leec, Author at Wellness Jubilation

The Health Benefits Of Apple Cider Vinegar

The Real Reason Apple Cider Vinegar Works

Dr. Berg is going to talk about the benefits of apple cider vinegar in the video below. The main component of apple cider vinegar is acetic acid which has a PH of 2.5. Many parts of the body have different PH levels. Dr. Berg says the KEY is to know the PH level of your blood and make adjustments accordingly.

Acetic acid is very acidic and is used to cure various conditions like acid reflux in which the stomach becomes too much alkaline. High levels of cortisol might cause this body condition. You might also show symptoms of calcium or potassium deficiency in which case you can use apple cider vinegar. There are many benefits of apple cider vinegar and Apple cider vinegar is fantastic for all sorts of ailments, but not because of it's nutritional content, but from the ability to acidify the body. It will help in the transportation of minerals, especially calcium, the digestion of proteins, the stimulation of thyroid function. Interestingly, due to the common excessive alkalinity a good portion of the population has, apple cider vinegar is a safe and healthy solution.

Apple cider vinegar is fantastic for all sorts of ailments, but not because of it's nutritional content, but from the ability to acidify the body. It contains Ascetic acid, the key ingredient at a pH of 2.5. I will help in the transportation of minerals, esp. calcium, the digestion of protein, the stimulation of thyroid function. Interestingly, due to the common excessive alkalinity a good portion of the population has, apple cider vinegar is a safe and healthy solution.

Watch the video to the end where he gives you a recipe for a great drink that has a couple of teaspoons of apple cider vinegar and he explains why apple cider vinegar is good for weight loss.

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In this video Dr. Berg expands on his explanation of apple cider vinegar and weight lose.

Make Your Own Probiotics Kefir

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The Renegade Pharmacist Makes His Renegade Soda

The Renegade Pharmacist makes a wonderful coconut water kefir, a drink that is rich in beneficial bacteria and no sugar.. It has a natural fizz and a great refreshing taste that makes it a perfect alternative to soda. Whats more it contains trillions of live good bacteria!

Kefir can come in either water or milk form usually as a kefir yogurt. Like yogurt, kefir is a probiotic food, containing lactic acid bacteria (LAB). It is famous for its longevity properties, as some of the oldest living people in the world, from Bulgaria and the northern Caucasus, use it as a staple in their diet.

Nobel Peace Prize winning scientist Dr. Metchnikoff had a theory that the lactic acid bacteria in the fermented milk were responsible for these populations’ exceptional health and longevity. He believed that there was a connection between disease and the microorganisms in the digestive tract, and believed that bacteria in the fermented milk products consumed by these populations competed with the harmful microorganisms in their digestive tract. His studies regarding the contribution of LAB to the functions of the digestive and immune systems may have laid the foundations for the field of probiotics.

The importance of probiotics for a healthy gut.

A healthy gut is the key to optimal health. Ancient healing practices such as Ayurveda and Chinese medicine state that many diseases begin in your gut and so healing should be focused there too.

Your gut naturally contains millions if not trillions of beneficial and pathogenic (bad) bacteria. More and more research is emerging on just how important these organisms are to your overall well being.

Our diets and fast paced way of life has a big impact on the balance of good and bad bacteria in our gut. An over-consumption of refined foods, use of prescription medication, alcohol and leading a high-stress lifestyle can all disturb that balance.

The presence of too much bad bacteria in your gut leaves you with a weakened immune system and you are more susceptible to disease. A healthy balance allows the body to eliminate harmful toxins, chemicals and other unwanted products from the system.

Maintaining a healthy balance of good and bad bacteria within the gut may be the answer to delaying the onset of degenerative disease in the elderly such as Alzheimer and dementia. Many alternative medicine programs also utilize probiotics to treat patients who suffer from PTSD, autism and mood disorders with positive effect.

Recipe For Coconut Water Kefir/Renegade Kola

Ingredients

Water kefir grains: Purchase water kefir grains from a good source. Get them from Amazon.

1L Coconut Water: When living at my second home in Thailand I like to get ready made coconut kefir made from real fresh organic coconuts. However when in England I make my own using coconut water from cartons. Try to source the freshest most natural unadulterated coconut water possible.

6 tablespoons Demerara Sugar/Coconut sugar: You want to use the purest sugar possible to ferment the grains as refined sugar reduces the final quality and taste.

Ginger, lemon, lime or any other fruit juice for taste.

Cloth, rubber band, sieve, 2L jug, second measuring jug to pour into bottles, 250ml bottles that can be sealed with a lid.

Directions

Stick the water kefir grains into the 2L jug.

Add the coconut water and sugar to the jug and mix well.

Cover with the cloth and seal with a rubber band.

Leave for 48hrs in a dry place at room temperature.

Sieve the mixture into another measuring jug to pour into bottles. Now add your flavouring. I love to make ginger juice by grating ginger and adding fresh lemon or lime.

Then pour the filtered mixture into the 250ml bottles.

Seal the lid and store in a fridge over night.

After 24hrs of so you will now have a drink that’s super healthy, abundant in probiotics, fizzy, refreshing and with a great taste

There are lots of other different fruits you can add to get the favorite flavor you prefer.

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For more info on kefir check out the source article and article 2

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They Shifted The Blame To Fat Regarding Heart Disease

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How Many Suffered Because Of Their Deception

There is no question that the sugar industries paid researchers to play down the relationship between sugar and heart disease and try to implicate fat as the real problem. The sad thing is this false information got so embedded in the medical industry and in society in general, for so long, that millions of people had to suffer and have shorter lives.

Recently a researcher at the University of California discovered sugar company internal documents suggesting that five decades of research into the role of nutrition and heart disease, including many of today’s dietary recommendations, may have been largely shaped by the sugar industry.

