Chickpea, Feta and Cucumber Salad

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

1 hour 30 mins

Total time

1 hour 40 mins

 

Author: Andrea Beaman

Recipe type: Holistic Health coach recipes

Cuisine: Food is Medicine

Serves: 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 cup dried organic chickpeas (can use canned chickpeas to save time)
• 4 cups water
• 2 inches kelp
• 1 tsp. real salt
• 1 small red onion, peeled and diced
• 1 cucumber, peeled and sliced into thin rounds
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
• ¼ cup parsley, minced
• ¼ cup black olives (pitted)
• ⅓ cup olive oil
• 2 tbsp. organic white wine vinegar
• 1 tbsp. lemon juice
• 1 tbsp. fresh oregano (or 1 tsp. dried)
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• ¼ pound feta cheese

Instructions

1. Soak dried chickpeas overnight or 8-10 hours.
2. Discard soaking water.
3. Add chickpeas, kelp and 4 cups fresh water into a pot and bring to a boil.
4. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 1.25 hours.
5. Add salt and continue cooking additional 30-45 minutes.
6. Drain chickpeas and let cool.
7. In a large mixing bowl add onion, cucumber, tomatoes, parsley, olives and chickpeas.
8. Whisk olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice, oregano and season with salt and pepper.
9. Crumble feta cheese and toss lightly into the salad with dressing.

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• Monounsaturated fats that help the body absorb fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and K
• Magnesium and potassium for muscle support
• Lutein and zeaxanthin that protects eye health

But, I don’t eat them daily because I live in a place where Avocados don’t grow.

To best support my endocrine system and microbiome, I mostly eat seasonal foods from my local farmers. Learn more about that here: Are you confusing your body with the wrong foods.

With that being said, I do enjoy an avocado treat a couple of times per week.

Avocados are totally delicious, and awesome on tacos, in a salad, or with eggs.

Below is one of my favorite ways to eat these creamy little tropical delights.

Creamy Avocado Toast with Fried Eggs

 

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Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

5 mins

Total time

10 mins

 

Author: Andrea Beaman

Recipe type: Organic food

Cuisine: Health Coach Recipes

Serves: 2 servings

Ingredients

• 1 whole ripe avocado
• 1 tbsp, lemon or lime juice
• Sea salt
• 1 piece of sourdough or whole grain bread
• Butter
• 1-2 eggs per person

Instructions

1. Cut avocado in half and remove pit.
2. Slice the avocado flesh into cubes, without cutting through the skin.
3. With a spoon, scoop out the cubes and place into a mixing bowl.
4. Add 1 tbsp. lemon juice and a couple pinches of sea salt.
5. Mash with a fork, but don’t over-mash it.
6. Let the avocado retain some of its body.
7. Toast your bread.
8. While the bread is toasting, cook your egg(s) in a frying pan.
9. Smear the avocado onto the toast and top with your egg.
10. Season with flaky salt and pepper.

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She said the parasites were enabled by pollutants and solvents (like propyl alcohol, benzene, and heavy metals) that allowed them thrive inside the human body and burrow into the digestive system and eventually the organs (spleen, liver, kidneys, heart, brain) for long-term housing.

It was a highly controversial concept.

She recommended using an herbal protocol to kill the parasites and their eggs. As well as using a frequency device to bring the parasites out of the tissues to kill them.

Dr. Clark’s claims were not recognized as scientifically valid by mainstream medicine. The FDA characterized her devices as fraudulent, and she faced legal action from the Federal Trade Commission.

Labeled a “quack,” she was arrested in 1999 and was extradited to Indiana for practicing medicine without a license. According to court records, she was spreading “dangerous misinformation.”

As fate would have it, decades later, scientific studies prove anti-parasitic medications are indeed effective at healing cancer.

Here’s some science for you [1]:

• Mebendazole & Albendazole: These human-approved dewormers may inhibit microtubule formation (a process cancer cells use to divide) and have shown promise in slowing pancreatic and brain tumor growth in mice.
• Ivermectin: This anti-parasitic drug works by paralyzing and killing parasites. Preclinical studies suggest it may interfere with cancer cell survival pathways and enhance immune responses.
• Fenbendazole: Primarily an anthelmentic (deworming) veterinary medication used to treat parasitic infections such as roundworms, hookworms, and lungworms in animals. While some laboratory tests show it can trigger cancer cell death, it is not FDA-approved for human use, and scientific data on its safety and effectiveness in people is lacking.
• Nitazoxanide (NTZ): Studies suggest this anti-protozoal drug can stimulate the immune system to recognize and attack certain cancers, like prostate cancer.

