Weather forecasting
A guy called Inigo Jones performed long range weather forecasting based on planetary cycles. He had a very good success rate which showed there was some science behind his thinking, even if it wasnt the whole picture. Inigo Jones back in the 1950's predicted the Victorian drought that started in the 1990's and predicted the end of this drought in 2010. Having just reached 2010, we can see the uncanny accuracy of his long range forecasting where we indeed have seen what appears to be the end of this drought. I believe more time should be spent on looking at his forecasting strategies and implementing them for farmers and those who need to read the seasons. He was not always right, but his methods were good enough to assist the farmers of the time.
Read http://www.worldweather.com.au/history.htm for some information on this guy.
28 November 2010
21 October 2010
Solution: Household Cleaners and bathroom items
Antiperspirant
1/4 cup baking soda
1/4 cup cornstarch / arrowroot / tapioca flour / potato flour
6 TBSP unrefined virgin coconut oil
Optional: an essential oil such as tea tree oil or vanilla or sandelwood
Optional: Maybe try adding some bees wax so it does not melt so easy
Whisk the baking soda and corn starch together, add coconut oil and mix together with a fork. If too try then add a little more coconut oil. Store in an air tight container.
Use underarm night before and the morning.
Use less cornstarch if causing irritation.
Ensure the baking soda is aluminium free.
How I clean my house
Floors: Vinegar in water. Add a little essential oil such as peppermint oil if you want to neatralise odours.
Windows and mirrors: Microfibre cloth with water. Otherwise use some vinegar with baking soda if required.
Sink holes basins and showers: Lemon juice from the supermarket along with plenty of bicarb of soda. Leave a lot of each in the sink hole overnight. The bicarb works on neatralizing odours and the lemon juice can add a more refreshing smell. You will need lots. Alternatively use white vinegar in place of the lemon juice.
Toilets: Leave bicarb and lemon juice around the bowl. Leave overnight before flushing.
Washing machine: Put a cup of white vinegar in the washing machine and run through an entire cycle without any clothes.
Ways to make basic household cleaners
Basic Household Cleaner: Mix together one teaspoon liquid castile soap, a squeeze of lemon juice, and one quart of warm water.
If a surface needs extra power, try saturating area with moist salt or baking soda, allow to sit for ten minutes, and scour.
To Cut Grease: Dissolve one teaspoon castile soap in one quart of hot water and add 1/4 cup lemon juice. Let item/surface soak for ten minutes before scrubbing.
Toilet Bowl Cleaner: Sprinkle 1/4 cup baking soda into bowl and add
1 cup lemon juice. Let sit for 1/2 hour, scrub, and flush.
Basin, Tub and Tile Cleaner: Mix together 1/2 cup baking soda with three tablespoons liquid castile soap. Scrub as usual.
Drain Cleaner/Deodorizer: Pour 1/2 cup baking soda down drain followed by one cup hot lemon juice. Let sit for 10 minutes and then run water for 30 seconds.
Glass/Window Cleaner: Mix four tablespoons of lemon juice with 1/2 gallon warm water.
For Dishes and Tough Stains: Mix lemon juice and baking soda to make a scrubbing paste.
Use baking soda as you would any abrasive cleanser.
For floor cleaner: -
Mix peppermint oil in warm water.
Mix Lavendar oil in warm water.
Spot cleaner for carpets: -
30ml peppermint oil in a spray bottle topped up with water. Spray gently on the stain but dont damp the carpet too much. Rub gently with a damp clean cloth.
Washing clothes: -
Add some white vinegar in place of a softener.
Add white vinegar to keep away that musty smell that they sometimes get shortly after washing.
1/4 cup baking soda
1/4 cup cornstarch / arrowroot / tapioca flour / potato flour
6 TBSP unrefined virgin coconut oil
Optional: an essential oil such as tea tree oil or vanilla or sandelwood
Optional: Maybe try adding some bees wax so it does not melt so easy
Whisk the baking soda and corn starch together, add coconut oil and mix together with a fork. If too try then add a little more coconut oil. Store in an air tight container.
Use underarm night before and the morning.
Use less cornstarch if causing irritation.
Ensure the baking soda is aluminium free.
How I clean my house
Floors: Vinegar in water. Add a little essential oil such as peppermint oil if you want to neatralise odours.
Windows and mirrors: Microfibre cloth with water. Otherwise use some vinegar with baking soda if required.
Sink holes basins and showers: Lemon juice from the supermarket along with plenty of bicarb of soda. Leave a lot of each in the sink hole overnight. The bicarb works on neatralizing odours and the lemon juice can add a more refreshing smell. You will need lots. Alternatively use white vinegar in place of the lemon juice.
Toilets: Leave bicarb and lemon juice around the bowl. Leave overnight before flushing.
Washing machine: Put a cup of white vinegar in the washing machine and run through an entire cycle without any clothes.
Ways to make basic household cleaners
Basic Household Cleaner: Mix together one teaspoon liquid castile soap, a squeeze of lemon juice, and one quart of warm water.
If a surface needs extra power, try saturating area with moist salt or baking soda, allow to sit for ten minutes, and scour.
To Cut Grease: Dissolve one teaspoon castile soap in one quart of hot water and add 1/4 cup lemon juice. Let item/surface soak for ten minutes before scrubbing.
Toilet Bowl Cleaner: Sprinkle 1/4 cup baking soda into bowl and add
1 cup lemon juice. Let sit for 1/2 hour, scrub, and flush.
Basin, Tub and Tile Cleaner: Mix together 1/2 cup baking soda with three tablespoons liquid castile soap. Scrub as usual.
Drain Cleaner/Deodorizer: Pour 1/2 cup baking soda down drain followed by one cup hot lemon juice. Let sit for 10 minutes and then run water for 30 seconds.
Glass/Window Cleaner: Mix four tablespoons of lemon juice with 1/2 gallon warm water.
For Dishes and Tough Stains: Mix lemon juice and baking soda to make a scrubbing paste.
Use baking soda as you would any abrasive cleanser.
For floor cleaner: -
Mix peppermint oil in warm water.
Mix Lavendar oil in warm water.
Spot cleaner for carpets: -
30ml peppermint oil in a spray bottle topped up with water. Spray gently on the stain but dont damp the carpet too much. Rub gently with a damp clean cloth.
Washing clothes: -
Add some white vinegar in place of a softener.
Add white vinegar to keep away that musty smell that they sometimes get shortly after washing.
Recipes: Favourite Recipes (no longer updated)
Pepper steak and mushroom sauce
4 eye fillet steaks
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1 oz butter
1/2 oz butter
A few sprigs of thyme
3 crushed garlic cloves
200g button mushrooms thinly sliced
100g portabello mushrooms thinly sliced
1 tablespoon beef stock and 1 tablespoon red wine
1/2 cup double cream
Season steak with salt and pepper and cook with butter in a frying pan, 3 minutes each side on medium to high heat. Use a large lid to cover while cooking. Cover steaks with foil to keep warm.
Put butter, thyme, mushrooms, garlic in frypan and cook until mushrooms are a bit tender.
Add stock and wine then cook until this is reduced to almost none.
Put on very low heat, add cream and cook 1 minute until it thickens a bit.
Serve on steak. Goes well with mashed potatoes and peas.
Pot Roast with Girello
1/2 Girello round roast
2 cups beef stock
1/4 cup merlot wine
3 tablespoons tomato paste
350g tomato puree (or more if you want)
1 teaspoon minced garlic
Dried mixed herbs (rosemoary, majoram, parsley, basil, oregano) - to taste
5 carrots - cut to 3cm lengths
2 parsnips cut to 3cm lengths
3 onions quartered
8 flat mushooms, halved
Preheat oven to 200 degrees celcius. Place round roast in a french oven with stock, wine, tomato paste, tomato puree, garlic, dried mixed herbs. Stir to mix all ingredients. Put on lid and place in oven for 1 and 1/2 hours. Turn over the meat and add vegetables then cook another 1 and 1/2 hours. Serve.
Mix half cup sour cream, tablespoon caperberries, 2 teaspoon lemon juice and some lemon rind in a blender for sauce
Serve with a salad with macadamia oil and apple cider vinegar dressing.
Meanwhile, heat a large frying pan on high. Cook pepitas for 1-2 minutes until they start to crack. Set aside.
Heat remaining oil in same pan on high. Saute onion and garlic for 2-3 minutes until tender. Remove from heat. Stir coriander through. Cool slightly.
In a bowl, whisk eggs. Stir in feta, onion mixture, pumpkin and half pepitas. Pour into pan. Sprinkle with remaining pepitas.
Toss in the dressing and drizzle with olive oil.
Pour in batter to make a pancake. Once it starts bubbling you can think about flipping it.
Add a little butter each time you start a new pancake but dont use too much or it will cause the bottom to burn - thats when the pancakes start to stick.
Banana Pancakes
1 banana
2 eggs
Mix and fry like regular pancakes.
This sticks to a cast iron pan. Offset this by adding some whole spelt flour and milk to make more like regular pancakes.
Add cinnamon to give some spice.
Top with butter and jam, or butter and maple syrup, or fresh durian and cream.
Oat pancakes
1 cup oats, blended into flour.
1 large egg.
1 tablespoon flax blended into flour, mixed with 3 tablespoons milk and left to thicken a while.
1 pinch salt
coconut milk to consistency
Mix together and cook like pancakes. Can serve with bananas and caramel sauce.
Caramel Sauce (for pancakes or anything else)
100g double cream
2oz butter
2 tablespoons organic coconut palm sugar
Dump all ingredients in a saucepan and cook on medium heat. Stir every now and then until it all melts together. Cook until the mixture starts foaming. After a couple of minutes of foaming, turn off.
Roast Chicken
1 whole free range chicken.
Sheppherds Pie
Version of sheppherds pie:
Cut bell peppers in half and emtpy of seeds. Fill according to the above instructions to make mini pies.
Pork cutlet with caramelized onions and apple sauce
Bake for 50 to 60 mins till it’s well risen, crusty and golden on the outside. A toothpick inserted right in the center has to come out clean and that’s when the loaf is cooked.
Let the bread cool down completely. It’ll be sticky and hard to cut into when it’s still hot.
Apple raspberry and quince stew
2 apples
Handful of frozen raspberries
1 quince
handful of raisins
tspn Cinnamon
tspn vanilla essence
1/4 cup water
Doublecream to serve.
Peel the two apples and chop into small pieces. You could also grate them.
Chop the quince into smallish pieces.
Put apples, quinces, and water into a saucepan and cook on low heat until softening.
Add cinnamon, raisins and vanilla essence then cook another 15 minutes or until a satisfactory texture.
Add frozen rasberries.
Stir for a couple of minutes until raspberries are combines, then serve with cream.
Caramel Bananas
Mix 1 tablespoon cream, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 tablespoon organic coconut palm sugar granules in a saucepan. Stir and let froth. Take off heat.
Either cook banana halfs in fry pan with butter or serve with just raw bananas.
Can also add a sprinkle of bee pollen, chia, or a dop of cream.
Butter Bananas
1 banana
1 large tablespoon butter
Melt butter in pan on low heat.
Add slices of banana.
Stir every couple of minutes.
Once butter starts bubbling a little while, take off heat and serve.
My Greek Yoghurt and Lemon Loaf
125g soft butter
2 tablespoons honey
1 large lemon, rind grated finely.
2 eggs, separated
1 cup greek style yoghurt
1 tablespoon milk
2 cups wholemeal spelt or kamut flour
3 level teaspoons baking soda with 1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup almond meal (can replace some with coconut flour)
Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius
Line a 20 x 10cm tray with baking paper.
Cream butter, honey and lemon rind with electric blender
Add egg yolks one at a time, beating well each time.
Mix the yoghurt and milk together.
Combine the flour, baking soda/powder and almond meal in a bowl, sifting several times and stiring to combine thouroughly.
Fold flour into the butter mixture
Fold yoghurt and milk into the butter mixture
Beat egg whites with electric beater until peaks form
Stir one quarter on egg whites into the mixture
Slowly fold in the rest of the egg whites.
Spoon into he baking dish and cook on 160 degrees celcuis for 1 hour 10 minutes. Use a skewer to ensure it is cooked through.
Strawberry Cheese Cake
Roasted Pork Belly with Onion Salad
Ingredients for Pork Belly
1 slab of pork belly, cut into 4 - 5 cm strips
2 large spoons of organic dark miso (or koren soy bean paste - duenjang(
1 large spoon of honey
1 teaspoon of garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon of ginger powder
1 teaspoon of olive oil
Ingredients for Onion Salad
1 green onion, thinly sliced
1 red onion, thinly sliced
1 large teaspoon of chilli flakes or to taste
1 large spoon of xylatol
1 large spoon of soy sauce
2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon of seseme oil
Instructions
Combine ingredients for Pork Belly in a bowl.
Marinate pork belly strips with maranade and leave on bench for 15 minutes.
Preheat oven to 220 degrees celcius
Oil a baking pan and cover with foil.
Rub oil into a rack, and place it on the baking pan.
Place pork belly strips on rack and place in oven to cook for 15 minutes.
