GFCF Chocolate Chip Cookies (United States)

INGREDIENTS: 1/2 cup coconut cream concentrate or palm shortening 2/3 cup honey 2 large eggs, room temperature
 4 teaspoons vanilla
 3 cups blanched almond flour
 3tbs+2tsp tablespoons coconut flour
 1 teaspoon baking soda
 1 teaspoon sea salt
 1 cup carob or chocolate chips or chopped nuts or raisins or dried fruit DIRECTIONS: Preheat oven to […]

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Sunflower Cakes (United States)

Ground sunflower seeds are the basis for this flourless treat. INGREDIENTS: 2 cups sunflower seeds, soaked and dried ¼ cup carob powder pinch stevia ½ tablespoon vanilla flavor ¼ cup chopped nuts up to ½ cup filtered water DIRECTIONS: 1. Preheat oven to 250 F. 2. Grind sunflower seeds to fine meal in food processor. […]

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Johnny’s Raw Food Pie (Denmark)

Pie shell: 3 dl almonds 2 dl walnuts or pecans 1 dl coconut flour (ground coconut) 250-300 g soft dried dates without stones (use 250 g and add dates to the food processor until you get the right texture) 2-3 tsp coconut oil 2 tsp pure vanilla powder Put all the ingredients in the food […]

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Fast-Food Breakfast Sandwiches May Slow Down Blood Flow: Study

By Randy Dotinga, HealthDay Reporter Think about this the next time you chow down on one of those meat-egg-and-cheese breakfast sandwiches: A new study suggests that your fast-food breakfast sandwich has an immediate negative effect on your blood vessels. The research is preliminary and doesn’t compare the effect of eating a couple of fast-food breakfast sandwiches […]

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Listening to Your Body’s Symptoms

Symptoms are nature’s way of calling our attention to problems in the body. Perhaps we are meant to listen to those signals and then correct the habits in our lifestyle that contribute to the underlying dysfunction (which then results in specific symptoms). These habits usually involve failing to provide the body with enough of the […]

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Daily Multivitamin Use Reduced Cancer Occurrence in Men

A research study lasting over a decade showed that daily use of a common multivitamin reduced the risk for total cancer occurrence in a population of men. Their findings are that: Total cancer occurrence was reduced by about 8 percent. Non-significant trends observed in reduction of some site-specific cancer rates. Researchers suggest continuing other preventive […]

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Results of Consumer Reports Tests of Rice and Rice Products

ConsumerReports tested 223 samples* of packaged, uncooked rice and rice-containing foods and everages purchased in April, May and August 2012, many from the New York metropolitan area and from online retailers. A minimum of three samples of each product were analyzed and for the majority of the 65 products which were looked at, ConsumerReports tested one sample from each […]

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How do chia seeds compare to flax seeds?

Unlike flax seeds, chia can be eaten whole and does not need to be ground to obtain the nutrients. Chia also has a higher antioxidant content, which, among other benefits, protects the fatty acids in chia from oxidizing and turning rancid, giving chia a longer shelf life.

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Seasonal food chart

A year-round guide to fresh cooking ingredients. Source: guardian.co.uk

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How the Body Heals?

If we can provide the body with all the natural raw materials (an abundance of nutrients, pure water, clean air, and love and intimacy among them) that it needs, as well as support the elimination of waste material and toxins, the body can heal many conditions and increase its levels of health, energy and vitality.

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