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On Soquel by the Rio theater.

Excellent Source of: Magnesium, Protein, Vitamin E, Riboflavin

• 3 large organic, omega-3 eggs (pasture-raised is best!)

• 1 cup almond flour

• 1 tsp. organic vanilla extract

• 1/2 tsp. sea salt

• 2 tsp. coconut oil

Add all ingredients to a medium mixing bowl. Mix with a fork or whisk until smooth. Heat a safe, non-stick skillet over medium heat. Spray with organic cooking spray or grease with a ½ tsp coconut oil. Pour batter into pan to make pancakes (silver dollar-sized work best). Cook about 1 minute per side; flip. Continue making batches and adding oil as needed.

Ingredients (Serves 4):

3 Tbsp cornstarch

¼ tsp salt, kosher

8 packets Truvia™ natural sweetener

2 ½ cups milk (preferably organic, raw whole milk)

2 oz baker’s chocolate

1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Assemble ingredients

2. In pot, place corn starch, salt and Truvia™ sweetener

3. Whisk to combine thoroughly

4. While whisking, add milk to dry ingredients and mix until no lumps or dry spots
. Turn heat to medium

5. Add chocolate pieces to milk mixture

6. Cook on medium heat until thickened, stirring continuosly

7. Add vanilla and stir

8. Allow to cool at room temperature for 5 minutes

9. Portion into individual serving dishes and cover

10. Chill in the refrigerator

*Optional, add some fresh whipped cream (1 packed Truvia™ sweetener) and a sprinkle of nutmeg

Nutritional Facts Per Serving:

Calories 160; Total Fat, 8g; Saturated Fat, 4.5g; Trans Fat, 0g; Cholesterol, 5mg; Sodium, 280mg; Total Carbohydrate, 26g; Dietary Fiber, 2g; Sugars, 8g; Erythritol, 7g: Protein, 7g; Vitamin A, 6% DV; Vitamin C, 2% DV; Calcium, 20% DV; Iron, 15% DV.

*I made some changes to the recipe found on truvia.com to make this pudding a little healthier

In the article below, it is explained that current understanding about the appendix is that it serves an important role as a reservoir for beneficial bacteria.  With all of the intestinal disorders and parasitic infections we humans are prone to, it makes great sense to have a backup of these friendly bugs to help us function when things get tough.  Proper bacterial colonization of our gut is essential for good health (warding off bad bacteria, production of certain essential vitamins, immunity, breakdown of micro and macronutrients, etc).  We are better off supporting the function of our bodies as they are intended to function.   If our appendices are becoming so inflamed that they burst, we must ask the question why.

We may have figured it out.

A key to understanding appendicitis is hygiene.  We’ve become so fixated on killing germs and using anti-bacterial this-and-that that we now are developing hyper-sensitive reactions to germs that normally wouldn’t be a big deal for us to come into contact with.  Talk about a Catch 22!  In order to avoid getting sick, we sanitize like crazy…only to become so out of touch with how to deal with germs that we end up so inflamed that we need to have surgery. Yikes.

So anyway, that’s my summary.  Put on your thinking caps and enjoy:

Human Appendix Not a Useless Organ

Darwin was wrong, say researchers at Duke University Medical Center, Arizona State University, and the University of Arizona: the human appendix is not a useless, evolutionary remnant of a larger structure. The appendix has a function, and the newfound understanding of its purpose may help researchers someday find a way to prevent appendicitis.

The first-ever study of the evolution of the appendix and information on its critical function has just been released in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology. This is a follow-up to a report from about two years ago, when investigators at Duke University Medical Center proposed that the human appendix serves as a storage area for beneficial bacteria that can be used to repopulate the intestinal tract (gut) when good bacteria levels have been depleted by diarrhea or other gastrointestinal conditions. The gut needs various microorganisms, including beneficial bacteria, for digestion to occur.

The appendix is a two- to four-inch long pouch that is located near where the large and small intestines meet. Scientists have long speculated about the function of the appendix, especially since it is populated with immune system tissue. William Parker, PhD, assistant professor of surgical sciences at Duke and the senior author of the current study, and his colleagues now believe that the immune system cells protect the beneficial bacteria in the pouch until they are needed by the intestinal tract.

Parker and the other researchers propose that in countries without modern sanitation practices and endemic diarrhea-causing diseases, the beneficial bacteria harbored in the appendix can emerge and enter the intestinal tract after diarrheal symptoms have emptied the bowels. In industrialized societies that have good hygiene practices, however, the stored beneficial bacteria may not be needed or needed rarely. This idea supports the fact that removing the appendix today has no apparent negative impact on the body.

Appendicitis, or inflammation of the appendix, may be the result of too much sanitation, commonly referred to as the “hygiene hypothesis.” This hypothesis suggests that people who live in sanitary societies suffer with high rates of allergies and other immune system disorders because their immune systems are not challenged enough. In other words, we are so clean that when something does attack the system, it can overreact, resulting in inflammatory conditions, such as appendicitis.

In a Science Daily report, Parker said that our new understanding of the appendix may help us prevent appendicitis if we can challenge the immune system today much like it was back in the Stone Age. If we can do that, he said, “we would see far fewer cases of allergies, autoimmune disease, and appendicitis.”

SOURCES:
Duke University Medical Center, “Inside Duke Medicine”
Randal Bollinger R et al. Journal of Theoretical Biology 2007 Dec 21; 249(4): 826-31
Science Daily, August 21, 2009
Smith HF et al. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2009 Aug 12.

The Full List: 47 Fruits & Veggies

Note: We ranked a total of 47 different fruits and vegetables but grapes are listed twice because we looked at both domestic and imported samples.

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