Turn heat down to 175 degrees celcius and cook (near bottom of the oven now) for an additional 20 to 30 minutes.
Let pork rest then slice.
Soak onion in water for 10 minutes.
Combine ingredients for onion salad.
Drain onion and mix into the other ingredients.
Serve pork belly with onion salad and inside a folded piece of lettuce.
Blackberry Blueberry Jam
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 cup frozen blackberries
2 dessert spoons of chia seeds
2 dessert spoons of honey
2 desert spoons of coconut palm sugar
Blend in a blender until pureed, scoop into a jar, and keep in the fridge. For more sweetness, another dessert spoon of honey can be added. Yum!
Simple Pie Crust
2 cups wholemeal spelt flour (can include almond meal, mesquite flour, chia seed, buckwheat, etc)
1/4 cup raisins (or dates)
1 or 2 tablespoons honey (or 1/4 cup of coconut sugar)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
Blend all ingrendients until sticky. Push into a pie tin.
Can also add a bit of maca and / or mesquite
2 tablespoons almond butter
2 tablespoons coconut oil
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
Mix crust ingredients with hands and push into small pie tin.
Set 2 or 3 layers of apple slices inside the crust.
Blend the filling incredients. Pour over top. Put in fridge to set.
Pizza Crust
Mix together. Kneed to a non sticky consistency. Push into a flat round. Cover with plastic and leave - this allows the yoghurt to break down the flours.
Squid Topped Pizza
1 large egg yolk
1 garlic clove, minced
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for brushing
salt
cayenne pepper
Topping:
Freshly just blended capsicum
Pizza crust (as per above recipe)
1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced
1 large tomato, diced
1 teaspoon chopped marjoram
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
The aioli can be refrigerated for up to 2 days
Nut based Muffins
4 tbsp butter or coconut oil (or a mix)
1/4 cup cocao butter
3 or 4 eggs
4 tbps honey
700g nuts
1 tsp baking soda
1 tbsp vanilla extract
Any additional flavours.
e.g. coffee powder in and sprinkled on muffins, with cocao powder
e.g. chopped dates
e.g. chopped mixed berries
e.g. banana
Chilli Mussels
Ingredients - mussels:
900g of peeled mussels or 2 kg of shelled mussels
1/3 cup dry white wine or water
lemon for garnish
parsley for garnish
Ingredients - sauce:
15g butter and tsp coconut oil
500g chopped ripe tomatoes
1 large diced onion
2 chillies or some bottled chilli
2 garlic cloves
1 tsp paprika
2 tsp chopped basil
2 tblsp tomato paste
Heat butter and oil
Add onions garlic and chilli until onion is transparent
Add paprika basil and tomato paste.
Add additional chilli if required to taste
Add white wine as required to loosen sauce.
Simmer for up to 40 minutes.
Put wine in saucepan.
Add mussells - mussels will stick out of the water and be "steamed"
Put on a lid so that steam is created, then bring to boil.
If unshelled then steam until the mussels all open. discard any that dont.
For shelled, then steam until cooked.
Strain the remaining liquid from the pot.
Add the sauce and stir to coat the mussels.
Serve with lemon and parsley as garnish.
Strawberry Mango Lassie
2 small bananas
4 spoons natural yoghurt
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup frozen mango
1/2 cup frozen strawberries
1/4 lemon pulp
2cm lemon peel
Blend
Taro with Sticky Black Rice Pudding
http://tankitchen-dessert.blogspot.com.au/2009/06/taro-in-black-sticky-rice-pudding-khao.html
Icecream with Maple Syrup and Pecans
4 frozen bananas
3 tblspoons maple syrup
1/4 cup chopped pecan nuts
Process bananas
Add maple syrup and a little salt if preferred
Process until smooth
Stir in chopped pecans.
Serve
Thai Red Curry
Burgers
Make beef patties.
spoon of olive oil and butter for frying
450g of thick porterhouse
1/2 onion sliced thinly
ground pepper
3 garlic cloves
200g mushrooms (can ommit if not available)
200ml white wine
2 or 3 tsp wholegrain mustard
1 table spoon worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup beef stoc
1/2 cup double cream
2 tablespoons of chopped parsley
Cook pasta with a pinch of salt.
Toss in some olive oil, salt and generous amount of pepper.
Set aside
Heat butter and olive oil and fry steak for a few minutes on each side.
Set aside.
Fry onion for 4 to 5 minutes or until soft.
Add garlic, mushrooms, wine, and lots of pepper and cook for another 2 or 3 minutes.
Add mustard, worcestershire sauce, stock and cream. Season with more salt and pepper and simmer for 2 minutes.
Thinly slice the steak.
Add steak, pasta and parsley to the sauce.
Toss to combine.
Serve with cheese on top.
Simple Chicken Enchilada
Ingredients:
Oil or butter for frying
2 small zuchinis diced (optional)
1 small red onion
1 cup diced vegetables e.g. fresh corn kernels or frozen diced veges, capsicum
1 cup cheese
half a roasted chicken shredded
salt and black pepper
Tortillas or mountain bread wraps
Sour cream
Heat oven to 180 celcius.
Fry onion and all veges over low heat until onion is soft.
Transfer to a bowl and mix in cheese, chicken, salt and pepper.
Soften each tortilla for 15 seconds each side in the fry pan. Do not do this step if using mountain bread as it will solidify.
Wrap up chicken mixture into wraps and place in a baking dish, seam side down.
Bake until heated through - 6 to 10 minutes.
Serve with sour cream.
Asian Lettuce Wraps
Large lettuce leaves (for wrapping)
500g mince beef
1 large onion chopped
2 cloves garlic minced or grated
1 TBSP soy sauce
1/4 cup hoisin sauce (see my healthier recipe for this below)
2 tspn ginger minced or grated
1 Tbpsn rice wine vinegar (or white vinegar)
Ground pepper or pepper sauce
1 can of water chestnuts, drained and chopped
A few spring onions chopped
2 tspn dark seseme oil (the asian style one - this is roasted and not raw)
Wash and dry lettuce.Stir fry beef and set asideStir fry onion then stir in garlic, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, ginger, vinegar and pepper.Stir in water pepper, chestnuts, spring onions and seseme oil and beef and cook just a couple of more minutes. Wrap meat in lettuce leaves and eat. You can add sour cream if you wish.
Healthier Hoisin Sauce
2 tsp sesame oil
4 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp peanut butter
1 tbsp honey or molasses or brown sugar (I use molasses to get a stronger flavour)
2 tsp white vinegar
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1/8 tsp black pepper
20 drops of hot sauce (such as tobasco)
Put sesame oil into a bowl.
Mix in all other ingredients.
If you dont have an ingredient, swap with something similar or leave it out.
Seafood pasta
4 eye fillet steaks
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1 oz butter
1/2 oz butter
A few sprigs of thyme
3 crushed garlic cloves
200g button mushrooms thinly sliced
100g portabello mushrooms thinly sliced
1 tablespoon beef stock and 1 tablespoon red wine
1/2 cup double cream
Season steak with salt and pepper and cook with butter in a frying pan, 3 minutes each side on medium to high heat. Use a large lid to cover while cooking. Cover steaks with foil to keep warm.
Put butter, thyme, mushrooms, garlic in frypan and cook until mushrooms are a bit tender.
Add stock and wine then cook until this is reduced to almost none.
Put on very low heat, add cream and cook 1 minute until it thickens a bit.
Serve on steak. Goes well with mashed potatoes and peas.
Pot Roast with Girello
1/2 Girello round roast
2 cups beef stock
1/4 cup merlot wine
3 tablespoons tomato paste
350g tomato puree (or more if you want)
1 teaspoon minced garlic
Dried mixed herbs (rosemoary, majoram, parsley, basil, oregano) - to taste
5 carrots - cut to 3cm lengths
2 parsnips cut to 3cm lengths
3 onions quartered
8 flat mushooms, halved
Preheat oven to 200 degrees celcius. Place round roast in a french oven with stock, wine, tomato paste, tomato puree, garlic, dried mixed herbs. Stir to mix all ingredients. Put on lid and place in oven for 1 and 1/2 hours. Turn over the meat and add vegetables then cook another 1 and 1/2 hours. Serve.
Salmon recipe
Salmon steaks
garlic powder
salt
pepper
olive oil
sour cream
caperberries
lemon juice
lemon rind
macadamia oil and apple cider vinegar
Spray Baking tray.
Put steaks of salmon on. Sprinkle with garlic powder salt and cracked pepper then dill Spray with olive oil Cook at 180c until cookedsalt
pepper
olive oil
sour cream
caperberries
lemon juice
lemon rind
macadamia oil and apple cider vinegar
Spray Baking tray.
Mix half cup sour cream, tablespoon caperberries, 2 teaspoon lemon juice and some lemon rind in a blender for sauce
Serve with a salad with macadamia oil and apple cider vinegar dressing.
Pumpkin and Fetta
500g pumpkin, seeded, cubed
2 tablespoons oil
¼ cup pepitas (edible pumpkin seeds)
1 onion, finely chopped
3 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tablespoons chopped coriander
6 eggs, lightly beaten
200g feta, crumbled
Rocket salad, to serve
2 tablespoons oil
¼ cup pepitas (edible pumpkin seeds)
1 onion, finely chopped
3 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tablespoons chopped coriander
6 eggs, lightly beaten
200g feta, crumbled
Rocket salad, to serve
Preheat oven to hot, 200°C. Lightly grease and line a large oven tray and a 20cm cake pan with baking paper.
Place pumpkin on the prepared tray. Drizzle with half the oil and toss well. Bake for 15-20 minutes until tender. Allow to cool.Meanwhile, heat a large frying pan on high. Cook pepitas for 1-2 minutes until they start to crack. Set aside.
Heat remaining oil in same pan on high. Saute onion and garlic for 2-3 minutes until tender. Remove from heat. Stir coriander through. Cool slightly.
In a bowl, whisk eggs. Stir in feta, onion mixture, pumpkin and half pepitas. Pour into pan. Sprinkle with remaining pepitas.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until firm and golden. Cool in pan for 10 minutes before cutting into squares. Serve with rocket salad.
Garden Pate Salad
1.5 cups sunflower seeds (soaked for 4-8 hours and rinsed well, can also be dehydrated)
5 carrots shredded, grated, or briefly procecced in a blender
4 stalks celery, chopped fine
4 cloves garlic chopped fine
1 tsp Himalayan pink salt
Chopped red onion to taste (or scallions or even both!)
5 carrots shredded, grated, or briefly procecced in a blender
4 stalks celery, chopped fine
4 cloves garlic chopped fine
1 tsp Himalayan pink salt
Chopped red onion to taste (or scallions or even both!)
Dressing
3 tsp olive oil
2" ginger, grated
Juice of 1 lemon or lime
½ cup raisins
¼ cp black sesame (optional)
3 tsp olive oil
2" ginger, grated
Juice of 1 lemon or lime
½ cup raisins
¼ cp black sesame (optional)
Mix all dressing ingredients together except for olive oil.
Mix all main ingredients together in a mixing bowl.Toss in the dressing and drizzle with olive oil.
Banana Pancakes
Wholemeal spelt flour
Pinch of sea salt
1 egg
milk to consistency
1 egg
milk to consistency
Mix all ingredients together, folding the milk in last with a wooden spoon.
Do not stir too much or the pancake will be lifeless. Don't be too concerned about little bits of flour in the pancake.
Rub base of a cast iron pan with olive oil. Rub with a little butter. Put on medium heat.Pour in batter to make a pancake. Once it starts bubbling you can think about flipping it.
Add a little butter each time you start a new pancake but dont use too much or it will cause the bottom to burn - thats when the pancakes start to stick.
Banana Pancakes
1 banana
2 eggs
Mix and fry like regular pancakes.
This sticks to a cast iron pan. Offset this by adding some whole spelt flour and milk to make more like regular pancakes.
Add cinnamon to give some spice.
Top with butter and jam, or butter and maple syrup, or fresh durian and cream.
Oat pancakes
1 cup oats, blended into flour.
1 large egg.
1 tablespoon flax blended into flour, mixed with 3 tablespoons milk and left to thicken a while.
1 pinch salt
coconut milk to consistency
Mix together and cook like pancakes. Can serve with bananas and caramel sauce.
Caramel Sauce (for pancakes or anything else)
2oz butter
2 tablespoons organic coconut palm sugar
Dump all ingredients in a saucepan and cook on medium heat. Stir every now and then until it all melts together. Cook until the mixture starts foaming. After a couple of minutes of foaming, turn off.
Server on pancakes with slices of banana. The sauce could also be used on icecream or other desserts. Because the sauce is made with coconut palm sugar, it is extremely GI - in fact it scores a low GI of 35!
Roast Chicken
1 whole free range chicken.
1 lemon
rosemary, thyme, or similar herbs (fresh is best!)
salt
pepper
olive oil
1 whole garlic
5 carrots
2 onions
Take chicken out of fridge half an hour before cooking.
Preheat oven to 250C
Chop vegetables roughly and place in a baking tray on top of baking paper, along with some olive oil.
Prick the lemon with lots of holes and push it inside the chicken along with any herbs, such as rosemary any thyme.
Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper, drizzle olive oil over top, and massage it into the chicken.
Place on top of the vegetables and place in the oven at 200c.
Cook for 1 1/2 hours. If you are adding other vegetables, add them at the 45 minute mark.
Remove from the oven and place foil over the top and then a towel for 15 minutes before serving.
rosemary, thyme, or similar herbs (fresh is best!)
salt
pepper
olive oil
1 whole garlic
5 carrots
2 onions
Take chicken out of fridge half an hour before cooking.
Preheat oven to 250C
Chop vegetables roughly and place in a baking tray on top of baking paper, along with some olive oil.
Prick the lemon with lots of holes and push it inside the chicken along with any herbs, such as rosemary any thyme.
Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper, drizzle olive oil over top, and massage it into the chicken.
Place on top of the vegetables and place in the oven at 200c.
Cook for 1 1/2 hours. If you are adding other vegetables, add them at the 45 minute mark.
Remove from the oven and place foil over the top and then a towel for 15 minutes before serving.
Sheppherds Pie
500g mince
1 onion
5 cloves garlic roughly chopped
1 tun diced tomatoes
2 Tb tomato paste
salt & pepper & herbs to tase (e.g. basil, paprika, mixed herbs, etc)
potato
milk
butter
sweet potato
1 cup grated cheese
Method: Potatoes
Boil potatoes
Mash with enough butter and milk to make soft and creamy
Mix in grated cheese
Peel, slice and boil sweet potato
Stir fry the onion to slightly browned,
Add meat until almost all pink is gone
Add garlic and tomatoes and simmer for 5 minutes
Add salt and pepper.
Pour into baking dish
Top with a thin layer potato
Top with slices of sweep potato and another layer of potato
Bake until potato looks well done in oven up to 180 degrees celcius.
Version of sheppherds pie:
Cut bell peppers in half and emtpy of seeds. Fill according to the above instructions to make mini pies.
Green Papaya Salad
1 large green papaya
1/2 cup peanuts and cashews
4 tomatoes, cut into rectangles
1 red chilli, julliened - remove seeds for a milder salad
6 spring onions, sliced large
1 cup basil
Dressing:
1 tb soy sauce
4 tb oil (half half olive and avocado oils)
4 tb fish sauce
6 tb lime juice (2 juicy limes)
1 tb raw organic honey
Mix dressing ingredients together.
Peel green papaya and remove seeds. Grate into a bowl.
Add tomato, spring onions, chilli, and basil and mix in the dressing.
Add the nuts and toss.
For more saltiness, add more fish sauce, for more sweetness add more honey. To reduce saltiness or sweetness, add lime.
1/2 cup peanuts and cashews
4 tomatoes, cut into rectangles
1 red chilli, julliened - remove seeds for a milder salad
6 spring onions, sliced large
1 cup basil
Dressing:
1 tb soy sauce
4 tb oil (half half olive and avocado oils)
4 tb fish sauce
6 tb lime juice (2 juicy limes)
1 tb raw organic honey
Mix dressing ingredients together.
Peel green papaya and remove seeds. Grate into a bowl.
Add tomato, spring onions, chilli, and basil and mix in the dressing.
Add the nuts and toss.
For more saltiness, add more fish sauce, for more sweetness add more honey. To reduce saltiness or sweetness, add lime.
Lotus Root and Peanut soup
Ingredients:
Lotus Root
Boiling water
Pork spare ribs
Red dates
Peanuts
Method:
Peel lotus root and slice 1/2 cm thick.
Pour boiling water into slow cooker.
Put in pork spare ribs, a handful of dates and a handful peanutes.
Cook for at least 3 hours.
Salmon and Dill
Ingredients:
Salmon steak
olive oil
salt & pepper
fresh dill
lemons or limes
Drizzle a little oil in baking dish.
Place salmon steak in baking dish skin down and move around to ensure bottom is covered with oil.
Coat top with all and rub with fork.
Sprinkle salt and pepper.
Sprinkle generous amount of dill on top.
Serve with more fresh dill and lemon or lime wedges.
Pork cutlet with caramelized onions and apple sauce
Ingredients:
Free range pork cutlets
2 onions, diced large
4 garlic cloves, julienned
inch of ginger, julienned
butter
salt & pepper
fish sauce
soy sauce
Sprinkly pork cutlets with salt, pepper, soy sauce, and fish sauce.
Melt a large piece of butter in a frying pan on low heat.
Add onions until slightly softened.
Place pork chops, marinated side down into the pan.
Sprinkly pork cutlets other side with salt, pepper, soy sauce, and fish sauce.
add garlic and ginger.
Toss ingredients every few minutes. Cook chops for about 4 minutes on each side.
Use apple sauce below.
Apple sauce
Ingredients:
2 apples, diced fine or grated
2 cups water
tsp ground cardamon
tsp ground cinnamon
handful of walnuts, crushed
Bring water to boil with all ingredients except walnuts.
Reduce.
Add walnuts about 5 minutes before bringing off heat,
Once water is mostly gone, it is ready to serve.
Egg salad
Ingredients:
1/2 onion, chopped fine
5 eggs
1 tomato, sliced into rectangles
Avocado or olive oil
salt & pepper
1 avocado, peppered and sliced
Put onion, oil, tomato, and a sprinkle of salt & pepper into a small bowl and toss.
Soft boil eggs whole.
Once ready, place in cold water, peel, and place on top of the onion salsa.
Sprinkle eggs with curry powder.
My special curry powder (for eggs)
2 Tb curry powder
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
Mix all ingredients and place into a spice shaker.
Cauliflower and cheese
1 large Cauliflower
1 1/2 cup milk
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoon flour
1 1/4 cup grated vintage cheese
Salt and pepper
Preheat oven to 160 degrees celcius.
Chop cauliflower causely and boil in water until *just* soft. Drain.
Melt butter in saucepan, add milk and flour then stir until thickening. Remove from heat.
Place cauliflower in baking pan.
Pour sauce over top.
Sprinkle cheese over top.
Put in over until ready.
Banana Bread
2 cups whole spelt flour
2 cups of mashed bananas
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup chopped dates
2 tbsp flax seed powder with 6 tbsp water
1 tablespoon seseme seeds.
Preheat oven to 150 degrees celcius
Mix flax with water
Mash banana
In a big bowl add the flour with baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and mix well. now add the chopped dates and stir together. Add the mashed banana and flax seed powder mixed with water and stir till it’s combined. It’ll be a hard dough but don’t be tempted to add any more water. do not over mix. Just stir till it forms a hard dough.
Fold this into a greased loaf pan and sprinkle sesame seeds on top.Bake for 50 to 60 mins till it’s well risen, crusty and golden on the outside. A toothpick inserted right in the center has to come out clean and that’s when the loaf is cooked.
Let the bread cool down completely. It’ll be sticky and hard to cut into when it’s still hot.
Apple raspberry and quince stew
2 apples
Handful of frozen raspberries
1 quince
handful of raisins
tspn Cinnamon
tspn vanilla essence
1/4 cup water
Doublecream to serve.
Peel the two apples and chop into small pieces. You could also grate them.
Chop the quince into smallish pieces.
Put apples, quinces, and water into a saucepan and cook on low heat until softening.
Add cinnamon, raisins and vanilla essence then cook another 15 minutes or until a satisfactory texture.
Add frozen rasberries.
Stir for a couple of minutes until raspberries are combines, then serve with cream.
Caramel Bananas
Mix 1 tablespoon cream, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 tablespoon organic coconut palm sugar granules in a saucepan. Stir and let froth. Take off heat.
Either cook banana halfs in fry pan with butter or serve with just raw bananas.
Can also add a sprinkle of bee pollen, chia, or a dop of cream.
Butter Bananas
1 banana
1 large tablespoon butter
Melt butter in pan on low heat.
Add slices of banana.
Stir every couple of minutes.
Once butter starts bubbling a little while, take off heat and serve.
My Greek Yoghurt and Lemon Loaf
125g soft butter
2 tablespoons honey
1 large lemon, rind grated finely.
2 eggs, separated
1 cup greek style yoghurt
1 tablespoon milk
2 cups wholemeal spelt or kamut flour
3 level teaspoons baking soda with 1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup almond meal (can replace some with coconut flour)
Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius
Line a 20 x 10cm tray with baking paper.
Cream butter, honey and lemon rind with electric blender
Add egg yolks one at a time, beating well each time.
Mix the yoghurt and milk together.
Combine the flour, baking soda/powder and almond meal in a bowl, sifting several times and stiring to combine thouroughly.
Fold flour into the butter mixture
Fold yoghurt and milk into the butter mixture
Beat egg whites with electric beater until peaks form
Stir one quarter on egg whites into the mixture
Slowly fold in the rest of the egg whites.
Spoon into he baking dish and cook on 160 degrees celcuis for 1 hour 10 minutes. Use a skewer to ensure it is cooked through.
Strawberry Cheese Cake
200g cream cheese
2 tablespoons xylatol
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix all together well.
Spread out on a glass tray.
Garnish with strawberries.
VARIATIONS
Lemon- blend in juice and rind of a lemon instead of vanilla
Raspberry - replace strawberries B
lueberry - replace strawberries
Passionfruit - sieve several passionfruit for sauce. Top cheesecake with slices of mango then sauce.
2 tablespoons xylatol
1 teaspoon vanilla
100 - 150ml double cream
300g strawberries plus extra for garnish
1 tablespoon xylatol
Beat the cream cheese, xylatol, vanilla.
Beat the cream until just thickensMix all together well.
Spread out on a glass tray.
Purée the strawberries.
Push through a sieve onto the cheesecake base and spread
evenly.Garnish with strawberries.
Put in fridge overnight.
Serve.VARIATIONS
Lemon- blend in juice and rind of a lemon instead of vanilla
Raspberry - replace strawberries B
lueberry - replace strawberries
Passionfruit - sieve several passionfruit for sauce. Top cheesecake with slices of mango then sauce.
Roasted Pork Belly with Onion Salad
Ingredients for Pork Belly
1 slab of pork belly, cut into 4 - 5 cm strips
2 large spoons of organic dark miso (or koren soy bean paste - duenjang(
1 large spoon of honey
1 teaspoon of garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon of ginger powder
1 teaspoon of olive oil
Ingredients for Onion Salad
1 green onion, thinly sliced
1 red onion, thinly sliced
1 large teaspoon of chilli flakes or to taste
1 large spoon of xylatol
1 large spoon of soy sauce
2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon of seseme oil
Instructions
Combine ingredients for Pork Belly in a bowl.
Marinate pork belly strips with maranade and leave on bench for 15 minutes.
Preheat oven to 220 degrees celcius
Oil a baking pan and cover with foil.
Rub oil into a rack, and place it on the baking pan.
Place pork belly strips on rack and place in oven to cook for 15 minutes.
Turn heat down to 175 degrees celcius and cook (near bottom of the oven now) for an additional 20 to 30 minutes.
Let pork rest then slice.
Soak onion in water for 10 minutes.
Combine ingredients for onion salad.
Drain onion and mix into the other ingredients.
Serve pork belly with onion salad and inside a folded piece of lettuce.
Blackberry Blueberry Jam
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 cup frozen blackberries
2 dessert spoons of chia seeds
2 dessert spoons of honey
2 desert spoons of coconut palm sugar
Blend in a blender until pureed, scoop into a jar, and keep in the fridge. For more sweetness, another dessert spoon of honey can be added. Yum!
2 cups wholemeal spelt flour (can include almond meal, mesquite flour, chia seed, buckwheat, etc)
1/4 cup raisins (or dates)
1 or 2 tablespoons honey (or 1/4 cup of coconut sugar)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
Blend all ingrendients until sticky. Push into a pie tin.
Can also add a bit of maca and / or mesquite
Caramel Apple Pie
Crust:
3 cups almond meal
3 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons coconut oil
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
3 apples
Filling
1/4 cup fresh dates, pitted
2 tablespoons lucuma powder2 tablespoons almond butter
2 tablespoons coconut oil
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 cup water
Mix crust ingredients with hands and push into small pie tin.
Set 2 or 3 layers of apple slices inside the crust.
Blend the filling incredients. Pour over top. Put in fridge to set.
1 ½ cups wholemeal spelt flour
1 cup greek yoghurtMix together. Kneed to a non sticky consistency. Push into a flat round. Cover with plastic and leave - this allows the yoghurt to break down the flours.
Squid Topped Pizza
Garlic Aoli:
Pinch of paprika
1 teaspoon water1 large egg yolk
1 garlic clove, minced
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for brushing
salt
cayenne pepper
Topping:
6 ounces cleaned squid—tentacles halved, bodies sliced
crosswise 1/2 inch thick
Freshly ground black pepperFreshly just blended capsicum
Pizza crust (as per above recipe)
1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced
1 large tomato, diced
1 teaspoon chopped marjoram
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1.Preheat the oven to 500°. Preheat a pizza stone. In a
small bowl,mix the paprika with the water.
