Friday 28 December 2018

Fermented Lemons + Limes



This is a super easy way to preserve lemons, limes or both. To see the video click here
It's similar to an Indian Chutney. If possible use organic ingredients. If you are not, I wouldn't eat the skins.

You will need:

  • 10 lemons or limes or both
  • 4 Tablespoons [T] sea salt
  • 6 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 T coriander [that is the seed; cilantro is the leafy part]
  • 1 T fenugreek slightly crushed [very hard but will soften in the liquid; make great sprouts]
  • 1 T freshly grated ginger
  • 2 teaspoons [t] tumeric [great for fighting cancer - see past post for article about this]
  • 1 t ground cumin
  • 1 t ground pepper [enables the absorption of tumeric]
  • 2 T fennel seeds
  • 1 t dried hot pepper 
All the spices above can be proportioned according to your tastes. 

1. Soak the lemons/limes in cold water for 10 minutes. If you are not using organic ones, I'd wash them before this stage. You can get special "wash". I just use an unscented dish detergent.

2. Slice them into halves. Then slice each half into thirds.

3. Put into a big bowl and mix in the salt. Then add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.

4. Crush with a potato masher or similar utensil. This will bring out the juices. Don't destroy them though :)

5. Pack them into a 1 L [or quart] jar.

6. If you need more liquid to cover, add a little brine. Everything should be under liquid to prevent rot.
A solution using the proportion of 1/4 cup sea salt to 2 L water is good.

7. Put a new small plastic bag partially filled with water as a way to keep the ferment submerged, on top.

8. Close jar with a clean top. Leave on the counter out of the sun for 3-4 weeks.This depends mainly on the temperature in the room. Taste after 2-3 weeks to be sure it is sour. If it is to your liking, then refrigerate for up to 2 years.

9. Enjoy :)

After 1 week of fermenting:

Monday 26 November 2018

CANCER Prevention: Foods To Prevent Cancer



Fortunately there's an increasing mass of literature about how to pre-vent cancer. While 600,000 die/year in North America of this dead-ly plague, isn't it time we try to prevent it?! Wouldn't you rather avoid it than have to get chemo, radiation, etc? Not to mention the pain, death, debt [esp. if you live in U.S.]...?! The foods below also help once one has cancer. David Servan-Scheiber's "Anti-Cancer: A New Way Of Living" brings hope.. He looks at the work done at the University of Montreal. There Richard Beliveau tests foods on lab animals to see which fight cancer. Mice, for example, are grown with human cancers and treated. He notes the incredible results from food alone! His "Foods That Fight Cancer" is highly recommended [and the source for much of this post]. He has worked for years with drug companies. But they aren't too interested in things that can't be patented [read: $$$ generation].

1. Eat organic. Pesticides, insecticides, fertilizers, etc. are derived from fossil fuels and are toxic. That is why they spray them on the plants/soil. If somebody tells you there are no residues left on the plants, ask which company they work for. Follow the money. The WHO recently as shown that Round Up causes cancer. And it's not just GMO's that are sprayed with it, but many crops. Canadian oats, wheat and many more are sprayed. We have been so brain-washed to think or not think about what common sense dictates. Spray toxins - eat toxins.If they listed all the pesticides used on a bag of potato chips, no one would eat them!.

2. Cabbage family: including cabbage [duh], broccoli [the star], boy choy, brussel sprouts [the super-star]...

3. Berries: blackberries, raspberries and blueberries are the stars. But also black currants. All berries are full of anti-oxidants and fight cancer.

4. Green tea. Get loose leaf and drink at least 2 cups/day. Gyoruku is a star polyphenol candidate. Most Japanese are far superior than the Chinese teas. They are oft a lot more expensive and harder to find.

5. Grass-fed meat/milk. Grass is high in Omega-3 fatty acids. Non-grass-fed are fed soy and corn. The result is high Omega-6 which fuels inflammation - cancer's friend! Raw milk [and some meats with precautions such as marinating in lemon juice a few days] are best. Fermented milk products like some cheese, kefir, yogurts are best.

