Paleo diet fans out there, this one's for you! I recently started eating organ meats twice a week. Although it hasn't been easy, I feel stronger already. Liver, heart, or kidney might help you, too. Here are some things to consider.
I had never eaten organ meats in my life, even though my mom used to make chopped chicken liver regularly. I didn't like the taste or the thought of eating icky vital organs.
Then I encountered the work of Terry Wahls, MD, a doctor who has recovered significantly from multiple sclerosis. She did it through a landslide of vegetables and fruits (nine plate-sized servings a...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - December 4, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: David Spero Source Type: blogs
Just Shy of a Normal Family…
I knew I was in for a culinary treat this afternoon when Charlie’s wife brought in a big dish of her signature sliced pot-roast. Dad was carving a monster turkey with an electric carving knife. Mom was sitting in her reclining chair reading a book while my brother and brother-in-law watched football on TV. My sister and my sister-in-law were outside in the backyard policing the kids. Mom always says that if you don’t want small talk then pick up a book and read. She’s never met Jermaine Is what I whimsically thought as she made that statement. We had so much to choose from as far as the food was concerned. I e...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - November 28, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs
Thanksgiving: Never Trust An Organic Chemist Who Can't Cook
I wanted to note that I'm home today, and will soon be starting my traditional chocolate pecan pie. If you haven't seen it, that link will lead you to a detailed prep, with both US and metric measurements. It's based on Craig Claiborne's recipe, and he certainly knew what he was talking about when it came to Southern food (and much else besides). I've been making it for twenty years now, and if I didn't, there would be a mutiny around here.
I have a pumpkin pie to make as well, and I'd like to get the base of the gravy going, so it can be turkey-enhanced tomorrow. (As for the turkey, for some years now we've bought a kosh...
Source: In the Pipeline - November 27, 2013 Category: Chemists Tags: Blog Housekeeping Source Type: blogs
Wheat Belly holiday recipes I
At the start of their Wheat Belly journey, many people resign themselves to a life without gravy, biscuits, or pumpkin pie, having to make the best of holidays devoid of enjoyment and indulgence. Just eat your dry turkey meat and lettuce leaves!
It’s not true. You can indeed have all your holiday dishes. But we are going to recreate them without wheat, without other grains, without use of gluten-free junk carbohydrates (no cornstarch, tapioca starch, potato starch, or rice flour), with little to no added sugars, and no other problem ingredients. Minus all the undesirable ingredients, in fact, pumpkin pie, biscuits, a...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - November 25, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Recipes Source Type: blogs
Have some pizza!
I made a full-sized family pizza starting with the Wheat Free Market Wheat Belly Pizza Crust Mix.
The people at Wheat Free Market made the mix according to my recipe for pizza crust. Despite being wheat-free and not using any of the junk carbohydrate ingredients typically used in gluten-free doughs (NO cornstarch, tapioca starch, potato starch, or rice flour), the recipe is designed to yield pizza dough sturdy enough to hold in your hands. And be tasty, of course!
I made a single large family-sized pizza from one package, but one package can also yield two smaller pizzas.
I followed package directions and added 2 eggs, 4 t...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - November 23, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Recipes Wheat Free Market Foods Source Type: blogs
My Little Bit of Instant Bliss…
Well, the plans have been made and we head to the cinema a little after noon tomorrow. We are seeing 12 Years - A Slave at the Carmike in Auburn, Alabama. Mom was over here earlier after she bought me new t-shirts and underwear at Wal-Mart. I showed my shirt shopper Applebee’s website and their menu. “That burger with blue cheese looks delicious,” she remarked. “That’s what I think I am getting as well,” I replied nodding my head yes. I was secretly eying their steaks after mom left. That mushroom masala sirloin certainly looked delicious. That would be my one little bit of instant bliss. Holy ...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - November 15, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs
Wheat-free eating enters the gourmet world
While in Toronto as part of my Experience Wheatlessness tour, chef David Chrystian of the Victor restaurant in the Le Germain Hotel prepared a meal specifically crafted to fit the Wheat Belly lifestyle. In particular, the chef focused on the elegant preparation of organ meats. Chef Chrystian was a Top Chef Canada
contestant on Food Network in 2012.
Many people’s notions of organ meats end at liver and onions, or unappetizing presentations of other offal. Chef David Chrystian’s elegant and wonderfully presented dishes were therefore a true delight to see and to eat.
Here are two of his dishes (among the six he p...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - November 3, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Recipes Source Type: blogs
I Don't Have Attention Deficit iBooks Disorder
Saturday – Entry 38:I became distracted by iBooks for the Mac this morning. I should have been working on other things (like writing my book), but iBooks took my attention much to my daughter’s annoyance. “Hey, Dad! What about breakfast?”* I pulled myself away, but every ingredient in the scrambled eggs was infused with my frustration and focus on iBooks. I soon discovered, however, that I don’t have Attention Deficit iBooks Disorder. The real problem wasn’t iBooks at all but my screwy attention deficit from Adult ADHD. I use my iPad to read a lot of books. If you follow me on GoodReads you already know thi...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - November 3, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Journaling Goals ADHD Source Type: blogs
31 Easy Ways to Eat More Plants: Celebrating National Vegetarian Awareness Month
31 Days in October, 31 Healthy Eating Ideas… Coincidence? I think Not!
October is National Vegetarian Awareness Month. It’s a great time to focus on incorporating more plant-based foods into every meal and snack. As part of my relationship with Silk (I’m a #SilkBlogger, one of two RDs on the team), I’m bringing you this post chock full of easy ideas to help you get more good stuff.
Why Aim for More Plants?
Eating more plants is a good choice for your health and the environment. Plants are loaded with beneficial fiber, vitamins, minerals, protein, antioxidants, and other nutrients your body needs to ...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - October 16, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: nutrition coconut milk easy recipes eating healthy plant based diet silk soymilk vegetarian Source Type: blogs