In a
blender or bowl, beat the egg yolk with the garlic and 1 teaspoon of the lemon
juice. Gradually add the 3/4 cup of olive oil, beating constantly, until very
thick. Stir in the remaining 1 teaspoon of lemon juice and the paprika
and season the aioli with salt and cayenne.
2.In a frying pan, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil
until shimmering. Add the squid, season with salt and black pepper and cook
over high heat until just starting to whiten, 30 seconds. Transfer to a plate.
3.Brush the pizza round with olive
oil and sprinkle with crushed red pepper, salt and black pepper. Scatter the
onion slices over the round and top with the squid, tomato and marjoram.
4.Slide the pizza onto the hot stone and bake for about 5
minutes, until the bottom is crisp. Transfer the pizza to a work surface and
drizzle with 3 tablespoons of the aioli. Reserve the remaining aioli for
another use. Garnish with parsley.
The aioli can be refrigerated for up to 2 days
Nut based Muffins
4 tbsp butter or coconut oil (or a mix)
1/4 cup cocao butter
3 or 4 eggs
4 tbps honey
700g nuts
1 tsp baking soda
1 tbsp vanilla extract
Any additional flavours.
e.g. coffee powder in and sprinkled on muffins, with cocao powder
e.g. chopped dates
e.g. chopped mixed berries
e.g. banana
Chilli Mussels
Ingredients - mussels:
900g of peeled mussels or 2 kg of shelled mussels
1/3 cup dry white wine or water
lemon for garnish
parsley for garnish
Ingredients - sauce:
15g butter and tsp coconut oil
500g chopped ripe tomatoes
1 large diced onion
2 chillies or some bottled chilli
2 garlic cloves
1 tsp paprika
2 tsp chopped basil
2 tblsp tomato paste
Heat butter and oil
Add onions garlic and chilli until onion is transparent
Add paprika basil and tomato paste.
Add additional chilli if required to taste
Add white wine as required to loosen sauce.
Simmer for up to 40 minutes.
Put wine in saucepan.
Add mussells - mussels will stick out of the water and be "steamed"
Put on a lid so that steam is created, then bring to boil.
If unshelled then steam until the mussels all open. discard any that dont.
For shelled, then steam until cooked.
Strain the remaining liquid from the pot.
Add the sauce and stir to coat the mussels.
Serve with lemon and parsley as garnish.
Strawberry Mango Lassie
2 small bananas
4 spoons natural yoghurt
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup frozen mango
1/2 cup frozen strawberries
1/4 lemon pulp
2cm lemon peel
Makes about 4 cups
Blend
Taro with Sticky Black Rice Pudding
http://tankitchen-dessert.blogspot.com.au/2009/06/taro-in-black-sticky-rice-pudding-khao.html
Icecream with Maple Syrup and Pecans
4 frozen bananas
3 tblspoons maple syrup
1/4 cup chopped pecan nuts
Process bananas
Add maple syrup and a little salt if preferred
Process until smooth
Stir in chopped pecans.
Serve
Thai Red Curry
2 large carrots - cut up
2 capsicums - diced small
Pineapple
A large bunch of kale or similar
bean sprouts
bean sprouts
1 can coconut milk
2 tbspn thai red curry paste
a couple of dashes of fish sauce (to taste) - soy can be substituted
Rice
1/4 cup coconut cream
Boil rice - when almost done, stir in some coconut cream and cook a few more minutes.
Cook carrots in a saucepan covered with coconut cream - until fork can go through.
Add capsicum and pineapple and cook a few minutes
Turn down heat.
Add thai red curry paste and fish sauce and cook a few minutes.
Add kale and cooke 1 minute.
Remove from heat, stir in bean sprouts and serve with rice.
Note: Can also add pre-stirfried chicken, or tofu if preferred.
Heat frying pan and sprinkle it with a teaspoon of salt.
Place patties on top and cook.
Topping: Cook tomatoes in saucespan to use as sauce and
serve with a salad + lemon + olive oil.
Nut Muffins - my version
2
dessert spoon coconut oil
2 oz
butter
1/4
cup cocao butter
2
desert spoon cocao powder
1
small piece chocolate
2
dessert spoon ya kun
4
700g free range eggs
1
tsp baking soda
1
tsp vanilla bean
2
cups nuts processed to cream
4
dessert spoons honey
Melt
butter coconut oil and cocao butter in saucepan (should make about 1 cup of
liquid).
Turn
off heat and mix in vanilla bean.
Put
all ingredients in blender and process.
Put
into muffin paper holders and cook at 160 degrees celcius for 40 minutes.
Instead
of cocao and coffee, try banana or chopped dates or berries, or just plain.
My version of Pepper Steak Pasta
500g pastaspoon of olive oil and butter for frying
450g of thick porterhouse
1/2 onion sliced thinly
ground pepper
3 garlic cloves
200g mushrooms (can ommit if not available)
200ml white wine
2 or 3 tsp wholegrain mustard
1 table spoon worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup beef stoc
1/2 cup double cream
2 tablespoons of chopped parsley
Cook pasta with a pinch of salt.
Toss in some olive oil, salt and generous amount of pepper.
Set aside
Heat butter and olive oil and fry steak for a few minutes on each side.
Set aside.
Fry onion for 4 to 5 minutes or until soft.
Add garlic, mushrooms, wine, and lots of pepper and cook for another 2 or 3 minutes.
Add mustard, worcestershire sauce, stock and cream. Season with more salt and pepper and simmer for 2 minutes.
Thinly slice the steak.
Add steak, pasta and parsley to the sauce.
Toss to combine.
Serve with cheese on top.
Simple Chicken Enchilada
Ingredients:
Oil or butter for frying
2 small zuchinis diced (optional)
1 small red onion
1 cup diced vegetables e.g. fresh corn kernels or frozen diced veges, capsicum
1 cup cheese
half a roasted chicken shredded
salt and black pepper
Tortillas or mountain bread wraps
Sour cream
Heat oven to 180 celcius.
Fry onion and all veges over low heat until onion is soft.
Transfer to a bowl and mix in cheese, chicken, salt and pepper.
Soften each tortilla for 15 seconds each side in the fry pan. Do not do this step if using mountain bread as it will solidify.
Wrap up chicken mixture into wraps and place in a baking dish, seam side down.
Bake until heated through - 6 to 10 minutes.
Serve with sour cream.
Asian Lettuce Wraps
Large lettuce leaves (for wrapping)
500g mince beef
1 large onion chopped
2 cloves garlic minced or grated
1 TBSP soy sauce
1/4 cup hoisin sauce (see my healthier recipe for this below)
2 tspn ginger minced or grated
1 Tbpsn rice wine vinegar (or white vinegar)
Ground pepper or pepper sauce
1 can of water chestnuts, drained and chopped
A few spring onions chopped
2 tspn dark seseme oil (the asian style one - this is roasted and not raw)
Wash and dry lettuce.Stir fry beef and set asideStir fry onion then stir in garlic, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, ginger, vinegar and pepper.Stir in water pepper, chestnuts, spring onions and seseme oil and beef and cook just a couple of more minutes. Wrap meat in lettuce leaves and eat. You can add sour cream if you wish.
Healthier Hoisin Sauce
2 tsp sesame oil
4 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp peanut butter
1 tbsp honey or molasses or brown sugar (I use molasses to get a stronger flavour)
2 tsp white vinegar
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1/8 tsp black pepper
20 drops of hot sauce (such as tobasco)
Put sesame oil into a bowl.
Mix in all other ingredients.
If you dont have an ingredient, swap with something similar or leave it out.
Seafood pasta
250g
Pasta cooked al dente
300g
Marinara and scallops
300ml
Cream
300ml
white wine
Zest
of 1 lemon
Cheese
Stir
fry seafood a few minutes and put aside.
Put
wine in pan with remaining juices and cook until reduced 2/3
Add
cream and zest and warm for a minute.
Mix
with pasta.
Serve
with parmasan cheese.
Smoked salmon
Cucumber
Tomato
Cheese
Some lemon juice and zest
Serve.
Pumpkin Pie
Crust
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon coconut palm sugar or mesquite pod powder (more if for a sweet recipe)
250g unsalted butter
3 to 4 Tbsp very cold water
Cut butter into small cubes and freeze 15 minutes (to get a flaky crust)
Pulse flour salt and sugar in blender
Add half the butter cubes and pulse 8 times
Add the rest and pulse 8 times to make a coarse meal
Add a few table spoons cold water and pulse a few times. Add a table spoon at a time and pulse until it *just* clumps.
Put on a board and press the heel of your hand into the dough 5 or 6 times (fraisage)
Work the dough only enough for it to hold together.
Sprinkle the disc of dough with flour and wrap in plastic. Put in fridge for an hour (minimum).
Take out of fridge and let sit for 5 minutes.
Sprinkle some more flour and roll into a circle to a thickness of about 3mm.
Place in a pie tin and press down to line.
Filling
2 cups of pumpkin pulp (cut small pumpkin in half and roast - open side down - until soft. Or steam until soft)
Salmon
wraps
Mountain
bread Smoked salmon
Cucumber
Tomato
Cheese
Sour
cream
Chives
(and Chive flowers) Some lemon juice and zest
Cut
vegetables into sticks.
Mix
sour cream Chives and lemon Serve.
Pumpkin Pie
Crust
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon coconut palm sugar or mesquite pod powder (more if for a sweet recipe)
250g unsalted butter
3 to 4 Tbsp very cold water
Cut butter into small cubes and freeze 15 minutes (to get a flaky crust)
Pulse flour salt and sugar in blender
Add half the butter cubes and pulse 8 times
Add the rest and pulse 8 times to make a coarse meal
Add a few table spoons cold water and pulse a few times. Add a table spoon at a time and pulse until it *just* clumps.
Put on a board and press the heel of your hand into the dough 5 or 6 times (fraisage)
Work the dough only enough for it to hold together.
Sprinkle the disc of dough with flour and wrap in plastic. Put in fridge for an hour (minimum).
Take out of fridge and let sit for 5 minutes.
Sprinkle some more flour and roll into a circle to a thickness of about 3mm.
Place in a pie tin and press down to line.
Filling
2 cups of pumpkin pulp (cut small pumpkin in half and roast - open side down - until soft. Or steam until soft)
300ml cup double cream
1/4 cup coconut palm sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs plus the yolk of a third egg
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground cardamon
1/2 teaspoon of lemon zest
Mix sugar , salt, spices, lemon zest.
Beat eggs and add.
Stir in pumpkin puree
Bake at 220 celcius for 15 minutes
Bake at 175 celcius for 45 minutes or until skewer comes out clean
Cool on wire rack for 2 hours
Serve with cream.
1/4 cup coconut palm sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs plus the yolk of a third egg
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground cardamon
1/2 teaspoon of lemon zest
Mix sugar , salt, spices, lemon zest.
Beat eggs and add.
Stir in pumpkin puree
Bake at 220 celcius for 15 minutes
Bake at 175 celcius for 45 minutes or until skewer comes out clean
Cool on wire rack for 2 hours
Serve with cream.
15 October 2010
Solutions: Activity Ideas
Here are some ideas for if you are feeling realllllllly bored!
Swimming
Card games
Picnic at you yangs or hanging rock
Minature railway at Eltham
Childrens farm
Serendip wildlife park near You Yangs
DVD
Coffee
Beach @ Altona (or your local beach)
Swimming
Card games
Picnic at you yangs or hanging rock
Minature railway at Eltham
Childrens farm
Serendip wildlife park near You Yangs
DVD
Coffee
Beach @ Altona (or your local beach)
Recipes: Budwig Treatment
Put in your blender:
• 1 cup Organic low fat cottage cheese
2-5 Tbsp. of flaxseed oil
enough water to make it soft
Optional:
• 1-3 Tbsp. of freshly ground up flaxseed (coffee grinder works fine)
cayenne
garlic
red pepper
Make it very soft.
Eat some of it every day.
A person requires daily about 4 oz. of cottage cheese mixed well with 1.5 oz. of linseed oil. A blender or egg beater works fine. The mixture an be sweeten with honey or otherwise flavored naturally. Fresh fruits can be added.
http://www.cancure.org/budwig_diet.htm
How to prepare 'THE SPREAD'
Place 250 ml (8.5 oz) Flax Oil into a mixer bowl and add one pound (450 g) of 1% Cottage Cheese low fat or Quark) and add 4 tablespoons (60 ml) of Honey. Turn on the mixer and add just enough low fat milk or water to get the contents of the bowl to blend in together. In 5 minutes, a preparation of custard consistency results that has NO taste of the oil (and no oily 'ring' should be seen when you rinse out the bowl).
Alternatively, you can use Yogurt instead of Cottage Cheese in proportions of 1 oz (30 g) of Yogurt to 1 tablespoon (15 ml) each of Flax Oil and of honey and blend as above.
NOTE: When Flax Oil is blended like this, it does not cause diarrhea even when given in large amounts. It reacts chemically with the (sulphur) proteins of the cottage cheese, yogurt, etc.
How to prepare 'THE MAYO' (Mayonnaise):
Mix together 2 tablespoons (30 ml) Flax Oil, 2 tablespoons (30 ml) milk, and 2 tablespoons (30 ml) Yogurt.