6. Wild fish such as salmon, sardines, mackerel....high in Omega-3's.

7. Fermented veggies/beans: kimchi, sauerkraut, pickles that are fermented [not made with vinegar], natto, tempeh.... These must not be pasteurized which kills the probiotic bacteria. See my site here and my Youtube channel for videos on how to make many fermented foods.

8. Seaweed: full of minerals that support the body. Try to get from clean water sources. Great to cook with and can be added to soups and many things.

9. Eat low glycemic foods. These are foods that don't quickly affect blood sugar levels. Obvious foods to avoid are white anything - especially sugar, rice, bread, flour. Another way to put it: eat low carb foods.

10. Allium family: garlic, onions, leeks, chives. These are star cancer fighters.

11. Cucumin [aka Tumeric]. Super-star spice. Add it to any veg dish. Be sure to add black pepper so it can be absorbed. The piperine in pepper increases absorption by more than one thousand times.

12. Tomatoes. Star lycopene carrier. Best if cooked.

13. Resveratrol. Yes red wine fights cancer. The longer the grapes are fermented the better. Unfortunately the toxic sprays on grapes are especially bad. Try to buy organic. Wine is really easy to make. Watch for the how on my Youtube channel. While alcohol is also a toxin to the body, be sure to limit: 1 glass for women, 2 for men per day.

14. High fiber foods: nuts, beans, whole grain, fruits, veggies. Be sure to soak/or ferment the first three as they have anti-nutrients that need to be neutralized.

15. Mushrooms. They contain the polysaccharide Lentinan, among others, that has been shown to have anti-tumour activity. Shitake, maitake, and enokitake have large amounts of the polymers. But all mushrooms fight cancer and are immunostimulants.

16. Cocao and cinnamon. Chock full of the polyphenols: catechins. Milk "chocolate" is not applicable here! Dark chocolate [higher than 70% cocao] is ok - but the whole beans are even better!

Try to incorporate these into your daily diets. Watch for future posts on what not to eat and other healthy living/cancer prevention strategies. Enjoy these wonder-full foods! And, if you can, try to grow some of them. 










Tuesday 18 September 2018

GMO "Scientists" Mock You!



In another display of outright and hidden corporate rule of our food system and our bodies/minds, those who say they know best tell us we can not be trusted. Rather, we are to trust "independent bodies" that deeply care about science and us. Oops, they never mention that they get funding from Bayer [recently bought GMO {genetically modified organism} monster Monsanto - and rule the pesticide world: 25% of world market!], and others. But I'm sure you can trust university professors [also funded by same corporations] and groups with names like "Centre for Food Integrity" and "Crop Life Canada". Worthy names indeed! Integrity and Canada. Bow.

TVO's The Agenda show of September 18, 2018 was the playground. Industry bows to "science" and "innovation". Anyone who opposes is clearly wrong and shamed as anti-sci/innovation. Shame on those who accept their pay cheques from Bayer and say they are not influenced.

Most disturbing is the absence of government funding for science that could counter corporate interest/domination. But, like "good" Canadians, Health Canada submits obliging the requests of corporations. Yet, they have not allowed BST, a GMO product that supposedly increases milk production in cows. The cows suffer with mastitis and other ills, but Monsanto reaps great flows of cash!

More disturbing is that these "speakers for the public good" don't want the public to know. They don't trust us to be educated or have the ability to make the right choice. They first want to "educate" us: "all foods are the same". So why does the EU demand labeling then? Silence is golden. Yes - golden. Lots of gold for a few corporations that will/do benefit.

Let's ignore that Monsanto recently was sued almost $300 million for it's Roundup causing cancer. See
how they plant stories and lies to convince us how much they love us! [and suppress science and silences dissent!]

