Nutrition and Physical Regeneration

As I've mentioned before, regular readers of this blog know I love all things coconut, and while the popularity of coconut oil has grown by leaps and bounds over the last decade or so, my favorite products of what is known in many parts of the world as the tree of life remain the meat of both the young and mature coconuts, the milk and cream made from the meat, and coconut water.

I have done an 8 day fast drinking only coconut water. Several times a year when I am eating Kitavan style or vegan style for more than just a day or two, coconut and all its various products become front and center in my diet. In fact I couldn't do a vegan or Kitavan style diet without coconut, nor would I want to do such a thing. The specific saturated fat content of the coconut greatly enhances (for me) the nutritional impact of the above style(s) of eating, and the coconut itself lends much to the enjoyable taste of the foods.

With my recent (public) concentration on the Milk Cure, a powerful short team healing approach which is, in my opinion, the ultimate nutrient "overfeeding" regenerative protocol for many folks, I think part of the problem with many real food "low-fat" folks is their lack of calories and too much of the wrong kind of fats (which can be a problem for low-carbers as well). [You will notice that I put "low-fat" in quotes, largely because the Kitavan diet, while low in overall fat by western standards (21%) is higher in saturated fat (by about 10%) than western diets. Almost all fat in the Kitavan diet is saturated, so the "low-fat" approach appears to be rather nuanced, and problems with it may be attributable to something other than being "low-fat" as I mentioned above].

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Anyone even remotely familiar with me or this blog knows that I am a big fan of all things coconut, especially the milk. I consider it one of those versatile super-foods that belongs in any foodies repertoire, real food or otherwise, both for nutritional and culinary purposes.

In the Pacific Islands the coconut is known as the "tree of life" because of its various medicinal and nutritional qualities and you do yourself a grave disservice by not including in your diet on a regular basis this powerful and tasty food in all its forms (water, milk, oil, and meat).

My favorite incarnation is the milk because of its versatility (though I must admit the coconut butter from Artisana is mighty tasty).

Coconut lentil soup, coconut tapioca pudding (tapioca is the cassava root – I use honey for the sweetener and add it at the end), coconut sweet potato soup (this is just baked/boiled sweet potato with various spices blended with coconut milk and coconut flakes) and other delightful coconut enhanced dishes are a central part of the menu during those parts of the year where animal products are not a feature of my diet.

Then of course nothing beats a good coconut curry on a chilly winter's night when beef is what's for dinner.

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As a followup to my Turning Fast Food Into Healthy Food: 10 You Can Quickly Make At Home, here are three foods I didn't include in the original article that are worthy of mention.

Enjoy!

1. Ginger ale (yes, soda!)

Tools needed: 2 quart jar (larger or smaller depending on how much you want to make at one time), knife, peeler, water kefir grains.

Typical ingredients when buying at the store: Carbonated Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Citric Acid, Natural Flavors, Sodium Benzoate (Preservative) Caramel Color.

Ingredients you are avoiding: everything (including natural flavors which most likely includes MSG, a known neurotoxin.

Ingredients to use at home: water, honey, ginger, tumeric, lemon

Total time: less time than it takes to watch the how to video above – less than 10 minutes

For those wanting a stronger ginger brew you might try ginger beer which is just as quick and easy to make as ginger ale.

2. Chapati

Tools needed: skillet (you will need a gas range to make a chapati with pockets)

Typical ingredients when buying at the store: chapatis are like the majority of retail bread products, made with umpteen ingredients most of if not all which do not contribute to healthy eating.

Ingredients you are avoiding: everything

Ingredients to use at home: grain berries and oil if you like.

Total time: less than 10 minutes

If you want a written description you can check out this post on making a McCarrison-style Chapati.

3. Creme Fraiche

Creme Fraiche is luxurious, decadent, delicious and expensive when bought at retail. It is so easy to make at home (and keeps 7-10 days) that it is fairly simple to always have some on hand.

If you have never tried it prepare yourself for a treat. If you have tried it but use it only occasionally, you will never go back to store bought creme fraiche (pronounced "fresh") once you make it yourself. If you are like me, once you have it you will never again resort to eating its poor American cousin, sour cream. There is no comparison either in taste or versatility.

Below I have listed three ways to produce it at home. If you have access to raw cream so much the better as that is how creme fraiche is made in France.

