GMO's & Obesity. What's the connection?

Simple fact: 

If your food does not contain the nutrients you need, in the right ratios, your body will compensate by eating more and more to catch up. The result: you get fat AND malnourished. I'm not talking full figured and healthy here, I'm talking WAY out of health. 

Question: Why do we have nutrient empty food? 

Answer: It's cheap. And addictive. Like crack. It costs very little to produce bad food. If you liven it up with salt, msg, sugar, aspartame, dyes, etc, then it become a drug food. And people get addicted to it. Because it doesn't actually satisfy, you need to eat more and more. Just like a drug. This makes tons of profit and ruins the health of millions, especially the poor. 

Simple truth:

Your body needs non-genetically altered foods, grown in vital soil, full of nutrients, eaten shortly after being picked, in its most un-modified state, to actually contain the greatest amount of vitamins & minerals possible to truly feed your body. 

Question: Why is this so hard to achieve? 

Answer: Time, Money and Ethics. Doing what's best over doing what's easy (& profitable) can be a hard change for a country of fake food addicts, not to mention all the economic pressure from the agri-chemical & commercial food industries to keep doing it wrong. 

The solution: You. Me. Us. 

We are the "Slow Food" Revolution. The Slow Food Revolution is about real people supporting, consuming and being passionate about real food. It's called Slow, because it's a return to simple, non-rushed eating. It's called Slow to encourage all of us to make time for the gift of food in our lives. It's about bringing joy, taste, sensuality and recreation back into food. Make real food a priority and it will make a real difference in your life. 

Once you go Slow, you'll never go back!

Stay tuned for 101 solutions that are easy, powerful and will make you feel like a real Slow Food Revolution Super Hero!


Solution #1- start your new Slow life with a simple Detox. 
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Let yourself be yourself, from the center out to the farthest parts. You are a Gift.

Kale salad- Who knew an anti-inflammatory could be this delicious!

recipe for kale salad with avocado and apple

ingredients:

*1 bunch of kale, thick stems removed and coarsely chopped

*1 ripe avocado, diced

*sea salt and freshly ground pepper

*1 small garlic clove, peeled and minced

*3 tablespoons olive oil

*1 carrot, peeled and sliced into thin half moons

*1 small, green apple, sliced thin

*1 scallion, green part only, thinly sliced

*1 large handful of raw or toasted pine nuts (or toasted almonds)

*1 handful of dulse flakes- optional

*1 handful fresh mint, chopped- optional

directions:

1. Place kale in a large bowl with the avocado. Add salt, garlic, and olive oil. Mix very well, "massaging" the greens for about 3 minutes.

2. Reserve a small handful of the carrot and apple slices for garnish, then gently fold the rest into the kale mixture with the scallion, pine nuts, dulse flakes, and mint. Taste and season with additional sea salt, if necessary (the dulse is salty, so it be careful you don't add too much)

Kale is highly nutritious, has powerful antioxidant properties, and is anti-inflammatory. One cup of cooked kale contains an astounding 1,328 percent of the RDA for vitamin K, 192 percent of the RDA for vitamin A, and 89 percent of the RDA for vitamin C. It's also a good source of calcium and iron.

Kale is in the same plant family as broccoli and cabbage, and, like its cruciferous cousins, it contains high levels of the cancer-fighting compound sulforaphane, which guards against prostate, gastric, skin, and breast cancers by boosting the body's detoxification enzymes and fighting free radicals in the body. The indoles in kale have been shown to protect against breast, cervical, and colon cancers. The vitamin K in kale promotes blood clotting, protects the heart, and helps build strong bones by anchoring calcium to the bone. It also has more antioxidant power than spinach, protecting against free-radical damage. Kale is extra rich in beta-carotene (containing seven times as much as does broccoli), lutein, and zeaxanthin (ten times the amount in broccoli). In Chinese medicine, kale is used to help ease lung congestion.

Beans. 

Freshly shelled. 

From our CSA box.

Delicious! 

There's nothing so amazing as the smells, texture and tastes of really, really fresh produce. For instance these beans. My daughter & I sat and shelled them together. The stalks still had fuzz on them, with tendrils and leaves curling round the beans. And they smell like warm earth! Such a treat!

Beans are good for you too. Full of fiber and protein, they nourish the Kidneys and help with fertility, low back pain, & regulating digestion. Cook a pot of beans on Sunday, and make them a lunch staple with different add-ons & toppings all week. 

Want some great food? Order your organic produce box here:
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Follow us on this blog or on Facebook and each week I'll send out new recipes to make with the produce in your box. 


Happy Eating! 

Thank you Lisa Congdon, for articulating so sweetly, the internal marriage counseling between our paranoid reptilian brain and our merger with divine boundless love. So much of my work is helping folks with just this noble process. Soothing the intellect, melting vigilance, expanding the joy center. It's really a fundamental shift of the nervous system to go from stress to calm. And it takes practice. Like learning to swim.

Thank you again for diving right into the deep end.

Her image is above & her post is here:

http://lisacongdon.com/blog/2013/07/on_trusting/

Live With Intention

www.integralbody.com

Recipe: Asparagus with Walnuts, Parmesan, and Brown Butter

Check out this perfect Summer treat. 

Asparagus with Walnuts, Parmesan, and Brown Butter

Take advantage of the short asparagus season to whip up this tasty veggie dish that is elegant enough to serve to company. Bonne appetite! 

Ingredients: 1 bunch asparagus (about 3/4 pound), ends trimmed 3 tablespoons unsalted butter 1/4 cup chopped walnuts 1 garlic clove, minced 1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme leaves, preferably lemon thyme 1 ounce Parmesan, finely grated (1/4 cup) Kosher salt, as needed 1/4 teaspoon black pepper Produces: 4  (reprinted from Acubalance- Vancouver.)

Instructions: 1. Steam the asparagus until just tender, about 5 minutes. 2. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook until the foam has subsided and the butter turns a deep golden brown, about 4 minutes. (Take care that it doesn't burn.) 3. Stir in the nuts and cook until fragrant, about 2 minutes. 4. Stir in the garlic and thyme and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. 5. Remove from heat and whisk in the cheese. Season with salt and pepper. 6. Spoon nut mixture over warm asparagus and serve at once. Total Time: 10 minutes From New York Times Please forward this message to a friend.