After reading The Raw Food Approach−Defined, you know that the phrase “going raw” typically refers to a diet in which fruit, veggies, and sprouted beans, lentils, peas, nuts, and seeds comprise 60-90 percent of your menu. The concept of eating primarily raw plant...
You may have grown up in a home where cashews were strictly “fancy nuts” for company. Fast forward to your current dairy-free lifestyle, and you discover that cashews are arguably the most versatile of all nuts when it comes to creating a wide range of items you might...
The raw food approach is an age-old concept, with early advocates from Pythagoras and Leonardo de Vinci to Max Gerson and Ann Wigmore paving the way for contemporary raw food aficionados, such as Dr. Gabriel Cousins, David Wolfe, and Renée Loux. The phrase “going raw”...
Are you familiar with the Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay, commonly referred to as The MIND diet? This menu incorporates elements from both the Mediterranean and DASH diets to reduce Alzheimer’s risk and slow cognitive decline by focusing...
Isoflavones are a class of phytoestrogens, plant-derived compounds found in high concentrations in soy and other legumes, such as chickpeas and lentils. These molecules exhibit estrogen-like activity, which has been linked to a number of potential health benefits,...
Phytoestrogens are natural compounds derived from plant foods such as soy, flaxseed, nuts, and legumes. These include isoflavones, lignans, and coumestans, among others, which are structured similarly to human estrogen. This allows them to bind to estrogen receptors...
