Nuts
Why do nuts need to be soaked? This question also
applies to beans and grains. Here is what the Weston A. Price (WAP) Foundation
(www.westonaprice.org) says:
The salt helps activate
enzymes that de-activate the enzyme inhibitors. For grains, we soak in an
acidic solution to get rid of phytic acid. Nuts do not contain much phytic acid
but do contain high levels of enzyme inhibitors. The method imitates the way
the native peoples in Central America treated their nuts and seeds--by soaking
them in seawater and then dehydrating them.
Sally Fallon’s Nourishing Traditions recommends soaking
nuts in salt, and grains and lentils in lemon juice or whey to make them more digestible. A
quick search on the internet will reveal many similar explanations.
I do not dehydrate my nuts after soaking because I put
them into kefir smoothies or they become the crust of a raw fruit pie.
CLO
Here is some
information taken from the WAP website:
Once a standard supplement in traditional European
societies, cod liver oil provides fat-soluble vitamins A and D, which Dr. Price
found present in the diet of primitives in amounts ten times higher than the
typical American diet of his day.
Cod liver oil is also rich in eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). The
body makes this fatty acid from omega-3 linolenic acid as an important link in
the chain of fatty acids that ultimately results in prostaglandins, localized
tissue hormones. It is very important for the proper function of the brain and
nervous system. Those individuals who have consumed large amounts of polyunsaturated
oils, especially hydro-genated oils, or who have impaired pancreatic function,
such as diabetics, may not be able to produce EPA and will, therefore, lack
important prostaglandins unless they consume oily fish or take a cod liver oil
supplement.
Purchasing a quality CLO is important to ensure you are getting an
unspoiled, clean, highly beneficial supplement. Here are some recommendations
from the WAP foundation’s website:
- Dr. Ron's High
Vitamin Old Fashioned Blue Ice Pure Cod Liver Oil, 1-877-472-8701, drrons.com
- Radiant Life,
Premier High Vitamin Cod Liver Oil, (888) 593-8333, 4radiantlife.com
- Blue Ice, High
Vitamin Cod Liver Oil, (402) 858-4818, greenpasture.org
- Wolf River
Naturals, wolfrivernaturals.com
My family has used Radiant Life CLO for almost two years. My son
just drinks it down.
Butter Oil
Almost without exception people give me the “Are you serious?”
look when I mention butter oil. You should have seen the expression on my
cardiologist’s face when I mentioned it to him (that is a story for another
time.) So, what is butter oil? It is produced by centrifuging the milk from
grass fed cows.
The benefits of butter oil can be read at: http://www.westonaprice.org/basicnutrition/vitamin-k2.html.
I have purchased butter oil from Radiant Life and Green
Pasture. The contact information for both is provided above. My son doesn’t
just drink this down. We refrigerate his butter oil, carve out a chunk and he
takes it like a pill with water.
CLO/Butter Oil Dosage
My husband and I take ½ teaspoon of each with
bone broth or another nutrient dense meal. As discussed in a previous post, my
teeth are remineralizing and I am expecting to be cured from osteopenia. My five year old son’s dosage is ¼ tsp of each.
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