Then add 2 tablespoons (30 ml) of Lemon juice (or Apple Cider Vinegar) and add 1 teaspoon (2.5g) Mustard plus some herbs such as marjoram or dill.
Next add 2 or 3 slices of health food store pickles (no preservatives! - read label!) and a pinch of herbal salts.
• 1 cup Organic low fat cottage cheese
2-5 Tbsp. of flaxseed oil
enough water to make it soft
Optional:
• 1-3 Tbsp. of freshly ground up flaxseed (coffee grinder works fine)
cayenne
garlic
red pepper
Make it very soft.
Eat some of it every day.
A person requires daily about 4 oz. of cottage cheese mixed well with 1.5 oz. of linseed oil. A blender or egg beater works fine. The mixture an be sweeten with honey or otherwise flavored naturally. Fresh fruits can be added.
http://www.cancure.org/budwig_diet.htm
How to prepare 'THE SPREAD'
Place 250 ml (8.5 oz) Flax Oil into a mixer bowl and add one pound (450 g) of 1% Cottage Cheese low fat or Quark) and add 4 tablespoons (60 ml) of Honey. Turn on the mixer and add just enough low fat milk or water to get the contents of the bowl to blend in together. In 5 minutes, a preparation of custard consistency results that has NO taste of the oil (and no oily 'ring' should be seen when you rinse out the bowl).
Alternatively, you can use Yogurt instead of Cottage Cheese in proportions of 1 oz (30 g) of Yogurt to 1 tablespoon (15 ml) each of Flax Oil and of honey and blend as above.
NOTE: When Flax Oil is blended like this, it does not cause diarrhea even when given in large amounts. It reacts chemically with the (sulphur) proteins of the cottage cheese, yogurt, etc.
How to prepare 'THE MAYO' (Mayonnaise):
Mix together 2 tablespoons (30 ml) Flax Oil, 2 tablespoons (30 ml) milk, and 2 tablespoons (30 ml) Yogurt.
Then add 2 tablespoons (30 ml) of Lemon juice (or Apple Cider Vinegar) and add 1 teaspoon (2.5g) Mustard plus some herbs such as marjoram or dill.
Next add 2 or 3 slices of health food store pickles (no preservatives! - read label!) and a pinch of herbal salts.
03 October 2010
Solutions: General Health
List of things added to my diet and routine for specific purposes
PQQ – energy
CoQ10 – energy
Gurana – Energy
810nm infrared light intranasal – brain and well being
Blue light - skin
Swedish bitters - digestive (only when having issues)
Hawthorn berry extract - heart (quickly brings you down if highly stressed, or hurting chest)
Vitamin D - well being
Olive leaf extract - well being (only when I feel I need it)
Adaptagens (such as Adaptaphase) - stress (only if I cannot sleep)
Epicor - well being (I proactively take once a day especially in Winter to avoid sickness)
Lemons - digestive
Bee pollen – well being
Royal jelly – well being
Oat meal mix – digestive
Coconut oil – brain
Eggs – well being
Turmeric – well being
Cinnamon – blood
Nutmeg – well being
Cloves – inflammation
Witches hazel – skin (acne)
Coconut oil – skin (moisture)
Aloe Vera – skin (repair)
Soap (Dr Bronners Eucalypt) – skin and hair
Silver solution – antibiotic and dental
Xylatol - dental
Creatine - muscular
Chia seeds - well being
Extreme cardio – heart
Memory exercises – brain
Routine
I find it takes many years from beginning to research to come to a fairly conclusive idea on every subject of health. Therefore I am presenting a basic diet and exercise routine based on the years of research I have performed and the results I see from certain diets and exercises.
Vegetable smoothie with green veges, banana, apple, and optionally a carrot, avocado, or orange. I love a quote from Jack Lananne - 'if man made, don't eat it' and 'if it tastes good, spit it out'. So this is where my vegetable smoothie comes in. You get your enzymes as well as luminescence from raw foods. Unless you are eating dirt, it don't come from anywhere else. This ensures that even if the rest of my day consists of dead food, I have done something to balance it out.
Slippery elm, oat meal, chia seeds, creatine, taurine, pollen, organic biodynamic unhomogenised yoghurt - Slipper elm and oat meal provide a gentle dose of dietry fiber, while chia seeds provide amino acids, omega 3 and many essential minerals and phytochemicals. Creatine assists in supplying energy to cells such as muscle cells, and aids muscle retention. Taurine has been shown to strengthen the heart, assist in higher magnesium and potassium retention and lower sodium retention in cells. It also has a positive effect on anxiety, lowers blood sugar levels and inhibits glycation. Pollen is high in amino acids and can assist in making your skin beautiful =) Yoghurt as with all dairy should be organic and unhomogenised. A yoghurt that contains ABC cultures will also assist with increasing your healthful bacteria levels.
Bananas, apples, grapes, etc - easy fruits make a nice snack to take the edge off cravings.
Dark chocolate - a delicious snack that can be very healthy. Get as dark as possible, I love the bitterness of 85 or 90% chocolate. Try to get organic if possible but I will buy non-organic if it is cheaper.
Organic ham with pineapple or free range chicken breast strips in a sundried tomato sauce - I don't buy organic chicken - way too expensive! But this makes a nice tastey snack along side a garden salad.
Chicken Strips in Sundried Tomato sauce - Easy to make. Just slap the chicken breasts into a baking pan, cover with olive oil, slather with the sauce and chuck in the oven. Once cooked through, cut into strips and serve.
Ham and Pineapple - another easy to make one. When Pineapple is cheap, this can be tasty with a nice salad on the side or in a sandwhich with some salad, tomato, cheese and tomato sauce.
Lamb chops - Lamb chops can taste delicious without much preparation. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Put in a frying pan with butter, cook on both sides for 5 minutes each - cover with a large lid - and its all ready. Serve with mashed potato and peas. But lay off too much potato as it is like eating sugar (check out its GI compared to glucose!)
Rib Eye Fillet - When I am feeling generous, a nice rib eye fillet with a mushroom sauce is completely yummy! A bit more preparation required however.
Salmon and mustard sauce - Cook the salmon in a baking tray with olive oil. Serve with mustard.
White fish fillets - such as blue grenadier. Can be baked in olive oil and butter or steamed with garlic. Serve with a side of steamed brocolli and carrot or veges stirfried in organic soy sauce, fish sauce, and a little seseme oil.
Organic coconut sugar - this is awesome, has a GI of 35 which is almost half that of rice. It has a very slight caramel flavour but is very versatile in cakes and other desserts. It has protein content and contains 12 amino acids as well as other nutrients.
Xylatol - This is an alcohol sugar. It has a negligible GI and does not feed bacteria in the body or mouth. In actual fact it causes bacteria to attach onto it and renders bacteria ineffective. This is why you will find it in some toothpaste. Awesome in cakes and muffins where you do not want to impart any flavour from your sweetener.
Stevia - a difficult one to work with as it can have a somewhat bitter after taste but comes from a natural plant extract and is up to 300 times sweeter than sugar.
Honey - This one is quite high GI but at least it has nutrients to boot.
Olive Leaf Extract - take over time to slowly detox your body and get your immune system up.
Hawthorn Berry Extract - Take when your heart is hurting from too much stress. If you cannot sleep due to anxiety then also take some in water.
Echinacea, Epicor, Beta Glucan - Take when you have or feel a cold or flu coming on.
Vitamin D - Take during the Winter months to support your immune system and prevent colds and flus.
Adaptaphase - Take this frequently when you are feeling chronically and seriously stressed.
- 2 minutes warm-up / 4 minutes of exersion (creating an oxygen debt) / recovery time (slow exercise until heart rate returns to normal) / 3 minutes of exersion / recovery time / 2 minutes of exersion / recovery time / 1 minute of exersion / recovery time.
This is just a very basic example. Exercises that can be performed with this can be anything such as: -
- Bicycle riding, treadmill, stair stepping, rope skipping, sprinting, alternating lunges, squats, jump squats, crunches/situps, leg levers etc.
Also you should note your maximum heart rate and exercise somewhere around the 60%-80% maximum. For a 32 year old the maximum heart rate is 208-[32*0.7] =185.
Flex exercises for a painfree life - this involves a number of exercises that flex the entire body and can prevent pain by using all the the muscles in the body. The exercises are bow, dog, lizard, squat, splits, sky reach, jaw, neck exercise, elbows, wrists, fingers and leg stretches.
Important steps to health
1. Purify the body of heavy metals, inorganic compounds, mycotoxins and elctromagnetic radiation.
This may involve a method of chelation such as Zeolite. See http://www.zeoactiv8.com/pdfs/General-User-Information.pdf which provides information regarding a specific brand. This should be combined with a colloidal minerals supplementation as any mineral deficiencies will be increased by the taking of Zeolite. This should also be taken with a lot of water as it causes a lot of water to be passed from the body. An 80kg person should take 2.5 L of water per day.
2. Modify the diet.
Eat fresh and preferably raw fruit and vegetables. Eat organic meat with no added hormones or antibiotics.
Reduce the number of grains in your diet - especially the processed ones. This means white rice. Try replacing it with brown or even black rice. Brown rice has a more nutty chewy flavour so can take a bit of getting used to. Black rice however is almost sweet in taste but is very good for you from what I have seen.
Take walnuts for Omega 3, 6 and 9. Take brazil nuts for selenium. Take apricots and apricot pits to assist in preventing and beating cancer. Take raw green veges to purify the blood and keep the body balanced and toned.
Take a multivitamin supplement. Cheap supplements are a waste of time and are not well absorbed by the body. Better to take a more expensive one that contains quality ingredients. Forget vitamin E supplements as they are usually only alpha tocepherol. This is the least effective form of vitamin E and can reduce the more effective forms in your body including the more powerful form - tocotrienols. If you take vitamin E, make sure it is a full spectrum tocepherol / tocotrienol supplement.
Leave out processed and cooked foods as much as possible. Most people will say no to this one. I say "as much as possible" means as far as you as an individual or family are willing to go.
3. Increase the alkalinity of your blood.
Take chloraphyl and spirulina and dark green leafy's.
4. Use anti-fungal treatment.
It is possible that cancer starts from a fungal or virus infection. A book that details this link is "Outsmarting your cancer".
5. Increase your calcium intake.
6 Oxygenate the blood and increase the EFA’s (Omega 6 and Omega 3).
When less than optimum levels of oxygen is available to cells, cancer can begin to grow. Cancer is anaerobic in nature and instead lives by fermenting sugar. Therefore lower your risk of cancer by increasing oxygen (by taking such as Co-Enzyme Q10 for example - try to find the ubiquinol form which is more available to the body for older people than ubiquinone) and decrease the number of processed sugars in the diet.
7. Reduce sugar intake.
Once again, cancer as well as bacteria and fungus (candida for example) thrive on sugar in the body. Excess sugar also brings on insulin resistance (which can go on to diabetes) and also advanced glycation end products (AGE). AGEs literally make you age.
Sugars should be replaced at least by lower glycemic sweeteners (not artificial ones such as saccharin or aspartame) for example Stevia (plant based sweetener 300 times sweeter than sugar) , Xylatol (an alcohol sugar), organic coconut sugar (non-organic add in preservatives in processing, GI of 35) or even organic unsulphured blackstrap molassas (contains many beneficial minerals including calcium and potassium). Fruits such as bananas can also be used in cakes instead of using processed nutrient devoid sugars.
8 Take mineral supplements and herbal tonics to replace deficiencies.
Zinc is a common deficiency that can cause immune depression. Lack of magnesium can cause heart issues. Lack of potassium can cause a range of issues - a deficiency of potassium can be caused if you supplement with magnesium without potassium. Calcium deficiency due to poor absorbsion - ensure you take calcium with magnesium, vitamin D, and vitamin K (vitamin K is found in butter).
Vitamin D deficiency is extremely common and can cause immune depression and low levels are linked to depression, sickness, and even cancer. Vitamin D is best acquired from the sun. Some who do testing say this doesnt work for everyone. My theory is that they may be going about it all wrong. If you have sun exposure, I have read on some sites that showering within 48 hours can prevent the complete synthesis of vitamin D. So the rule would be:
- To get at least 20 minutes of sunshine a day - not through glass as UVB rays are blocked by the glass and you will only be getting the more dangerous UVA rays.
- To only wash the essential parts of the body and try not to wash the parts exposed to the sun too regularly.
- Do not use most commercial sunscreens - these can contain chemicals linked to cancer. According to EWG when I last checked, the best sunscreen for both effectiveness and safety is Soleo Organics brand. It also does not contain nano-particles which is a good thing.
9. Don’t use plastics, cut use of chemicals and immediately reduce the intake of processed foods and any other contaminants.
This one is difficult to do, however try to replace containers in the pantry with glass. Use pyrex or glass to bring lunches to work or places. Use glass to store water.
10 Exercise to tone muscles and build stamina.
Dr Sears has a program called PACE that only takes 20 minutes a day but is much safer than long bouts of exercise. Unlike long exercise which diminishes lung capacity, it uses interval training to actually build up lung capacity.
How do I feed my children before the age of 3?
