You are what you eat, so eat well.
A stupendous insight of civilizations past has now been confirmed by today's investigative, nutritional sciences. They have shown that what was once called 'The Doctor in of Signatures' was astoundingly correct. It now contends that every whole food has a pattern that resembles a body organ or physiological function and that this pattern acts as a signal or sign as to the benefit the food provides the eater.
Here is just a short list of examples of Whole Food Signatures.
A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye...and science shows that carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.
A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart is red and has four chambers. All of the research shows tomatoes are indeed pure heart and blood food. Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart.
Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows that grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.
A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds are on the nut just like the neo-cortex. We now know that walnuts help develop over 3 dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.
Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.
Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet the body pulls it from the bones, making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.
Eggplant, Avocadoes and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats 1 avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? .... It takes exactly 9 months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).
Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the motility of male sperm and increase the numbers of sperm as well to overcome e male sterility.
Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.
Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries.
Grapefruits, Oranges, and other citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.
Onions look like body cells. Today's research shows that onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
RECIPIE CENTRAL - JANUARY 2008 DISCOVERIES
Here I'm going to list all my favorite recipies on my healing journey, and the dates I experimented with and incorporated them into my diet. Enjoy! And let me know what ones you liked!
Raw Recipies January 2008
Green Smoothie-of-the-Month: KALE-STRAWBERRY-BANANA
5-7 leaves of kale
2 cups, or 12 strawberries ( I use Frozsun brand, Wal-Mart)
2 bananas
1 avocado (but good without the avocado too)
2+ cups of water
Blend in a Vita-Mix blender.
Other variations are to add apple juice (can also add whole apples, but it gives it too much of a thick applesauce-y texture for my taste most of the time!) The best part of this recipie is that my 9-month old son LOVES it!
Joseph's (9 mo. old) Smoothie-of-the-Month:
4-5 cups, or 25 Strawberries
2 Avocados
1 Banana
Blend in a Vita-Mix blender.
He likes the above kale-strawberry-banana one above, but will eat this smoothie any time of the day. Another thing I should mention - he prefers it spooned rather than in a cup or bottle because it clogs so often, even with enlarging the holes. Other variations are adding applesauce or pears.
Transitional Recipies January 2008
Quinoa.
I had a hard time eating quinoa - I loved it's texture but it was so DRY! I wanted something that would be filling and moist. I had one of those "aha" moments and made it into salad!
To cook quinoa it takes about 3x as much water as grain, so I usually eye-it in a pot and then turn it on until it boils and then reduce heat, cover, and simmer about 15 min.
Adventures in Quinoa!
Quinoa
Half a cucumber
One whole tomato
Stir all together - YUM!
Quinoa
Half a cucumber
Salsa
(Vegans-don't-kill-me!) A bit of ground beef/turkey and the fat out of one pound of it that we had fried.
The story behind this is the salsa turned out to be "HOT" accidentally - no one knows where the stuff came from! (We always buy mild!) I can't stand eating hot stuff and I was SO mad I wasted the last cucumber and the last quinoa!!! So I poured some fat into the mix to cut the spice.
Yes, at this point beef is still a daily part of my diet. My 1 priorities, being still pre-diabetic, are eliminating breads, cereals, crackers, sugar in all it's refined forms, cooked whole grains (except the alkalizing ones like quinoa), and dairy. I don't do well with fish or any other supposedly "healthier" meats. Maybe someday I will be vegan but at this point that's not my goal. My goal is to greatly increase the ammount of vegetables, and some fruits into my diet, and cut out the stuff that personally gives me obnoxious health problems.
Raw Recipies January 2008
Green Smoothie-of-the-Month: KALE-STRAWBERRY-BANANA
5-7 leaves of kale
2 cups, or 12 strawberries ( I use Frozsun brand, Wal-Mart)
2 bananas
1 avocado (but good without the avocado too)
2+ cups of water
Blend in a Vita-Mix blender.
Other variations are to add apple juice (can also add whole apples, but it gives it too much of a thick applesauce-y texture for my taste most of the time!) The best part of this recipie is that my 9-month old son LOVES it!
Joseph's (9 mo. old) Smoothie-of-the-Month:
4-5 cups, or 25 Strawberries
2 Avocados
1 Banana
Blend in a Vita-Mix blender.
He likes the above kale-strawberry-banana one above, but will eat this smoothie any time of the day. Another thing I should mention - he prefers it spooned rather than in a cup or bottle because it clogs so often, even with enlarging the holes. Other variations are adding applesauce or pears.
Transitional Recipies January 2008
Quinoa.
I had a hard time eating quinoa - I loved it's texture but it was so DRY! I wanted something that would be filling and moist. I had one of those "aha" moments and made it into salad!
To cook quinoa it takes about 3x as much water as grain, so I usually eye-it in a pot and then turn it on until it boils and then reduce heat, cover, and simmer about 15 min.
Adventures in Quinoa!
Quinoa
Half a cucumber
One whole tomato
Stir all together - YUM!
Quinoa
Half a cucumber
Salsa
(Vegans-don't-kill-me!) A bit of ground beef/turkey and the fat out of one pound of it that we had fried.
