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Sprouts Have the Highest Concentration of Nutrition Per Calorie of Any Food Sprouts are rich sources of vitamins, minerals, trace minerals, enzymes, antioxidants, chlorophyll and protein. They are low calorie and contain little or no fat. The fat they do contain is the healthy fat that your body needs. As some of the most nutritious foods that exist, they make a great addition to any healthy eating plan. Use in salads, on sandwiches, added to soups or stir fried with vegetables. Enjoy these nutrient-packed delicacies as a snack all by themselves or added as a garnish to a main dish. Eat them raw or cooked. Of course, as with all food, the nutritional value is greater when they are eaten raw. But eating them cooked is better than not eating them at all. Sprouting magnifies the nutritional value of the seed. It boosts the B-vitamin content, triples the amount of vitamin A and increases vitamin C by a factor of 5 to 6 times. Starches are converted to simple sugars, making sprouts ver...

Leftover Veggie Soup 1 cup leftover brown rice/garbanzo beans/other beans (if using beans, add bean broth to replace some of the water) a few cups water 1 small onion, sliced thinly 3-4 cloves garlic, sliced a handful of spinach or other dark green leafy 1-2 stalks celery, sliced 2-3 stems green onion, sliced 1 handful of cherry tomatoes 2 tablespoons coconut oil cumin and turmeric dried thyme and rosemary (optional) or fresh parsley sea salt Bring the leftover rice/beans to a simmer in 1/2 a 2-quart-sized pot. Allow to simmer a few minutes to further soften the rice/beans. Then add in the onion, garlic, celery, coconut oil and spices and simmer until the onions are becoming translucent. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer a couple of minutes. Turn off the heat and serve immediately while veggies are at peak color. Alternately, put the veggie stew into a blender and blend to a smooth creaminess and serve immediately while hot and full of freshly cooked veggie flavors....

I'm really trying to eat a lot of sprouts as they are so rich in enzymes and nutrients and really boost my overall immune system while loading me up with energy. Those are some of the great positives, but the downside of eating so many sprouts is they get rather b-o-r-i-n-g and need some enhancing. I'm learning though on how to make dressings to give them a little lift. Until now, I've eaten a lot of lemon and olive oil based dressings. In fact, they are my standby and I always have one made up in the fridge to drizzle over a quick salad or occasionally over steamed broccoli.   Experimenting with Creamy Dressings At the moment I'm experimenting with creamy dressings, but they take a little more creativity, especially as cashews, the ultimate for making a cream sauce, are moldy by nature and therefore are inflammatory. So far, I've found a few key ingredients to make different kinds of creamy dressing : with sunflower seeds, with macadamia nuts (e...

Salad:  5-6 cups broccoli pieces (bite size) 1-2 carrots shredded 1 medium sweet onion diced  Creamy Dressing:   4" daikon radish 1 cup sunflower seeds, soaked and drained 3 cloves garlic 2-3 T. fresh lemon juice 1 wedge of onion 1/2 heaping t. sea salt black pepper (optional) water as needed For the core of the salad, cut up the broccoli and onion and shred the carrots and dump in a large salad bowl. For the dressing in a high-speed blender add all the dressing ingredients and whizz them to the desired consistency to pour over and mix into the salad. For those being particular with root veggies because of candida reacting to high amounts of starchy root veggies, replacing the shredded carrots with dried tomato flecks and chopped up yellow pepper or other substitutes will work to reduce the "sugar" intake. With raw food recipes, options are nearly endless! garnished with home-sun-dried tomatoes

I've benefitted a lot from juicing, but have to say it takes tons of time. Because of my ultra-tiny apartment I don't grow wheat or barley grass to juice, but instead juice cucumbers and juice leafy vegies. I have to say, I really have energy on the days I drink my power juicy vegie-drinks. And other greens -- very useful info!

(serves 3)  1/2 cup gluten-free steel-cut oats 2 cups water (more as needed) 1/3 t. sea salt 1 Granny Smith apple, diced (added after the oats have nearly cooked)  Dried fruit compote sauce: (dried fruit not for people with raging candida) 4-5 dried apricot halves/slices handful of raisins and/or dates almonds walnuts 1 cup of water (or as needed) dusting of cinnamon dash of cloves  Not all oats are gluten-free and the steel-cut oats have less dust and are easier on the GI track. (The dust I think from the typically Quaker oats bother me - specially the dust or something like that seems to tickle my chest in the lung area. I specified the Granny Smith too as it is the lowest-glycemic apple I know about, and for people with systemic candida, the less "sugar" - natural or otherwise - the better.  Dried fruit is concentrated sugar. People with candida must avoid this. If people with candida eat fruit, let it be fresh fruit that is filled with living enzymes and is not c...

Do You Have an Under-Active Thyroid? By Donna Gates, Body Ecology What Role Does The Thyroid Play? The thyroid gland is a small butterfly shaped gland that sits just below the thyroid cartilage. The hormones secreted by the thyroid help to regulate heart rate, maintain healthy skin, and play a crucial part in regulating your metabolism. The thyroid also works to: Lift your energy Regulate your core temperature and warm your body Activate your immune system It can also tell the body to slow down. Sometimes the thyroid slows down so much that it becomes underactive. This is what is known as hypothyroidism. When this happens, the thyroid gland does not do its job, and the whole body suffers as a result. As common as hypothyroidism is, the detection and treatment of it are getting a second look by doctors. What Symptoms Does An Underactive Thyroid Produce? When the gland is sluggish (hypothyroidism), your body will give you some fairly obvious signs. Some commo...