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If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you know that I am a big advocate of homemade, probiotic and enzyme rich fermented beverages.
A survey of ethnic drinks from around the world reveals that enjoyment of the unique, health boosting refreshment furnished by traditionally fermented beverages is nearly universal.
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The majority of Americans do not get anywhere close to enough exercise. Technological “advancements” and gadgets that supposedly make our lives “easier” have come with a price—decreased physical activity and a host of related health problems.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, some exercise aficionados tend to overdo it thinking more is better.
Physical exercise may not be a drug but it does possess the addictive nature and traits of a powerful pharmacologic agent. As with any chemical agent that affects biological systems, a safe upper dose limit exists beyond which the adverse effects may outweigh the benefits.
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Japan suffers from one of the lowest fertility rates in the world – 1.39 (2011) - well below 2.1 population replacement level. This combined with a rapidly aging populace has become such a worry for the government that women are actually now being paid to have babies.
According to the Wall Street Journal, a Japanese program that pays new parents $3,300 per year for every new child until age 15, along with offering less direct incentives, like state-supported daycare and tuition waivers, was implemented in 2009.
The result? The fertility rate barely budged.
With cash offers for babies not yet working, Japan is being extremely cautious in implementing any long term health initiatives which affect women’s reproductive organs.
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Making homemade bone broth is arguably one of the most important techniques a Traditional Cook must incorporate into the kitchen routine on a very frequent basis.
I make stock almost every week, not just because our family flies through quarts of it so quickly, but also because keeping a ready supply of mineral and gelatin rich broth in the freezer for when illness unexpectedly hits is important in order to facilitate rapid recovery without meds.
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Restaurants and bakeries today overwhelmingly use polyunsaturated vegetable fats which should never be heated at all let alone used for cooking or baking. Unless cold pressed, these factory fats are already rancid in the bottle right off the store shelf, and even if a cold pressed oil is used, the oil is destroyed and full of free radicals by the time the food it is cooked with is served up on your plate.
Cooking requires fats that will maintain their integrity when heated and nourish the body rather than burden it with toxins.
For these reasons, both coconut oil and ghee have been perennial favorites in my kitchen for years.
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Up until now, influenza vaccines have been manufactured with the use of egg cultures. With the growing number of people allergic to eggs, this has proved to be a stumbling block to the marketability of annual flu shots.
Ever aggressive in the quest to increase profits and consumer acceptance, the pharmaceutical industry has come up with a way to bypass the egg problem with the flu vaccine while simultaneously improving the bottom line.
How?
Using proteins derived from GMO insect cells developed with the help of your tax dollars!
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It’s barbecue time, and scare stories are already in the news about the dangers of cooking meat, fish and poultry on the grill. Most of those warnings concern the formation of carcinogens and mutagens known as heterocyclic amines (HCAs) during the grilling process.
While it’s probably wise to enjoy foods such as char-broiled steaks and blackened catfish only as an occasional special treat, these news reports leave out a very important fact.
The greatest danger from heterocyclic amines (HCAs) is not from grilled or barbecued meat. Rather, it is from processed and packaged protein foods including veggie burgers and other approxi-meats.
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When I was first introduced to the benefits of raw milk nearly 12 years ago, I was newly pregnant with my second child. While I wanted to reap the benefits of this nutrient dense food, I was initially cautious to begin consuming it for fear it might harm my baby.
Everywhere I turned for research and information about the safety of raw milk during pregnancy was negative.
Numerous citations and sources I reviewed warned against consuming raw milk during pregnancy due to the risk of infection with Listeria monocytogenes, a deadly pathogen that can cause fetal death or premature birth.
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My friend Kim’s husband Larry was in a horrendous car accident last week. The picture above is of his completely mangled car shortly after the wreck.
He was stopped in traffic on the Veteran’s Expressway in Tampa in his 2012 Honda Accord when a white van slammed into the back of him going about 50-60 mph.
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As a mother of three boys, I learned from necessity how to handle injuries. After grasping the importance of knowing the fever remedies, I found myself memorizing injury remedies because of the very nature of my family.
Bangs, burns, bruises, bumps, concussions, cuts, contusions, cracks, fractures, splits, stabs, stings, swats, smacks, slams, slaps, punctures, punches, pricks. That was my usual day.
My boys were magnets for catastrophes. One day, I actually kept a diary of what a typical day encompassed. It’s as though they scheduled their injuries for the day from the moment they rose from bed.
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