Tuesday, April 10, 2018

5 Reasons to Favor Fermented Foods

You just have to eat fermented foods, incorporating them slowly into your diet! In "The Alphabet Series," we pick up today with the letter, "F" because it's so fantastically favorite! Letter F
When certain foods are left to soak and seep over time, the carbs and sugars act to boost the growth of certain bacteria. These "fermented"  bacteria protect your gut, your health, and these are the original probiotics, par excellence!
Far better than probiotics found in an expensive pill, they pack pounds of immunonutrition power! And you know how much we love immune-nutrition: to benefit the immune system with each bite!

Here are the Top 5 Reasons to Make Fermented Foods your FAV's:

  1. Shield from bacteria such as E.Coli and salmonella, and the yeast Candida. Tiny bacteria, microflora, live in the gut and line it with a protective barrier. Fermented foods' probiotic power can be 1000x more potent than store-bought supplements;
  2. Increase antibodies that fight infection, enhancing the immune system;
  3. Regulate the appetite. Eat the top probiotic foods to gain all the best benefits;
  4. Decrease sugar and carbohydrate cravings, and do so naturally;
  5. Fight inflammation. Many of today's top killers like heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic metabolic syndrome can be counteracted by an anti-inflammatory diet with antioxidant quality. Fermented foods exquisitely fit this bill!
Do you need any more reasons? The list would be too long to fit into six or seven paragraphs, and we used our extensive education and years of experience to bring to you the whittled down list extraordinaire! So be sure to read all the related articles!
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General Rule: If you watch every single morsel of food that goes into your mouth, and refuse to eat or drink anything that is not acting as a beneficial medicine to your body, then you're well on your way to streamline all your health care and aging needs!
(That last sentence was so packed with concentrated information, you may want to go ahead and re-read it and take it straight to heart today!)

Maybe next time you see them, you'll say, "Please pass those pickles!"


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Monday, April 9, 2018

What does "Iatrogenic: Mean?

The etimology (origin) of the word, "iatrogenic" is from the Greek:
iatros - physician
genic - English
iat·ro·gen·ic \  ī-ˌa-trə-ˈjen-ik adjective  
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Iatrogenic (Merriam-Webster)

"induced inadvertently by a physician or surgeon or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedures

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jen-i-k(ə-)lēadverb

iatrogenicity

jə-ˈnis-ət-ē \ noun

In other words, the physician did it.

Examples of Iatrogenic Events:

  • George Washington was blood-let by physicians who thought they were saving him. His death was iatrogenic.
  • The pharmacist misread the doctor's handwriting and gave the patient the wrong drug. The patient got the wrong drug due to an iatrogenic handwriting error.
  • (Extreme case) The surgeon amputated the wrong leg. The mistake was iatrogenic.

What made you want to know what 'Iatrogenic' means?

Comment below and tell us where you heard it used, especially if you have a link to an article.
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Sunday, April 8, 2018

7 Ways that Chronic Pain Changes the Brain

by Dr. Margaret Aranda

  1. An automated meta-analysis of 420 imaging studies - pain's effect on the brain.

    neurosynth.org uses functional connectivity and coactivation mapping from thousands of MRI images (each comprised of many cuts of images) are automated to show a final result of pain's effect on the brain. Created and maintained by Tal Yarkoni. Supported by NIH Grant R01MH096906.
[caption id="attachment_7076" align="aligncenter" width="601"]Neurosynth.org Automates 420 MRI Brain Images on: Pain. These are the brain areas affected by pain.[/caption]

2.  Chronic back pain. Touch-pain circuits shape-shift to emotional circuits.

Hashmi JA, Balike MD, Baria AT, et al. Shape shifting pain: chronicification of back pain shifts brain representation from nociceptive to emotional circuits. Brain. 2013 Sep; 136(Pt 9): 2751-2768. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23983029
[caption id="attachment_6942" align="aligncenter" width="309"]1.Chronic back pain causes shape-shifting pain that moves from pain-touch to emotional circuits Hashmi JA, Balike MD, Baria AT, et al. Brain. 2013[/caption]

 

3.  Chronic back pain. Structural changes in the brain are hard-wired, predicting who will develop it after one year.

Mansour AR, Baliki MN, Huang L, et al. Brain white matter structural properties predict transition to chronic pain. Pain. 2013 Oct; 154(10): 2160-2168. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=10.1016%2Fj.pain.2013.06.044 
[caption id="attachment_6947" align="aligncenter" width="370"]2.Brain white matter may be hard-wired to predict who will get “chronic” pain Mansour AR, Baliki MN, Huang L, et al. Pain. 2013[/caption]

