I try to stay up on the current health food ideas. This one has been around for a long time. It is the benefits of cinnamon. Everywhere I look, there is another article on your health and cinnamon.
The new one is cinnamon and honey. Have one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon three times a day and all of your health problems with disappear within three weeks.
Do you believe it? The first thing I did was look up the health claims of honey. Wow! There are hundreds, maybe even thousands. Here are the top ten: Boosts your energy...Reduces muscle fatigue...Regulates blood sugar...Treats coughs...Heals wounds and cuts...Beats insomnia...Good for your skin...reduces your weight and Improves digestion.
Is that great or what? I say it is. There aren't really any bad side affect of this sweet bee nectar so long as you are above two years of age, but remember, sugar is sugar so don't get carried away.
Now let's talk about cinnamon. All cinnamon is not created equal. The verdict is still out on the affect cinnamon has on your health but over all, the follow things are widely thought to be true. It is rich in antioxidants,
a natural anti-inflammatory, helps regulate blood sugar. But don't stop reading yet.
There is more than one kind of cinnamon and if you are going to follow the health gurus such as Dr. Oz and drink a tea or eat cinnamon and honey three times a day ( one tablespoon of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon)
There is Ceylon and Cassia. All of the cinnamon you buy at the grocery store is Cassia. DO NOT USE IT FOR THIS HEALTH REGIMENT it contains high levels of coumarin which can cause liver damage within three weeks. If the bottle or jar doesn't say CEYLON don't bother to buy it.
Still, does it work? I haven't a clue. I saw it on Dr. Oz and those of you who know me know I can't let anything go until I research it.
I drink cinnamon and honey tea a couple times a day, but the problem with anything like this is that nothing beats a good diet with plenty of fruits and veggies and cool clear water.
Did I mention how irritated I get at the health food store about the things they sell and people buy because the figure if it is a health food store, the stuff is healthy. NOT.
I eat lunch most Sunday's at a health food store. When I am done, I get a chocolate bar. Is it healthy? NO.
Neither is the Pops Kettle Corn or about two thousand other things I see every week, including organic Cassia cinnamon.
Do they have a lot of healthy organic food? Absolutely, but remember, no one is looking out for you health but you.
See you next time. I can't imagine what will come to mind to talk about by then. Oh yes, one more thing. Another writer told me to try fried cucumbers and I did. Delicious. I used corn meal, a little sugar and an egg and some milk. Milk and an egg in one bowl and then put the slices in the corn meal and fry them in a little olive oil. Something different and tasty.
Have a great week.
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Sunday, August 9, 2015
Friday, February 1, 2013
Food
Food
For those of you growing weary of philosophers I thought I would stray to something else I am passionate about. FOOD.
Here at the farm we raise natural beef and lamb. For days my farm partner has been bottle feeding a lamb.
His Mama doesn't have milk enough to sustain him. The sheep were originally purchased to keep the fruit cleaned up in the orchard and to fertilize it. We practice perma-culture here.
Perma-culture is the concept that everything you do enhances something else within the area and makes life healthier for everything and anything in its immediate area. Such as, bugs. Some insects that attach apple trees (we have 154 or them) actually go to the ground three times in their life cycle. Mostly they travel in fruit hitting the ground. So, the sheep eat the fallen fruit, poop in the orchard and eat the grass so I don't have to mow.
We breed the ladies and sell the guys for meat. They are sweet, healthy and fat and their life is one of happiness until the day they are driven to the processor. Nothing like the animals standing so close together knee deep in their own feces and eating food they were not built to eat.
We raise our cattle much the same way. We say they are apple finished because any apples or pears ( we have 39 Asian pear trees and 45 domestic pears) the sheep don't eat go to the cattle.
Peaches are another story. No one eats the peaches but us. (36 trees). The pits from the peaches will kill horses, sheep and cattle. They are not digestible
Actually, I got off subject. My story is about eating out. I am certain everyone who reads this is not going to stop eating out. In our life and times, we are subject to times when there is nothing else we can do.
We can, however , be informed.
Let's talk about GMO foods. Genetically modified organisms. GMO foods were designed to increase the yield in of corn and soy beans to help farmers grow more, etc. To genetically modify a seed, the nucleus is penetrated, e-coli is introduced and the new hybrid gene is introduced. Nasty, right?
Well, when you eat out you are eating meat that was fed the corn and soy beans produced in this way. Not good. So, try fish next time. But, because of mercury in the food, try a smaller fish like flounder and sardines. Any fish who is a bottom feeder. Stay away from tuna and shark.
Seventy percent of all rats in an independent study died of cancer within two years of eating large amounts of GMO food. Twenty percent of the rats who didn't eat it died in the same time period.
Am I trying to scare you? Yes. or at least open your eyes to better health. We all know someone who is a part of the cancer epidemic, if not you yourself.
Here are a few researched facts before you head to your favorite restaurant or go grocery shopping.
