by urban-acupuncture | Jun 13, 2017 | Diet
Vegetable Rolls with Shredded Chicken & Nut Cream
From 10-Day Detox, by Mark Hyman, MD
Makes: 4 Servings
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Vegetable Mixture
1 medium carrot, peeled and thinly sliced or shredded
3 medium zucchini, thinly sliced or shredded
1/2 Napa cabbage (or other white cabbage), shredded
1/2 red cabbage, shredded
1 cup fresh mint, julienned
1/2 cup scallions, sliced on the bias
Poached Chicken Breasts
4 cups water
1 sprig fresh thyme
1 sprig fresh rosemary
1 tsp sea salt
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (4-6 ounces each)
Nut Cream
1 cup pine nuts or raw cashews
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
pinch of salt
optional: 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
Collard Wraps
4 collard leaves, stems removed, halved lengthwise
2 cups boiling water
Prepare the Vegetable Roll Mixture
Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl.
Prepare the Chicken
In a large saucepan, bring the water to a boil. Add the thyme, rosemary, and salt. Turn the heat down to a simmer and carefully add the chicken breasts. Cover and simmer for about 10 minutes. When the breast are cool, shred with a fork or by hand.
Prepare the Nut Cream
Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth but thick, adding water if needed.
Assemble the Rolls
Lay the collard leaves on a baking tray and slowly pour the boiling water over them to soften the leaves; drain, let cool and pat dry. Combine the nut cream, shredded chicken, and vegetable mixture. Lay on collard leaf smooth side down and spoon about 1/2 cup of filling onto one end, then wrap tightly. Continue until all the rolls are made and serve two to a person.
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by urban-acupuncture | Dec 15, 2014 | Diet
Water
Water is a natural appetite suppressant. Drinking at least one litre a day of water will help boost the metabolism, and flush toxins out of the liver. Having a healthy liver will help with overall health and filtering toxins out of the body. You can add lemon or lime to boost the liver’s flushing function, but be careful not to add sugar and other flavourings, always try to keep it real with your water! (And everything else 🙂 )
Garlic & Onions
Garlic and onions have an extremely cleansing effect on the body and garlic in particular has a strong cleansing effect on the blood. Both garlic and onions lower blood pressure and cholesterol and promote the contraction of smooth muscles in the intestinal wall helping to move foods further along the digestive tract.
Green Tea
Green tea has long been touted for its antioxidants, or antioxidant polyphenols. It’s active ingredient catechin has been proven to improve fat oxidation and thermogenesis which is the heat produced by digestion. Green tea also protects lean muscle tissue and stabilizes blood sugar levels.
Omega 3 Fatty Acids
Salmon, herring and tuna are fish high in omega 3 fats, and omega 3 fats boost the metabolism. Omega 3s help to balance blood sugar and reduce inflammation, helping to regulate and stimulate the metabolism. They have also been shown to reduce resistance to the hormone leptin which is responsible in part to how the body burns fat.
Green Leafy Vegetables
Green leafy vegetables are full of antioxidants and fibre, both of which are very stimulating the the metabolism. Vegetables like kale, spinach, collard greens and turnip greens are rich in iron which helps red blood cells to transport nutrients throughout the body.
Nuts & Seeds
Stick to raw nuts and seeds to receive their maximum metabolism boosting effects, raw nuts and seeds boost your metabolism twice as much as when they are roasted. Nuts and seeds contain two fat burning nutrients, choline and inositol. They act to remove fat from the body so that it doesn’t get reabsorbed, in the places you don’t want it.
Eggs
Digesting protein takes up to seven times more energy than digesting fats or carbohydrates. Eggs are protein rich, packed with vitamins, easy to prepare and portable. 🙂
Grapefruit
Along with being a powerful metabolism booster, a one cup serving of grapefruit juice provides more than 100% of the recommended daily allowance of vitamin C. Grapefruit also reduce insulin levels which ultimately promotes weight loss.
Broccoli
Broccoli is also extremely high in vitamin C which the body needs to absorb calcium which promotes weight loss. Broccoli has high water and fibre content. This combination helps you to feel full and dramatically increases your body’s ability to burn fat.
Cayenne Peppers
Cayenne peppers speed up your metabolism and allow your body to burn more calories by releasing Capsaicin. Capsaicin is also found in bell peppers and jalapeños, which are part of the vegetable family Capsicum annuum. The body responds by releasing stress hormones that speed up your metabolism and help you to burn fat. Cayenne peppers also contribute to thermogenesis which is the heat produced by digestion which also increases metabolism.
by urban-acupuncture | Nov 20, 2012 | Diet
What do we mean by this? Our diets are not complete. As a nation, we eat poor-quality foods that have been stripped of nutrients. Most of us do not consume enough fresh fruits and vegetables. Many of us get our whole grains from instant rice, refined wheat breads, pastas and cereal. We eat a tremendous amount of prepackaged and pre-made meals. One-quarter of Americans eat at fast food restaurants each day.
We eat plenty, but we are still starving. The foods we eat are not providing our bodies with the nutrition they need to survive and be healthy. We are starving our bodies and we are sick. We suffer from diabetes, heart attacks, obesity, and the list goes on and on.
Given proper nutrition, the human body has an amazing ability of keeping itself healthy. If properly fed and given the right nutrients, the human body is designed to repair itself. To do so, we need to eat a healthier diet, exercise, and take high-quality supplements made from whole foods. Whole food supplements supply our bodies with the nutrients we are not getting from our diet – all the vitamins, minerals, trace minerals, and phytonutrients that foods possess – in the way that nature intended, in a whole food form.
Whole food supplements are made by concentrating foods for use in supplements. When concentrated correctly, they supply a multitude of the food’s components. Foods provide nutrients that work together to provide you with optimal nutrition for good health. However, not all whole food supplements are the same. Many supplements available in today’s marketplace range in quality. Companies are riding the wave of supplement popularity rather than focusing on commitment and quality.
For these reasons and many more, Urban Acupuncture Center both recommends and sells Standard Process whole food supplements at our office. We suggest that all of our patients start with a basic whole food multivitamin called Catalyn. More on Catalyn in our next newsletter.
Contact Us For More Information
For more information about how acupuncture, massage therapy and other alternative healing treatments can help you, please contact the Urban Acupuncture Center Board Certified Licensed Acupuncturist’s team at Indianola Ave, Clintonville (614) 725-2488 | Main St, Westerville (614) 426-4406 or click here. Taking new patients in and around greater Columbus, Ohio.
by urban-acupuncture | Nov 15, 2012 | Diet
By Anne Van Druten, L.Ac
When choosing produce, choose locally grown, seasonal vegetables that help you adapt to your surrounding by subtly connecting you to the rhythm of the seasons. In the winter eat more contractive vegetables (vegetables that are more Yang in nature therefore are more warming). These include hearty, sturdy leafy greens, compact vegetables and downward-growing roots such as carrots, kale, collards, broccoli, parsnips, rutabaga and turnips. These will not only weather the frost but taste sweeter afterwards!
We gain stamina and vitality when we eat them in the winter. Winter style cooking is cooking that is more yang or more warming. Slow-simmer, pressure-cook, bake or saute your meals. Serve and eat every meal warm versus raw and cold. When it’s cold outside you want to consume foods that are cooked and warming. Whereas in the warmer months it is more acceptable to eat raw and cooling foods to help your body cool off. Add a little sea salt, miso, tamari soy sauce or sauerkraut to your meals. And enhance your recipes with green onions, sea vegetables, ginger and dried herbs.