“They were able to derail the discussion about sugar for decades,” said Stanton Glantz, a professor of medicine at U.C.S.F. and an author of the JAMA Internal Medicine paper.

The documents show that a trade group called the Sugar Research Foundation, known today as the Sugar Association, paid three Harvard scientists the equivalent of about $50,000 in today’s dollars to publish a 1967 review of research on sugar, fat and heart disease. The studies used in the review were handpicked by the sugar group, and the article, which was published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, minimized the link between sugar and heart health and cast aspersions on the role of saturated fat.

Even though the influence-peddling revealed in the documents dates back nearly 50 years, more recent reports show that the food industry has continued to influence nutrition science.

Last year, an article in The New York Times revealed that Coca-Cola, the world’s largest producer of sugary beverages, had provided millions of dollars in funding to researchers who sought to play down the link between sugary drinks and obesity. In June, The Associated Press reported that candy makers were funding studies that claimed that children who eat candy tend to weigh less than those who do not.

The Harvard scientists and the sugar executives with whom they collaborated are no longer alive. One of the scientists who was paid by the sugar industry was D. Mark Hegsted, who went on to become the head of nutrition at the United States Department of Agriculture, where in 1977 he helped draft the forerunner to the federal government’s dietary guidelines. Another was Dr. Fredrick J. Stare, the chairman of Harvard’s nutrition department.

The revelations are important because the debate about the relative harms of sugar and saturated fat continues today, Dr. Glantz said. For many decades, health officials encouraged Americans to reduce their fat intake, which led many people to consume low-fat, high-sugar foods that some experts now blame for fueling the obesity crisis.

“It was a very smart thing the sugar industry did, because review papers, especially if you get them published in a very prominent journal, tend to shape the overall scientific discussion,” he said.

Dr. Hegsted used his research to influence the government’s dietary recommendations, which emphasized saturated fat as a driver of heart disease while largely characterizing sugar as empty calories linked to tooth decay. Today, the saturated fat warnings remain a cornerstone of the government’s dietary guidelines, though in recent years the American Heart Association, the World Health Organization and other health authorities have also begun to warn that too much added sugar may increase cardiovascular disease risk.

Over the years we've gotten a lot of mixed messages about fat and sugar and what is healthy, and what is not, all while obesity rates in America have skyrocketed. This video will look at the history of nutrition and the battle between two scientists on the evils of fat and sugar.

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For much more info on the history of sugar and fat see the source article.

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Teflon Chemical Linked To Obesity

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Should you Use Non-Stick Cookware?

A recent study has found that a common food preservative, Teflon chemical has a link to obesity.

Three hormone-disrupting chemicals commonly added to processed foods, waterproof clothing and other everyday products may cause obesity, according to a new study from researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

“We discovered that each of these chemicals damaged hormones that communicate between the gut and the brain,” lead researcher Dhruv Saheen said in a news release. Saheen, an assistant professor of biomedical sciences at a Cedars-Sinai research institute, said the damage was much worse when the test cells were exposed to all three chemicals at the same time.

Saheen’s team tested these chemicals that can contaminate food:

Butylhydroxytoluene, or BHT, an EWG dirty dozen food additive and antioxidant commonly added as a preservative to breakfast cereals;

PFOA, a chemical formerly used to make Teflon, grease-resistant food wrappers, stain-resistant carpets and waterproof clothing; and

Tributyltin, a compound in paints that can end up in water and accumulate in seafood.

Observing the effects inside the cells from chronic exposure to the three chemicals, the researchers found that each one damaged the hormones needed to communicate between the brain and the stomach.

BHT produced some of the strongest health effects. The chemical is added to food to protect nutrients and prevent fats from turning rancid. It’s also used in a wide range of personal care products.

More than one-third of U.S. adults are considered to be obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The researchers believe the discovery of how hormone disruptors interrupt signaling could help prevent obesity in people.

So maybe it's not your fault if you are obese. It is your fault if you don't educate yourself as to what products to avoid so that you don't come into contact with these chemicals.

Some places these chemicals are found was mentioned above. Another common exposure to some of the chemicals is in cookware coatings. In the video below you'll discover some of the safest pans to use.

So what Pans Are Healthy To Use

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Keto Strawberry Blackberry Popsicle Delights

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Low Carb Sugar Free – Kids Love Them

Spring is coming and that means ice cream and popsicles. And what better than no sugar keto popsicles. Here's a recipe that makes really bright color fun to eat popsicles.

These water based frozen snacks are usually loaded with sugar. So to make them keto friendly the sugar has to be replaced with a low carb sugar substitute. In this recipe Stevia is used.

The mixture of strawberries and blackberries makes for a really dark red color that just pops! Besides looking beautiful these popsicles have a creamy texture from the whipping cream and a slight tartness from the lemon zests. The flavors are very refreshing!

If you don’t have a popsicle mold you can use ice cube trays and they are ready, remove from the tray and keep it in the freezer on Ziploc bags. You can then just remove a couple of popsicle cubes from the freezer and drizzle a little of the red sauce over it.

Talking about this red sauce. When making this recipe we left a little of the strawberry blackberry syrup out to drizzle over it. You can keep this in the fridge for a week or two and make your treat so much better.

See how they are made:

Strawberry Blackberry Popsicles

3 cups strawberries

1 cup Blackberries

3 tbsp water

1/2 cup stevia powder

1/2 cup whipping cream

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1 tbsp lemon zest optional

Featured image was captured from the source article.

For more great info, images and instructions on this recipe go to Ketevale's blog.

The Health Benefits Of Apple Cider Vinegar

The Real Reason Apple Cider Vinegar Works

Make Your Own Probiotics Kefir

The Renegade Pharmacist Makes His Renegade Soda

The importance of probiotics for a healthy gut.