1. The quick and dirty ready to eat immediately version. It's not real creme fraiche but it will do in a pinch. Don't cheat yourself. Make the real thing.

2. Creme Fraiche made with yogurt.

3. Creme Fraiche made with buttermilk (editor's note: this is a video but it could not be embedded).

One way to enhance your diet is simply to make foods from scratch. It used to be that making foods from scratch was a time consuming and sometimes tedious process. However modern technology has changed the rules of the game, and many foods that were once labor intensive can be made in a fraction of the time. The key is having the proper tools on hand and sourcing the right ingredients.

Another thing to keep in mind is that nearly all junk foods can become good foods if you make them at home. The same is true for compromise foods, i.e. foods that don't quite pass the smell test from a traditional healthy food perspective, but aren't the equivalent of chowing down a few double stuffed oreos either.

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In a bind and don't have a corkscrew to open that final bottle of wine you certainly do not need? Well here is the answer to your dilemma.

Those of you who are regular readers of this site have probably read my posts on Curing the Incurables with Dr. Richard Schulze. If you haven't and know someone who is sick I would recommend that you view or listen to the videos. They are potentially life-changing for someone who is suffering from a major disease. There are three videos posted thus far and 5 more to go.

The videos are a necessary introduction to the work of Dr. Schulze. The real workhorse material was recorded in a different video series titled The Sam Biser Save Your Life Herbal Video Collection (Advanced Herbal Healing Techniques for Chronic & Even Incurable Health Conditions) , where Schulze gets into all the nuts and bolts of what to do and how to do it.

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Editor's note: This is part 4 of an ongoing series on "Curing The Incurables." The purpose of this series is to introduce approaches to healing that are typically unknown and outside the current mainstream. This series is about hope. Hope for those who have been told they have no chance. Hope for those who think they or a loved one must live with or suffer terribly from a debillitating illness. For those who have tried doctors, alternative health practitioners, vitamins and herbs and still have failing health, this series is for you. It provides hope – real hope – for those looking for a last chance.

[Please remember this information is provided for educational and entertainment purposes only and is not designed to diagnose or cure any diseases.]
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The following is an edited version of an article by Dr. J. R. Crewe, of the Mayo Foundation, forerunner of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, published in Certified Milk Magazine, January 1929. We are grateful to Dr. Ron Schmid, ND of Middlebury, CT for unearthing this fascinating piece. The “Milk Cure” was the subject of at least two books by other authors, written subsequently to Dr. Crewe’s work. The milk used was, in all cases, the only kind of milk available in those days—raw milk from pasture-fed cows, rich in butterfat. The treatment is a combination of detoxifying fast and nutrient-dense feeding. Note that Crewe quotes William Osler, author of a standard medical textbook of the day. Thus, this protocol was an orthodox, accepted therapy in the early 1900s. Today the Mayo Clinic provides surgery and drug treatments, but nothing as efficacious and elegant as the Milk Cure. (the above introduction to Dr. Crewe's article appears at www.realmilk.com).

For fifteen years the writer has employed the certified milk treatment in various diseases and during the past ten he had a small sanitarium devoted principally to this treatment. The results obtained in various types of disease have been so uniformly excellent that one’s conception of disease and its alleviation is necessarily changed. The method itself is so simple that it does not greatly interest most doctors and the main stimulus for its use is from the patients themselves.

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See also: Part 1 and Part 2
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This is the third installement in the series How To Get Well. I am changing the name to Curing The Incurables so as to better describe what Dr. Schulze is all about. If you haven't already please read the introduction to this series before viewing the video.

Note to my email subscribers: you may have to go to the website to see this video.

Enjoy!

Michael
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See also: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and The War on Good Food
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11. See yourself as involved in and an integral part of a dynamic movement that is larger than you

Many great movements (good or bad) throughout the ages had leaders who were a little bit messianic in their approach, by which I mean they thought their (initially) little movement, even in the earliest days, possibly could change the world or effect it in some profoundly significant way. It is this kind of thinking and deep sense of purpose that attracts people to what you do and believe. It is this kind of thinking that can help give you a sure sense of stability and a laser beam focus in the war on good food. It is this kind of thinking that can help you get through those deep dark moments when you know you are right but you want to quit anyway (in terms of relating to those who are around you or even in your own personal nutritional lifestyle).

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