Monsanto invented GMO and the government allowed them to do their own research. This alone should
open your eyes to several things. Next. Corn and Soy beans are government subsidized crops so they are in everything.
Along with corn and soy, also now gmo is rapseed oil which is canola oil, cotton seed oil, soy lecithin, so that affects your corn chips, and cereal, meat because they eat the gmo products and dairy because not only do they eat the food, but some have growth hormones. We are lucky in the Springfield area that Hiland Dairy doesn't use antibiotics or growth hormones. Now papayas and alfalfa have been added to the list. And corn syrup is in everything.
Other little facts, Natural foods can have up to 30 % non natural ingredients without labeling them.
Organic is the same unless it says 100% organic. There are some answers. Eat local. Don't shop the center of the grocery store where the packaged food is. Go to your local farmer's market, but don't assume they don't use pesticides unless you ask them. And most of all. Demand GMO labeling of all foods.
There. I feel better now.
For those of you growing weary of philosophers I thought I would stray to something else I am passionate about. FOOD.
Here at the farm we raise natural beef and lamb. For days my farm partner has been bottle feeding a lamb.
His Mama doesn't have milk enough to sustain him. The sheep were originally purchased to keep the fruit cleaned up in the orchard and to fertilize it. We practice perma-culture here.
Perma-culture is the concept that everything you do enhances something else within the area and makes life healthier for everything and anything in its immediate area. Such as, bugs. Some insects that attach apple trees (we have 154 or them) actually go to the ground three times in their life cycle. Mostly they travel in fruit hitting the ground. So, the sheep eat the fallen fruit, poop in the orchard and eat the grass so I don't have to mow.
We breed the ladies and sell the guys for meat. They are sweet, healthy and fat and their life is one of happiness until the day they are driven to the processor. Nothing like the animals standing so close together knee deep in their own feces and eating food they were not built to eat.
We raise our cattle much the same way. We say they are apple finished because any apples or pears ( we have 39 Asian pear trees and 45 domestic pears) the sheep don't eat go to the cattle.
Peaches are another story. No one eats the peaches but us. (36 trees). The pits from the peaches will kill horses, sheep and cattle. They are not digestible
Actually, I got off subject. My story is about eating out. I am certain everyone who reads this is not going to stop eating out. In our life and times, we are subject to times when there is nothing else we can do.
We can, however , be informed.
Let's talk about GMO foods. Genetically modified organisms. GMO foods were designed to increase the yield in of corn and soy beans to help farmers grow more, etc. To genetically modify a seed, the nucleus is penetrated, e-coli is introduced and the new hybrid gene is introduced. Nasty, right?
Well, when you eat out you are eating meat that was fed the corn and soy beans produced in this way. Not good. So, try fish next time. But, because of mercury in the food, try a smaller fish like flounder and sardines. Any fish who is a bottom feeder. Stay away from tuna and shark.
Seventy percent of all rats in an independent study died of cancer within two years of eating large amounts of GMO food. Twenty percent of the rats who didn't eat it died in the same time period.
Am I trying to scare you? Yes. or at least open your eyes to better health. We all know someone who is a part of the cancer epidemic, if not you yourself.
Here are a few researched facts before you head to your favorite restaurant or go grocery shopping.
Monsanto invented GMO and the government allowed them to do their own research. This alone should
open your eyes to several things. Next. Corn and Soy beans are government subsidized crops so they are in everything.
Along with corn and soy, also now gmo is rapseed oil which is canola oil, cotton seed oil, soy lecithin, so that affects your corn chips, and cereal, meat because they eat the gmo products and dairy because not only do they eat the food, but some have growth hormones. We are lucky in the Springfield area that Hiland Dairy doesn't use antibiotics or growth hormones. Now papayas and alfalfa have been added to the list. And corn syrup is in everything.
Other little facts, Natural foods can have up to 30 % non natural ingredients without labeling them.
Organic is the same unless it says 100% organic. There are some answers. Eat local. Don't shop the center of the grocery store where the packaged food is. Go to your local farmer's market, but don't assume they don't use pesticides unless you ask them. And most of all. Demand GMO labeling of all foods.
There. I feel better now.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
My Typical Day as a Writer
I love to write. I love when a character takes over my mind. I sit for hours with my fingers tapping out the words he says through me. I know if he would order scotch or beer at the local pub, his favorite meal and his taste in women. It's a great life. It is however, a sedentary job.
It is easy to get up at seven, get a cup of coffee, and write non stop until noon. When I try to stand, my legs are stiff, I am still in my jammies, and I have hairy teeth. So, I turned over a new leaf. After my morning writing session, I head for the gym. I walk forty minutes and left weights. It accomplished several things. My mind is sharper, I get my Food Channel fix, while I am on the treadmill, and I am forced to shower and get dressed to go out in public.
