A study from China shows, as several other studies before, that the victims of the COVID-19 have unhealthy gut flora related to low intake of fiber and/or high intake of substances that kill the flora, such as medication, alcohol, and junk food. As a result, their gut flora, which is a large part of the immune system, will not function properly. The gut produces substances that the immune system needs to fight infections and other diseases. The same news (not news for us vegans) is coming from Spain correlated to Corona.
Fiber is found in unrefined plants only, so every time you stuff yourself with other food, including animals and refined food, you loose the opportunity to eat fiber. In other words, you loose your chance to get strong protection against viruses and other germs. We can never be healthier than our gut micro-biome, something I have written about before and that you have heard as a mantra many times; “It starts with the gut.”
Here is a simple recipe to serve legumes (beans, lentils, pulses etc) that we always do at our retreats. These amazing super foods have been excluded from the western pre-fab diet and so has our health as a result.
- 4 dl/cups of cooked beans (soak and cook yourself, don’t be lazy)
- 1-2 cloves of raw garlic (don’t feel good on raw? Steam them or do both.)
- a big bunch of Thai herbs as: Thai basil, cilantro, holy basil, or other
- juice from 1 lime
- 1/2-1 table spoons of olive oil
- salt & pepper
Mix all the ingredients in a mixer. Spice it up with a drop of chili or fresh pepper if you want. It gets nicer if you leave it in the fridge for 1 hour. Voila!
Perfect to use as a protein kick after exercise on Cristina’s Health Bread.
Beans, and in particular lentils and darker colored beans, top the super food lists and should be on our plate daily or at least a few times per week. They are packed with minerals and protein, but we eat far too little of them. When we stop eating some things our body stops producing the enzymes specialized to digest them, but they come back when we start again (if there is no underlying digestive issues). It takes about two weeks for most people.
If you suffer from flatulence you can help your belly by making pastes and in the same time creating a delicious meal spiced with garlic and herbs that should also go into our body daily, especially during times of viruses, bacteria and the flu. We make various pastes during the retreats and usually people love them 💚
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Naturopaths who deeply believe Natural Immunity is still the best, and therefore we work in defense of it.
Since 20+ years we have successfully been consultants in the natural health sector to support individuals and we are in particular working with entrepreneurs and professionals. Our mission is to defend natural health, the only one that really works so far. We mainly but not entirely use Eastern philosophy such as Ayurveda, TCM, Yoga, Thai chi, Falun Gong, and only honest modern science.
Everyone can heal naturally, it's what bodies and (free) minds want. Our O• Method is based on physics, chemistry and biology with emphasis on the first one as the rest often follow naturally. We divide our work in three parts: Body-Mind-Soul. To allow them all to detox and let go we work with energy (Prana, Xi, Vitality, Spirit, Pneuma or whatever you call the life force, it's the same force mentioned in ancient texts) to heal on all levels, i.e. from chronic disease, toxicity, depression and traumas using our own method, reaching 96% success rate which is unheard of by others in our sector. Would you know of anyone with that result, let us know.
Considering that we invented and dumped >120.000 (petro)chemically derived substances since 1945, of which many are very toxic, getting healthy will most likely include a good old body detox sooner or later.
My love for Ayurveda started in 1993 with Deepak Chopra and after a few turns in life I quit my job as a Nordic Brand Manager and BI strategist at the largest Nordic telecom operator and re-schooled in natural medicine. Besides Dr. Chopra I have studied Dr. Lad, Dr. Siva (Pune, India) and other prominent teachers in their field, but the real difference comes with a practiced. I added nutrition, Orthomolecular Medicine with Dr. Nielsen (USA/Spain) and herbalism.
Today we teach those whom want to continue our work and we love to dig down in etymology and the original (mainly Avestan, Pali and Sanskrit) scripts to understand the words fully and I fall in love with the concepts over and over again for every sutra. This love affair that created a few books (Amazon), presentations, essayes and many events and consultations, is still giving us Yang-Yin balance and inspiration. I guess with that we are recognizing the value of Dao De Ching 💚🌿💜
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