New Drugs - Trial By Fire (anyone?)

Did you know that when a new drug hits the market, you should wait at least 2 years before taking it?

Well, how about this. Would you knowingly buy a lemon of a car? No, you would not want to do that.

Well, taking new drugs based on trials run by drug companies is reallly a little like playing Russian Roulette with your health.

While we're at it. This is another reason why I would stay as far away from a drug trial as the earth allows in distance. There is no such thing as a free ride in medication and many people have either died or been seriously, irreversibly injured on these trials.

Trials seems to be an appropriate term. We could just go ahead and call it Trial by Fire.

Hey, I'm not condemning every drug out there. I seem to remember that they used to actually do some good for people and there are still a few out there. Just don't be too quick to believe that popping ANY pill will be the dissolution of all your problems. There are bridges for sale to nowhere out there too.

Pizza Frittata (gluten-free AND tasty!!!

A few nights ago I went out to eat. I try to avoid eating breads and starches much so I thought I should try the gluten-free pizza. I figured it would be pretty tasty. I like many of the dishes from this restaurant. By the way a lot of restaurants now carry special menus which list items with gluten, msg, and other allergenic foods.

Well, I was sadly disappointed with the crust. It was not something I would ever order again. I will either just eat regular pizza and skip the crust or just order something else.

So, since all of you gluten-free people out there have my utmost sympathy. Plus it isn't really healthy for anyone to eat so much wheat particularly when it isn't properly soaked or sprouted. This is my recipe for gluten-free pizza.

The other great thing about this is that a lot of products on the market though gluten-free are still full of too many chemicals. That really isn't going to be a great idea since wheat is usually only one of our problems with food today.

I have another recipe called Pizza Quiche that is very tasty. It was concocted by a man who has lost over 100 pounds eating almost no starches. Yet it is kind of involved and has a lot of ingredients. I kept thinking, we need to come up with something quick and easy. I was hungry, NOW!

Then I realized VOILA! The italian omelette, the frittata. You can make anything into a delicious meal with a few eggs and some leftover ingredients. So here it is.

Pizza Frittata

Take 2-3 cage-free eggs and beat them til uniform with a fork. Season with a little sea salt and fresh ground pepper. Set aside.

Put a little butter and olive oil in a fairly large cast iron skillet and heat till butter melts.

Add chopped garlic, onion, any color slivered bell peppers and heat till nice and soft. I also throw in chopped turkey bacon and grilled eggplant from Trader Joes's at this point.  (It also has artichoke hearts which you can see in the picture. yum!)

Next add the egg mixture and try to get it a little on the thin side so that the outer edges get nice and crispy like a crust.

When underside is almost cooked, place under the broiler in the oven for 2 minutes until it starts to get bubbly.

Grab some marinara sauce (preferably organic with fresh herbs) and some shredded mozzarella and spread the sauce and sprinkle the cheese all over the omelette.

Place back under the broiler and watch till nice and bubbly.

Slice into pizza triangles and enjoy. For total decadence drizzle more olive oil on top just like Italians do.

Spanish Fish Stew that will Boost Your Metabolism

Here is a delicious stew that is also pure medicine.

A century ago in England a doctor figured out that when he gave

his elderly patients, who were feeling poorly, thyroid

sandwiches, they felt years younger.

I don't know about you but I am not planning on eating those

sandwiches anytime soon. Yuck! Besides, how would you make

them? I know that some people also take raw thyroid in pills

and I also have done this.

This is actually even better than that because it has all the

nutrients from the head of the fish, not just the thyroid.

That's very important since we need all of it. So it is full

of iodine and many other goodies. Besides, wouldn't you much

rather eat gourmet food than just pop pills?

Spanish Fish Stew

1/4 cup olive oil
2 medium onions
3 cloves garlic, finely minced
1 stick celery, finely chopped
1 green pepper, finely chopped
1 large can plum tomatoes
1 1/2 teaspoons dried red pepper flakes
1 bay leaf
4 cups fish fumet (recipe follows)
Salt and freshly ground pepper
2 pounds fresh wild red snapper, cut in 3 by 2 inch pieces

Heat olive oil gently in a deep saucepan. Add onions, garlic,

celery, and green pepper and cook a few minutes until

transulucent on medium heat. Be careful not to burn the

garlic.

Add tomatoes, red pepper flakes, bay leaf and fish stock and

cook for about 10 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Add red snapper and cook covered for 5 minutes.

Recipe modified from "The Mediterranean Kitchen" by Joyce

Goldstein (mine is more like a cajun redfish courtboullion)

Quick Fish Stock

Just a nutritious as stock made with heads and carcasses of

fish but without all the hassle.

1 cup bonito flakes (Asian markets and online)
2 quarts cold water
1/4 cup vinegar

Put all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to boil. Skim.

Lower heat and simmer 2-3 hours. Let cool and strain. Use

right away or freeze for later.

Fish stock recipe from "Eat Fat, Lose Fat" by Dr. Mary Enig and

Sally Fallon of the Weston Price Foundation

I serve this stew by ladling over a multi-grain cereal (Kashi

pilaf also works great) that I have previously soaked several

hours in 2 tablespoons raw vinegar and then cooked in the rice

cooker.

I hope you try this. If you serve it without the grain it is

truly low carb.

Everyone needs to take good care of their thyroid and I can't

think of a more tasty way to do this!

The Drink that Gave Me Back That Energy I Had Lost

I have tried many different supplements over the years to relieve the symptoms of chronic fatigue. I just never had much energy most days. I tried many different products and different herbs. Some of them did help, some I couldn't tell any difference at all. What I realized though was that I wasn't making the most important change. Diet. I spent so much time taking supplements of every kind but didn't eat very much at all. I knew that had to change. Now I realize it is the most important single thing you can do to recover your health.

I heard about this egg drink to help my stomach for candida albicans and started making it. This has brought back all my energy. I think it's all the fat. The surprising thing is I did this to just get rid of IBS (thank you painkillers) but I have energy every day now and I have so far lost about 45 pounds.

Raw Egg Drink  (see note if you don't want to use eggs raw, I like the energy it gives)

Ingredients
•2-3 large whole eggs (or 3-4 medium size), preferably "certified organic" free-range
•2 tablespoons virgin coconut oil
•2 tablespoons unsalted butter (should be organic or certified organic, but no hormones or antibiotics, preferably). Raw, grass-fed would be the ideal.
•1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, or to taste
•1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg, or to taste
•1-2 teaspoons Blackstrap Molasses
•2 to 2 ½ cups of warm water (use boiling water if you don't want it raw)

Other spices can be added to suit your taste, i.e. ground clove, allspice, ginger, etc.

Sometimes I add berries and cocoa powder.

For pain relief I add to this turmeric and some curry powder. About 1/4 tsp each.

I make this in a jar or blender cup with my hand blender.
Here is another shake recipe from my other website.

Coconut Shake (Use berries or bananas)

Who knew that something so simple could help so much. It's great to be able to make plans and keep them. All the mental fog also vanished and I can think clearly again. I'm thinner than I've been since I was in my twenties.

Remember, you have to eat. It is the single most important thing you can do for yourself.