Spinach/Food By Man

SPOTLIGHT: SPINACH

Spinach is high in vitamin K. Vitamin K activates osteocalcin. Osteocalcin is a compound that works hand-in-hand with calcium and magnesium for bone health. It actually anchors calcium molecules inside the bone. Spinach is also a good source of calcium and is a better source of calcium than milk products. It also has vitamin A, maganase, folic acid (which helps bring down the dangerous chemical homocysteine - harmful to blood vessels and puts you at risk of heart disease), magnesium, iron, vitamin C, and quercetin (a powerful anti-inflammatory compound). Spinach has impressive anticancer properties as well. Just one cup of cooked spinach provides 294% of your daily value for vitamin A. Spinach is highly contaminated with pesticides, so buy organic if you can.



RECIPE IDEA: I like to lightly cook spinach in a little organic chicken broth, a little hormone free, antibiotic free butter (or sometimes I use ghee, clarified butter), sea salt and freshly grounded black pepper. Kids will love it this way. Add spinach to every green, leafy salad you eat. Add it to pasta and soups (at the very end of cooking).





FOOD CULPRIT: FOOD BY MAN

"Foods by Man" are foods that have been artificially processed, such as, white sugar, white flour, dinner-in-a-box, and dinner-in-a-can. These foods have been processed to the point where they have very little nutritional value. The enzymes have been pulverized. We need enzymes to digest food properly and utilize the nutrients in food. They contain chemicals that are known to be carcinogenic and chemicals that damage your brain cells. Check out book by neurosurgeon, Dr. Blaylock - Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills. He links food additives with degenerative diseases such as dementia, Parkinson's and Alzheimers. http://www.blaylockreport.com/