The story behind this is the salsa turned out to be "HOT" accidentally - no one knows where the stuff came from! (We always buy mild!) I can't stand eating hot stuff and I was SO mad I wasted the last cucumber and the last quinoa!!! So I poured some fat into the mix to cut the spice.
Yes, at this point beef is still a daily part of my diet. My 1 priorities, being still pre-diabetic, are eliminating breads, cereals, crackers, sugar in all it's refined forms, cooked whole grains (except the alkalizing ones like quinoa), and dairy. I don't do well with fish or any other supposedly "healthier" meats. Maybe someday I will be vegan but at this point that's not my goal. My goal is to greatly increase the ammount of vegetables, and some fruits into my diet, and cut out the stuff that personally gives me obnoxious health problems.
Blood Sugar/Green Smoothie Record - January 2008
Definition of Diabetes: Blood sugar of 200 or above any time of the day, regardless of when your last meal was eaten. Fasting glucose level of 126 or more ("fast" = 8 hrs. after you have eaten anything). GTT (glucose tolerance test) after fasting you are given 75g pure glucose to drink, then test after 2 hrs. If 200> you have diabetes.
Definition of Pre-Diabetes: Fasting glucose between 110-125. GTT between 140-199.
Putting my blood to the test!!!! Putting Green Smoothies to the Test!!!
A little bit of backround info first: I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes - this is the only traditional western healthcare I have had access to in the last 10 years and it was through my midwife. She wrote me a prescription for a glucometer and a year's worth of testing supplies. The doctors would not test me for regular diabetes after my son was born because they said that gestational diabetes does not turn into type 2 diabetes, and then my health insurance ended. Midwife had me test my FBS, before each meal, and 2 hours after each meal during my pregnancy. I have continued to do this off-and-on as resources and circumstances allowed me to eat healthy. (I didn't really want to know my blood sugar when I didn't have the $$ to eat right! Too depressing to know!!)
1/9/08
11:30 Drank 64 oz. green smoothie (kale, strawberry, banana)
1:30pm blood sugar is 78
Had 2 heaping servings of Hamburger Helper at 1:30.
3:30pm blood sugar is 85
6:30pm blood sugar is 82
Had two tortillas fried in butter, sprinkled in cinnamon at 6:30
8:30pm blood sugar is 106
Had insomnia all night - didn't do a morning FBS (fasting blood sugar) because I snacked all night, and didn't fast for 8 hrs.
1/10/08
6:00pm had Chilli and Cornbread
10:00pm Green smoothie (orange, apple, turnip greens, pasteurized OJ concentrate, cucumber, and a crushed-up vitamin pill) - also sipped a bit at 12am and 3am.
1/11/08
8:00am blood sugar is 102
9:30am quinoa w/butter and lemon pepper, 1c of the smoothie left over from last night
11:30 blood sugar is 96
Had a green smoothie with romaine, raspberries, pears, and banana at 11:30. Had 1c melon blended into a smoothie, and a salad made up of mostly cabbage and tomatoes and steak pieces.
I really wish I was better about checking my blood sugar, but we were busy with relatives and working so I often forgot about it at the critical times!! Or else snacked here and there, so there was never a 2 hr. time where I didn't eat after a meal so I could test!!
1/13/08
I woke up this morning shaky and took a blood sugar measurement, thinking it would be very low, but it was on the high side 103 at 7:30am. I often wake up feeling extremely hungry in the middle of the night. Especially when I am trying to "watch my diet" and eat low carb. It's unbearable to cut out carbs - I cannot sleep when I feel so HUNGRY! I have tried to beat it with willpower, and tried "toughing it out" I just end up miserable with this weird stomach growly feeling. I got up for a bit and used the computer and the feeling went away, as it often does... but it sure disrupts my sleep. If I EAT SOMETHING I can usually go RIGHT back to sleep, but if I don't eat it usually takes 2 hours and then sometimes I STILL have to eat to go back to sleep.
9:30 blood sugar is 83
Had a green smoothie (3 stalks celery, 3 kiwis, banana, water) at 9:30am. Then we had Subway for lunch at 11:30am (footlong ham, with lots of veggies and mayo - no oil, salt, pepper, or cheese).
1:30pm blood sugar is 139 - gaa!!
Had 5 hard tacos with beef, lots of lettuce and LOTS of tomatoes and salsa at 6:00pm. SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT WITHOUT HAVING TO GET UP AND SNACK!!
1/14/08
7:30am FBS is 98
Had green smoothie at 7:30am (kale, strawberry, banana)
9:30am blood sugar is 79
Ate 1 green apple and 1 banana dipped in Skippy peanut butter at 10:30am.
12:30pm blood sugar is 93
Had more green smoothie - made 64 oz. (celery, kiwi, banana) at 12:30, then some Top Ramen with loads of chopped celery, celery greens, and onion. Went out for some exercise - haven't had a lot of chance to do that lately due to deep snow and lack of childcare - walked up and down hills through 1 1/2 foot snow in the mountains. Fun!! Hiked between 3:00-4:30, then had rest of smoothie made earlier.