Before the age of 3, I feed my children unprocessed and raw fruits, raw vegetables, raw nuts and seeds, freshly made vegetable and fruit juices, water and a little organic unhomogenized jersey milk.
I will not give them ANY soft drinks, bottled fruit juices, cakes, sweets, lollies, biscuit, white rice, white pasta, white flour products, white sugar products, etc.
Why do I do this?
I often get flak and sarcasm from people for feeding my child a heathly diet. A common argument is that I am depriving my child of the finer things in life. I am trying to do the right thing by my child - you would think that feeding a healthy diet would be above reproach. Who would have thought we would ever live in a world where people criticise you for removing unhealthy food from a childs diet. Especially in an age where childhood illnesses, obesity, diabetes, and cancer are on the rise.
My answer to this is as follows: -
1. I love my children and will do anything in my ability to ensure they are healthy and disease free and not do anything that may be debilitating to them later on in life.
2. I understand first hand the effects of eating a high junk food diet and ended up very ill from my processed food eating days.
3. I see first hand the effects of feeding my child healthy food. He does not fall sick very often and when he does, it is rarely anything more than a mild cough.
3. This is my child and just as others have a right to feed cakes, sweets, biscuits, soft drinks and whatever else to their children, I also have a right to feed my child as I wish. Despite some of the feedback I have received, I am not depriving my child of a bright future.
4. A child cannot fully understand the ramifications of decisions they make at this age. They are still thinking of the here and now. It is my duty as a parent to make those decisions based on what I know and to try and educate my child as he gets older. Eventually he will learn to make his own decisions about what he does or does not do.
5. Feeding sugary, processed and preservative laden foods and drinks to your child does not make them happier. My child was extremely happy eating his fruits, and would go crazy for a bowl of frozen veges from the freezer. There are plenty of studies and anecdotal evidence that show the adverse effects of eating and drinking sugary and preservative laden foods and drinks. Some of these are diabetes, lower IQ, cancer, obesity, the chance of catching that common cold or flu, or autism. And before you go all crazy on me saying this, diet may not be the ultimate cause for all cases of autism however it is certainly a factor for many cases out there. See http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/factsheets/Factautism.htm, http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/index.htm#buttons and also about the Failsafe diet - http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/failsafe.htm.
6. A diet high in processed foods at the age of 3 has been shown in a recent study to interfere with a childs brain development and decreases their IQ and cognitive ability by age 8. The study was published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Do we really need a study to tell us this? We shouldn't.
7. Despite what you see on TV, you have to understand that the media and government are not always right on health issues. They are not doctors and there are vested interests. In terms of media, pharmaceutical companies make up a large part of advertising income for media companies. In terms of government, high ranking people in drugs companies in the USA move on to work for the FDA and vice versa. This creates a conflict of interest in my opinion.
Secondly you cannot always trust every published study that is put out there. Most studies on drugs are funded by drug companies who have a vested interest in the result. These companies will cause the result of each study to be manipulated in favour of their drug. Why would you fund a study that went against your own product? You wouldn't.
Drug companies have been known to pay ghostwriters to write "scientific papers" and then pay a well known doctor to put his name to it. These papers are then published in medical journals. An example is written about in the New York Times which can still be viewed at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/health/research/05ghost.html.
This all should show you that many corrupted drug companies face a commercial reality which unfortunately involves placing profit above human life.
Please understand that marketing on TV is there to change your perceptions, not to provide you with the truth (ask anyone in the field of marketing). Anecdotally I see this happen all the time. I have stated certain things to people who find what I say to be not believable. However as soon as it is stated in a newspaper or on TV all caution is thrown to the wind and suddenly people are ready to believe! People will believe a stranger they have never seen yet they will not believe someone they know. That shows me the power that media has over us. We need to open our eyes to this and understand that the media is not there to educate us. It is there to sell us a product or an idea.
If you want to know more about these issues, you would do well to do your own research and formulate your own opinion on these subjects.
The Future
There is a book I might buy one day called "Power Aging" written by Doctor Gary Null.
There is a set of DVDs that is supposed to help with back and neck pain. It is called NST (Neurostructural Integration Technique) by Michael Nixon-Livy. It is sold on Mercola.com.
Green lipped mussel powder –inflammation
Digestive enzymes – inflammationPQQ – energy
CoQ10 – energy
Brahmi – brain
Gotu kola – brainGurana – Energy
810nm infrared light intranasal – brain and well being
Blue light - skin
Swedish bitters - digestive (only when having issues)
Hawthorn berry extract - heart (quickly brings you down if highly stressed, or hurting chest)
Vitamin D - well being
Olive leaf extract - well being (only when I feel I need it)
Adaptagens (such as Adaptaphase) - stress (only if I cannot sleep)
Epicor - well being (I proactively take once a day especially in Winter to avoid sickness)
Chlorella and greens – well being
Keffir – digestiveLemons - digestive
Bee pollen – well being
Royal jelly – well being
Oat meal mix – digestive
Coconut oil – brain
Eggs – well being
Turmeric – well being
Cinnamon – blood
Nutmeg – well being
Cloves – inflammation
Witches hazel – skin (acne)
Coconut oil – skin (moisture)
Aloe Vera – skin (repair)
Soap (Dr Bronners Eucalypt) – skin and hair
Silver solution – antibiotic and dental
Xylatol - dental
Creatine - muscular
Chia seeds - well being
Eye exercise (far and near) – muscular
Calf stretches – muscularExtreme cardio – heart
Memory exercises – brain
Routine
I find it takes many years from beginning to research to come to a fairly conclusive idea on every subject of health. Therefore I am presenting a basic diet and exercise routine based on the years of research I have performed and the results I see from certain diets and exercises.
- Breakfast - Breakfast should be considered an important meal in the day. It should contain protein to satisfy your hunger and it should contain raw food enzymes to give your digestive system a healthy start. This is my fine-tuned breakfast:
Vegetable smoothie with green veges, banana, apple, and optionally a carrot, avocado, or orange. I love a quote from Jack Lananne - 'if man made, don't eat it' and 'if it tastes good, spit it out'. So this is where my vegetable smoothie comes in. You get your enzymes as well as luminescence from raw foods. Unless you are eating dirt, it don't come from anywhere else. This ensures that even if the rest of my day consists of dead food, I have done something to balance it out.
Slippery elm, oat meal, chia seeds, creatine, taurine, pollen, organic biodynamic unhomogenised yoghurt - Slipper elm and oat meal provide a gentle dose of dietry fiber, while chia seeds provide amino acids, omega 3 and many essential minerals and phytochemicals. Creatine assists in supplying energy to cells such as muscle cells, and aids muscle retention. Taurine has been shown to strengthen the heart, assist in higher magnesium and potassium retention and lower sodium retention in cells. It also has a positive effect on anxiety, lowers blood sugar levels and inhibits glycation. Pollen is high in amino acids and can assist in making your skin beautiful =) Yoghurt as with all dairy should be organic and unhomogenised. A yoghurt that contains ABC cultures will also assist with increasing your healthful bacteria levels.
- Through the day - this is the most difficult to keep under control. You usually cannot prepare food easily at work and the take-away foods are unhealthy but tempting. These are snacks that can fill your day and take your mind off the deep fried canteen food.
Bananas, apples, grapes, etc - easy fruits make a nice snack to take the edge off cravings.
Dark chocolate - a delicious snack that can be very healthy. Get as dark as possible, I love the bitterness of 85 or 90% chocolate. Try to get organic if possible but I will buy non-organic if it is cheaper.
- Lunch - I find it hard to figure out something for lunch. Sometimes I take to work what I ate the night before but it is not nice cold and I have decided I will not use the microwave (personal choice). I generally reheat in the oven.
Organic ham with pineapple or free range chicken breast strips in a sundried tomato sauce - I don't buy organic chicken - way too expensive! But this makes a nice tastey snack along side a garden salad.
- Dinner - the meal that should be small but is generally large!
Chicken Strips in Sundried Tomato sauce - Easy to make. Just slap the chicken breasts into a baking pan, cover with olive oil, slather with the sauce and chuck in the oven. Once cooked through, cut into strips and serve.
Ham and Pineapple - another easy to make one. When Pineapple is cheap, this can be tasty with a nice salad on the side or in a sandwhich with some salad, tomato, cheese and tomato sauce.
Lamb chops - Lamb chops can taste delicious without much preparation. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Put in a frying pan with butter, cook on both sides for 5 minutes each - cover with a large lid - and its all ready. Serve with mashed potato and peas. But lay off too much potato as it is like eating sugar (check out its GI compared to glucose!)
Rib Eye Fillet - When I am feeling generous, a nice rib eye fillet with a mushroom sauce is completely yummy! A bit more preparation required however.
Salmon and mustard sauce - Cook the salmon in a baking tray with olive oil. Serve with mustard.
White fish fillets - such as blue grenadier. Can be baked in olive oil and butter or steamed with garlic. Serve with a side of steamed brocolli and carrot or veges stirfried in organic soy sauce, fish sauce, and a little seseme oil.
- Sweeteners. So this all sounds kill joy if you cannot have your cake and sweets as well. So are there any healthy sweeteners around? Well as it turns out, there just might be.
Organic coconut sugar - this is awesome, has a GI of 35 which is almost half that of rice. It has a very slight caramel flavour but is very versatile in cakes and other desserts. It has protein content and contains 12 amino acids as well as other nutrients.
Xylatol - This is an alcohol sugar. It has a negligible GI and does not feed bacteria in the body or mouth. In actual fact it causes bacteria to attach onto it and renders bacteria ineffective. This is why you will find it in some toothpaste. Awesome in cakes and muffins where you do not want to impart any flavour from your sweetener.
Stevia - a difficult one to work with as it can have a somewhat bitter after taste but comes from a natural plant extract and is up to 300 times sweeter than sugar.
Honey - This one is quite high GI but at least it has nutrients to boot.
- Medications
Olive Leaf Extract - take over time to slowly detox your body and get your immune system up.
Hawthorn Berry Extract - Take when your heart is hurting from too much stress. If you cannot sleep due to anxiety then also take some in water.
Echinacea, Epicor, Beta Glucan - Take when you have or feel a cold or flu coming on.
Vitamin D - Take during the Winter months to support your immune system and prevent colds and flus.
Adaptaphase - Take this frequently when you are feeling chronically and seriously stressed.
- Exercise
- 2 minutes warm-up / 4 minutes of exersion (creating an oxygen debt) / recovery time (slow exercise until heart rate returns to normal) / 3 minutes of exersion / recovery time / 2 minutes of exersion / recovery time / 1 minute of exersion / recovery time.
This is just a very basic example. Exercises that can be performed with this can be anything such as: -
- Bicycle riding, treadmill, stair stepping, rope skipping, sprinting, alternating lunges, squats, jump squats, crunches/situps, leg levers etc.
Also you should note your maximum heart rate and exercise somewhere around the 60%-80% maximum. For a 32 year old the maximum heart rate is 208-[32*0.7] =185.
Flex exercises for a painfree life - this involves a number of exercises that flex the entire body and can prevent pain by using all the the muscles in the body. The exercises are bow, dog, lizard, squat, splits, sky reach, jaw, neck exercise, elbows, wrists, fingers and leg stretches.
Important steps to health
1. Purify the body of heavy metals, inorganic compounds, mycotoxins and elctromagnetic radiation.
This may involve a method of chelation such as Zeolite. See http://www.zeoactiv8.com/pdfs/General-User-Information.pdf which provides information regarding a specific brand. This should be combined with a colloidal minerals supplementation as any mineral deficiencies will be increased by the taking of Zeolite. This should also be taken with a lot of water as it causes a lot of water to be passed from the body. An 80kg person should take 2.5 L of water per day.
2. Modify the diet.
Eat fresh and preferably raw fruit and vegetables. Eat organic meat with no added hormones or antibiotics.
Reduce the number of grains in your diet - especially the processed ones. This means white rice. Try replacing it with brown or even black rice. Brown rice has a more nutty chewy flavour so can take a bit of getting used to. Black rice however is almost sweet in taste but is very good for you from what I have seen.
Take walnuts for Omega 3, 6 and 9. Take brazil nuts for selenium. Take apricots and apricot pits to assist in preventing and beating cancer. Take raw green veges to purify the blood and keep the body balanced and toned.
Take a multivitamin supplement. Cheap supplements are a waste of time and are not well absorbed by the body. Better to take a more expensive one that contains quality ingredients. Forget vitamin E supplements as they are usually only alpha tocepherol. This is the least effective form of vitamin E and can reduce the more effective forms in your body including the more powerful form - tocotrienols. If you take vitamin E, make sure it is a full spectrum tocepherol / tocotrienol supplement.
Leave out processed and cooked foods as much as possible. Most people will say no to this one. I say "as much as possible" means as far as you as an individual or family are willing to go.
3. Increase the alkalinity of your blood.
Take chloraphyl and spirulina and dark green leafy's.
4. Use anti-fungal treatment.
It is possible that cancer starts from a fungal or virus infection. A book that details this link is "Outsmarting your cancer".
