Spanish-style Lentil Soup
As part of the effort to give you more ways to include more galacto-oligosaccharide (GOS) fibers to cultivate bowel health, here is a recipe for lentil soup. This variation has a zingy Spanish flavor from poblano peppers and chorizo sausage.
Despite the carbohydrate content of the lentils, the net carbs per serving of this soup remains below 10 grams, perfectly safe for the Wheat Belly lifestyle. The yield may actually be a bit better than 8 servings, as I found this soup exceptionally filling.
Makes 8 servings
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 medium yellow onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 poblano peppers, seeded a...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 25, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Recipes bowel flora galacto-oligosaccharide fiber gluten grains low-carb prebiotic fiber resistant starch wheat 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
2 hummus-based salad dressings for GOS fibers
We’ve previously discussed how adding a class of prebiotic fibers called galacto-oligosaccharides, or GOS, adds greater power to your campaign to restore healthy bowel flora. Chickpeas, also known as garbanzo beans, used to make hummus are a useful source of GOS fibers. Although moderately rich in carbohydrates, using hummus in modest amounts as a condiment, such as the base for these salad dressings, keeps you well below our safe cutoff. Each tablespoon of dressing yields approximately 1.5 grams net carbs, while adding about the same quantity in GOS fibers.
So here are two simple recipes for interesting hummus-based...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 21, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle bowel flora chickepeas galacto-oligosaccharides gluten grains hummus prebiotic fibers Source Type: blogs
Ginger Chicken Stir Fry Over Shirataki Noodles for prebiotic fibers
The Wheat Belly Cookbook introduced several recipes that used non-grain shirataki noodles. While shirataki noodles are best suited to be used in Asian dishes, you can also use them in Italian or other dishes. Here, I stick with an Asian style.
Interestingly, shirataki noodles are rich in the fiber, glucomannan (a polymer of glucose and mannose), sourced from the root of the konjac plant. Several studies have demonstrated that glucomannan exerts prebiotic fiber effects, such as reduction in blood sugar, apoprotein B (a superior test compared to LDL cholesterol, but tracking roughly the same thing), and improved bowel heal...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 16, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle bowel flora glucomannan gluten grains konjac prebiotic fiber resistant starch stir fry 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
Food from Different Worlds—Finding Foods that Nourish and Heal Across Cultures
When I was a college freshman starting life on campus, I found the food available in our college cafeteria very confusing. Though ranked among the most diverse and delicious offerings, many times, I would walk through and find myself still with an empty plate. I could not find anything to eat. I had grown up on non-typical food, lots of roots and tubers, legumes and pulses, kale before it became a dietary hit, and lots of plain old water. Now I was part of a place that had fun theme food nights, and I could not find something that resembled my normal diet. Where I should have been thrilled, I was feeling tense, and very hu...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - September 1, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Access Food 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
Richard and Karen eat like royalty . . . and look what happens
Richard Lane is a regular around the Wheat Belly Facebook page, posting many photos of his beautiful wheat/grain-free meals. He is a champion at creating dishes consistent with this lifestyle, as well as drawing some recipes from the Wheat Belly Cookbooks and other sources.
“This is my wife Karen taken last summer at my sister’s birthday party. She put the same top on today. It’s awesome to see the difference in how she looks. I’m so proud of her and thankful to William Davis!”
As you can see from Richard’s photos, Karen is eating indulgently like a queen, thanks to hubbie’s enth...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - May 4, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories gluten grains Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
I inwardly watch my life’s blood flow away. And no one notices.
I’m walking very slowly with my dad down the produce aisle at the local supermarket, past the colorful waxed apples, Mexican mangoes and Rainier cherries, and imagining my life’s blood trickling onto the floor from an invisible wound.
As I pass by the misting system spraying the bins of green, red, yellow and orange peppers, past the lady reaching for carrots, past the stock guy balancing the heirloom tomatoes into a precarious stack, I want to scream. The sense of loss is overpowering.
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Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Fi...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 8, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Maureen Hirthler, MD Tags: Physician Geriatrics Primary care Source Type: blogs
The ABCs of your post-grain experience
Wheat/grain elimination is an exceptionally powerful tool for restoring health, reducing inflammation, returning metabolic distortions such as high blood sugar and blood pressure back to normal, and for losing weight. But many of the adverse health effects of years of grain consumption do not fully reverse with their elimination. Specific efforts may therefore need to be undertaken to accelerate your return to full health. Taking these extra steps stacks the odds heavily in your favor that you will enjoy full recovery from abnormal health conditions.
Among the strategies to consider are:
Cultivate and nourish healthy bowel...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 28, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle bowel flora fish oil iodine probiotics resistant starch Thyroid vitamin D Weight Loss 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
Taco Seasoning Mix
The simplest things containing some wheat or grain component can set off a barrage of re-exposure symptoms in those of us who have been wheat- and grain-free. A bit of wheat flour or cornmeal can, for example, result in a day’s worth of bloating and diarrhea, joint pain for days or weeks, and appetite stimulation for several days. If you have or had an autoimmune or neurological condition that receded with wheat/grain elimination, the symptoms of your condition can return and persist for weeks to months. For these reasons, once wheat- and grain-free, your best policy is to stay wheat- and grain-free.
Much of the Whe...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 19, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Recipes gluten seasoning wheat Source Type: blogs
Engaging Health Care Consumers: The Lowe’s Experience
Time will tell, but it appears that employers are not giving up on providing health insurance to their employees — even with the availability of health care exchanges. That’s at least what the results of a new study sponsored by the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) suggest.
Brian Klepper, CEO of the NBCH, speculated in his recent Health Affairs Blog post: “…there is an alternative view of what is possible in health care, and that self-funding and a willingness to continue trying to control the health care value monster remains alive and vibrant.”
As self-funded employers strive for a value-base...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - February 18, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Bob Ihrie and Alan Spiro Tags: All Categories Business of Health Care Consumers Coverage Employer-Sponsored Insurance Health Reform Innovation Source Type: blogs
Unity Farm Journal - Third Week of January 2015
The third week of January is generally the coldest, most bitter time in the New England winter season. Temperatures dip to the single digits, snow/ice/winter mix cover the barnyard, and shoveling manure requires an ice chipper. Eggs laid overnight in the chicken or duck pen crack when they freeze solid. Every creature gets extra food to keep their internal furnaces stoked.The ground is frozen and all the outbuildings are below freezing inside. Even the plants in the hoop house are need to be protected by row cover blankets. Nothing will germinate at below freezing temperatures.Much of the w...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - January 15, 2015 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs
Food and Cancer—A Complicated Relationship
Marian L. Tupy
Cancer, we are told, lurks everywhere: popcorn, non-organic fruit, canned tomatoes, processed meats, farm-raised salmon, potato chips, foods (salted, pickled, and smoked), GMOs (of course), candy, artificial sweeteners, diet soda, alcohol, red meat; even white flour can kill you.
Enough already!
In fact, a recent study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine contends that most occurrences of cancers are simply a result of bad luck. To wit, “Plain old bad luck plays a major role in determining who gets cancer and who does not, according to researchers who found that tw...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 2, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Marian L. Tupy Source Type: blogs
