We are all familiar with the basic concept of inflammation, causing redness, swelling and pain. A bee sting, a cut or broken bone, are obvious examples of this short-term inflammation. When you heal the inflammation subsides. This is a beneficial process that recruits to the injury site immune cells to fight infection, healing proteins and enzymes to help break down damaged cells and rebuild the tissue. Medications are given to help deal with pain, antibiotics to prevent infection. In short, these obvious injuries call for intervention. What about silent inflammation? This is a chronic, low-grade inflammation that exists to varying degrees in all of us without us being aware. Only if it becomes so severe it causes pain will we...
“It has been demonstrated that when guinea pigs are supplied with degraded carrageenan in their drinking water, ulcerations develop in 100% of the animals in their large intestine by the end of a 30-day period (1). The lesions induced by carrageenan in the guinea pigs’ large bowel resemble features of human Ulcerative Colitis (2). Carrageenan has also produced ulcerative lesions in rabbits, mice, and rats that were associated with weight loss, anemia, diarrhea, visible or occult blood, and sometimes mucus in the feces (3).” What exactly is Carrageenan? Carrageenan is a common food additive that is extracted from a red seaweed, Chondrus crispus, which is popularly known as Irish moss. Carrageenan, which has no nutritional value, has been...
Salads...where do we even start? I have usually one a day with dinner, it's the perfect side dish for anything we're cooking. But I must admit sometimes I'll toss a few leafy greens together in the morning with eggs on top, for a protein packed breakfast. There are many ways to make it less boring, tastier and without compromising the nutritional value. Choose leafy greens you like as a foundation. Personally, I prefer spinach and arugula. The darker the color of the leaf the better, as they contain more antioxidants such as anthocyanins & flavonoids, that goes for every vegetable or fruit. Secondly, add fresh vegetables, and you can get as creative as you want, that's what makes it less...
Salads…where do we even start? I have usually one a day with dinner, it’s the perfect side dish for anything we’re cooking. But I must admit sometimes I’ll toss a few leafy greens together in the morning with eggs on top, for a protein-packed breakfast. There are many ways to make it less boring, tastier and without compromising the nutritional value. Choose leafy greens you like as a foundation. Personally, I prefer spinach and arugula. The darker the color of the leaf the better, as they contain more antioxidants such as anthocyanins & flavonoids, that goes for every vegetable or fruit. Secondly, add fresh vegetables, and you can get as creative as you want, that’s what...
Salads…where do we even start? I have usually one a day with dinner, it’s the perfect side dish for anything we’re cooking. But I must admit sometimes I’ll toss a few leafy greens together in the morning with eggs on top, for a protein packed breakfast. There are many ways to make it less boring, tastier and without compromising the nutritional value. Choose leafy greens you like as a foundation. Personally, I prefer spinach and arugula. The darker the color of the leaf the better, as they contain more antioxidants such as anthocyanins & flavonoids, that goes for every vegetable or fruit. Secondly, add fresh vegetables, and you can get as creative as you want, that’s...
