Under the Big African Sky, part 5
Americans wring their hands fretting about getting enough protein. Here are some of my African friends who eat nothing but plants, mostly greens. Do they look like they lack for muscle mass? Meet the hippo, rhino, water buffalo, elephant, zebra, and giraffe. Do you know that the water buffalo is terribly dangerous to humans? Did [...]
25 Comments • Continue Reading →Consumer Reports on protein powders
Check out this Consumer Reports review of protein powders. I’ve said for a long time that 99 percent of them are anywhere from difficult to digest, to toxic. Here’s proof: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine-archive/2010/july/food/protein-drinks/overview/index.htm If you feel you need extra protein, hopefully you’ve been disabused of the idea that you have to eat lots of animal flesh to [...]
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Heard a fun tip for using chia seed from an attendee of my class last night: Tell the kids they’re “sprinkles” and they’ll put them on everything. Have a shaker full, to use them on cereal, treats, soup, anything. I love stuff like that. Chia is extremely high in protein and iron, an incredible and [...]
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You’ve probably read me saying that whole plant foods have more than enough protein to rival human breast milk, to satisfy the World Health Organization, and even the U.S. Recommended Daily Allowances! One uphill battle I face as a nutrition educator is those trying to put on muscle mass, especially weight lifters, competitive athletes, and [...]
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One of my first blog entries when I put this site up two years ago was about my infertility story. I forget about it sometimes, since I have four wonderful children ages 9 to 16 and that trial is behind me. But what a hard time that was. All the infertility treatments and drugs are [...]
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One of my favorite nutrition writers is Jonny Bowden. Hope you enjoy his corroboration of what I’ve been saying all this time, that whole foods are The Answer, not obsessively counting grams of whatever. This is from Forbes online: The Healthiest Foods On Earth By Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., CNS, is a board-certified nutritionist [...]
9 Comments • Continue Reading →you’ve doubled your fiber with GS? double it again with LENTILS!
Some foods are highly hypoallergenic. In other words, just about no one is allergic to them. And this is a big deal nowadays where intolerances for wheat and milk proteins are going through the roof. (That’s gluten and lactose intolerances.) Highly hypoallergenic foods include avocadoes, lentils, brown rice, quinoa, sweet potatoes, [...]
16 Comments • Continue Reading →chia seed and flax seed
So you’ve been reading about chia seed. (I know this because I get lots of questions about it.) Yep, I’m talking about the little things that grow the chia pet, now getting lots of attention as a power food. And it is. A highly expensive one (I bought a pound of [...]
50 Comments • Continue Reading →Food combining for “perfect proteins”
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: Do you have any information on what kinds of vegetables need to be eaten together to make a complete protein? Do they need to be eaten at the same time, or just within the same day, so many hours of each other, etc. Answer: This is an excerpt from Ch. 6 of [...]
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Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: I have PCOS and I have battled weight for years. I am currently 275 lbs and 5’10″. I believe that what we eat does impact our health dramatically. I was on a green smoothie a day for over a month and started to feel better. Then I was told [...]
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