The deception of the guests of this show [and the usual industry puppets] are disgusting. [The host needs, at least, to make a level playing field - not 3 against 1]. They proclaim they are doing it all for the people. Sure, make rice with Vitamin A in it. Hmmm. But Vitamin A is fat soluble. So if you don't have fat, which the poorest do not, then bye bye out the bum bum it goes! Claims to make food "affordable, nutritious and safe" from the "professor" ooze with insincerity. The GMOs now grown are soy, corn, rape, apples [BC], and Atlantic Salmon. While most people are eating processed food, lots of sugar, high fructose corn syrup, etc. - their dreams do not stop the nightmares. So let's get people onto a better diet - that would mean something. But they say the same talking points whenever the topic comes up.

Claiming they're doing it for farmers and that farmers are part of the project is so full of lies. I have asked farmers who grow GMO crops about their crops. Many don't even know they are GMO! And they don't know that Roundup causes cancer! Just like the Green Revolution [read Green in sense of $$ for pesticide companies], farmers are duped into doing what told - or what their funders [banks, huge corporations] demand.

If we want more nutritious food, we need to look at the source of the nutrients: the soil. But these people just want some drug/tech fix. They can't make money from good ole' manure and grass fed animals! The tech [better: ways] of the past are not to be chucked. When you can not even save your seeds to replant [you sign a contract with Bayer saying that], one must wonder how caring these corporations really are. Clearly they care about profit and controlling the seed stock. Hmmm. Is that why they buy up seed producers? We are losing diversity and independence. We need to be in control of our land, water, food. Instead a few corporations own all the seeds, pesticides, livestock [Cargil etc.]

Follow the money. Science is not unbiased. Scientist make nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, weapons, pesticides, Vioxx etc. If they work for corporations: beware. We need more publicly funded - community funded science - with OUR interests in mind - not share holders'!!! We need regulations that control corporations and protect us. They tell you the opposite. "Trust us, we care about you....we are doing this for YOU". As they say in Mandarin: BAI TUO! Come on!


Saturday 28 July 2018

The Vegan Myth Debunked: "I Don't Murder"!



What is most scary is when ideas become self-evident truths. That means that no-one questions the idea nor what formed the idea in our consciousness. Such an idea is that veganism or vegetarianism is "better for the planet". Just as unquestioned is the idea that these ideologies, turned religions, do not murder any life forms.

Let's examine these. See here for more on the topic. We don't need to debate that factory farming of animals or PLANTS is very destructive, cruel and 'in-humane" [yet many humans do]. These cause "un-due" suffering to the animals, plants, soil and other non-human be-ings - particularly micro-organisms.

The vegan who won't knowingly kill animals still eats them. Parts of pigs are used in everything from cement to paint brushes. The more we consume of many products not only uses animals products but kills by devouring the natural environment. Many vegans buy fake leather. The source is fossil fuels. No connection between these and climate change, pollution, war for oil, etc.? About 2000000 humans died in Iraq because of the U.S. invasion for oil and hegemony. And how many other life forms [not just animals] died?

So the vegan drinks almond milk instead of local, raw, grass fed cow's milk. So where do the almonds come from? How many pesticides were used? Bees are transported from all over the U.S. to pollinate such nut crops in California. What damage does this do to the bees? Then the nuts are transported all over the world - how many lives die? Well let's see. The air pollution causes climate change - which is wiping out all forms of life - including humans. Then there is the pollution to make the jets, the roads, the stores, etc. Let's not forget the pesticides, herbicides, etc. : all made - free from animals products - out of fossil fuels. The whole system is about destruction and profit [capitalism in a bag]. Some huge corporation wins. The soil and count-less lives die. Meanwhile, a local farmer has to sell his [sic] small family farm.

Traditional diets consisted of 60% fat. So how does the vegan get fat? Any local sources? Lots of local pigs, cows, ducks, etc. These animals, if on a "sustainable"/organic farm, are building the soil so that the land doesn't degrade and becomes useless. Instead, the vegan imports coconut oil, palm oil, etc. from vast distances. Not only are the labour practices terrible in these growing areas, the pollution to bring the items is immense. Let's remember the invasions of the Philippines, Central America, Hawaii...sadly the list goes on...by the U.S. for its' United Fruit Company and others...devoured the people and land for profit and food to be robbed from the people and the land. No one or any "animals" must have died though: conscience cleared!

