Eat Low Glycemic
You may be familiar with the glycemic index if you know someone with diabetes. People with diabetes eat low glycemic foods to help with managing their blood sugar. If you’re not familiar with the glycemic index, here is a quick definition for you. The glycemic index (GI) is a number from 0 to 100 that […]
VEGGIE VEGETABLES
VEGGIE VEGETABLES In PRIMARY SALAD VEGGIES, I covered the basics for salads and, of course, all of those are veggie vegetables. In addition to one great salad daily, you should have one or two servings of these other true vegetables. Alfalfa sprouts Artichoke Asparagus Avocado Bean sprouts Brown rice — best counted as starch Cardoon […]
Chia – Salvia Hispanica – The World’s Best Food?
Salvia – to save. Salvia Hispanica has been eaten for over 5000 years and may be the single best all-around food! Just as one can theoretically live on fish alone, blood and milk (as some tribes do), one could obtain a healthier and more sustaining life by consuming nothing but salvia. It contains 19 amino […]
Devil’s Claw
DEVIL’S CLAW With the enchanting name of Devil’s Claw, it is amazing that anyone ever tried this herb, Harpagophytum radix, which has had widespread use in treating a variety of pain problems, most commonly arthritic conditions. Analgesic, antiphlogistic and anti-inflammatory effects have been reported. Interestingly, the effects are not immediate and the pain relieving benefit […]
Water, Water Everywhere – And Not a Drop to Drink!
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE – AND NOT A DROP TO DRINK! We can live about 3 minutes without oxygen and about 2 weeks without water. Prior to 1900, contaminated water was one of the most common causes of death in young children. And today contaminated water is still a major problem in many undeveloped countries. Chlorination […]
Chicken McPoison & Other Food Prostitution
CHICKEN McPOISION & OTHER FOOD PROSTITUTION Earlier, I wrote on the ubiquitous presence of monosodium glutamate in fast foods. MSG is unequivocally bad news for the brain. Now, we learn that McDonald's uses an artificial petroleum-based ''antioxidant'', tertiary butylhydroubiquinone (TBHQ) on chicken McNuggets and probably on its hamburgers. It retards spoilage – not that it […]
Cinnamon
Recently, a friend sent me a list of folk remedy uses of cinnamon and honey. I have long been aware of the antioxidant benefits and of course the delectable taste of cinnamon. So I went to PubMed and searched for as many sources as I could find. First, the honey and cinnamon claims. In general […]
Honey Is The Preferred Sweetener & Has Great Health Benefits Too
Our home has had no white sugar in it for almost 4 decades. Our sweetener of choice is honey. (For those rare dishes which do not do well with it, we use fructose which is twice as sweet as table sugar, so half the calories. And at most, we use a pound a year!) Honey, […]
The Instant Bliss Diet
THE INSTANT BLISS DIET If you want to lose weight quickly, up to 10 pounds a month, the best approach is: Take Dr. Shealy’s Essentials, 4, twice a day plus: Breakfast One fresh orange or small apple Three eggs, plus cheese (Or Three eggs beaten with 4 tablespoons of half and half plus 2 teaspoons […]
HYPERTENSION Treatment: Effective Alternatives To Prescription Drugs
The sphygmomanometer, the inflatable cuff for measuring blood pressure, was invented by an Italian physician in 1896 and popularized in this country in 1901 by Harvey Cushing, the ”father” of neurosurgery. For 100 years, NORMAL blood pressure was considered 120/80. The upper figure is systolic – the pressure in the blood vessels when the heart […]