Food Plan for December 2021

Fresh organic Peruvian beans ground in my Hamilton Beach grinder make for a healthy, delicious morning beverage. And I always use an unbleached coffee filter in my old Corningware ceramic percolator to absorb oily substances in coffee called diterpenes. The two main types of diterpenes found in coffee are cafestol and kahweol, according to Harvard Health Publications. These oily substances escape into your morning cup through coffee grounds floating in the coffee or oily droplets accumulating on the surface. And when consumed, these oily compounds block a cholesterol-regulating receptor in the intestines. Because of this obstruction, the intestines can no longer properly regulate the amounts of cholesterol absorbed and excreted -- resulting in elevated blood cholesterol levels. Since coffee filters trap cafestol and kahweol, they significantly decrease the risk of coffee-related cholesterol increases. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9022539/ Instead of doctors just blindly putting the...

  Choose the Right Fats & Information on Insulin Resistance In clinical context, insulin resistance can manifest as abnormalities that are related with cardiovascular event risk, known as metabolic syndrome. Several studies had reported that  insulin resistance was associated with erosive esophagitis in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) . Your cells use glucose, a kind of  sugar , for energy. The  hormone  insulin helps get the glucose from digested food into your cells.   People with fatty liver disease often have a condition called insulin resistance. That means your body makes insulin but can’t use it well. Glucose builds up in your   blood , and your liver turns it into fat.  Certain fats in your diet can help your body use insulin better. That means your cells can take in glucose and your liver doesn't need to make and store fat. Get more of these: Omega-3 fatty acids , found in  fish ,  fish oil , vegeta...

 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4557234/ Good old Aloe Vera.  Always growing some indoors.  A medical miracle plant.   to be continued.   I wrote this letter today to the dermatology group my skin doctor now belongs to:   Instead of the skin doctor telling a 71 year old patient she has "OLD AGE SPOTS" and making a note that they come from an  unknown source , do some scientific research.  Don't prescribe Emulsified wax with cetyl  alcohol and artifical steroiods - gezzz! I figured out that I had Metabolic Syndrome, NAFLD, and high Lipids, so I researched if this was in any way linked to seborrheic dermatitis - which I had to pull from the doctor to identify the "rash".  Further investigating, there were other concomitant chronic diseases alongside the itchy dermatitis. Writing out my very own special food plan was in order to heal the liver as well as utilizing very specific and somewhat unknown herbs....

  Taking High Blood Pressure meds? They deplete ZINC stores. Depleted zinc has direct relevance for anxiety because when zinc is low anxiety is increased. This happens for a number of reasons: Zinc is needed to make your neurotransmitters (calming GABA and happy/calming serotonin) Low zinc means high copper (and more anxiety) Zinc is one of the key nutrients for easing symptoms of the social anxiety condition called pyroluria Zinc is needed for hormone support - for the adrenals and for the sex hormones like calming progesterone (which helps with sleep and anxiety) Zinc plays a role in appetite and sugar cravings Zinc helps modulate inflammation (a factor in anxiety, heart disease and all chronic health conditions) Heart disease and anxiety/stress are so intertwined. In addition to nutrient depletions from medications and stress/anxiety, the following greatly diminish your heart function: poor dietary choices, lack of physical activity, undiagnosed infections, poor mouth health a...