Bev's Bits

Summer News

2007-08-23T14:55:00.000-05:00

It is time and past time to bring you news and comments. In general there is interest in both the USA and EUROPE in organic food and getting rid of transfats. This information is wide and deep. It needs careful consideration. The information is voluminous and compelling.

With reference to transfats one of the best sources for information is The Weston A. Price Foundation. Sally Fallon is the chief executive. She is closely aligned with Dr. Mary Enig..a professor close to my age who has been in the fight for truth about fats and oils for many years. Work authored by both of them is on the foundation website. The work, The Oiling of America, is on that site and is quite a large file to download. I think this work is very important.

Simply put, cooking fresh and organic is the safest way to go. If you search your area for organic garden and meat producers and send the list to me we could craft an information file of availability.

It is time to refresh us with reference to items we need in the pantry to prepare healthy dishes. The place to put this list is in the recipe section. Click here.

There is no lack of articles concerned with food production in Europe and the USA. Further, information about medical information and chemical dangers is given in the many sources we all encounter. So, there is much to share. Let's work together to make this exchange viable.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Beverly Hunt - GEO--The grandmother executive officer...hmmm?

Pantry List

2007-08-01T00:00:00.000-05:00

Some of the ingredients used in the recipes are different from the ones we usually use. This is designed to help you with this diet.

xylitol - a sweetener that kills fungi rather than feeding them.
You will often find xylitol, a little honey and some liquid stevia in a recipe. This helps improve the sweetness in a recipe.

Source - Health food store or Long Life Unlimited

arrowroot - an acceptable thickener
Source - Health food store or Bob's Red Mill

fruit concentrate (unsweetened) - a good source of antioxidants and good phytochemicals.
Pour up a portion of this for the refrigerator and store the rest in your freezer.

Source - Brownwood Acres

stevia clear - liquid stevia-the brand I use is Sweet Leaf
Source - Health food store or Long Life Unlimited

oil of cinnamon - one trade name is Cinnamol (North American Herb & Spice)
Source - Long Life Unlimited

other flours - All forms of wheat flour feed fungi.

You will find tapioca flour, coconut flour, flax flour, almond flour, etc. in the recipes.

Source - Most of these can be ordered from Bob's Red Mill if you cannot find them in your supermarket or health food store.

Summer's End is in Sight... Though It's Dying Hard in Texas... It's HOT

2006-09-13T14:53:00.000-05:00

The frenzy to decide who is to blame for the obesity epidemic is at a fever pitch. I review a number of food newsletters for the food industry in the USA and Europe. The blame points from food elements such as transfats to marketing practices. By and large I doubt that consumers understand transfats nor are they aware of how strongly marketing practices influence their food choices. There is plenty of blame to go around. Each element in the brou-ha-ha has its effect.

The big idea for me is that there is no attention given to the real cause. Fungi are the driving force in our food choices. The most popular choices feed fungi, the unavoidable organism. Fungi fuel our urges for empty carbohydrates...THEIR favorite food. My personal experience and others who have talked to me is a shrinking of the craving for empty calories when the diet starves fungi.

Time and space are not available to cover the many facets of this picture. A single focus would be an effective response to this cacophony of blame... an antifungal diet. Starving fungi helps the immune system to build one's health.

I want to keep working on effective ways to help you channel your personal and family food practices into more healthful directions.

Some ideas are zooming around in my head.
* Mixes for trying new ingredients and for time stressed cooks
* More healthy, delicious snacks
* Desserts for a spark to the diet
* Flavorings to light up meat and vegetables
* Other ideas

Leave your comments below and let me know what you're interested in!

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Beverly Ann

The Midsummer Word

2006-07-10T14:52:00.000-05:00

The news from the many sources of mass media gives us negative opinions about the national state of health and well being. Certainly dietary changes would have a large part in improving health. Most listeners and readers are nodding solemnly in agreement. This website is dedicated to helping move good change along.

If you are pointing at others there are three fingers pointing at yourself. Let's move beyond nodding agreement and finger pointing to the first step for change. To adapt a common saying...big dietary changes begin with the first change.

This current consideration will be beverages. The hope is that changing beverages would be easier than uprooting the entire food picture for a serious start. Changing to healthy beverages would result in the elimination of a significant amount of sugar, benzene, yeast, mycotoxins, etc.

Just increasing water intake would be very beneficial for many of us for cleansing and diluting impurities and chemicals, stabilizing the acid/base balance, and helping the flow of nutrients. (1)

Suggested beverages are water, herb tea, ginger tea, Beverly's Pikcup (recipes), etc.
Drink until your urine is nearly clear and odorless.

(1) Quillin, P. Beating cancer with nutrition. 2001. Nutrition Times Press, Inc. Tulsa, OK.
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With the hope that many of us will join this movement. I have to remember as Will Rogers said so well -- f you're riding ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.

Come join me and let me know you are there.

Beverly Ann

Spring news and Contest

2006-05-01T14:50:00.000-05:00

Spring is a good time to bring the new from the old. The website has a new design. I hope you like it as much as I do.

Bev's Bits is here to bring you encouragement, news, and tips for healthy living. Please email me (info@lifechangeliving.com) with triumphs and concerns. I am not qualified to answer medical questions but I will do my best to answer what I know, discuss healthy living options with you, share what I do, and point you to good sources for products or information.

This section of the website will ebb and flow as your responses come in. There are wonderful shows on TV and radio that bring out intriguing health ideas. Most advice rests on good food preparation as a basis for following advice and news given. You and I can work together to make this important part of life possible.

News

In heating food safely - There is discussion from a number of reputable sources about the danger of dioxin in food. I have read information from Dr. Mercola, Johns Hopkins and others. It is too big a subject for me to make pronouncements, but the consensus from these sources is to heat your food in non-reactive containers (inert): heat-resistant glass, ceramic, and stainless steel. Use the container that suits the heat source.

Your voices are being heard. The food producers are scrambling to provide food without transfats, with more fiber, non-genetically modified ingredients, etc. The scientists have been warning them but the pocketbook rules.

CONTEST

Barb Long (www.longlifeunlimited.com) has an intriguing cream (Rapha Remedy). It has benefitted psoriasis, skin tags, athlete's foot, etc. I have used it to make my fingernails grow and get smooth, remove skin tags, make my feet soft and smooth, etc.

I am going to give away a jar. If you send me an email at springcontest@lifechangeliving.com, I will put your name in a drawing for a jar. If you win I will email you for your address to mail it. All the participants will get a coupon for a percent off of purchase.

Only one entry per email address.

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