Ellen G. White and Intermittent Fasting
Written by: DeWitt S. Williams
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Intermittent fasting has been the topic of many recent books and has been studied in animals and in humans. Basically, intermittent fasting is a broad term that focuses on when a person eats not the number of calories or types of food. It always includes a period of voluntary abstinence from food and its proponents approach the subject in different ways. The most popular approach is the 16/8 which requires fasting for 16 hours and an eight hour time slot when you can eat anything at any time. Another version, alternate day fasting, alternates 24 hour periods of fasting with days of eating freely. The 5:2 approach limits fasting to just two days a week, while the Warrior Diet follows a 20-hour fast with one large meal consumed at night. In all of these programs the stomach gets a period of regular rest during fasting.
Artichoke
HEALTH BENEFITS OF ARTICHOKE
Written by Slawomir Gromadzki
WHAT IS ARTICHOKE?
Globe Artichoke (Cynara scolymus) is a nutritious and popular, especially in France, vegetable, known to be an excellent source of antioxidants and benefiting especially liver, cardiovascular, stomach and gut health, digestion, blood pressure, and possibly blood sugar levels. The edible part (the artichoke’s heart) contains more nutrients than the leaves [>] although the Polyphenolic compounds are mainly found in the leaves. The make an extract artichoke hearts, leaves, and roots are crushed, and usually combined with a mixture of methanol and water.
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Does Vitamin C Survive Boiling?
Does vitamin C survive boiling?
Yes, it mostly does survive heating. It seems that at 70°C vitamin C is denatured so it should be preserved (heated) below 70°C to reduce the heat damage to a minimum.
I like especially the black current jam and buy it sweetened with sorbitol (erythritol or xylitol are good sweeteners too but not sugar or artificial sweeteners). Read more
Nut & Date Raw Bars Homemade
Nut & Date Raw Bars Homemade
Equal amounts of nuts and pitted dates (200-500g raw cashew nuts, peanuts, almonds or other nuts) and a similar amount of soft stoned Medjool dates). Read more
Okinawans vs Adventists
In one of his videos > Dr. Greger compares diets and lifestyles of the long-lived Okinawans and vegan and vegetarian members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church living in California:
“The one population that lives even longer than the Okinawa Japanese don’t just eat a 98% meat-free diet, they eat 100% meat-free. The Adventist strict vegetarians in California, with perhaps the highest life expectancy of any formally described population”.
Recovery from Type 1 Diabetes Possible!
A fasting diet has the ability to regenerate the pancreas and may reverse damaged pancreatic beta cells in type 1 diabetes, researchers have found! 
A US study, published in scientific journal Cell, tested a modified type of Fasting-Mimicking Diet (FMD) on both mice and human cells. It showed that the diet could regenerate pancreatic beta cells and restore insulin production in type 1 diabetes patients with the ability to reverse both type 1 and 2 diabetes. Dr Valter Longo from the University of Southern California, said the finding have a potential to cure for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes, unlike type 2, is an autoimmune condition for which no cure has been discovered by now. In patients with type 1 diabetes, immune system destroys pancreatic beta cells and as a result the pancreas stops producing insulin. Dr Longo also suggested that Fasting-Mimicking Diet can probably regenerate other organs. He said that FMD “can trigger self repair and regeneration processes”.
Glycaemic Index (GI) List
The glycemic index (GI) is a value assigned to foods based on how slowly or how quickly those foods cause increase in blood glucose (sugar) levels.
– Low: 55 or less
– Moderate: 56–69
– High: 70 +
Wheat Belly
Book Excerpt: Wheat Belly
By William Davis, MD
Documented peculiar effects of wheat on humans include appetite stimulation, exposure to brain-active exorphins (the counterpart of internally derived endorphins), exaggerated blood sugar surges that trigger cycles of satiety alternating with heightened appetite, the process of glycation that underlies disease and aging, inflammatory and pH effects that erode cartilage and damage bone, and activation of disordered immune responses. A complex range of diseases results from consumption of wheat, from celiac disease—the devastating intestinal disease that develops from exposure to wheat gluten—to an assortment of neurological disorders, diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, curious rashes, and the paralyzing delusions of schizophrenia. Read more
Bitter Truth About Chocolate
Try to google the word “chocolate” and soon you will get impression that the whole world is currently going bananas over the amazing health benefits of this delicious weakness.