Let's not forget the vast forests burned to plant palm recently in Indonesia and other places. Why? For consumer "goods" like cookies. Remember: lard and animal fats are bad for you! [read facetiously]. Wiping out the earth, but somehow not "killing" anything, is more moral. Sometimes it's better to stay blinded to the truth and feel self-righteous. "Look at those fat Americans eating their pizza and burgers! Shame! GO VEGAN", they chant.

The talk of nationalities leads us to the Japanese beetles. It is a bad little, though interesting, shiny, bronze coloured, insect that devours many crops including raspberries, grapes and more. Telling a city woman I was squishing one as we chatted, she said she'd never kill one. Hmm. So how many pesticides were sprayed on her vegan food to KILL the insects? Let's not forget the ones sprayed to kill weeds also. And the tractors that ripped apart snakes, worms, frogs...birds' nests. And let's not forget the change of a life sustaining eco-system from a prairie or forest to an open field where no animals can live - even, to some degree, if it's organic. Unless it's has farm animals that are "permitted", all animal life is non-existent. Birds may live happily on some organic farms. But on chemical farms, they don't have much of a chance - except to be poisoned. The same fate applies to most of the life "forms" - including us!

It's time to stop making a hierarchy of life forms. All matter - not just the "animals" called cows, pigs, etc. With the loss and degrading of soil, it's time to bring animals back to farms - roaming freely - not caged up. Building the soil and providing healthy food, these can build community and healthy inter-dependence. We all need to grow food, if possible. We need to get in touch - and touch - the soil that sustains us. Getting out of our cars and planes will kill less life than importing vegan hotdogs from a huge corporation that bought out that cute little vegan brand. Time for real food that evolution has proven we need. We have evolved eating animals with blood in them. So let's not Go Vegan! Let's Go build sustainable communities.

Wednesday 27 June 2018

Thai Peanut Sauce = Yummy-ness



Check out my video for this super easy and yummy sauce. It can added to any steamed veges...just heat it up and put on them before serving. The sauce will last in the fridge for about a week or so.

See it here

Enjoy!

Monday 15 January 2018

Make Your Own Hand and Face Cream


Tired of paying exorbitant prices to keep healthy skin? Want to avoid wrinkles caused by cold, windy winters? Tired of not really knowing what is in the products [yes companies lie....and also hide behind big chemical names...and today these are oft replaced merely by numbers!]? Consumers have had to fight to just know what is in these products [and their food]. But some ingredients or items may not even have to be labelled!

One solution is to make your own: DIY [do it yourself]. I'll make it easy for you. Try to get all organic ingredients: remember your skin absorbs whatever is put on it!

This recipe is a thick cream for winter. If it works in Canada, it will work anywhere! :) For a summer version, increase the oils. Remember when applying any cream, lotion or oil that the goal is hold in water [hydro]. So it is best to wash in warm water and mild soap [except the face], pat dry, apply cream. It may appear a little greasy for a few minutes so give it time to absorb. And apply very small quantities.

Cleanliness is vital. Using totally dry utensils is also important. Note that without preservatives you want to be careful about mold. I have never had a problem whatsoever though.

I use food grade oils. They are much cheaper and can be bought in most grocery stores. Other ingredients can be bought online.Try to get unrefined, organic and free trade ingredients.

This recipe is all natural, edible and smells fantastic: like chocolate! Enjoy.

Melt in a small sauce pan:
70 grams beeswax
100g shea butter
100g cocoa butter

Once melted, add the following:
5 Tablespoons grape seed oil
8 T Avocado oil
10 T Almond oil

If you have a favourite essential oil, you can add just before pouring into containers.But this recipe smells so good even without EO's!

Once all melted, you can pour in CLEAN containers. It is best to use glass jars. Plastic [all] may transfer estrogen into the cream. You can even use old jars, cream containers, etc. Let cool. Put tops on. Whatever you aren't using you can freeze for years!