This meal is very nutritious, simple and requires very minimal and brief preparation time.
Ingredients:
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Preparation: Steam beet roots for approximately 20 minutes until soft. Cool down, peel and cut to cubes. Mix with umeboshi vinegar, olive oil and chopped cilantro leaves.
Bon apetit !
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A new article has been published in the Food Safety News on the study related to the GMO-Fed Pigs.
You can find the article at:
Gastrointestinal problems and links to Intestinal microorganism, Inflammation, Nutrition, Disease Susceptibility. An article published in August 2012 in PMC.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3448089/
Wheat was among the first grains to be cultivated by agricultural society. Wheat has been used throughout the world replacing many of traditional grains. In America wheat composes around 30% of the daily diet. Many associate wheat mainly with gluten and gluten sensitivity. However, even though wheat in nature is more acidic with the carbohydrates, proteins, minerals and vitamins in the kernel can be relatively nutritious. Whole wheat is high for example in B-vitamins, vitamin E, zinc, iron and magnesium. As such wheat was for many centuries used as a valuable feed for masses.
Nowadays, the wheat processing and wheat kernel modifications changed the properties of the grain. Wheat now tends to built fat and cause weight gain, skin breakouts, lethargy and excess phlegm. The changes in carbohydrate/ protein ratio in the kernel are triggering sensitivities even in the individuals that by nature were adapted to feed on wheat. Nowadays a rapid increase in gluten/wheat sensitive individuals and health problems such as celiac disease are on a rapid rise involving all age groups .
In the past the celiac disease for example has been considered a problem mainly experienced with children. These days many adults and seniors are being diagnosed. The danger of the problem is that people might feel otherwise healthy while the gluten is damaging the intestinal walls in susceptible individuals who might experience variety of symptoms and associated problems and many times are diagnosed with the celiac disease while undergoing other unrelated tests. The disease is mainly diagnosed in people of caucasian descend. The individuals with diagnosed celiac disease are set on a gluten free diet for the rest of their life. However, these individuals must be aware also about gluten that can be found in variety of products such as post stamps, lipsticks, creams, pills …. At this time the only known prevention for the disease is breastfeeding and proper diet that includes grains that naturally do not contain gluten such as millet, quinoa and teff.
With upcoming summer we are to experience a change to the diet. Switching in between cold and warm weather can be sometimes tricky for our body that needs some time to adjust. When we are thinking about the diet suitable for summer we might also think about the law of opposites and it’s application. Typically when there is hot outside we are inclined to eat diet rich in fruits and vegetables with as little cooking as possible. This diet typically includes plenty of raw vegetables, fruits, salads, dips, cold soups, fruit and vegetable juices. During summer months the meal preparation time also shortens. With little meal preparation time we preserve and deliver rich nutrient in the most natural state of being to the body. Fresh fruits and vegetables including cherries, apricots, nectarines, melons, grapes, various berries, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, variety of lettuce and greens, deliver abundance of minerals, vitamins, antioxidants and enzymes and water rich in electrolytes that cools down the body and helps to adjust to summer heat. For a summer breakfast you can try to make a quick fruit salad mixing strawberries, blueberries and peaches and top them with a little lemon juice and maple sirup. For a quick summer lunch a quinoa salad with peppers, tomatoes, sesame seeds, lemon juice and cilantro makes a refreshing addition to a side of beans. And what is better than to enjoy a warm summer night on a patio or terase with friends and family over a light gaspacho soup followed by a steamed fish with fresh salad and tiramisu.
To get into better shape we need to be motivated and energized. I do not mind to share some of the ‘recipes’ on how to:
– We always need to keep in mind that each of us is different by genetic construction with individual food sensitivities, metabolic rate, life style, etc.
Based on this facts, our diet can be different and vary from time to time.
– In our body are constantly running biochemical processes with goal to maintain homeostasis of our body and mind.
– Not only what to eat, but how to eat seems to have certain importance.
– There are three macronutrients (energy nutrients): carbohydrates, fat and proteins and three micronutrients: vitamins, minerals and water that need to be supplied in proper rate into the body and kept in balance.