“In summary, antiparasitic drugs are involved in almost all aspects of tumors, including cell cycle, apoptosis, autophagy, ferroptosis, stress, energy homeostasis, immunity, and drug resistance. Besides, when used in combination with existing clinical tumor drugs, many antiparasitic drugs show significant synergistic effects. However, according to current research results, antiparasitic drugs are still far from being repurposed into antitumor drugs that can be widely used in clinical practice. The current research on the anticancer mechanisms of antiparasitic drugs is still not comprehensive enough, and more thorough research is needed. Nevertheless, it is undeniable that antiparasitic drugs indeed have great potential for development as broad-spectrum, clinically applicable antitumor drugs.”[2] 

The final conclusion from the oncological report is that using antiparasitic drugs to heal cancerous tumors “is undeniable”. And, scientists and pharmaceutical companies are now working hard to “repurpose” these anti-parasite drugs specifically for cancer (and to increase profits, of course).

Rather than wait on these drugs to be repurposed, I suggest you get know the anti-parasitic herbs that have been used for centuries to naturally and effectively reduce parasite populations inside the body without draining your finances.

Herbs like:

• Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium): Known for its extremely bitter compounds that kill parasites (worms) in their development stages. Traditionally, it was also used to support digestive health by stimulating the stomach and hepatic tract.[3]
• Black Walnut Hull (Juglans nigra): Contains juglone and tannins, used for broad-spectrum action against intestinal worms. It also treats leaky gut and alleviates constipation and skin conditions that arise from toxic buildup in the blood.[4]
• Clove (Syzygium aromaticum): Contains eugenol, which helps break down parasite eggs in the intestines. And, studies in animals with lung and skin cancer show eugenol can stop cancer cells from multiplying.[5]
• Papaya Seeds: Air-dried papaya seeds demonstrate efficacy against intestinal parasites. I covered the effectiveness of Papaya in this article here: Don’t rely on AI for Health Information.

The knowledge about anti-parasite herbs to heal the body and prevent diseases like cancer is very strong. Dr. Hulda Clarke was a visionary practitioner who was ahead of her time, and was arrested and ridiculed for what she discovered.

For me, any practitioner that is labeled a “quack” by mainstream medicine and media, is someone worth looking more deeply into to improve your health.

Reading her book many years ago is one of the main reasons why I do a yearly parasite cleanse. I’ve been doing it for the past 30 years and I also encourage the members inside my Health is Wealth community to do it as well.

I believe, it’s much wiser to prevent disease from developing, than to fight it after it has already infiltrated and taken over your system.

Don’t wait for cancer or any other illnesses to show up before taking preventative action. Join us inside my Health is Wealth Community to experience proven health results.

Take a peek inside to see what you’re missing: Health is Wealth Community.

[1] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8255490/

[2] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8117216/

[3] The Book of Herbal Wisdom, Matthew Wood, North Atlantic Books, 1997, pgs 153-157

[4] The Practice of Traditional Western Herbalism, Matthew Wood, North Atlantic Books, 2004, pgs. 233-236

[5] Healing Spices, Bharat Aggarwal, PhD, Sterling Books, 2011, pg. 88

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If you’ve got sweet cravings, this simple little beverage can help.

It’s a natural remedy used to relax the pancreas, stabilize blood sugar, and reduce cravings for refined sugar by using the natural sweetness of vegetables.

Basically, it’s using vegetables that all have a sweet flavor profile like onions, carrots, squash, and cabbage that are chopped and simmered for 20-25 minutes. Then you would strain out the vegetables and sip on the warm sweet liquid.

I know it may sound like an odd thing to drink, but it really does work.

When I first learned about this beverage 30 years ago, I was studying Macrobiotics at the Kushi Institute. Almost everyone in the class was struggling with sweet cravings. I mean after all, we did grow up eating Ding Dongs and Donuts.

But, every afternoon, the kitchen staff at the Kushi Institute would bring out a tall container filled with this magical drink.

It was warm, sweet, relaxing, hydrating, and totally hit the spot.

Give it a try. You may be surprised at how well it works.

Magical Sweet Vegetable Drink

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

25 mins

Total time

35 mins

 

Author: Andrea Beaman

Recipe type: Tea

Cuisine: Food is Medicine

Serves: 8 cups

Ingredients

• 1 cup each, chopped onion, carrot, cabbage, and winter squash (like Kabocha or butternut).
• 7-8 cups of water.

Instructions

1. Bring water and vegetables to a boil.
2. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 20 minutes.
3. Strain the liquid and drink while it's warm.
4. The vegetables can be composted or used in soup.

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It’s used extensively in Japanese cuisine and is often paired with oily fish and fried foods like tempura. The name dai (large) and kon (root) is the perfect name for it, as this root can grow to be HUGE!

