Healing Outside The Box

An article in The Guardian got me thinking about how we might translate idealistic goals about what to eat to reduce climate change into breakfast, lunch, and dinner. So in this episode, I get into different ways we can do our part to cut down on greenhouse gases and reduce water usage. Could this be as simple as eating more from column A and less from column B?
The British have started an organization called The National Food Strategy and they will be updating us soon with advice and tips.
There is also a podcast episode that I found interesting on this topic. It can be found here.
There are a couple of articles I mentioned on regenerative aquaculture. The first is an NIH article that gives an overview of regenerative agriculture. The second is a newsletter that describes how regenerative agriculture works.

An overall review article on sustainable diets can be found here.

As always, if you have any questions about this episode or would like to hire a nutritionist/health coach to help you sort all of this out, please email me on my website contact page, which is at Healing Outside the Box.

Do endurance athletes really need a lot of extra protein, or do they just need a lot of extra calories? This week we take a look at several high-protein powders on the market to build muscle and improve performance.
As always, if you have any questions or would like to hire a nutritionist, please contact me on my website contact page, which is Healing outside the box.com.

Do endurance athletes really need a lot of extra protein, or do they just need a lot of extra calories? This week we take a look at several high-protein powders on the market to build muscle and improve performance.
As always, if you have any questions or would like to hire a nutritionist, please contact me on my website contact page, which is Healing outside the box.com.

Since many of us are using these protein/calorie supplement drinks for a quick meal or a complement to weight training, I decided to take a second look at them.

If you have any questions or would like to work with a nutritionist/wellness coach to reach your wellness goals, feel free to email me on my website contact page. 

Yes, cross-addiction with food is possible. But thanks to some exciting new research, there may be something we can do about it.

If you feel that you need some assistance or just support on your journey, you can hire me as your health and wellness coach! Just email me here, on my Healing Outside The Box website, and I will get back to you. If you are the least bit hesitant about what this wellness coach business is all about, I can offer you a free 30-minute session so you can dip your toes in the water and see how it feels!

Not only is cross-addiction with food possible, but it can go both ways. That is the bad news. But the good news is that there is something we can do about it. 

One of the 2 experts I mentioned was Dr Neil Barnard. The interview I quoted can be found here.  

Dr. Pamela Peake also has many videos on this topic. I referred to this video in my episode, but she has other videos and a book on this topic called "The hunger fix".

I did a slideshow of historic Salem with my pictures that I referred to in this episode. You can find that here.

Not only is cross-addiction with food possible, but it can go both ways. That is the bad news. But the good news is that there is something we can do about it. 

One of the 2 experts I mentioned was Dr Neil Barnard. The interview I quoted can be found here.  

Dr. Pamela Peake also has many videos on this topic. I referred to this video in my episode, but she has other videos and a book on this topic called "The hunger fix".

I did a slideshow of historic Salem with my pictures that I referred to in this episode. You can find that here.

Welcome to part 2 of my series on the possibility of treating autistic symptoms with broccoli sprouts. This week we put theory into practice with some tips about how to prepare broccoli and broccoli sprouts in a form on the kitchen table that children with autism might eat. After all, even Pres. George H.W. Bush didn't like to eat his broccoli. But when it comes to sprouts, we can chop them finely or blend them, and in that way, hide them in the food.

But before we get to hiding it in our food, it bears repeating that sulforaphane found in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables is a potent anti-oxidant that appears to fight oxidative damage to our cells. There is strong evidence for sulforaphane battling rapidly growing cancer cells, preventing the aging of cells, and possibly fighting off whatever it is that is responsible for the symptoms of autism.
There is a great article that gets into details about sulforaphane from broccoli sprouts in terms of its overall benefits. That article can be found here.

This topic is near and dear to my heart because I happened to be one of those weird kids who no one seemed to have an explanation for. I didn't speak until I was about six years old. I wouldn't answer to my name, I ate only a tuna sandwich for lunch every day for two years, and I would often rock in a rocking chair for 3 or 4 straight hours. Now that I am more or less considered "normal", I've become obsessed about why I was the way I was. Is it possible that I am not alone? Probably. By helping kids with autism get better, we can all learn so much from them about how we can treat everyone on the autistic spectrum.

I plan on coming up with my own recipes to hide these broccoli sprouts. So if you want me to email the recipes to you, just send me a note on my website contact page, at Healing Outside the box.

If anyone ever told you to eat your broccoli, the proof of its benefits has finally arrived. Today we are discussing the multiple reasons why antioxidants, like those found in broccoli, would be a good idea. The National Institute of Health (NIH) has put out a few remarkable journal articles looking into the evidence that one particular substance called sulforaphane (from broccoli sprouts) can counteract the harmful effects of cellular damage. The article that sparked a lot of interest in sulforaphane particularly was put out by NIH and it can be found here. 

Another NIH article defines oxidative stress and lists the risk factors that cause this stress. Not surprisingly, it has a lot to do with the American diet and typical cell-damaging risk factors like smoking, x-rays, and excessive alcohol. That article can be found here.

This NIH article connects the dots between large amounts of oxidative stress and the development of many chronic diseases, such as heart attacks, strokes, cancer, diabetes, and now autism.

But help is on the way because scientists have now shown evidence that both cancer and autism have improved with daily broccoli sprouts. Broccoli sprouts just happened to have a large amount of a powerful antioxidant called sulforaphane. 

Could that be possible? It certainly could and right now it seems to be the case. I will finish my two-part series on this topic next week with some tips and recipes to add more of this miracle substance into our dietary plan.
If you have any questions or would like to suggest topics for future episodes, feel free to contact me on my website contact page: Healing Outside the Box.

In part 3 of this 3-part series, I humbly attempt to put this GMO controversy into some perspective with two stories about the unintended consequences of manipulating genes in a plant seed.

The first story, from Roundup to dicamba, describes the ability of weeds to become resistant to one weedkiller (roundup) and then the following weedkiller (dicamba). The resulting superweeds are more difficult to kill even with higher and higher doses of these herbicides. The answer was to bring back the active ingredient in Agent Orange, a deadly herbicide used to clear the jungles of Vietnam during the war. The NIH article I discussed can be found here.

The second story involves what old-timers call the BT corn controversy. BT stands for a bacteria in the Bacillus family that naturally carries an insect-killing gene that produces a deadly protein (for beetles, anyway). But what about honeybees and Monarch butterflies? There is a publication that talks about the indirect consequences of trying to kill one animal without harming another animal. Hint: it didn't work. And then they created resistant "superbugs". That publication can be found here.

As always, If you have any questions about this or other nutrition-related information, feel free to contact me on my website contact page: Healing Outside the Box. I love hearing from you!

I offer one-on-one nutrition counseling online for anyone who is looking for some self-care and would like some support to eat healthier and reduce stress. You can reach me on my Wellness coaching page at Healing outside the box.