Healthy Eating Advisor

Are You Eating Rancid Oils?

docchf — Wed, 09 May 2012 03:02:58 +0000

You may be without even knowing it.

Oils become rancid when they’re oxidized, primarily through exposure to air, heat and light. This leads to the formation of free radicals. Eating rancid oils makes you vulnerable to diseases like cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer’s.

The oils most prone to become rancid are the polyunsaturated oils, like

corn
soy
canola
sunflower
safflower
cottonseed

It’s very likely that these oils are rancid when you pick them off the grocery store shelf before you even get them home.

These oils should never be heated.

But they are … often.

They’re commonly found in processed foods – baked good and chips, even organic. Check the labels if you have some of these foods at home or the next time you go to the grocery store.

They’re used for cooking when you eat out. Even a famous fast food restaurant that is building a reputation for healthy fast food cooks with soy oil.

What should you use instead?

One of the best oils to cook and bake with is coconut oil. Use it for stir-frying instead of olive oil. Olive oil is best for salad dressings and not recommended to be heated, even though it is a monounsaturated oil, not polyunsaturated.

Duck and goose fat are very stable and highly prized for cooking potatoes in Europe.

Beef and mutton tallow and suet are very stable and also are healthy cooking fats. Just be certain that they are from healthy animals, not factory farmed.

Butter is also a healthy fat for cooking. Try frying your eggs in it for a rich delicious flavor.

Flaxseed oil, a healthy polyunsaturated oil found in the refrigerated section of your health food store, is rich in omega 3′s and can be a healthy addition to your diet. Use it on salads, but never heat it. One thing that I rarely see mentioned about flaxseed oil is that to get the health benefits from eating flax, you need to also be eating healthy saturated fats.

Food Allergies

docchf — Wed, 02 May 2012 06:17:49 +0000

This is an example of a real food allergy, with an immediate response after the food is eaten.

There are also hidden food allergies called food sensitivities or food intolerance, where you do not have an immediate reaction. Your body may not exhibit a response until 72 hours later. By that time, you don’t have a clue as to what caused your symptoms.

Like with food allergies, food sensitivities are caused by the immune system, but a different part of the immune system. It attacks the food you’re intolerant to as though it was a foreign invader and causes an inflammatory response in your body. As long as you keep eating the foods you’re sensitive to, you’ll continue to get this inflammatory response. And little by little, your health will continue to degenerate.

If you want to be healthy, it’s important to make sure that you’re not eating foods that you’re allergic to or intolerant to. It’s essential that you eat only safe foods. And these safe foods are different for every person.

Learn more.

Urgent Action Needed Regarding CARRAGEENAN!

docchf — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:20:25 +0000

Carrageenan is currently allowed in USDA certified organic foods.

Degraded Carrageenan is a possible carcinogen, as determined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer and should NOT be allowed in certified organic foods.

Although food grade carrageenan is claimed to contain only the native, non-degraded carrageenan, research has proven otherwise. “A 2005 study showed that not a single sample of food-grade carrageenan could confidently claim to be entirely free of the potential cancer-causing material.”

Carrageenan’s status as an allowable ingredient in organic foods will be voted upon by the USDA National Organic Standards Board in May.

Please send your comments to the USDA, by May 3, to remove carrageenan as an allowable ingredient in organic foods.

The safety of organic foods is at stake here!

Food Additives News

docchf — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:50:25 +0000

Food additives are chemicals added to processed foods to give them a better taste, consistency, texture, color and a longer shelf life. Most food additives are not adequately tested individually, and NONE are tested in the combinations found in the packaged foods on the grocery store shelves.

Many food additives are known to cause adverse effects, including skin irritation, allergic reactions, and even more serious conditions like liver and kidney problems and cancer.

Some of the chemicals added to processed foods can even rob your cells of the vital oxygen your body needs for life. Some of the oxygen-robbing food additives include …

Sodium benzoate, which when used in products containing vitamin C can cause the formation of the cancer-causing chemical, benzene.
Canola Oil
Monosodium Glutamate (MSG), also an excitotoxin which kills your brain cells.
Nitrates and Nitrites
Margarine
See more

Make sure you keep health-destroying food additives out of the food you eat. Click here to find out how.

Health Benefits of Cultured Foods

docchf — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:01:37 +0000

Before the days of refrigerators and freezers, food was preserved by lacto-fermentation. This not only preserved the food, but also enhanced the nutritional content.

Cultured foods are more nutrient dense than the same non-cultured foods and are rich in probiotics, enzymes and anti-microbial organisms. They promote the growth of healthy flora throughout the intestinal tract and help to maintain a healthy gut.

The most common lacto-fermented vegetable is sauerkraut, but just about any vegetable can be cultured.

Click here and watch the video to see how easy lacto-fermented vegetables are to make.

Healthy Recipes For Your Bones

docchf — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:13:02 +0000

There’s more to the health of your bones than taking calcium supplements. Good bone health requires a wide variety of nutrients. These delicious, nutrient-dense recipes will help you feed your bones nutrients it needs in a tasty way … for your enjoyment.

Creamy Broccoli & Cheddar Soup

Salmon with Roasted Asparagus

Chickpea & Walnut Hummus

Get the recipes here.

Health Results From Balance

docchf — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:16:45 +0000

“Cancer is just a word that creates fear. Forget about that word, and let’s just focus on balancing your body. All illnesses are just symptoms of imbalance. No illness can remain when your entire system is in balance.”

This is a quote from the book, Dying To Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing, by Anita Moorjani.

How do you create balance in your body?

It’s a matter of giving your body what it needs in all areas … body, mind and spirit.