I used daikon root as medicine when I was initially healing my body over 30 years ago, and I still use it today. Mostly, just because it’s delicious.

Studies show that radishes, like daikon, can help lower triglyceride and cholesterol levels by improving lipid metabolism.

Daikon is a nutritious, low-calorie, cruciferous vegetable packed with Vitamin C, potassium, and enzymes that support heart health and weight loss.

Not only does this radish aid digestion, it also acts as a natural detoxifier (diuretic), and contains cancer-fighting compounds, particularly when eaten raw or lightly cooked.

So, if you’re struggling with poor fat metabolism and/or excess weight, or just want to improve your health, add this Marinated Daikon and Carrot salad into your routine.

It’s yummy!

Marinated Carrot and Daikon Radish Salad

 

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Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

15 mins

Total time

20 mins

 

Author: Andrea Beaman

Recipe type: salad

Cuisine: Food is Medicine

Serves: 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 medium sized daikon radish
• 2 carrots
• ¼ tsp. sea salt
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 2 tbsp. rice vinegar
• 1 tsp. honey
• 2 tbsp. parsley, minced
• 1 tsp. toasted sesame seeds

Instructions

1. Wash the vegetables.
2. With a cheese grater, or food processor with a grater disc, grate the daikon and carrots.
3. Put the grated veggies into a large mixing bowl, add salt and toss.
4. Let the veggies release their water (about 10-15 minutes).
5. Discard the water.
6. Whisk olive oil, vinegar, and honey.
7. Pour dressing on top of grated veggies.
8. Let the salad marinate 15 minutes.
9. Garnish with parsley and toasted sesame seeds.

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But, if you cook everything in one pot… cleaning up gets a heck of a LOT easier.

This delicious one pot chicken dish simplifies your kitchen clean up.

And, the best part… it’s totally yummy!

Enjoy!

Braised Chicken Thighs with Olives and Capers

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

60 mins

Total time

1 hour 10 mins

 

Author: Andrea Beaman

Recipe type: One Pot Meal

Cuisine: Food is Medicine

Serves: 4 servings

Ingredients

• 5-6 pastured chicken thighs, with skin on
• ¼ cup pitted black olives
• ¼ cup pitted green olives
• 2 tbsp. capers
• 1 large onion, peeled and sliced into thin crescents
• 1 green or red pepper, seeded and sliced thin
• 15-ounce diced tomatoes
• 1 tsp. basil
• ½ tsp. oregano
• ½ tsp. hot red pepper flakes
• ⅔ cup chicken stock or water
• 1 tsp. sea salt
• Black pepper

Instructions

1. Season chicken with salt and pepper.
2. Place the chicken, skin side down into a cold Dutch oven, or other deep pot.
3. Bring the heat up to medium/low.
4. Cooking on lower heat for a longer time, renders the fat from the chicken skin.
5. Once the fat is rendered (about 30 minutes), use tongs to turn the chicken onto the other side.
6. Add into the pot, olives, capers, onion, pepper, diced tomatoes, basil, oregano, red pepper flakes, stock, salt, and freshly ground black pepper.
7. Cover and bring to a boil on high heat.
8. Reduce heat to low and cook an additional 30 minutes.
9. Adjust seasoning if needed.
10. Serve on rice or pasta and top with a dollop of Parsley Pistou

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Are you asking Google or AI for health information?

If yes, I hope you understand that it is 100% skewed toward supplying you with allopathic medical answers first, and intentionally steering you away from anything that is considered alternative or natural.

I’ll give you a great example.

My family and I traveled to Costa Rica for a vacation.

One morning, I was preparing scrambled eggs with tortillas, plus a side of fresh papaya seasoned with lime and salt.

As I was seeding the papaya, I took a teaspoon of the seeds and ate them. My husband looked at me quizzically and said, “Why did you eat those seeds?”

I said, “Papaya seeds are a natural de-wormer. Just like pumpkin seeds. I’m just taking a little bit of the seeds as a preventative measure to keep any potential parasites in check.”

He said, “How do you know that actually works?”

I replied, “That’s basic common knowledge. The papaya meat and its peppery little seeds have been used for centuries as a digestive aid in environments where papayas grow.”

He said, “Before you do anything like that again. Let me doublecheck with Chat GPT.”

So, he input the papaya seed question into the AI model and this is what it said…

“Eating papaya seeds for parasites is folklore. Let me separate the facts from the folklore for you.”  

It proceeded to give scientific data about treating parasites from the Western medicine perspective that said:

“Dealing with a parasite requires a confirmed diagnosis from a healthcare provider, who will prescribe specific antiparasitic medication to kill the organism or its eggs. Effective treatment often involves a short course of prescription drugs, supported by hygiene measures—such as washing bedding and hands—to prevent re-infection.”

