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Celestial Roots
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Celestial Roots is all about love, community, and vibrant good health.
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2017-12-16 00:22
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2018-06-12 23:01
CBD relieves pain, but is it psychoactive?
Addictive opiod painkillers cause +/- 40,000 deaths every year in the US alone. Cannabidiol (CBD) oil has the proven ability to relieve chronic pain alone, or as an adjunct to other therapeutic options.
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2018-05-27 00:59
How to Ferment Turmeric
I am often asked how I ferment my turmeric. Here we go ... 1 kg grated turmeric root 1 tbsp grated black pepper 2 tbsp mature sauerkraut brine 2 tsp salt Mix and massage well and pack into a jar. Place
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2018-05-18 22:54
Bush Tucker
There is always something in the bush - Dorrigo pepper, lemon aspen and native ginger (Tasmannia insipida, Acronychia oblongifolia and Alpinia cerulea). Alpinia is the same genus as galangal, a key medicine
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2018-05-18 09:45
Yacon - the earth apple
Harvesting yacon - the earth apple - from my garden. Yacon is what is known as a resistant starch, which means it survives the acidity and digestive enzymes of the stomach and ilium/duodenum, making it
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2018-05-18 09:37
Horseradish - a few fun facts
Amorica rusticana - mon amour! Hot, humble horserdish. Fun facts - used medicinally for erectile dysfunction; commercial wasabi is mostly horseradish; protects against mutagenic effects of environmental
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2018-05-18 09:30
What is the difference between red, yellow, and white turmeric?
Curcuma longa is technically yellow turmeric, while C. aromatica is wild (white) turmeric. C. aromatica has an upright purple/mauve flower that flares out at the top and appears in spring, C. longa has
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2018-04-29 02:23
Fermented Horseradish Sauce
“For the worm that lives in a horseradish root, all the world is horseradish” – Hungarian Yiddish proverb Here is an easy, fermented horseradish sauce. ½ cup long fermented milk kefir ½ cup cream 2 handfuls
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2018-04-29 01:55
Sauerkraut as functional food
A perfect example of functional food is sauerkraut. Apart from the high nutritional value of the cabbage itself, fermentation creates loads of beneficial compounds such as enzymes, amino acids, vit B12,
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2018-04-29 00:43
Basic Sauerkraut
There are plenty of ordinary sauerkraut recipes floating around, but this recipe of basic cabbage and salt kraut with no additions will set the record straight. I give you a very quick overview of the
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2018-04-25 23:09
Ginger Bug, Ginger Beer
A ginger bug is a fermentation starter that uses yeast and lactic acid bacteria on the skin of organic ginger, and wild atmospheric yeast, ginger and raw sugar to make a brewing starter culture. It is
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2018-04-25 22:41
Kombucha - sorting fact from fiction
Kombucha part 1 – how to make it For every one litre of pure water (no chlorine/chloramine is a must, and I strongly recommend no fluoride either), you will need: 3 -4 tsp or teabags of black, white or
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2018-04-22 00:15
Pyroluria, drugs, and psychoneuroimmunology
Pyroluria is a genetic condition seen in roughly 11% of the population where the blood contains an excess of compounds called pyrroles. These bind with vit B6 and zinc which are expressed in urine, depleting
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2018-04-21 07:06
Hypothyroidism – the quiet plague
Dealing with goitrogens, autoimmunity, and other thyroid disrupters One of the first things fermentation guru Sandor Katz and I discussed when we met was the issue of goitrogenic foods in ferments. Unless
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2018-04-21 06:48
Barking Mad - bad science in action
Faith was defined by St Augustine thusly: faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of faith is to see what you believe. In 2000, in volume 321 of the British Journal of Medicine, appeared two