Flu Fighting Tea (Andrew’s Hot Lemon)
Ingredients: 1 bag good quality organic echinacea tea(optional) 3 or 4 thin slices of fresh organic ginger root 3 tablespoons organic lemon juice, fresh squeezed...
Food
What Foods Contain Phytate?
PHYTATE IS FOUND IN HIGH AMOUNTS IN SEEDS AND UNREFINED (whole) CEREAL GRAINS (in the bran and the outer hulls), also found in the outer...
Beneficial Role of Bitter Melon Supplementation in Obesity and Related Complications in Metabolic Syndrome
Bitter melon (Momordica charantia L.) is widely used for the treatment of diabetes. Recent research reports suggest that bitter melon extracts may ameliorate high fat...
Blood Glucose Response to Cooking – Beauregard Sweet Potato.
An analysis of interaction between cooking method (steamed, baked, raw) and part (skin vs. flesh) using a comparison of means revealed that glycemic index values...
The Okinawan diet.
The Okinawa Longevity diet is plant-based: 98 percent vegetarian and 96 percent vegan. A whopping 85% carbs. Okinawans eat huge amounts of Starch, and Grain....
Bitter Gourd Tea Goya-Cha for Enhanced Fat Blocking Benefits.
Bitter melon, also known as karela or bitter gourd, is a unique fruit-vegetable that can be used as food or remedy. Bitter melon (Momordica charantia) is...
Sweet potato for type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is among the most nutritious subtropical and tropical vegetables. It is also used in traditional medicine practices for type 2 diabetes...
Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides and Monosaccharides and Polyols (FODMAPs).
FODMAPs Irritable bowel syndrome is a common disorder that affects the large intestine, or colon, and causes abdominal pain, bloating, and diarrhea. This disorder is...
Phytic acid.
Phytase is the enzyme that neutralizes phytic acid and liberates the phosphorus. This enzyme co-exists in plant foods that contain phytic acid. Ruminant animals such...
PHYTASE enzymes break down phytate.
WHAT IS PHYTASE AND WHAT DOES IT DO? ♦ Phytase is any type of phosphatase enzyme that breaks down phytic acid (chemicallycalled dephosphorylation, produces...