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In recent years, the gourmet food business and health food industry
have exploded. Food was once intensely regional, and some have returned
to that concept of eating locally grown food. However, culturally, our
taste buds have expanded.
Years ago on the east coast of the United States, Mexican food barely
existed. Now, even relatively small towns not only have a Chinese
restaurant, but a Thai and Vietnamese one, too. East Indian, Greek,
French, Polish - international ethnic foods are everywhere.
Enter Australia and, in particular, Chef Vic Cherikoff. Vic got interested
in food and health as a teenager. Since then, he has never looked back.
Being observant by nature, Vic noticed as a young man how his homeland was
being wasted agriculturally. There was no wild land, or bush, left as
the land was being pilfered by modern farming methods.
This raised a gigantic question in his mind. What will happen to the native
aboriginal foods (i.e. nuts, seeds, herbs, spices and fruits) indigenous
to Australia and life-blood to the ancient aboriginal culture that had
survived for over 50,000 years? This sturdy stock had an average life-span
of 75 years in a time when the white population only lived about 35 years.
Another question popped into Vic’s mind.
Since those early days, Vic has made a career out of those questions. With the
aboriginal food model, Vic’s early plan began to formulate.
He began studying environmental biology, biochemistry and industrial microbiology
and earned a triple major when he received his Bachelor of Applied Science degree
in the 1970’s from what is now called the University of Technology. His first
job after graduating was at the University of New South Wales in the Department of
Pharmacology and Physiology. Here he worked on the brain’s reaction to various
neurotransmitters and drugs. This turned out to be excellent training for his
future in food safety and in sourcing, screening and marketing active medicinal
compounds from Australian botanicals.
Vic’s next position brought him even closer to his passion. He worked at the Human
Nutrition Unit at the University of Sydney doing scientific analytical research on the
nutritional value of native foods. Given free rein to taste and analyze over 450
different foods, he was able to discover and be involved in the genesis of what is now
called authentic Australian food.
Vic soon realized this could be an industry just waiting to explode. He started with one
restaurant client and created Vic Cherikoff Food Services Pty Ltd. His food sources are
supplied mostly through Aboriginal communities and also through his own collecting.
His company later split into three divisions: Cherikoff Rare Spices (food ingredients);
Cherikoff Bioactives (functional ingredients); and Cherikoff Infotainment (publishing,
video content, and appearances).
Vic is now a highly regarded, well-known Australian chef who delights in teaching
Australian native cuisine to other chefs and apprentice chefs. He is pleased to see
his lifelong passion and quest come to fruition with the exportation of these healthy,
flavorful, indigenous foods to worldwide markets. Vic Cherikoff
is a name sure to
become more familiar around kitchen tables in the future.
For recipes, products, and more information, please visit www.cherikoff.net.
Cancer is one of the major causes of death worldwide. According to an estimate, it is believed that one third of deaths across the world are caused by it. There is a general belief that cancer is a hereditary disease. Though external factors such as chemicals, pollution etc are also believed to cause cancer. Our lifestyle and food habits are major contributory factors of cancer.
The national cancer institute as well as world cancer research fund believes in healthy eating to prevent cancer. The five important foods to be incorporated in our daily diet for preventing cancer are as follows:
Vegetables:
Broccoli, cauliflower, onion, garlic, carrot, sweet potato, spinach, beans, avocado, lettuce, asparagus are some of the vegetables to be included in our daily meal to protect ourselves from cancer. Broccoli, cauliflower, kale contains antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin which help reduce the risk of prostate or any other form of cancer. Beans, spinach, lettuce, avocado contain folate which is a preventive food for pancreatic cancer. Tomatoes and sweet potatoes are rich source of beta carotene, a preventive vitamin. Vegetables should be preferably taken in raw form as they are richer in nutrients.
