Newsletter archives - Part 2

November/December 2013: Smoke Points and Canola Oil

To read this newsletter in an easy .pdf format, click here to download Smoke Points and Canola Oil. Bad fats and oils will destroy your health faster than sugar. They cause more problemslinkthan any other class of food.Paul Pitchford Fats and oils (fats that are liquid at room temperature) are vital to support health and…

September/October 2013: Living with and Experimenting with Sourdough

To read this newsletter in an easy .pdf format, click here to download Living with and Experimenting with Sourdough (2) I am just loving feeding, nurturing and using my sourdough starter. Thank you, Carol, so much for introducing me to this wonderful form of baking Judy Crawford, Marthas Vineyard I love caring for and working…

Kuzu, A Medicinal Food

To read this post in a user-friendly pdf format, click here Kuzu Kuzu, for the Kitchen, the Medicine Chest, and the Suitcase Kuzu, a strong and tenacious root, is highly-valued in Japan, where the powder from its root is used medicinally and in cooking to thicken soups, sauces, and desserts, much like corn starch or…

Healing Reactions

If the patient has been to more than four physicians, nutrition is probably the medical answer. Abraham Hoffer, MD, PhD Healing Reactions, On the Road to Better Health Summers rich bounty of fresh fruits and vegetables together with its heat, humidity and more leisurely pace invite us each year to lighten up and adopt healthier…

July/August 2013: Summer Shorts…Healing Reactions; Kuzu, a Medicinal Food

To read this newsletter in an easy .pdf format, click here to download Healing Reactions and Kuzu as a Medicinal Food(2) If the patient has been to more than four physicians, nutrition is probably the medical answer. Abraham Hoffer, MD, PhD Healing Reactions, On the Road to Better Health Summers rich bounty of fresh fruits…

May/June 2013: Alkalizing Foods to Prevent Disease

To read this newsletter in an easy .pdf format, click here to download Alkalizing Foods to Prevent Disease. For the cells of the body to continue living, there is one major requirement: the composition of the body fluids that bathe the outside of the cells must be controlled very exactly from moment to moment and…

March/April 2013: Weight Wellness

To read this newsletter in an easy .pdf format, click here to downloadWeight Wellness. There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable. Mark Twain My friend Nicole Barlett, who is the school nurse at the Edgartown School, recently asked me to share some thoughts with her Biggest Losers weight loss group….

January/February 2013: New Year’s and Growing… Older… Better

To read this newsletter in an easy pdf format, click here to downloadNew Years and GrowingOlderBetter The great thing about getting older is that you dont lose all the other ages youve been. Madeleine LEngle We step into New Years with another year tacked to our age, but no matter our circumstance, it is never…

November/December 2012: Reviving Culture and the Health Benefits of Sourdough

To read this newsletter in an easy-to-read pdf form , click November/December: 2012. Back of the loaf is the snowy flour, Back of the flour, the mill, Back of the mill is the wheat and the sower, And the sun, And the Fathers will. Arabic poet Throughout time, bread, the staff of life, has been…

September/October 2012: Defending Traditional Grains

To read this newsletter in an easy-to-read pdf form, click here to download the newsletter Defending Traditional Grains.Thank you. Progress is very important and exciting in everything but food. Andy Warhol Overview Wheat and other gluten grains are under attack today due to the apparent rise of wheat allergies and gluten intolerance. Grains are also…