WAKE UP PEOPLE
What smart choices
can we make for our bodies?
HIDDEN CLUES
Did you know that fruits, plants, and nuts hold clues as to how they can help us? A slice of carrot looks like the iris of an eye, and carrots are good for your eyes. Pecans and walnuts look like brains and come inside a hard skull-like shell. Nuts are super brain food.
What clues are found in a lemon?
clue #1
The shape of a whole lemon resembles a breast. In 20 lab tests run since 1970, natural lemon has been shown to destroy bad cells in more than 12 types of cancer, including breast, colon, prostate, lung and pancreas, WITHOUT destroying healthy cells.
clue #2
Hold a lemon in the palm of your hand and imagine you are holding a grenade. Lemons do battle against disease with two special compounds: limonin and limonene. Limonin seems to lower cholesterol, which causes heart disease. Limonene, derived from the peel, is found to help prevent cancer of the breast, liver, lungs, and skin. The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth by Dr. Jonny Bowden)
clue #3
A slice of lemon looks like a slice of sunshine, radiating energy and power. How much energy and power? Did you know you can replace the battery power in a digital clock with a lemon, using galvanized nails and copper wire for conductivity? (p. 67 of The Daring Book for Girls by Miriam Peskowitz). Long distance walkers will pull out a lemon when they become tired, pierce it with a straw, and suck out the juice, which serves as a quick-acting medicine, and a refreshingly energizing drink ('The Lemon Juice Diet' by Theresa Cheung, 2008).
Did you know that food eaten close to its natural state is healthier than food that has been processed, bottled or canned, and frozen or stored? Freshly squeezed lemon juice gives you 'live' energy and more nutrients. To learn more about clues provided by natural foods, do an internet search for "Doctrine of Signatures".
LEMONS & CHICKENS
What happens when you put lemons and chickens together? Lots of fun stuff...
Go here to read "Holding Up the Sky" OR go there to read "Nuggets of Wisdom," a walking story about chickens, OR read below to learn an Easy Bake recipe for Experimental Lemon Chicken.
EXPERIMENTAL LEMON CHICKEN
In this simple dish, you can create four different flavors of chicken, using three herbs. One piece should be reserved as plain lemon chicken, your "control" piece, with no herbal seasoning. Lemon rind and garlic are additional experimental options.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
INGREDIENTS:
3 Tablespoons olive oil
Juice of one lemon
1 Tablespoon grated lemon rind (optional)
1 clove crushed garlic (optional)
1/2 teaspoon of sage, thyme, and rosemary
4 boneless breasts of chicken
Salt and pepper to taste
In an 9 x 12 casserole dish, combine oil, lemon juice, rind, and garlic. Sprinkle a single herb into separate quarter of the casserole dish. Place chicken breasts in dish and flip to coat both sides with oil and lemon juice mixture. Salt and pepper to taste.
Cook in oven for 40 minutes or until done. Check for doneness by cutting into one of the pieces. Suggestion: Slice and serve on a bed baby greens, providing a taste of all four flavors on each plate.
Take a vote as to which flavor is the best.
Everybody knows lemons are a super source of vitamin C; but did you know lemons work as a powerful antioxidant and an anti-inflammatory agent, helping to reduce painful swelling?
A great way to start each morning is with a hot cup of lemonade - either the folk remedy for detoxification called "Master Cleanse," made from hot water, maple syrup, cayenne pepper, and the juice of organic lemons, OR your own herbal version.
You can buy organic lemons at Whole Foods or Trader Joe's. After washing the lemons, cut three slices and put into each mug. After pouring in hot water, add a spoonful of honey. You can flavor the tea further by adding fresh herbs - lemon mint, lemon thyme, sage, chamomile, or even pansies.
Could Vitamin C
be the Fountain of Youth?
Read about it at PioneerThinking.
Then come back here and check out Gram Nad's recipe for Lemon Bars.
Tart and sweet and delectable!
Preheat oven to 350 º
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups flour
4 eggs
1-1/2 cups sugar
6 level Tablespoons flour
6 level Tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Grate rind from 1 lemon
Mix butter, powdered sugar, salt and flour together and pat into a 9 x 13 pan. Bake 20 minutes or until light brown.
Mix remaining ingredients and spread on top of baked dough. Return pan to oven and bake for 25 minutes. Cool before sprinkling top with powdered sugar. ENJOY!
LEMON AND OLIVE OIL
SALAD DRESSING
Try using lemon juice instead of vinegar to blend with olive oil for salad dressing. Add crushed garlic, basil (or other herbs), and salt and fresh pepper for additional flavor. Shake well before pouring.
FRESH CITRUS JUICE
Fresh-squeezed fruit juice tastes much better than juice from a carton. Fresh juice is also higher in nutritional value, partly because the process of pasteurization reduces the effectiveness of the natural nutrients.
Flavor - In squeezing your own blend of oranges, grape fruits, lemons, and limes, you could flavor the juice to your liking. Use more lemons for a taste that tends to be slightly sour. Use more oranges for a sweeter drink.
Oranges are known for vitamin C, a premier antioxidant that helps protect your cells from destructive free radicals, which are linked to cancer and aging. Did you realize, however, that oranges also have over 170 cancer fighting phytochemicals?
Grapefruit are popular as a weight loss food. Metabolic research from Scripps Clinic demonstrated that “fresh grapefruit” had a significant effect on weight loss and insulin resistance. Red and pink varieties have succeeded in treatments where cholesterol-lowering drugs have not. Grapefruits contain substances called liminoids, which have been shown to inhibit cancer development in breast cancer cells and also shown to reduce cholesterol.
Red and pink grapefruit also contain a carotenoid, which is linked with a reduced incidence of prostate cancer.
In combination, lemons, oranges, and grape fruit pack a powerful punch to the negative influences that overtime have found their way into our bodies. Learn more about nutrition with Sandi Andersenat DharmaNutritionRI com.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Avoid taking meds with grapefruit juice, as the juice causes the medicine to stay in the bloodstream longer, which can cause complications.