On my way to the gym, I find myself smiling. Actually, grinning at the things I pass. About a mile down my lane I am forced to stop for a flock of guinea fowl who know the road has the best gravel. They like the hubcaps on my car and attack them regularly. Once I get through them, I meet my neighbor's chickens. They run when the see me coming. Problem is, they run in every direction. If I want eggs for breakfast, I must stop and let them settle so I can go on. All of this and I am not yet on a main road.
Everyday I go two miles out in the country and pick up a neighbor whose car and son are away at college.
On my way, I stop for a coon hound who lays right smack in the center of the road. I don't care what time of day or how hot or cold the pavement, the dog is there. On my left a little further down the cows are calving. I count the progress every day. This week they have three new ones.
It is pretty calm to the gym and then I face the same obstacles on my way home.
Today, when I got here, I became the proud caretaker of twin lambs. They are so cute and their pictures are below. These happen to be girls I named Curry and Cumin. If they are boys I name them lamb chop.It is their destiny.
Once we are done lambing, we will start calving. This is all done because we don't want to eat grocery store meat. Well, I had better get back to the great American novel. It isn't going to write itself.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Food and Eating
I love bread. Oh, I could name hundreds of things I love, but bread would be first on the list, next would be pasta. This presents a problem for me.
Trying to eat healthy everyday is a chore in its own right without day dreaming about hot steamy bread with real butter and home made jam. If I add tomato basil pasta with creamy white sauce, it gets even worse. I could just skip eating this stuff and rub it straight on my waist line. It would save time, cause it will end up there anyway. Then there is the french vanilla creme I put in my coffee every morning. Hum. Maybe I don't eat that healthy after all.
Sitting back and watching my friends eat candy and potato chips gives me a momentary feeling of superiority. I can pass up those things and sit straight in my chair and pretend I am a pillar of virtue .
When I get home, I run straight to the bread drawer, pull out the toaster, make two slices, slather them with butter and strawberry jam and I am happy.
What's the point of all of this? I know you're asking that question about now. Well, it is a bread recipe that makes bread less of a guilt trip.
In my quest to eat healthier, I read more labels. Did you know the average 'healthy' bread has between 36 and 54 ingredients, including corn syrup and 11 or 12 things I can't pronounce and 4 I can't begin to sound out.
So, here goes.
Get yourself some non GMO flour, not bleached. You can even get it at Walmart. There is Wheat Montana and other places have Red Star. There are lots out there.
Take 6 1/2 cups of flour
3 cups of lukewarm water
1 1/2 tablespoons of yeast
1 1/2 tablespoons of course salt.
That's it. Simple,yes?
Okay, put the flour in a bowl (big bowl)
on top put the yeast and salt
on top put the water.
stir. once it is stirred, put some plastic wrap over it and sit it in a warm spot for at least 2 hours, but it can sit 5 or more hours.
preheat your oven to 450 degrees
put some flour on your hands and break the dough into 3 balls. Put it on parchment paper on a cookie sheet (2 cookie sheets)
Let it set 10 minutes.
score it.
Put it on the next to the top shelf. Put a pan of water below it, on the next shelf, ( about 3 cups)
bake for 1/2 hour.
Done. Let it set and eat, eat , eat.
Trying to eat healthy everyday is a chore in its own right without day dreaming about hot steamy bread with real butter and home made jam. If I add tomato basil pasta with creamy white sauce, it gets even worse. I could just skip eating this stuff and rub it straight on my waist line. It would save time, cause it will end up there anyway. Then there is the french vanilla creme I put in my coffee every morning. Hum. Maybe I don't eat that healthy after all.
Sitting back and watching my friends eat candy and potato chips gives me a momentary feeling of superiority. I can pass up those things and sit straight in my chair and pretend I am a pillar of virtue .
When I get home, I run straight to the bread drawer, pull out the toaster, make two slices, slather them with butter and strawberry jam and I am happy.
What's the point of all of this? I know you're asking that question about now. Well, it is a bread recipe that makes bread less of a guilt trip.
In my quest to eat healthier, I read more labels. Did you know the average 'healthy' bread has between 36 and 54 ingredients, including corn syrup and 11 or 12 things I can't pronounce and 4 I can't begin to sound out.
So, here goes.
Get yourself some non GMO flour, not bleached. You can even get it at Walmart. There is Wheat Montana and other places have Red Star. There are lots out there.
Take 6 1/2 cups of flour
3 cups of lukewarm water
1 1/2 tablespoons of yeast
1 1/2 tablespoons of course salt.
That's it. Simple,yes?
Okay, put the flour in a bowl (big bowl)
on top put the yeast and salt
on top put the water.
stir. once it is stirred, put some plastic wrap over it and sit it in a warm spot for at least 2 hours, but it can sit 5 or more hours.
preheat your oven to 450 degrees
put some flour on your hands and break the dough into 3 balls. Put it on parchment paper on a cookie sheet (2 cookie sheets)
Let it set 10 minutes.
score it.
Put it on the next to the top shelf. Put a pan of water below it, on the next shelf, ( about 3 cups)
bake for 1/2 hour.
Done. Let it set and eat, eat , eat.
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