Fruits:
Another important food group to be included in our day to day life for avoiding cancer. Fresh, organically cultivated fruits eaten in raw form or extracted as juice prove healthy for an individual. Fruits like banana, grapefruit, orange, papaya, red grapes, strawberries, raspberries; blueberries are few important fruits which help reduce cancer. Papaya is believed to prevent the absorption of nitrosamines from processed food and cultivation soil, which are major cause of cancer. While banana is rich in potassium and red grapes are rich in bioflavonoid; the berries too are believed to possess anti cancerous nutrients.
Fish:
This white meat is rich in Omega 3s and essential fatty acids which act as a preventive measure against breast cancer. They are healthy for our heart and brain. The fish oil is believed to protect from prostate and colon cancer.
Liquids:
drinking lots of water, juice, green tea and chai is essential for keeping our body healthy. Drinking 5 liters of water everyday washes down all the toxins from our body. While vegetable and fruit juices provide essential nutrients and vitamins. Green tea is a rich source of antioxidant. It has been proven by the American institute of cancer research that green tea contains phytochemicals which are believed to stop the transformation of normal cells to cancerous cells.
Soy:
it is a rich source of protein. At the same time soy is also believed to be rich is phytochemicals responsible for prevention of breast cancer. Soy can be taken daily as soy milk, tofu, granules, pulse. Any form of soy proves beneficial except the processed form. We should avoid soy chips rich in salt as well as other processed soy snacks. In fact any form of processed food be it salami, chips, sausages or cool drinks is unhealthy and major cause of different kinds of cancer.
To Your Health!
James S. Pendergraft
http://www.articlesbase.com/cancer-articles/cancer-prevention-5-natural-foods-that-prevent-cancer-688529.html
I’m 15 and I was recently diagnosed with Leukemia, I haven’t began treatments just yet. I’ve always tried to eat very healthy, but I just want to do everything I can to help myself. What are the best foods I can possibly eat?
The Bristol Cancer Centre, now called the Penny Brohn Centre, established 1980, is renowned for their research and advice on diet and cancer.
This page has a download of their healthy eating guidelines
http://www.pennybrohncancercare.org/viewnews.asp?NewsID=57
The food we are eating nowadays are mostly highly processed and contains artificial and chemical ingredients. Some of these foods ended up as toxins built up and could cause obesity, constipation, allergies and many other diseases. It is important to cleanse your colon to keep yourself healthy. These are the food you can use for colon cleansing:
One of the food that can help in cleansing is raw egg. Eggs contain lots of vitamin and mineral that we need. We can mix one raw egg with fruit juice or salad daily. Try not to exceed one egg per day and make sure not to fry it.Â
Natural oil such as fish oil, olive oil, grape seed oil and sunflower seed oil are good for cleansing too. Most people thought that too much oil might cause high cholesterol problems. In fact, it support the body to absorb vitamins such as A, D, E, K and helps the body to eliminate toxins and wastes from out body.
Fruits and vegetables are food that you should take very often when you are doing your colon cleansing. Fruits and vegetables are easy to digest and the fiber they contain are able to collect toxins and wastes in our body. Fiber and insoluble and they could work as a âbrushâ to the body. Chlorophyll in vegetables is useful in healing the damaged digestive tract tissues.
Water is one of the most important âfoodâ for your colon cleansing. While fiber collects the toxins and waste, water âflushâ it out from our body. Drink more than 8 litres of water to speed up the detoxification process.
Remember to avoid taking supper and remember to exercise everyday. Exercise helps the body circulation. When blood circulation is improved, the body is able to carry out more toxins from our body and absorb more nutrients.
John Liu
http://www.articlesbase.com/alternative-medicine-articles/foods-for-natural-colon-cleansing-707979.html
I am a vegetarian and want to know of few healthy foods that I can buy from a whole foods store?Can u recommend some substitutes for unhealthy foods?thanks
i meant the whole foods store and i am in arkansas, so dont have a trader joes here.
Kale, Papaya, tomatoes, blueberries/raspberries/strawberries, mushrooms, avocado, oranges, cherries, I mean there are literally So SO SO many.
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