– Try to avoid consuming of the following stimulants (not nutrients):
Coffee, tea, milk chocolate, white sugar, alcohol, artificial sweeteners, preservatives, salt and Tabaco
– If the goal is weight loss, separation of carbs and proteins perhaps can be helpful speeding up digestion and make it more efficient. The animal protein is heavier and it takes longer time to digest compare to vegetable protein. Proper food combination produces less toxins giving more opportunities for body to absorb nutrients, improve cell waste and better maintain homeostasis.
– Moderate consumption of the fresh fruits one hour before the main meal seems to be good option.
– Do not eat in the late evening hours
– Read a book before you get a sleep
– Keep good regular sex life
– Do not sleep in near to electrical equipment and electronic devices that are turned ‘ON’
– Exercise at least one hour, three times per week (keep emphasis to endurance and flexibility)
– Exercise your mental and motoric skills
– Avoid stereotypical life style
– Reduce stress
– Detoxify your body and mind
– Keep positive thinking
– Keep in mind: being healthy, means to be balanced
I had an interesting discussion with my friends about a law of opposites and how is it connected to our daily life. Have you thought how what you eat determines your health, your well-being and the quality of your life? About quantity and quality or a lot and a little? Have you thought about the law of opposites? Let’s say, you had a pizza with coke. How did you feel? More likely good. Diet high in salt forces one to eat food high in sugar and vice versa. I often hear people to say: “I’m not sick but I feel somehow off balance” A feeling that is vague but describes what majority of us experience. In order to understand this we need to remind to ourselves the basics. Day alternates with night, sun with rain, heat with cold, joy with sadness, noise with stillness, ……. According to the natural law everything moves as a pendulum between the opposites from one extreme to another without one or the other being better or worse. In chinese philosophy these opposites were categorized into two groups: “yin” and “yang”. For some this might be a little confusing, however when we look at life, we can see how everything comes through various stages of development from buildup and breakdown, expansion and contraction. These opposite characteristics are also recognizable in food. Food can heat or cool, acidify or alkalize …. and our body always responds. When “off balace” a feeling that we recognize as a cravings comes giving us signal that we need to deal with an extreme condition and we do one way or the other. It is important to listen to body to keep the balance. When in balance, we do not feel awkward or off, we just simply feel right.
How to be healthy and be able to maintain youth to live long active life? Question, that has been triggering studies involving many scientists all over the world.
There have been many studies proving that a human life is not limited to 60-70-80 or 90 years.
Generally all studies indicate that main triggers of the body deterioration & aging are stress and lifestyle related issues. Consequently if the human being is able to reduce stress and maintain healthy lifestyle including healthy diet the life expectancy increases.
People of various cultures around the world follow very specific lifestyle and diet adjustments to maintain health, provide for healthy, fulfilling lifestyle and delayed aging.
It has been discovered that diet rich in natural food close to the food source, almost non existent food processing providing for food low in artificial sugars and fats together with regular physical activities have positive effects on aging process.
There have been studies done on various food articles that claim to be better than others to slow down the aging process. The food articles were divided into four groups:
There are many weight loss programs and recipes that claim to help people to shed extra pounds. However, many women are often discouraged indicating that these programs and diets have limited lasting effects nor some do not work at all. However, in family settings many women noticed that while they cannot shed desired pounds their male partners are losing weight easily and are able to keep it off. There are scientific reasons for this phenomenon related to gender differences.
First, there are differences in the hormonal systems in between the female and male body and such differences in fat productions and storage which seems have an important role in the fat loss and health over all.
Male fat storage areas of the body are around the abdomen. This fat is excessive for the body and dangerous due to the tendency to built into the organs. However, this fat is able to be removed relatively easy. On the contrary, majority of women experience fat storage below waist, buttock and things and more likely serves as a energy resource for life events associated with reproduction being one of the main factors of female body. Due to this fact it seems that this fat is more difficult to be eliminated due to laws of nature.
However, since there is no “one fits all” recipe or program, there is no need to be pessimistic. Appropriate diet designed for each individual based on multiple factors including genetic make up, existing health condition, personality, activity levels, etc. together with holistic approach to lifestyle including regular physical activity allow for the body to function optimally, returning to homeostasis and consequently reduce the amounts of fat that otherwise would be stored for the “emergency event” to necessary minimum.