4.  Chronic pelvic pain. Causes microstructural changes in brain areas in how pain is felt, and how it is processed.

Woodworth D, Mayer E, Leu K, er al. Unique microstructural changes in the brain associated with urological chronic pelvic pain syndrome (UCPPS) revealed by diffusion tensor MRI, super-resolution track density imaging, and statistical parameter mapping: A MAPP Network neuroimaging study. PLoS One. 2015 Ovt 13; 10(10):e0140350. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Microstructural+changes+with+chronic+prostatitis%2Fchronic+pain+syndrome

[caption id="attachment_6955" align="alignnone" width="684"]Screen Shot 2017-07-17 at 10.53.29 PM Unique microstructural changes in the brain associated with urological chronic pelvic pain syndrome (UCPPS) revealed by diffusion tensor MRI, super-resolution track density imaging, and statistical parameter mapping: A MAPP Network neuroimaging study. 2015.[/caption]

 

5. Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). In "the suicide disease",  inattention in near space may occur together with distorted body perception.

Janet H. Bultitude, Ian Walker, Charles Spence; Space-based bias of covert visual attention in complex regional pain syndrome. Brain 2017 awx152. doi: 10.1093/brain/awx152 https://academic.oup.com/brain/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/brain/awx152 doi: 10.1093/brain/awx152

[caption id="attachment_7032" align="alignnone" width="1184"]Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS. The "suicide disease". Space-based bias of covert visual attention in complex regional pain syndrome. 2017.[/caption]

6. Chronic Pain. Vulnerability to develop a painful condition relates to two brain regions: the reward-motivation and the Descending Pain Modulatory System (DPMS).

Denk F, McMahon SB, and Tracey, I. Pain vulnerability: a neurobiological perspective. Nature Neuroscience 2014: 17, 192-200. http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v17/n2/full/nn.3628.html
[caption id="attachment_7040" align="alignnone" width="1098"]CRPS exhibits brain vulnerability in reward center, motivation/learning & descending modulation. Pain vulnerability: a neurobiological perspective. 2014.[/caption]

7. Chronic pain and depression. Various drugs act at different sites in the cascade of neuroplasticity that cause chronic pain to develop into depression.

Shang J, Liu S, Wang Y, Cui R, and Zhang X. The Link between depression and chronic pain: neural mechanisms in the brain. Neural Plast. June 19, 2017; 9724371. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5494581/
[caption id="attachment_7053" align="alignnone" width="992"]Chronic Pain Leads to Depression The Link between Depression and Chronic Pain: Neural Mechanisms in the Brain.
It is clear that pain changes the brain. From the last study, released on June 19, 2017, one sees the importance of neuroplasticity that modulates pain input to the brain. Pain leads to depression, which can then feed back to make the pain worse. These molecular mechanisms can be modified by opioids, benzodiazepines, MAO inhibitors, tricyclic drugs, serotonin-receptor inhibitors, and glutamatergic drugs.
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Organic Paleo Muffins

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Are you on the run in the morning? Best to grab some weekday morning protein to start off your day, and this is a surefire way to do it in style: Organic Paleo muffins!

Use this recipe on a Saturday or Sunday morning, and feel free to store muffins in the refrigerator. Use organic eggs and veges, and intrigue with an interesting flavor by using coconut milk.

Eggs will never be the same!

Ingredients:

  • 8 eggs, organic
  • 1 cup diced pepper (bell pepper, jalapeno, etc.), organic
  • 1 cup diced onion, organic
  • 8 ounces cooked meat (ground beef/chicken/turkey, compliant bacon or sausage, etc.), free-range, organic
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 tablespoons coconut milk (canned), organic

Directions:

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  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Butter 8 muffin cups (or line with paper liners).
  3. Beat eggs together in a large bowl; add other ingredients.
  4. Pour egg mixture evenly into prepared muffin cups.
  5. Bake in pre-heated oven until muffins are set in the middle, 18-20 minutes.

This recipe was previously published on The Chronic Life Diet by Dr. Margaret Aranda.

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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Organic Carrot Cake






Using all organic products makes for more color and vitality. So does using about twice as many carrots than most recipes. Now and then, I also love the texture of diced fresh figs instead of raisins, as well as hand-broken walnuts for a chunky crunch.