Balance in your body starts with giving your body the essential nutrients it needs … vitamins, minerals, enzymes, cofactors and undiscovered nutrients found in healthy food. But not just any healthy food … food that is healthy for YOUR body.

Just because a food is generally healthy and rich in health-giving nutrients, does not mean that it is healthy for you!

You’ve heard of some people not being able to eat certain foods, like wheat, eggs, oranges, soy, etc. because of reactions they have to them … food allergies.

You can also have delayed reactions to food, called food sensitivities or food intolerance. The effect of these responses your body has to intolerant foods can manifest as just about any form of less than optimal health. You will more than likely not be able to make an association between your symptoms and the foods that caused them because of the delay between eating the food and the symptoms actually appearing.

However, if you continue to eat the foods you are sensitive to, you will never be able to achieve good health. And it will only get worse as time goes on. You will continue to develop more and more symptoms and more ailments as your immune system continues to attack the food you’re eating. AND no matter what you try to heal yourself, if you do not eliminate your food sensitivities, you will not get the results you are looking for.

How do you eliminate sensitivities?

You can try to do it yourself by using an elimination diet. Eat only one food for 4 days and if you have no reaction to it, then you can add another food. You eat those two foods for 4 days. If you have no reaction, you add another food. If you have a reaction in the four days, label that food as an intolerant food and don’t eat it. Keep on doing this … for months and months until you have tested every food you want to eat.

There are a couple drawbacks to the elimination diet …

Sometimes you may have a food sensitivity reaction, but it’s so mild, you’re not sure if you’re having a reaction or not. If you’re not constantly focused on paying attention for reactions, you might miss a reaction.
It will take a long time to complete this program so that you know that you’re not eating foods you’re sensitive to. Most people don’t have the willpower to stick it out.

There is an easier way. It’s called the ALCAT Test. It’s a blood test that measures your response to a panel of foods and gives you a list of foods that you have severe, moderate or mild intolerance to. Plus it gives you a list of safe foods that you have NO reaction to. It’s EASY and ACCURATE.

Learn more here.

Now, for balancing mind and spirit, you need to take time to relax, nurture yourself, get exercise, reduce your stress, meditate, participate in a spiritual practice. Choose those modalities that resonate with you … AND take time for you every day.

Healthy Eating Webinar

docchf — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:43:56 +0000

Healthy Eating …

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There’s a lot of misinformation about healthy eating … what’s healthy and what’s not. For example …

Do you know that the food you’re eating …

Zaps your energy

Depresses your immune system

Robs your body of vitamins, minerals and enzymes vital to your health

Raises your blood pressure

Clogs your arteries

Puts you on the path to diabetes

Clouds your thinking

Makes you gain weight

Can cause cancer

and more …

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When Is Healthy Food Not Healthy Food?

docchf — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:32:09 +0000

You’ve heard the expression “One man’s meat is another man’s poison.” Have you
ever really thought about it?

When we think about healthy eating, we think about fresh whole foods …

organic fruits and vegetables
organic meats and poultry raised on pastures in the fresh air and sunshine
organic eggs and dairy from pastured, free range animals
organic healthy fats
organic whole grains – though grains are not essential and are no longer considered as healthy as they once were

But have you ever considered that some of these ultra healthy foods you eat may
not be healthy for you?

You may have heard about biochemical individuality and the need for customized nutritional supplements to meet your unique needs. Well, biochemical individuality extends beyond your nutritional supplements. It applies to your uniqueness all the way down to the cellular level … and that includes the food you eat.

Just because organic carrots, cucumbers and tomatoes or any other healthy foods, are nutrient rich and nourishing, does not guarantee that they are foods that will nurture your body. Your body may not be able to digest and metabolize them properly. Consequently your immune system will go on the attack as if they were foreign invaders, like bacteria or viruses, and try to eliminate them. The result of your immune system’s attack on these normally healthy foods is what’s called
food sensitivities.

Now, food sensitivities are different from food allergies. Food allergies are the result of an IgE mediated response. Food sensitivities are a result of your immune system attacking foods it cannot handle and does not recognize as food.

When you have food allergies, you have an immediate response when you eat the offending food. You know for certain that the symptoms you’re feeling are the result of the specific food you ate. True food allergies are rare. A very small percentage of the population has real food allergies.

When you have food sensitivities, your response is delayed for 72 hours or longer. By the time you’re feeling bad, the food that caused your symptoms was eaten long ago and you can’t make a connection between the specific food you ate and the reaction you’re experiencing.

Symptoms commonly associated with food intolerance or food sensitivity include …

digestive disorders
migraine headaches
obesity
chronic fatigue
ADD/ADHD
aching joints
skin disorders
arthritis
and more …

Almost anything other than perfect health can be a symptom of a food sensitivity.

Food sensitivities are relatively common, though most people don’t know they have them. According to current research, 30 to 90% of the population of the U.S. is affected by food sensitivities.

How do you find out if you have food sensitivities?

“The ALCAT Test is the most effective and comprehensive sensitivity/intolerance test available… It is the only test shown to correlate with clinical symptoms by double blind oral challenges, the gold standard.”

Would you like to have more energy? Is your health less than robust? Do you have any, even minor, health issues? Would you just like to feel better? You may have food sensitivities and not even know it!

Click Here to learn more about the ALCAT Test and to request a FREE
Consultation to see if food sensitivities may be contributing to your health challenges.

Organic Raw Milk vs. Pasteurized

docchf — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 07:54:47 +0000

A picture is worth a thousand words. Click here to view the clear and simple case for raw milk.

Note: Click the image on the left side of the screen to enlarge it.