5. Increase your calcium intake.
6 Oxygenate the blood and increase the EFA’s (Omega 6 and Omega 3).
When less than optimum levels of oxygen is available to cells, cancer can begin to grow. Cancer is anaerobic in nature and instead lives by fermenting sugar. Therefore lower your risk of cancer by increasing oxygen (by taking such as Co-Enzyme Q10 for example - try to find the ubiquinol form which is more available to the body for older people than ubiquinone) and decrease the number of processed sugars in the diet.
7. Reduce sugar intake.
Once again, cancer as well as bacteria and fungus (candida for example) thrive on sugar in the body. Excess sugar also brings on insulin resistance (which can go on to diabetes) and also advanced glycation end products (AGE). AGEs literally make you age.
Sugars should be replaced at least by lower glycemic sweeteners (not artificial ones such as saccharin or aspartame) for example Stevia (plant based sweetener 300 times sweeter than sugar) , Xylatol (an alcohol sugar), organic coconut sugar (non-organic add in preservatives in processing, GI of 35) or even organic unsulphured blackstrap molassas (contains many beneficial minerals including calcium and potassium). Fruits such as bananas can also be used in cakes instead of using processed nutrient devoid sugars.
8 Take mineral supplements and herbal tonics to replace deficiencies.
Zinc is a common deficiency that can cause immune depression. Lack of magnesium can cause heart issues. Lack of potassium can cause a range of issues - a deficiency of potassium can be caused if you supplement with magnesium without potassium. Calcium deficiency due to poor absorbsion - ensure you take calcium with magnesium, vitamin D, and vitamin K (vitamin K is found in butter).
Vitamin D deficiency is extremely common and can cause immune depression and low levels are linked to depression, sickness, and even cancer. Vitamin D is best acquired from the sun. Some who do testing say this doesnt work for everyone. My theory is that they may be going about it all wrong. If you have sun exposure, I have read on some sites that showering within 48 hours can prevent the complete synthesis of vitamin D. So the rule would be:
- To get at least 20 minutes of sunshine a day - not through glass as UVB rays are blocked by the glass and you will only be getting the more dangerous UVA rays.
- To only wash the essential parts of the body and try not to wash the parts exposed to the sun too regularly.
- Do not use most commercial sunscreens - these can contain chemicals linked to cancer. According to EWG when I last checked, the best sunscreen for both effectiveness and safety is Soleo Organics brand. It also does not contain nano-particles which is a good thing.
9. Don’t use plastics, cut use of chemicals and immediately reduce the intake of processed foods and any other contaminants.
This one is difficult to do, however try to replace containers in the pantry with glass. Use pyrex or glass to bring lunches to work or places. Use glass to store water.
10 Exercise to tone muscles and build stamina.
Dr Sears has a program called PACE that only takes 20 minutes a day but is much safer than long bouts of exercise. Unlike long exercise which diminishes lung capacity, it uses interval training to actually build up lung capacity.
How do I feed my children before the age of 3?
Before the age of 3, I feed my children unprocessed and raw fruits, raw vegetables, raw nuts and seeds, freshly made vegetable and fruit juices, water and a little organic unhomogenized jersey milk.
I will not give them ANY soft drinks, bottled fruit juices, cakes, sweets, lollies, biscuit, white rice, white pasta, white flour products, white sugar products, etc.
Why do I do this?
I often get flak and sarcasm from people for feeding my child a heathly diet. A common argument is that I am depriving my child of the finer things in life. I am trying to do the right thing by my child - you would think that feeding a healthy diet would be above reproach. Who would have thought we would ever live in a world where people criticise you for removing unhealthy food from a childs diet. Especially in an age where childhood illnesses, obesity, diabetes, and cancer are on the rise.
My answer to this is as follows: -
1. I love my children and will do anything in my ability to ensure they are healthy and disease free and not do anything that may be debilitating to them later on in life.
2. I understand first hand the effects of eating a high junk food diet and ended up very ill from my processed food eating days.
3. I see first hand the effects of feeding my child healthy food. He does not fall sick very often and when he does, it is rarely anything more than a mild cough.
3. This is my child and just as others have a right to feed cakes, sweets, biscuits, soft drinks and whatever else to their children, I also have a right to feed my child as I wish. Despite some of the feedback I have received, I am not depriving my child of a bright future.
4. A child cannot fully understand the ramifications of decisions they make at this age. They are still thinking of the here and now. It is my duty as a parent to make those decisions based on what I know and to try and educate my child as he gets older. Eventually he will learn to make his own decisions about what he does or does not do.
5. Feeding sugary, processed and preservative laden foods and drinks to your child does not make them happier. My child was extremely happy eating his fruits, and would go crazy for a bowl of frozen veges from the freezer. There are plenty of studies and anecdotal evidence that show the adverse effects of eating and drinking sugary and preservative laden foods and drinks. Some of these are diabetes, lower IQ, cancer, obesity, the chance of catching that common cold or flu, or autism. And before you go all crazy on me saying this, diet may not be the ultimate cause for all cases of autism however it is certainly a factor for many cases out there. See http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/factsheets/Factautism.htm, http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/index.htm#buttons and also about the Failsafe diet - http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/failsafe.htm.
6. A diet high in processed foods at the age of 3 has been shown in a recent study to interfere with a childs brain development and decreases their IQ and cognitive ability by age 8. The study was published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Do we really need a study to tell us this? We shouldn't.
7. Despite what you see on TV, you have to understand that the media and government are not always right on health issues. They are not doctors and there are vested interests. In terms of media, pharmaceutical companies make up a large part of advertising income for media companies. In terms of government, high ranking people in drugs companies in the USA move on to work for the FDA and vice versa. This creates a conflict of interest in my opinion.
Secondly you cannot always trust every published study that is put out there. Most studies on drugs are funded by drug companies who have a vested interest in the result. These companies will cause the result of each study to be manipulated in favour of their drug. Why would you fund a study that went against your own product? You wouldn't.
Drug companies have been known to pay ghostwriters to write "scientific papers" and then pay a well known doctor to put his name to it. These papers are then published in medical journals. An example is written about in the New York Times which can still be viewed at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/health/research/05ghost.html.
This all should show you that many corrupted drug companies face a commercial reality which unfortunately involves placing profit above human life.
Please understand that marketing on TV is there to change your perceptions, not to provide you with the truth (ask anyone in the field of marketing). Anecdotally I see this happen all the time. I have stated certain things to people who find what I say to be not believable. However as soon as it is stated in a newspaper or on TV all caution is thrown to the wind and suddenly people are ready to believe! People will believe a stranger they have never seen yet they will not believe someone they know. That shows me the power that media has over us. We need to open our eyes to this and understand that the media is not there to educate us. It is there to sell us a product or an idea.
If you want to know more about these issues, you would do well to do your own research and formulate your own opinion on these subjects.
The Future
There is a book I might buy one day called "Power Aging" written by Doctor Gary Null.
There is a set of DVDs that is supposed to help with back and neck pain. It is called NST (Neurostructural Integration Technique) by Michael Nixon-Livy. It is sold on Mercola.com.
Remedies: Insomnia and sleeping issues
Introduction
These are just my thoughts and things I have found in relation to sleeping issues and insomnia.
Remedy for Sleep Maintenance Insomnia
There is apparently a remedy for this type of insomnia called chaste tree. This increases the bodies production of meletonin and therefore helps you to have a more restful nights sleep. A recommended dosage was 120 to 480mg a day and may increase melatonin output by 60 percent.
Jet lag
Chaste tree may also be able to treat jet lag.
These are just my thoughts and things I have found in relation to sleeping issues and insomnia.
Remedy for Sleep Maintenance Insomnia
There is apparently a remedy for this type of insomnia called chaste tree. This increases the bodies production of meletonin and therefore helps you to have a more restful nights sleep. A recommended dosage was 120 to 480mg a day and may increase melatonin output by 60 percent.
Jet lag
Chaste tree may also be able to treat jet lag.
Mixing Sound
Introduction
These are my notes on mixing of sound. I am not a professional so I would take everything written here with a grain of salt.
Mixing
Mixing live sound including EQ and compressors: http://homerecording.about.com/od/mixinglivesound/a/mixing_live.htm
http://www.behindthemixer.com/content/eq-vocals-101-fix-and-mix
The Compressor (Comp)
Turn compression knob to right to increase compression ratio which
produces smoother sound by attenuating louder signals. This can also
increase feedback however so if you need to reduce feedback then turn the knob to the
left.
Vocals and EQ
You should tune the EQ of someones vocals in order to fix a problem frequency, to add special effects, or to place the vocal in the best place for the mix. For example, cut the backgroup singers in the 3-4KHz range and increase the sound in the range for the lead singer. This gives the lead singer an edge in that range. Increase at 10kHz to brighten the voice. Or reduce a nasally sound by cutting a few db's around the 1kHz mark.
These are my notes on mixing of sound. I am not a professional so I would take everything written here with a grain of salt.
Mixing
Mixing live sound including EQ and compressors: http://homerecording.about.com/od/mixinglivesound/a/mixing_live.htm
http://www.behindthemixer.com/content/eq-vocals-101-fix-and-mix
The Compressor (Comp)
Turn compression knob to right to increase compression ratio which
produces smoother sound by attenuating louder signals. This can also
increase feedback however so if you need to reduce feedback then turn the knob to the
left.
Vocals and EQ
You should tune the EQ of someones vocals in order to fix a problem frequency, to add special effects, or to place the vocal in the best place for the mix. For example, cut the backgroup singers in the 3-4KHz range and increase the sound in the range for the lead singer. This gives the lead singer an edge in that range. Increase at 10kHz to brighten the voice. Or reduce a nasally sound by cutting a few db's around the 1kHz mark.
17 September 2010
The China Study
Introduction
These are my thoughts and links on the China Study. This is one of the most polarizing "studies" ever to come out and is often quoted as fact. It does not appear to me however to be able to stand up against criticism and appears to often come up with the wrong conclusions.
Dr. Mercola's view on the China Study
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/09/08/china-study.aspx
These are my thoughts and links on the China Study. This is one of the most polarizing "studies" ever to come out and is often quoted as fact. It does not appear to me however to be able to stand up against criticism and appears to often come up with the wrong conclusions.
Dr. Mercola's view on the China Study
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/09/08/china-study.aspx
Heavy Metal Toxicity and Chelation
Introduction
This is my thoughts on heavy metal toxicity, its effects, and potential solutions to heavy metal toxicity. These are based on information I have read and are not intended to treat anyone's health issues.
Toxicity
Is heavy metal toxic.....yup. Glad we got that one over with. Aluminium and mercury are probably the most well known for heavy metal toxicity. Heavy metal toxicity has been linked to brain disorders such as autism and alzheimers. Is this the cause of all cases of autism and alzheimers? Not likely. But many testimonials have declared significant improvements to these conditions following a chelation and lowering of these heavy metals in the body. Heavy metals are known to build up over time in the body, thus you may not notice when the toxicity initially began, however once someone is tipped over the edge, who knows what damage it is doing. Aluminium is a neurotoxin. When consumed, 5% of aluminuim is taken up and stored in the body. When applied to the body as as through anti-perspirants, as much as 40% of aluminium is stored in the body! Where it is stored in the body is also significant. When aluminium bonds with flouride, flouride helps carry aluminium across the blood/brain barrier where it can then unleash its havoc with one of your most important organs. Mercury is known to be one of the most toxic substances known to man. It is extremely toxic to the human body. It can be taken through flu vaccines, as well as eating larger fish-eating-fish. Aluminium can also be absorbed through vaccines, black tea, and even from the environment.
Chelation
Chelation has been sworn by many to be able to reduce the heavy metals in their body and also to help them or their children recover from various health issues. There are a number of chelation kits out there to assist with this but it is always best to seek the advice of a health professional.
Other common foods that can assist with the removal of heavy metals from the body:
This is my thoughts on heavy metal toxicity, its effects, and potential solutions to heavy metal toxicity. These are based on information I have read and are not intended to treat anyone's health issues.
Toxicity
Is heavy metal toxic.....yup. Glad we got that one over with. Aluminium and mercury are probably the most well known for heavy metal toxicity. Heavy metal toxicity has been linked to brain disorders such as autism and alzheimers. Is this the cause of all cases of autism and alzheimers? Not likely. But many testimonials have declared significant improvements to these conditions following a chelation and lowering of these heavy metals in the body. Heavy metals are known to build up over time in the body, thus you may not notice when the toxicity initially began, however once someone is tipped over the edge, who knows what damage it is doing. Aluminium is a neurotoxin. When consumed, 5% of aluminuim is taken up and stored in the body. When applied to the body as as through anti-perspirants, as much as 40% of aluminium is stored in the body! Where it is stored in the body is also significant. When aluminium bonds with flouride, flouride helps carry aluminium across the blood/brain barrier where it can then unleash its havoc with one of your most important organs. Mercury is known to be one of the most toxic substances known to man. It is extremely toxic to the human body. It can be taken through flu vaccines, as well as eating larger fish-eating-fish. Aluminium can also be absorbed through vaccines, black tea, and even from the environment.
