ORAC comparisons for fresh herbs
Life in today’s toxic environment creates a lot of unwanted inflammation, oxidative stress and toxicity accumulation. Luckily for us, the cure is in the kitchen. Even higher than vegetables and fruits, culinary herbs reign supreme as antioxidants. If they are environmentally challenged (not in a greenhouse or homogenous environment), it causes the plants to produce […]
High ORAC index curry that won’t stress your gall bladder
I like foods with function. And I love curry. So here’s a simple recipe that I have been making a lot that is high in antioxidants (some of these spices are high on the ORAC index) and easy to digest since coconut oil bypasses the gall bladder. Keep in mind that whole spices are the […]
1st birthday party cake recipe with non-dairy frosting
I have searched far and wide for a tasty cake recipe for a 1st birthday that doesn’t include a bunch of crap that I don’t want to feed my baby nor other babies who aren’t ready for wheat, sugar, etc. So I tweaked a few regular cake recipes that I thought would be baby-friendly and […]
Veg x 10
We’ve received multiple requests for one of the vegetarian dishes served at our Chinese new year party. Even people who don’t eat veggies even ate numerous servings of this dish. I don’t know exactly what it’s called but my friend/caterer Charlie called the e-mail veg x 10 so that’s what I’ll call it. Ingredients: […]
Springtime Pasta
Although my iPhone photo does it absolutely no justice, I just made a fantastic pasta tonight that literally tastes like spring. We should have done this for our workshop last weekend but oh well! Asparagus at this time of year is so incredible and this really makes good use of it. 1 pound fresh […]
Local and Seasonal Cooking for the Spring
For those of you who missed the cooking class today, here are the recipes. Rapini with scarlet runner beans from Rancho Gordo that Steve bought at Cube Restaurant, one of my favorite restaurants in LA. Composed asparagus salad with the most amazing caper vinaigrette Black quinoa salad with snap peas and green […]
New Juice Recipe
One of our very dedicated patients has developed a healthy habit thanks to us. He juices daily for himself and his wife and when I visited their home one day, he graciously made one for me. It was incredibly refreshing and delicious so I had ask for the recipe. Thanks Jeff! We’ll call it the […]
Post-Holiday Detox How-To’s
We had another great workshop @ ECCM this past weekend on how to do much deserved mini-detox after holiday overindulgence. For those of you who didn’t have a chance to attend, here are the handouts. Post-Holiday Detox Handouts
Vitamin C helps reduce MSG toxicity
In this study rats were administered MSG which, in addition to damaging the liver and kidneys, also damages the thymus gland, which is important for your immune system. When rats were administered vitamin C, it counteracted the toxicity in the thymus gland. Now that’s great news except for the fact that the vitamin C was […]
Black pepper helps reduce MSG toxicity
In this study, they used an ethanol extract of black pepper (the equivalent of 21g of pepper per day for a 70kg person) and looked at its protective effects against MSG toxicity. They found at that dose (which would be one really powerful peppersteak), there was “significantly reduced level of lipid peroxides in serum, […]