In the beginning, I follow this order and set out all the ingredients on a crowded countertop. As I use each item, I put it away, because I don't particularly like to clean the kitchen after putting the cake in the oven. I clean up each knife and bowl as they are used, so that by the time the smell of baking cake hits your nose, the kitchen is left intact, perfect enough even for your future mother-in-law's taste.

Carrot Cake

Prepare two 9-inch baking pans by lightly coating with organic butter and flour, as well as parchment paper on the bottom.
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Ingredients:

2 cups pastry flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon iodized salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, organic
3/4 cup 100% virgin olive oil, organic
3/4 cup 2% buttermilk, organic
2 teaspoons real vanilla extract, organic
2 cups Stevia sugar substitute, 1:1 for sugar granules
3 cups grated carrots, organic
8 oz crushed pineapple, organic, fresh, drained of water
4 oz crushed coconut flakes
1 cup walnuts, crunched by hand

Mix:

  1. Stir together flour, soda, powder, salt, and cinnamon until sifted. Set aside.
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2. In larger bowl, beat eggs, Stevia, oil, buttermilk, vanilla, with hand mixer.


3. Add flour mixture to larger bowl, scraping sides...

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4. Add carrots, pineapple, coconut, and walnuts with a spoon, stir slowly.


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5. Scoop into two lined and prepared cake pans (see Figure 1).

Bake:

Bake at 350F for 25-30 minutes, or when toothpick or knife inserted into the middle comes out clean.

Cool:

Cool for 10 min in cake pan, then turn over to cool completely (okay to freeze covered), before frosting.

Frosting:

8 oz whipped cream cheese
1 stick butter, organic
1/2 cup confectioner's powdered sugar
1 tbsp crushed pineapple, organic
1 tbsp flaked coconut, organic

  1. Cream together whipped cream cheese, butter, sugar, crushed pineapple and flaked coconut.
  2. Frost top of one cake, then top of 2nd cakes. I find it too rich to frost all around the corners, too, and prefer it with less frosting.
  3. Delight your family and friends!


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Organic Blueberry Orange Walnut Scones


Lots of people cook, but not everyone can bake. There is something really wonderful about baking. I love the smell of aromatics from the kitchen, especially on a toasty morning with chilly briskness in the outside air. Using pastry flour adds an extra touch of yumminess, especially for those who eat carbs on rare occasions! And it's sugar-free!

Yummy!

The beauty of a just-out-of-the-oven scone cannot be understated, because it's just pretty, warm and wonderful! So without further ado, here's my original recipe:

Organic Blueberry Orange Walnut Scones

Ingredients:

3 cups pastry flour + 1/4 cup
1/4 cup stevia (equivalent volume-for-volume to sugar)
4 tsp baking powder
1 cup softened butter, organic
3 tsp tangerine peel, shredded + 1/4 tsp tangerine juice (organic)
3/4 cup frozen blueberries, organic
1/2 cup walnut pieces, organic
1/2 cup + 2 tsp milk, organic
2 eggs, organic
1 tbsp stevia powder  (equivalent volume-for-volume to sugar)

Batter Prep:

1. Preheat oven to 425°F. Using parchment paper, line a cookie sheet or broiler grill.
2. In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients and sift. Add butter and mix until a crumbly dough forms. 3. Add orange rind, juice, berries, walnuts, 1/2 cup milk and eggs.
4. Mix it until a sticky dough forms, using care not to overmix.

If you see the dough turn lavender, stop mixing.

Turn the blueberry orange walnut scone batter onto the parchment paper.
It will be sticky.

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Dough Prep:

1. Add 1/4 cup flour to top of round.
2. Use flour-coated hands to shape into an oblong round about 1-1/2" thick, using another 1/4-1/2 cup to form.
3. Cut into strips and divide into thirds (see photo). The strips will bake together, so it is okay to widen the distance between doughs a touch, if you would like.
4. Brush the top with remaining 2 tsp milk. Sprinkle with stevia granules.

Bake:

Bake 17-21 minutes, until corners are browned. Makes 15 scones.

Serve:

Serve warm fresh out of oven, together with a cup of coffee or tea - sure to be a morning hit! Be certain to serve with coffee, tea, or milk, because all scones are made to accompany a drink, as they are naturally drier than a muffin.





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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

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