SUMMER RECIPE BOX
Putting the Yum in Grandma's Yam Salad
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Simple, nutritious and delicious. Whip up when it’s too hot to do much cooking and it just might put you in a better mood. Fighting the Blues with Greens
Enjoy with a cold glass of Leave the Cow Out to Pasture Chocolate Milk. |
Make Your Own Fireworks Red, White, and Blue Chili
Celebrate your Independence from the Standard American Diet (SAD) by enjoying this health-filled, HAPPY feast.
Working Out the Knots Kale
The second dish to the "HAPPY Feast" aka "Independence from the Standard American Diet (SAD) Feast".
Let the Sparks Fly
Not only is watermelon delicious, some men might also appreciate its health benefits. Watermelon as Treatment for Erectile Dysfunction
Let the Gators Swim Bayou Bowl
Enjoy the summer's bounty in a single bowl.
Dance the Night Away
SOS-free salsa perfect with a homemade burrito.
May I Have This Dance
Another take on SOS-free salsa which also happens to be perfect with a homemade burrito.
Greens With Envy
Never underestimate the deliciousness of a super-salad.
Smile, Say Kale!
Pretend you believe a plant-based diet is the healthiest diet for humans and the environment.
What would be your convincing argument to persuade others to adopt such a diet?
What would be your convincing argument to persuade others to adopt such a diet?
Field to Bowl Chili
Bile acids can accumulate in the body and have a tumor promoting effect making their removal important in cancer prevention. Cooked beets were the best vegetable at removing carcinogenic bile acids from the body. Turnips were also an effective bile acid remover and carrots ranked 5th best. Serendipitously all three of these vegetables can be found in this chili. Which Vegetable Binds Bile Best
The UNusual Suspects Salad
If your doctor advised you to eat a plant-based diet as a way of preventing and reversing diabetes (or heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, osteoporosis, erectile dysfunction, multiple sclerosis, etc.) would you try it?
Discover a new world of plant-based cures for a multitude of diseases commonly thought only to be slowed or temporarily “fixed” with prescription drugs or costly surgery...
Maybe it's time to find a new doctor!
Check out these quick reads from the top plant-based nutrition gurus this side of Mars:
Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes by Neal Barnard, MD; Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Caldwell Esselstyn, MD; and Eat to Live by Joel Fuhrman, MD
Dr. Greger makes learning plant-based nutrition as easy as picking kale from a greenhouse. Watch Uprooting the Leading Causes of Death, More Than an Apple a Day: Preventing Our Most Common Diseases, or From Table to Able: Combating Disabling Diseases With Food by Dr. Michael Greger of nutritionfacts.org
Discover a new world of plant-based cures for a multitude of diseases commonly thought only to be slowed or temporarily “fixed” with prescription drugs or costly surgery...
Maybe it's time to find a new doctor!
Check out these quick reads from the top plant-based nutrition gurus this side of Mars:
Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes by Neal Barnard, MD; Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Caldwell Esselstyn, MD; and Eat to Live by Joel Fuhrman, MD
Dr. Greger makes learning plant-based nutrition as easy as picking kale from a greenhouse. Watch Uprooting the Leading Causes of Death, More Than an Apple a Day: Preventing Our Most Common Diseases, or From Table to Able: Combating Disabling Diseases With Food by Dr. Michael Greger of nutritionfacts.org
Mind Your Peas and Curry
Although you can survive on an all potato diet it is important to eat a varied diet. If spinach is your go-to leafy green, substitute the recipe’s spinach with kale, collards, or swiss chard to increase the diversity of your diet. In fact, eating just one serving of collards or kale a month has been shown to lessen your risk of glaucoma by 69%. Prevent Glaucoma and See 27 Miles Farther
Rather than using your standard apple variety, select a type of apple new to you.
Rather than using your standard apple variety, select a type of apple new to you.
Sunny Days and Beet Around the Greens Dressings
The Emerging Pathogens Institute ranked Salmonella as the worst foodborne pathogen as it represents the largest public health burden on our country. Eggs contaminated with Salmonella sicken 142,000 Americans each year. Yet salmonella in eggs was only ranked the #10 worst pathogen-food combination.1
In fact eating chicken may be eight times riskier than consuming eggs. Thanks to heightened food safety regulations during the Clinton administration the number of Americans food-poisoned by chicken each year decreased to 200,000 from 390,000. “But isn't that a bit like some toy company boasting that they've reduced the amount of lead in their toys and are now killing 40% fewer babies?”2
Within the last 10 years or so we have seen a decrease in food-poisoning caused by E. coli. The reason for this reduction is because selling E. coli laden beef is illegal. Yet chicken laced with salmonella contaminated fecal matter is totally fine.3
In 1971 the American Public Health Association sued the USDA saying salmonella-contaminated meat cannot be given a stamp of approval. The USDA argued that “there are numerous sources of contamination which might contribute to the overall problem" and it would be "unjustified to single out the meat industry and ask that the Department require it to identify its raw products as being hazardous to health."4 “That's like the tuna industry arguing there's no need to label cans of tuna with mercury levels because you can also get exposed eating a thermometer.”5
The meat industry’s position was upheld by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, who decided it was acceptable to allow potentially deadly salmonella in meat. Their reasoning was "American housewives…normally are not ignorant or stupid and their methods of preparing and cooking of food do not ordinarily result in salmonellosis."6 “That's like saying oh, minivans don't need airbags or seat-belts and kids don't need car seats because soccer moms don't ordinarily crash into things.”7
With warm days ahead, what better way to help incorporate more fresh, raw veggies into your diet than with a delicious dressing. Give one or both of these recipes a try.