Chelation
Chelation has been sworn by many to be able to reduce the heavy metals in their body and also to help them or their children recover from various health issues. There are a number of chelation kits out there to assist with this but it is always best to seek the advice of a health professional.
Other common foods that can assist with the removal of heavy metals from the body:
- Chloryphill
- Spirulina
- Olive leaf extract
14 September 2010
Solutions: Exercise, Oxygen, Fat and Muscle
Introduction
These are my thoughts on exercise and research I have read in this regard. These may or may not be my opinions and are not intended to diagnose anyones issues. These are for my own benefit only.
PACE
Do leg lunges, knee bends, leg raises, push ups, etc Do 100 reps. Rest then do it again faster. This causes short period stress on the body to increase lung capacity and heart capacity. Long periods of exercise diminish capacity by forcing your body to become more efficient. This is not a good thing.
This is an exercise plan I would like to put into practice:
Weeks 1 and 2
Begin by developing an exercise routine based on activities you enjoy. Your goal is to perform this exercise for 20 minutes at a time at low intensity. If you can’t exercise for 20 minutes without stopping, rest as needed. As you’re starting out, write down what you do. It’s helpful to determine your current level of fitness to use as a baseline to track your progress.
In the second week, begin experimenting with the pace. Push yourself a little harder and then ease up a bit. Vary your pace as much as you feel comfortable.
As you play with the pace, begin to develop an internal scale of how intensely you exercise. Use a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 or 2 is a leisurely pace, all the way up to full throttle at 9 or 10.
Week 1:
• Exercise for 20 minutes at a comfortable intensity level of 2 or 3.
Week 2:
• Exercise for 20 minutes at varying intensity levels, recording your pace and how hard it feels.
Weeks 3 and 4
In weeks three and four, increase the amount of work you do in the same amount of time. If you exercise on a treadmill or cycling machine, push yourself to cover more distance in the same time.
Your workout now consists of two intervals, with a rest period in between. During the periods of rest, you don’t have to be completely inactive. You will do better to keep moving at low intensity while you recover.
Week 3:
• Exercise for 9 minutes at intensity level 3
• Rest for 2 minutes
• Exercise for 9 minutes at intensity level 4
Week 4:
• Exercise for 8 minutes at intensity level 4
• Rest for 4 minutes
• Exercise for 8 minutes at intensity level 5
Weeks 5 and 6
In weeks five and six, exercise more intensely during three somewhat shorter intervals.
Week 5:
• Exercise for 6 minutes at intensity level 3
• Rest for 2 minutes
• Exercise for 6 minutes at intensity level 5
• Rest for 2 minutes
• Exercise for 6 minutes at intensity level 4
Week 6:
Decrease each exercise period to 5 minutes, while you increase the intensity by one level. Since you are working a little harder, allow yourself 3 minutes of leisurely-paced rest to recover between intervals.
Weeks 7 and 8
It’s time to put the “accelerating” component of your PACE program into play. Your goal is to take less and less time to reach the point of your greatest effort. The result is that you complete more intervals during the same time and you increase the level quicker.
The shorter your intervals of greatest intensity, the faster you condition your body for maximal capacity.
Week 7:
• Exercise for 4 minutes at intensity level 4
• Rest for 2 minutes
• Exercise for 3 minutes at intensity level 6
• Rest for 2 minutes
• Exercise for 2 minutes at intensity level 7
• Rest for 3 minutes
• Exercise for 3 minutes at intensity level 5
Week 8:
Now you will shorten your first interval a little and increase the intensity of your second interval a bit. You are “accelerating” your challenge with your highest effort occurring earlier.
• Exercise for 3 minutes at intensity level 4
• Rest for 2 minutes
• Exercise for 3 minutes at intensity level 7
• Rest for 2 minutes
• Exercise for 3 minutes at intensity level 7
• Rest for 2 minutes
• Exercise for 3 minutes at intensity level 5
As you continue to pick up the pace, increase the intensity of your workout and the number of exercise intervals. At the same time, shorten the length of your exercise sessions.
You may be doing three five-minute intervals with two three-minutes rests. As you progress, shorten the length of your exercise intervals to four, three, two, and then one minute. Work a little harder during these shorter exercise sessions.
When you get used to PACE and use it to your full advantage, your workout sessions usually last less than 12 minutes.
EWOT
EWOT is Exercise with Oxygen Therapy. You take in oxygen from an oxygen concentrator while exercising and it allows your body to work more efficiently. This allows more oxygen to be utilised by the cells in the body and therefore assist in decreasing the symptoms of a number of health issues. This can apparently give a lot of energy to those who are feeling the effects of time, and thereby giving older people the ability to feel younger again. I think this is an intriguing topic however finding an oxygen concentrator is a little difficult (read: pricey) but one day I want to give this a go.
Drop Fat and Gain Muscle with Chromium
A study at the University of Kentucky showed that feeding Chromium to pigs increased lean muscle mass and decreased fat. An Austrian study showed the exact same thing with humans. Apparently also 90% of Americans do not get enough Chromium in their diet. Junk food makes this even worse as sugar forms phytic acid and this blocks the uptake of Chromium in the body.
Cant stop eating? Drop the High Fructose Corn Syrup
This HFCS sugar is in almost everything! And it increases the bodies production of leptin. This is the signal that tells the body when you are full. If this goes into over production then the body ignores the signal and does not tell you that you are full!
Chromium
Chromium is supposed to reduce weight and blood sugar levels and also build muscle mass.
Introduction
These are my thoughts on oxygen and potential roles in the human body. These are opinions only and not intended to treat anyone's problems.
Oxygen Concentrator
I have read a lot about this new exercise called EWOT - Exercise with Oxygen Therapy. This is where a workout is performed at the same time as concentrated oxygen is given. This allows more oxygen to be utilised by the cells in the body and therefore assist in decreasing the symptoms of a number of health issues. This can apparently give a lot of energy to those who are feeling the effects of time, and thereby giving older people the ability to feel younger again. I think this is an intriguing topic however finding an oxygen concentrator is a little difficult (read: pricey) but one day I want to give this a go.
Rebounder exercises (trampoline) - http://www.naturalnews.com/031739_rebounding_cell_health.html
These are my thoughts on exercise and research I have read in this regard. These may or may not be my opinions and are not intended to diagnose anyones issues. These are for my own benefit only.
PACE
Do leg lunges, knee bends, leg raises, push ups, etc Do 100 reps. Rest then do it again faster. This causes short period stress on the body to increase lung capacity and heart capacity. Long periods of exercise diminish capacity by forcing your body to become more efficient. This is not a good thing.
This is an exercise plan I would like to put into practice:
Weeks 1 and 2
Begin by developing an exercise routine based on activities you enjoy. Your goal is to perform this exercise for 20 minutes at a time at low intensity. If you can’t exercise for 20 minutes without stopping, rest as needed. As you’re starting out, write down what you do. It’s helpful to determine your current level of fitness to use as a baseline to track your progress.
In the second week, begin experimenting with the pace. Push yourself a little harder and then ease up a bit. Vary your pace as much as you feel comfortable.
As you play with the pace, begin to develop an internal scale of how intensely you exercise. Use a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 or 2 is a leisurely pace, all the way up to full throttle at 9 or 10.
Week 1:
• Exercise for 20 minutes at a comfortable intensity level of 2 or 3.
Week 2:
• Exercise for 20 minutes at varying intensity levels, recording your pace and how hard it feels.
Weeks 3 and 4
In weeks three and four, increase the amount of work you do in the same amount of time. If you exercise on a treadmill or cycling machine, push yourself to cover more distance in the same time.
Your workout now consists of two intervals, with a rest period in between. During the periods of rest, you don’t have to be completely inactive. You will do better to keep moving at low intensity while you recover.
Week 3:
• Exercise for 9 minutes at intensity level 3
• Rest for 2 minutes
• Exercise for 9 minutes at intensity level 4
Week 4:
• Exercise for 8 minutes at intensity level 4
• Rest for 4 minutes
• Exercise for 8 minutes at intensity level 5
Weeks 5 and 6
In weeks five and six, exercise more intensely during three somewhat shorter intervals.
Week 5:
• Exercise for 6 minutes at intensity level 3
• Rest for 2 minutes
• Exercise for 6 minutes at intensity level 5
• Rest for 2 minutes
• Exercise for 6 minutes at intensity level 4
Week 6:
Decrease each exercise period to 5 minutes, while you increase the intensity by one level. Since you are working a little harder, allow yourself 3 minutes of leisurely-paced rest to recover between intervals.
Weeks 7 and 8
It’s time to put the “accelerating” component of your PACE program into play. Your goal is to take less and less time to reach the point of your greatest effort. The result is that you complete more intervals during the same time and you increase the level quicker.
The shorter your intervals of greatest intensity, the faster you condition your body for maximal capacity.
Week 7:
• Exercise for 4 minutes at intensity level 4
• Rest for 2 minutes
• Exercise for 3 minutes at intensity level 6
• Rest for 2 minutes
• Exercise for 2 minutes at intensity level 7
• Rest for 3 minutes
• Exercise for 3 minutes at intensity level 5
Week 8:
Now you will shorten your first interval a little and increase the intensity of your second interval a bit. You are “accelerating” your challenge with your highest effort occurring earlier.
• Exercise for 3 minutes at intensity level 4
• Rest for 2 minutes
• Exercise for 3 minutes at intensity level 7
• Rest for 2 minutes
• Exercise for 3 minutes at intensity level 7
• Rest for 2 minutes
• Exercise for 3 minutes at intensity level 5
As you continue to pick up the pace, increase the intensity of your workout and the number of exercise intervals. At the same time, shorten the length of your exercise sessions.
You may be doing three five-minute intervals with two three-minutes rests. As you progress, shorten the length of your exercise intervals to four, three, two, and then one minute. Work a little harder during these shorter exercise sessions.
When you get used to PACE and use it to your full advantage, your workout sessions usually last less than 12 minutes.
EWOT
EWOT is Exercise with Oxygen Therapy. You take in oxygen from an oxygen concentrator while exercising and it allows your body to work more efficiently. This allows more oxygen to be utilised by the cells in the body and therefore assist in decreasing the symptoms of a number of health issues. This can apparently give a lot of energy to those who are feeling the effects of time, and thereby giving older people the ability to feel younger again. I think this is an intriguing topic however finding an oxygen concentrator is a little difficult (read: pricey) but one day I want to give this a go.
Drop Fat and Gain Muscle with Chromium
A study at the University of Kentucky showed that feeding Chromium to pigs increased lean muscle mass and decreased fat. An Austrian study showed the exact same thing with humans. Apparently also 90% of Americans do not get enough Chromium in their diet. Junk food makes this even worse as sugar forms phytic acid and this blocks the uptake of Chromium in the body.
Cant stop eating? Drop the High Fructose Corn Syrup
This HFCS sugar is in almost everything! And it increases the bodies production of leptin. This is the signal that tells the body when you are full. If this goes into over production then the body ignores the signal and does not tell you that you are full!
Chromium
Chromium is supposed to reduce weight and blood sugar levels and also build muscle mass.
Introduction
These are my thoughts on oxygen and potential roles in the human body. These are opinions only and not intended to treat anyone's problems.
Oxygen Concentrator
I have read a lot about this new exercise called EWOT - Exercise with Oxygen Therapy. This is where a workout is performed at the same time as concentrated oxygen is given. This allows more oxygen to be utilised by the cells in the body and therefore assist in decreasing the symptoms of a number of health issues. This can apparently give a lot of energy to those who are feeling the effects of time, and thereby giving older people the ability to feel younger again. I think this is an intriguing topic however finding an oxygen concentrator is a little difficult (read: pricey) but one day I want to give this a go.
Rebounder exercises (trampoline) - http://www.naturalnews.com/031739_rebounding_cell_health.html
Plants and growing lights
Introduction
This is my thoughts on plants and infrared growing lights.
Infrared Growing Lights
Infrared growing lights can be found at www.groleds.com.au and plug into a normal fitting such as a lamp.
Indoor plants
Vegetable garden plants
Fruit trees to grow: apples, apricots, olives, oranges, plums
For trees that dont respond well to the weather: use grow LEDs and/or a greenhouse
For indoors: Grow alfalfa and sprouts
This is my thoughts on plants and infrared growing lights.
Infrared Growing Lights
Infrared growing lights can be found at www.groleds.com.au and plug into a normal fitting such as a lamp.
Indoor plants
Vegetable garden plants
Fruit trees to grow: apples, apricots, olives, oranges, plums
For trees that dont respond well to the weather: use grow LEDs and/or a greenhouse
For indoors: Grow alfalfa and sprouts
Remedies: Miscellaneous
Introduction
This is my thoughts and findings on different issues that I have read about. This is not meant to diagnose anyones condition but is for my own personal information only.
Trigger Finger
Years ago, Dr. John Ellis found that taking 100 milligrams of vitamin
B6 three times a day for several months almost always eliminates this condition.
This is my thoughts and findings on different issues that I have read about. This is not meant to diagnose anyones condition but is for my own personal information only.
Trigger Finger
Years ago, Dr. John Ellis found that taking 100 milligrams of vitamin
B6 three times a day for several months almost always eliminates this condition.
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