What are activated nuts? Nuts and seeds contain natural chemicals, called phytic acid and enzyme inhibitors. This makes nuts hard to digest. Phytic acid can bind to minerals, such as iron, zinc, manganese and calcium, and slow or prevent their absorption. This makes the minerals and their beneficial qualities less available to the body. Soaking …
While many modern diets have moved away from consuming organ meats, traditional cultures from around the world intuitively understood the value of eating and using the entire animal. From one perspective, it is much more respectful to use the whole animal, instead of how we raise and process animals in the modern, industrial food system. …
The Energy of Foods In our western world we assess food based on its nutritional value; how much protein, fat and calories it contains. In Chinese medicine, food is considered based on its energetic properties and how these affect the body. Foods are classified as either heating, cooling, drying or damp. Balancing these energetic properties …
Traditional Societies and the Lost Art of Grain Processing There is a big difference between the way our ancestors consumed whole grains and the way we do in our modern world. Flour wasn’t always available pre-ground by the bag full at the grocery stores. Grains were ground by hand, then soaked for hours, sometimes days …
What is Ghee? I am a big fan of ghee and saturated fats that come from happy, healthy animals, raised on their natural diet. I believe these are the only fats safe for cooking with high temperatures. As my dear friend explains on her website: “Ghee is an extra clarified butter, rendered through the long, slow application …
Chewing Eating begins with the simple art of chewing. Chewing leads to smooth digestion and greater assimilation of nutrients because it initiates the release of digestive enzymes and breaks down food. Carbohydrate digestion begins in the mouth. Chewing turns grains and other complex carbohydrates into satisfying sugars and makes oils, proteins and minerals available for …
Early spring I like to challenge myself and cut out processed sugar from my diet for a couple of weeks or even for a month. Then continue with a 10-day spring detox program. It is a nice way to ease into spring, get motivated and get in shape for the summer. So how do you …
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