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Thursday, April 17, 2008

Eating healthy,BODY ECOLOGY Style

Hi everybody!Hope your all doing good.Today I want to discuss eating healthy,but taking it up a notch.It may seem hard at first to eat really healthy but we just take baby steps.Especially with children[and husbands]you have to ease them in it and be a little sneaky.I am working on my exams right now and am learning alot about how important our PH is.Most of us are too acidic and eat far too much protein.We need protein but not in near the large doses that is being promoted.A few things we can do to help digest our protein meals and also help alkalize us when we eat acidic foods such as meat or refined foods are to add sea salt or cayenne to our food.Organic sodium is very alkalizing.Also, having raw apple cider vinegar or lemon juice in warm water with your meals,and eating cultured vegetables or kefir with every meal.All these things help restore good digestion which is the foundation to good health.Another that we need to do more of is to presoak all our grains beans and nuts before eating them,especially the grains and beans because this helps break up the phytic acid in them which is a huge factor in the prevalence of grain and gluten allergies.Freshly ground flour is also much healthier because the chemical components in flour change after three days of being ground.I have ordered me agrinder and will be soaking and grinding my flour and making my own pasta from now on.Sprouting is wonderful too.A book that I have that will teach you everything you need to know about restoring balance to your health through fermented foods and how to do these things is THE BODY ECOLOGY DIET.They also have a free newsletter that is very helpful and I have learned a lot from them.Their principles go right along with the courses that I'M taking.I finally got to taste the cultured vegetables that I made and they are delicious.You can season them and add them to salads,sandwiches,smoothies or just eat them straight.My dog even loved them.If you really want to be healthy then it is so important to get rid of the candida,and all of these diet changes will help to do that.For those who are gluten sensitive or severely grain intolerant then their is a fermented grain supplement that is designed to help cure that along with following these priciples .It is calledB.E. WHOLEGRAIN LIQUID.This supplement is safe for celiacs as well as the gluten in the grains is destroyed through the fermentation.I will send a link to the website to order it I got it for us as we have severe grain sensitivities and will keep you posted on how we are feeling.https://shop.bodyecology.com/prodinfo.asp?number=BE050
https://shop.bodyecology.com/prodinfo.asp?number=GF002THE SECOND LINK IS THE SUPPLEMENT.I have a few recipes that I want to share to give you an idea of how easy it really is.BLUEBERRY MUFFINS
1 AND1/4CUPS FRESHELY GROUND OR SOAKED SPELT,KAMUT OR WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR
3/4 CUP WATER MIXED WITH 1 TBSP PLAIN YOGURT, MIX WITH THE FLOUR AND SOAK FOR AT LEAST 4 HOURS
AFTER THE SOAK ADD 1 EGG LIGHTLY BEATEN,1/4 TSP SEA SALT
1/2 CUP EXTRA VIRGIN COCONUT OIL,1/3 CUP HONEY
2TSPS BAKING POWDER,1TSP VANILLA
1 CUP BLUEBERRIES ,GENTLY STIR TILL ALL IS MOISTENED ,DO NOT OVERBEAT
1CUP BUCKWHEAT FLOUR OR CORNMEAL CAN BE USED IN PLACE OF 1 CUP OF THE FLOUR
GLUTEN- FREE ZUCCHINI MUFFINS
3 CUPS BLANCHED ALMOND FLOUR,2 TSP CINNAMON,1 TSP NUTMEG,1 TSP BAKING SODA
1/2 TSP SALT ,3 EGGS BEATEN,1/3 CUP MELTED BUTTER OR COCONUT OIL,1/4 CUP HONEY,2 OR 3 DROPS LEMON OIL OR 1/2 TSP GRATED LEMON PEEL,3 CUPS ZUCCHINI,ADD ALL INGREDIENTS IN ORDER
YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN FLOUR FROM BLANCHED ALMONDS PUT THROUGH THE FOOD PROCESSOR OR BLENDER[MAKE SURE IT IS BLANCHED ]
SUNNY ALMOND BREAKFAST SHAKE
2TBSP ALMONDS,2TBSPSUNFLOWER SEEDS,2TBSP FLAXSEEDS,PUT IN BLENDER AND GRIND TILL FINE.ADD SLOWLY 3 CUPS WATER OR1AND 1/2 CUPS WATER AND 1/2 CUP APPLE CIDER OR PINEAPPLE JUICE,OR 1/2 CUP BLUEBERRIES OR RASPBERRIES,1/2 TSP VANILLA,1/2 TSP NUTMEG
BLEND TILL FROTHY ,THIS IS A HEALTHY PLANT PROYEIN DRINK THAT IS LOW GYCEMIC AND GRAIN-FREE TILL YOU CAN DO GRAINS AGAIN
I hope you enjoy these recipes and that these tips will help you in your quest for health,I sent a li nk earlier in a past post on where to get affordable health ingredients ,god bless
FLOUR.12 MUFFINS

1 comment:

Grace Acres said...

That is so interesting, I never new sea salt was alkalizing. I'm glad I switched to sea salt.