One author apparently deceived by pseudo-scientific studies on cocoa (chocolate’s key ingredient) wrote that, “After water, cocoa is the single healthiest substance you can put in your mouth. It can easily replace a number of psychiatric drugs for mood, plus it produces the same chemistry in the brain that occurs when we fall in love.” Read more
What Shall I Feed my Baby?
By Barbara O’Neill
Breast is best – God designed the woman’s anatomy with special apparatus for the function of nourishing her baby. Situated in the perfect area so she can hold and snuggle her little one whilst he is feeding, and a mother’s breasts contain the perfect amount of nutrition for every stage of baby’s development. The nutrient content of mother’s milk will change according to baby’s needs, even from week to week. Every mother’s milk is perfect for her baby. There is no equal. As baby sucks, hormones are released into the mother’s blood stream that increases the mothering instincts, thus helping her to be a more attentive mother. Read more
How to Overcome Sugar Addiction & Sugar Cravings
BITTER TRUTH ABOUT REFINED SUGAR
According to the scientific data sugar indirectly contributes to 35 million deaths each year worldwide. Sugar weakens our immune and nervous system, contributes to cancer, deprives our organism of many vitamins and minerals, causes fatigue, hypoglycaemia, tooth decay, contributes to depression and many other health-related problems. Read more
Shocking Probiotic Count of Raw Sauerkraut
Raw home-made sauerkraut was analysed in the lab and it was found that in just a cup of it there were literally about ten trillion probiotic bacteria! That means a half cup of home fermented raw sauerkraut contains more probiotics than a whole bottle of the best and very expensive probiotic supplement! Read more
The Truth About Meat
Meat products contain much more fat and calories than the unrefined plant-based foods thus contributing to obesity by causing leptin resistance. Meat, like fish or dairy, also contain no dietary fiber. And fiber, which is found only in unrefined plant foods, plays very important role in fighting obesity because it absorbs water increasing the volume of food in the stomach without adding calories. In addition, fiber also increases the level of adiponectin thus helping us to control body metabolism and appetite. That is why according to Dr. Dean Ornish the unrefined and rich in fiber plant-based diet should be called the “eat more and weigh less” diet. It means that the less meat is consumed, and the more plant-based products rich in fiber in the diet, the better should be the results. Read more
Is Oxalic Acid Really So Bad?
Oxalic acid and oxalates are abundantly present in many plants, most notably rhubarb and sorrel. The root and leaves of rhubarb contain dangerously high concentrations of oxalic acid. Other foods that contain significant concentrations of oxalic acid include – in decreasing order – buckwheat, star fruit, parsley, poppy seed, rhubarb stalks, amaranth, spinach, chard, beets, cocoa, chocolate, most nuts, most berries, and beans.
In our body oxalic acid may also be synthesized via the metabolism of ascorbic acid (vitamin C), which is a serious health consideration for long term megadosers of vitamin C supplements. Read more
Breakfast-Cereal Swindle
Written by Slawomir (“Swavak”) Gromadzki, MPH
Avoid any breakfast-cereal as almost all of them are high in refined sugar and other unhealthy ingredients. It is always much better solution to eat only one type of cooked in a slow cooker unrefined grain such as millet, quinoa, oats, barley flakes, brown rice, or other types of grain. You can also use a good quality wide-mouth steel thermos, which is a healthy, convenient and at the same time most economic way of cooking grain flakes. Just put raw rolled oats, millet flakes or barley flakes into the thermos and add boiling water before going to bed, leave it overnight and in the morning you will have ready to eat and still worm food. Read more
Truth About Dairy
After reviewing almost 30 different studies and investigating the relationship between fat intake and overweight, scientists found out that in countries where milk and dairy products consumption is higher also the prevalence of obesity goes up. But I encourage you to avoid milk and dairy products not only because they contribute to obesity and overweight but even more because these products increase risk of many other health-related problems including cardio vascular diseases, cancers, leukemia, osteoporosis, diabetes, allergies, asthma, sinusitis, bronchitis, ear infections, or even very dangerous autoimmune diseases. Also consuming a low-fat milk and dairy products doesn’t really improve the situation as in most cases it is animal protein which causes the problem. Read more
Great Health Benefits of Beetroot
Beetroot (Beta Vulgaris) is a root vegetable that is nutritionally dense in natural iron which helps reduce tiredness and fatigue. Folate (naturally occurring folic acid) in beetroot contributes to normal blood formation and healthy function of the immune system. It also contains magnesium, potassium, vitamins A, B6, C, complex carbohydrates, protein, antioxidants and soluble fibre. Read more