1 NutritionFacts. (Director). (2013). Salmonella in chicken & turkey: Deadly but not illegal [DVD]. DrGreger. (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/salmonella-in-chicken-turkey-deadly-but-not-illegal/)
2 Ibid
3 Ibid
4 APHA v. Butz, 511 F.2d 331, 334 (1974).
5 NutritionFacts. (Director). (2013). Salmonella in chicken & turkey: Deadly but not illegal [DVD]. DrGreger. (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/salmonella-in-chicken-turkey-deadly-but-not-illegal/)
6 APHA v. Butz, 511 F.2d 331, 334 (1974).
7 NutritionFacts. (Director). (2013). Salmonella in chicken & turkey: Deadly but not illegal [DVD]. DrGreger. (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/salmonella-in-chicken-turkey-deadly-but-not-illegal/)
In fact eating chicken may be eight times riskier than consuming eggs. Thanks to heightened food safety regulations during the Clinton administration the number of Americans food-poisoned by chicken each year decreased to 200,000 from 390,000. “But isn't that a bit like some toy company boasting that they've reduced the amount of lead in their toys and are now killing 40% fewer babies?”2
Within the last 10 years or so we have seen a decrease in food-poisoning caused by E. coli. The reason for this reduction is because selling E. coli laden beef is illegal. Yet chicken laced with salmonella contaminated fecal matter is totally fine.3
In 1971 the American Public Health Association sued the USDA saying salmonella-contaminated meat cannot be given a stamp of approval. The USDA argued that “there are numerous sources of contamination which might contribute to the overall problem" and it would be "unjustified to single out the meat industry and ask that the Department require it to identify its raw products as being hazardous to health."4 “That's like the tuna industry arguing there's no need to label cans of tuna with mercury levels because you can also get exposed eating a thermometer.”5
The meat industry’s position was upheld by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, who decided it was acceptable to allow potentially deadly salmonella in meat. Their reasoning was "American housewives…normally are not ignorant or stupid and their methods of preparing and cooking of food do not ordinarily result in salmonellosis."6 “That's like saying oh, minivans don't need airbags or seat-belts and kids don't need car seats because soccer moms don't ordinarily crash into things.”7
With warm days ahead, what better way to help incorporate more fresh, raw veggies into your diet than with a delicious dressing. Give one or both of these recipes a try.
1 NutritionFacts. (Director). (2013). Salmonella in chicken & turkey: Deadly but not illegal [DVD]. DrGreger. (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/salmonella-in-chicken-turkey-deadly-but-not-illegal/)
2 Ibid
3 Ibid
4 APHA v. Butz, 511 F.2d 331, 334 (1974).
5 NutritionFacts. (Director). (2013). Salmonella in chicken & turkey: Deadly but not illegal [DVD]. DrGreger. (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/salmonella-in-chicken-turkey-deadly-but-not-illegal/)
6 APHA v. Butz, 511 F.2d 331, 334 (1974).
7 NutritionFacts. (Director). (2013). Salmonella in chicken & turkey: Deadly but not illegal [DVD]. DrGreger. (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/salmonella-in-chicken-turkey-deadly-but-not-illegal/)
Wish You to Get Well Bowl
Celebrate summer by enjoying all the delicious peak of the season berries.
Berries other than strawberries may have more antioxidants (can you guess which one has the most?) but a groundbreaking new study pitted strawberries against esophageal cancer. The result? “The progression of disease was reversed in 80% of the high dose strawberry treatment [1-2 ounces a day of freeze-dried strawberries]. By the end of the study half of those on the high dose of strawberries walked away disease free.” See Strawberries Versus Esophageal Cancer In fact, of all fruits strawberries have the highest Aggregate Nutrient Density Index (ANDI) score. See ANDI Food Scores
It is important to buy organic. A test of organic strawberries versus conventional found organic berries did a superior job of blocking human cancer cell growth. See Cancer Fighting Berries Additionally, conventional strawberries were found to have the residues of 54 different pesticides (see What's On My Food: Pesticides on Strawberries) and jumped to the 2nd most contaminated food from last year’s spot of fifth. Check out the 2014 list of foods to buy organic: EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce
Strawberries not your favorite? Black raspberries may result in “complete clinical regression of precancerous oral lesions.” Black Raspberries Versus Oral Cancer
What about cranberries? They were found to be the best at suppressing cancer cell growth in vitro. Lemons came in second. Which Fruit Fights Cancer Better?
Blueberries? They were shown to improve memory. Improving Memory Through Diet
Conclusion: The power of berries is amazing!
Berries other than strawberries may have more antioxidants (can you guess which one has the most?) but a groundbreaking new study pitted strawberries against esophageal cancer. The result? “The progression of disease was reversed in 80% of the high dose strawberry treatment [1-2 ounces a day of freeze-dried strawberries]. By the end of the study half of those on the high dose of strawberries walked away disease free.” See Strawberries Versus Esophageal Cancer In fact, of all fruits strawberries have the highest Aggregate Nutrient Density Index (ANDI) score. See ANDI Food Scores
It is important to buy organic. A test of organic strawberries versus conventional found organic berries did a superior job of blocking human cancer cell growth. See Cancer Fighting Berries Additionally, conventional strawberries were found to have the residues of 54 different pesticides (see What's On My Food: Pesticides on Strawberries) and jumped to the 2nd most contaminated food from last year’s spot of fifth. Check out the 2014 list of foods to buy organic: EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce
Strawberries not your favorite? Black raspberries may result in “complete clinical regression of precancerous oral lesions.” Black Raspberries Versus Oral Cancer
What about cranberries? They were found to be the best at suppressing cancer cell growth in vitro. Lemons came in second. Which Fruit Fights Cancer Better?
Blueberries? They were shown to improve memory. Improving Memory Through Diet
Conclusion: The power of berries is amazing!