I asked my husband to re-ask the ChatGPT to give us the folklore perspective instead. And, when he used that as a prompt, the ChatGPT found a scientific study showing the efficacy of papaya seeds for parasites. It was in the National Public Library of Medicine:

“The stool clearance rate for the various types of parasites encountered was between 71.4% and 100%. Thus, air-dried C. papaya seeds are efficacious in treating human intestinal parasites and without significant side effects. Their consumption offers a cheap, natural, harmless, readily available monotherapy and preventive strategy against intestinal parasitosis, especially in tropical communities.”[1] 

My hubby looked at me and said, “Okay, give me a teaspoon of those seeds.”

If we would have relied solely on Google AI or Chat GPT for information, it would have led us down the allopathic path that waits for disease (or parasite infection) to develop before taking action using harsh pharmaceutical drugs. Some of which cause gastrointestinal distress, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dizziness, headache, temporary hair loss, and elevated liver enzymes.[2]

Thankfully, I still carry within me, ancient healing knowledge. A teaspoon of papaya seeds while visiting a tropical country and eating papaya makes the most sense.

I trust the wisdom of ancient cultures.

I do NOT trust the skewed regurgitated information coming from the bots.

If you want to get parasites and then eliminate them through western medicine modalities that destroy your microbiome (and your health) using harsh anti-parasitic drugs, keep listening to the AI models that are intentionally skewed toward allopathic treatments.

But, if you want ancient health wisdom, that is affordable and highly effective, join us inside my Health is Wealth Community.

You don’t have to dig for the knowledge, it’s always available whenever you need it.

[1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17472487/

[2] https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0000682#:~:text=According%20to%20a%20meta%2Danalysis%20of%20randomized%20controlled,Turkey%20*%20Mexico%20*%20India%20*%20Bangladesh

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Many people that take on a healthier diet and lifestyle, incorporate smoothies into their new routine.

But, throughout the 25+ years I’ve been involved in wellness, I’ve witnessed an interesting negative side effect some folks experience with green smoothies.

I’ll give you just one example, but I have many.

A dear friend wanted to reduce inflammation and weight, so she began a new diet that included drinking spinach and blueberry smoothies every day.

In the beginning she felt amazing! She dropped a few pounds, reduced inflammation, and was sleeping better – which was a nice bonus.

Unfortunately, after a few weeks she began feeling irritation in her bladder. She thought she was developing a UTI or a bladder infection. She did all of the things she knows to do for a bladder infection (cranberry juice, probiotics, herbs), but the irritation persisted.

Soon after, she developed excruciating lower back pain that landed her in the ER with blood in her urine. The attending physician told her she may have passed a kidney stone.

How could she develop a kidney stone from eating so healthfully?

The truth is, not all foods are meant to be eaten (or drank) in such large quantities, especially if they have not been properly prepared with cooking.

Her raw spinach/blueberry smoothie was rich in oxalates – a natural compound found in many plants, nuts, seeds, and cocoa – that caused her to develop sharp oxalate crystals.

Those crystals form when high levels of oxalate bind with calcium in the urine, causing crystallization. And, in some folks those crystals accumulate to form stones. Most often, it takes a while to form stones. But in some high risk people, stones can form in just a matter of weeks – 1

I posted about her “Dangerous Smoothie” experience on my social media feed and it caused a frenzy.

There were basically three camps of people:

1. The vast majority of comments came from people that had a similar experience from eating too much spinach, or other high oxalate containing foods (berries, almonds, beets, chocolate, spinach, etc.), and developed stones.
2. There were also people that didn’t have a problem with raw spinach, and smoothies, and some were angry at me for spreading negative propaganda about spinach.
3. And, there were people who didn’t know that some vegetables and fruits contain these compounds and were happy to receive the warning.

I’ve provided some of the comments so you can see for yourself:

Yes, there is a LOT of propaganda and misinformation on the web. But, I’m not spreading it.

I only share the truth of what I have experienced and learned about food and how it impacts health, and lack of health, in the human body.

Not everyone experiences a problem with high oxalate foods, but the vast majority of the people do (you can head over to the post and read the comments for yourself).

There is a reason why spinach was traditionally cooked or paired with other ingredients to help balance out its negative effects. And, that’s the way I use it in my delicious recipes.

It’s vital to get knowledge from people who understand the nuances about what’s truly healthy and what’s not.

If you want more healing truth and less trends, connect with my like-minded community of peers that are learning, growing, and sharing wisdom together.

Join us inside my Health is Wealth Community.

Get in before the next “healthy diet trend” negatively impacts your health.

1 – https://www.urologyhealth.org/urology-a-z/k/kidney-stones

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