Truth About Cheese
By Dr Agatha Thrash
Very few things are sacrosanct in this day, and cheese must now be classed among those things that have lost their halo. Cheese has been used for at least 4,000 years, and has been widely acclaimed as a healthful food. Some have claimed unusual hardiness and advanced old age for cheese users. Only recently has it been learned that cheese is not the wonder food that many had thought. There may be real dangers in its use. Read more
Good and Bad Sweeteners and Sugar Substitutes
You are probably acquainted with a popular saying according to which, “fat doesn’t make you fat but sugar makes you fat.” Well, the truth is both fat and sugar can make us fat but it depends on the type of sugar and fat we choose. Eating sugar in the form of complex carbohydrates and consuming good fats found in unroasted seeds, nuts or raw coconut oil can actually help you to lose weight and stay healthy. It is true, however, that white flour product, white bread, pasta, refined grains and foods containing refined sugar can be even more responsible for obesity problem than high-fat consumption. Read more
Caffeine, Blood Flow, and the Brain
As adenosine is created in the brain, it binds to adenosine receptors. This binding causes drowsiness by slowing down nerve cell activity. In the brain, this also causes blood vessels to dilate to let more oxygen into that organ during sleep. To a nerve cell, caffeine looks like adenosine: Caffeine binds to the adenosine receptor. However, caffeine doesn’t slow down the cell’s activity like adenosine would. As a result, the cell can no longer identify adenosine because caffeine is taking up all the receptors that adenosine would normally bind to.
This video from How Stuff Works shows how caffeine tricks nerve cells into believing it is adenosine:
Boost the power of Turmeric by 2000%!
Turmeric (Curcuma longa) has been used for thousands of years as a popular spice and natural healing herb in India and throughout Asia. In fact, it is believed that the high intake of Turmeric could be one of the reasons why many elderly citizens of India have been reported to be able to maintain healthy brain functioning at old age.
Read excellent article on ALZHEIMER’S >
Avoid krill oil!
In the Bible Krill is described by the Creator himself as an unclean food (Leviticus 11:9) as clean (allowed for human consumption) marine creatures are required to have fins and scales) >. The following article seems to give another scientific evidence the Biblical warning is right:
“KRILL OIL, AND WHY AVOID IT” by Dr. Lawrence Wilson: “It is too expensive, and krill unfortunately contains a toxic form of potassium. This is not a healthful substance at all. It is possible that it could be filtered out of the oil, but it is not filtered today. As a result, anyone who uses krill oil or eats krill, as is done in Japan, may accumulate a lot of this toxic form of potassium.” >
We Should Only Eat Organic Fruit & Veg?
In this VIDEO, Dr Michael Greger, of nutrition facts.org discusses whether or not we should only organic fruits and vegetables. What about the cancer risk connected to pesticides? What about the dangers of eating conventionally grown fruits and vegetables? We hear all the time about the dangers of pesticides, so what should we do? Keep listening as Dr Greger answers these questions:
Udderly Amazing
Cow’s milk and all the products of which milk is one of the ingredients may contain numerous dangerous factors such as cancer cells, bacteria, leukaemia virus, prions (the same which cause mad cow disease), cholesterol, triglycerides, antibiotics, dioxins, and many other risk factors. Read more
Coconut Oil Amazing Health Benefits
Coconut oil is regarded as the highest source of medium chain fatty acids, or triglycerides (MCT’s) which impart a number of health benefits. Read more
Frozen Lemon
Wash a whole lemon and put in the freezer till frozen then get a grater and shred the whole unpeeled lemon. Sprinkle over any food (cereals, vegan ice cream, desserts, etc.).
It is very healthy and will greatly improve the taste of those foods and sometimes will create a new unexpected and unique taste. Read more
Truth about Eggs & Cholesterol
The mass media all-over the world being excited by some studies (sponsored by egg and dairy industry) have been encouraging people to consume eggs and dairy products without fear of developing high cholesterol levels and experiencing heart attack or stroke. So, let us try to find out whether they are right. Read more
Truth About Soya
IS SOYA BAD FOR YOU?
Written by Slawomir (“Swavak”) Gromadzki, MPH
POSSIBLE HEALTH BENEFITS OF CONSUMING SOYA PRODUCTS
Soy became very popular all over the world after it was discovered that people living in Okinawa, Japan — regarded as one of the healthiest on earth — consumed a lot of soya foods. Read more
Siberian Mixture for Insomnia
I was given this recipe from my Polish colleague who spent some time in Siberia. She said that it is a very effective remedy against insomnia and other sleeping problems. Read more