Food As Medicine

Food is so much more than flavor and various nutrients. Each food contains multiple energetic properties with specific medicinal qualities, which is why, for example, garlic is warming and melon is cooling. In these blogs, you’ll learn how specific foods can positively affect your health. How wonderful it is to rely on common foods to give us a solid foundation of health.

Beans and Soy

• Pea Flour—Looks Good on the Label but Doesn’t Digest
• Three Reasons to Soak, Sprout and/or Ferment Grains, Beans, Nuts and Seeds
• Pass on Peanut Butter
• Soy — Toxin or Tonic
• Green Beans, Boiled
• Red Lentil Dal
• Beans & Legumes, Dried
• White Bean and Herb Dip

Fats and Oils

• Which Salt Is Best? Do a Taste Test!
• “Pure” Avocado Oil: Superfood or Scam
• Saturated Fats
• Homemade Ghee Recipe
• Oil Shopping Guide
• Ghee (Clarified Butter)

Fermented Foods

• Cultured Foods for Your Kitchen: 100 Recipes Featuring the Bold Flavors of Fermentation
• Fruit Kvass
• The Art of Fermentation
• Pickles for Health
• Fermented Foods Strengthen Immune System
• Kefir–Health Benefits
• Miso — A Delicious and Healing Food

Fruit

• When NOT to Eat Melon
• Cranberries–A Potent Kitchen Medicine
• Cranberries for Health
• Fermented Cranberry Relish
• Cherry Bounce
• Hostage to Blueberries
• Fruit Kvass
• Fig Compote
• Figs
• Apricot Kernels — Bitter is Sweet

Grains

• If You Can’t Eat Grain—You Can Eat Starch Resistant Rice
• Buckwheat Crepes—Gluten and Dairy Free
• Three Reasons to Soak, Sprout and/or Ferment Grains, Beans, Nuts and Seeds
• Spelt, Kamut and Sprouted Wheat: Are they Right for You?
• Spelt and Kamut
• Steamed Millet
• Could You be Gluten Sensitive?

Meat, Poultry and Fish

• Startled Into Eating Meat Again
• Bone Broth: How to Boost its Healing Power
• Easy Chicken Soup with Spinach and Dill
• Benefits of Eating Meat
• Traditional Bone Broth (Gelatin)

Nuts and Seeds

• Three Reasons to Soak, Sprout and/or Ferment Grains, Beans, Nuts and Seeds
• Pass on Peanut Butter
• Homemade Almond Butter
• Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Vegetables

• Sweet Potatoes and Earth Element: Favor them Moist or Dry?
• Rutabagas – Earth Element Tonic
• A Step Up from Sweet Potato Toast
• Dandelion Hearts (Crowns)
• The Steamed Veggie Hype
• Pickles for Health
• Dandelion Greens
• Daikon
• Broccoli Combats Cancer
• Green Beans, Boiled

Seaweed

• Healthy Way to Enjoy Seaweed
• Protect Yourself from Radiation with This Superfood
• Crisped Dulse
• Agar—for Weight Loss and Tasty Desserts
• Better than Jell-O

Sweeteners

• Sweeteners to Avoid
• Quality Sweeteners
• Free Yourself from Sugar Cravings
• Carob–A Healthy Chocolate Alternative