Here is another good reason to start growing your own greens. The CDC has concluded that disease causing bacteria, viruses, and other contamination (mostly human transmitted) is definately on the rise. The exact cause is not clear but many of these pathogens are not easily eliminated from these foods via conventional means. Here is a link to the article.
If you are looking for a super health food, you most certainly want to consider broccoli sprouts. You have probably heard of the wonderful health benefits of mature broccoli heads, but did you know that three-day-old broccoli sprouts contain 20-50 times the concentration of compounds like sulforaphane glucosinolate and glucoraphanin? (more…)
Here is a medicinal mushroom that I find growing abundantly in oak logs around my property, and is found thus throughout much of the US. Of course, positive identification should be made of any mushrooms for consumption (or for teas and extracts). Though not necessarily edible, most of the polyspore mushrooms are fairly safe, but I would do a positive Identification using one of the mushroom field guides available. (more…)
I figure that since I grow this in my yard and have well researched it, that I might write an article summarizing the many health benefits of this mushroom. Here is an interesting chart showing the many health benefits. As you can see, the question could be asked, “What is it not good for?” Here is a little more information: (more…)
Well I have caught one of those holiday season bugs that many of us get this time of the year. I think it must be a strain of the flu and I am fairing pretty well by taking my reishi tea, citrus, garlic, echinacea and a host of other things. However, one thing that I miss this year is my elderberry extract (more…)
Pictured here is a rosemary bush (Rosmarinus officinalis) growing on my property. I have always noticed a little bit of a “rush” when breaking some of it off, crushing it in my hand, and sniffing it. Well, as it turns out, there are some major therapeutic values to both this and the lavender plant. (more…)
Yeah, no kidding! Rover knows what he is doing when he rolls in the dirt (and so do kids for that matter). Anyhow, recent studies show that a variety of substances found in the soil are beneficial for immune system development, depression, asthma, and allergies. There are harmless microbes living therein that boost the immune system and even serotonin levels in the brain. It is surmized that people today live in too sterile of an environment (not to mention “toxic”) and do not get this needed exposure. (more…)
