What Soft Drinks are Doing to Your Body

I thought this was a great article concerning a beverage that is consumed way too much in this country, especially by children.

Soda will kill you, maybe not immediately but it is no doubt a front-runner as one of the leading causes of many of the health problems plaguing our our nation especially obesity and diabetes. There are some things that just shouldn't be consumed, even in moderation it will do it's dirty deed in laying the ground work for a very unhealthy future.

A Must Read by Dr. Mao

Ginger Curry Chicken with Warm Potato Salad

It may sound like an odd combination of flavors, but trust me it makes for a great meal!

2 Chicken Breasts
2 cloves of Garlic
Freshly Grated Ginger Root
2 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 Tbsp Curry Powder

Marinate the chicken breasts in the olive oil, crushed garlic, grated ginger, and curry powder for a few hours if possible (the longer the better). Bake at 400F until cooked (~30min).

Potato Salad
2 potatoes cut into bite size pieces (w/skins)
1/2 c Canola Mayo
1 Tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar (with the "mother")
Onion (chopped)
1 clove of Garlic (minced)
Sea Salt and Cracked Pepper to taste

Cut the potatoes (w/skins) into bite size pieces and boil until soft (~15min), then drain water and set aside. In a separate bowl combine all of the other ingredients and mix together, then add potatoes. Mix everything well and serve warm.

My wife and I always use Organic Ingredients in all of our recipes and hope you will as well.

Fall Mashed Potatoes

With fall comes the changing colors from the many shades of green to all the vibrant colors of autumn. So Why not let your meals follow suit...

Try my Mashed Sweet Potatoes and bring out the "fall" in your meal. (serves 2)

*2 Large Organic Sweet Potatoes
*1/2 Medium Organic Onion (sliced)
*4 Large Cloves of Organic Garlic (crushed)
* Organic Unrefined Olive Oil
* Your Favorite milk replacement
(I like hazel nut milk for this)
* Sea salt and Cracked Pepper to taste

Combine water olive oil and a pinch of sea salt in a medium size pot and bring to a boil. Cut the potatoes into small wedges and add them to the boiling water; cook until they can be easily pierced with a fork (~15min). Drain the water and transfer the potatoes to a bowl; mash the potatoes. Add some olive oil to the pot and return to stove over med heat. Add the onions and garlic and cook until the onions begin to look translucent in appearance (5-10 min). Add the mashed sweet potatoes and some nut milk and stir. Let simmer over low heat for a few minutes then serve.

Enjoy!

Diet vs Depression

Listening to the news on the way in to work today I heard them mention a study being done (in France I believe) as to the effects your diet has on depression; more specifically poor diets high in processed foods.

The number of people especially children being diagnosed and treated with prescriptions for some form of depression on a yearly basis is dramatically increasing at an alarming rate. If you do some research you will see that the numbers are very disturbing.

I think it's great that such studies are being done and I think the medical community should start putting a lot more stock into diet as the cause for many of the illnesses and chronic conditions that plague our society. Modern medicine and medical practices have proven to be very effective in emergency treatment situations and I wouldn't want to live in any other country for that reason alone, but unfortunately this same medical community has proven to be simply horrible at curing or preventing diseases and chronic illnesses. They would rather look in any other direction then in that of basic human health (dietary needs, importance of vitamin and mineral supplements, fresh organic whole foods over processed foods...) resulting in a very arrogant "incurable" label put on just about everything; diabetes... no cure, cancer... no cure, heart disease... no cure, chronic anything... no cure.

I hope this study proves what I've read numerous times in numerous books by numerous authors, that a healthy diet and healthy lifestyle is not only the best preventative medicine but can also cure what ails you.

Start living healthy today!