6:00pm blood sugar is 84
Ate taco salad w/corn chips, ground beef/turkey, lots of romaine, kale, and tomatoes.
9:00pm blood sugar is 98
1/15/08
6:30am FBS is 95
Things are looking good so far! I am so thankful to have discovered green smoothies. Without them my blood sugar used to gradually creep up throughout the day, and I felt miserable, unable to function without coffee or energy drinks. Green smoothies have completely eliminated my desire for sweets. I couldn't go more than 3 days without some form of sugar in the past.
Something about green smoothies satisfies a deep need in my body.
Definition of Pre-Diabetes: Fasting glucose between 110-125. GTT between 140-199.
Putting my blood to the test!!!! Putting Green Smoothies to the Test!!!
A little bit of backround info first: I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes - this is the only traditional western healthcare I have had access to in the last 10 years and it was through my midwife. She wrote me a prescription for a glucometer and a year's worth of testing supplies. The doctors would not test me for regular diabetes after my son was born because they said that gestational diabetes does not turn into type 2 diabetes, and then my health insurance ended. Midwife had me test my FBS, before each meal, and 2 hours after each meal during my pregnancy. I have continued to do this off-and-on as resources and circumstances allowed me to eat healthy. (I didn't really want to know my blood sugar when I didn't have the $$ to eat right! Too depressing to know!!)
1/9/08
11:30 Drank 64 oz. green smoothie (kale, strawberry, banana)
1:30pm blood sugar is 78
Had 2 heaping servings of Hamburger Helper at 1:30.
3:30pm blood sugar is 85
6:30pm blood sugar is 82
Had two tortillas fried in butter, sprinkled in cinnamon at 6:30
8:30pm blood sugar is 106
Had insomnia all night - didn't do a morning FBS (fasting blood sugar) because I snacked all night, and didn't fast for 8 hrs.
1/10/08
6:00pm had Chilli and Cornbread
10:00pm Green smoothie (orange, apple, turnip greens, pasteurized OJ concentrate, cucumber, and a crushed-up vitamin pill) - also sipped a bit at 12am and 3am.
1/11/08
8:00am blood sugar is 102
9:30am quinoa w/butter and lemon pepper, 1c of the smoothie left over from last night
11:30 blood sugar is 96
Had a green smoothie with romaine, raspberries, pears, and banana at 11:30. Had 1c melon blended into a smoothie, and a salad made up of mostly cabbage and tomatoes and steak pieces.
I really wish I was better about checking my blood sugar, but we were busy with relatives and working so I often forgot about it at the critical times!! Or else snacked here and there, so there was never a 2 hr. time where I didn't eat after a meal so I could test!!
1/13/08
I woke up this morning shaky and took a blood sugar measurement, thinking it would be very low, but it was on the high side 103 at 7:30am. I often wake up feeling extremely hungry in the middle of the night. Especially when I am trying to "watch my diet" and eat low carb. It's unbearable to cut out carbs - I cannot sleep when I feel so HUNGRY! I have tried to beat it with willpower, and tried "toughing it out" I just end up miserable with this weird stomach growly feeling. I got up for a bit and used the computer and the feeling went away, as it often does... but it sure disrupts my sleep. If I EAT SOMETHING I can usually go RIGHT back to sleep, but if I don't eat it usually takes 2 hours and then sometimes I STILL have to eat to go back to sleep.
9:30 blood sugar is 83
Had a green smoothie (3 stalks celery, 3 kiwis, banana, water) at 9:30am. Then we had Subway for lunch at 11:30am (footlong ham, with lots of veggies and mayo - no oil, salt, pepper, or cheese).
1:30pm blood sugar is 139 - gaa!!
Had 5 hard tacos with beef, lots of lettuce and LOTS of tomatoes and salsa at 6:00pm. SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT WITHOUT HAVING TO GET UP AND SNACK!!
1/14/08
7:30am FBS is 98
Had green smoothie at 7:30am (kale, strawberry, banana)
9:30am blood sugar is 79
Ate 1 green apple and 1 banana dipped in Skippy peanut butter at 10:30am.
12:30pm blood sugar is 93
Had more green smoothie - made 64 oz. (celery, kiwi, banana) at 12:30, then some Top Ramen with loads of chopped celery, celery greens, and onion. Went out for some exercise - haven't had a lot of chance to do that lately due to deep snow and lack of childcare - walked up and down hills through 1 1/2 foot snow in the mountains. Fun!! Hiked between 3:00-4:30, then had rest of smoothie made earlier.
6:00pm blood sugar is 84
Ate taco salad w/corn chips, ground beef/turkey, lots of romaine, kale, and tomatoes.
9:00pm blood sugar is 98
1/15/08
6:30am FBS is 95
Things are looking good so far! I am so thankful to have discovered green smoothies. Without them my blood sugar used to gradually creep up throughout the day, and I felt miserable, unable to function without coffee or energy drinks. Green smoothies have completely eliminated my desire for sweets. I couldn't go more than 3 days without some form of sugar in the past.
Something about green smoothies satisfies a deep need in my body.
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