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My team’s cookbook was released yesterday. Today I made Raw Zucchini Soup which is from the book….yum yum…Grab your copy here and learn about 110 Ways To Eat Well.

Health Benefits of Zucchini

• Zucchini helps cure asthma, as it contains Vitamin C, which is a powerful antioxidant and has anti-inflammatory properties.
• The vegetable is known to help prevent diseases like scurvy and bruising, caused by the deficiency of vitamin C.
• Regular intake of zucchini effectively lowers high homocysteine levels in the human body.
• The vegetable can help prevents risk of having multiple sclerosis (MS).
• Zucchinis have high water content (over 95%), high nutritious value and contain a very low amount of calories, so they make the perfect snack item for people on diet.
• The vegetable contains useful amounts of folate, potassium, and vitamin A, necessary for proper functioning of the human body.
• Zucchini contains Vitamin C and lutein, both of which are known to be good for the eyes.
• The vegetable is a good source of vitamin B6, riboflavin, manganese and a lot of other nutrients.
• Eating zucchini is known to help the body in supporting the arrangement of capillaries.
• Regular consumption of the vegetable can help protect the body against colon cancer.
• Zucchini is believed to be beneficial in preventing heart disease and related symptoms, such as high cholesterol.
• The rind of zucchini contains the nutrient beta-carotene, which is known to be full of antioxidant properties and thus, helps protect cells against oxidation damage.
• The vegetable proves to be a good source of magnesium and phosphorus, the nutrients essential for building and maintaining healthy bones.
• Zucchini is rich in vitamin C, another powerful antioxidant that can provide protection against cardiovascular disease.

Here’s the recipe:

1 cup water
1/2 zucchini
large handful of fresh organic baby spinach
1/2 avocado
1-2 tsp finely chopped fresh parsley
2 tsp lemon juice
¼ to ½ tsp garlic powder

fresh salsa
sour cream or plain yogurt (optional)
Freshly ground pepper
Sea salt
Multigrain croutons (optional)
Peel zucchini and cut into pieces to fit in blender. Add zucchini and water to blender with spinach, avocado, parsley, lemon juice and garlic powder. Puree until smooth. Enjoy at room temperature or slightly warmed. Pour into bowls; add salsa and yogurt in middle, with salt and pepper to your taste. Top with croutons, if using. Serves 2.

(Spirulina platensis) – Spirulina is a blue green algae which is found in warm climates. There are many different varieties that grow in oceans and lakes worldwide.

It has been referred to as nature’s most complete food and has many health benefits. Is a great protein alternative for vegetarians as it consists of 65% easily digestible protein.

Spirulina (or blue green algae) also provides tremendous amounts of vitamins, minerals and nucleic acids as well as 10 out of the 12 non-essential amino acids. It is also high in vitamin B-12, essential fatty acids and iron. Spirulina also has 10 times the power of beta-carotene which we get from carrots and produces 20 times as much protein as soybeans growing on an equal-sized area of land.

It also contains active enzymes which help our digestive system to break down fats, proteins and carbohydrates.

Spirulina provides much needed iron for women and children’s health. Iron is essential to build a strong body, yet is the most deficient mineral found in many people. Spirulina is a great source of iron, magnesium and trace minerals, and is easier to absorb than traditional iron supplements.

Spirulina As A Treatment For Chronic Disease

Spirulina has been known to have positive effects on people with chronic disease. It has been used in the treatment of diabetes, anemia, liver disease, ulcers, allergies, radiation posioning, chemical poisoning and senility. For those with hypoglycemia, it helps to stabilize blood sugar levels.

Spirulina Assists With Cleansing and Weight Loss

Spirulina is also very beneficial to people who cleanse or fast regularly. because it supplies nutrients which help the body to cleanse and heal while at the same time curbing the appetite. The amino acid structure of spirulina may influence neurotransmitters in the brain, in particular those which control appetite, ambition and mood.

Spirulina To Help Solve World Hunger

Millions of people starve to death each year and spirulina grows in such abundance that it could help to solve world hunger. So many of our own children here in North America go to bed under nourished and yet the answers to nourishment are all around us.

Spirulina Recipe – Blue Juice

2 scoops of Isagenix Greens!
1 packet of stevia or 3 tablespoons of agave nectar
4 cups of freshly squeezed organic grapefuit juice

Combine in a blender with 4-6 ice cubes.

Email me on where to find a great spirulina product.

Apricots! A quick, easy, yummy snack. And also very good for you. So glad Mackenzie loves them.

Apricots originated in the high mountains of Central Asia. The Hunza people, who live in the mountains of Northern Pakistan, are the longest-living and healthiest people in the world. According to doctors and researchers who studied the Hunza in the 50’s and 60’s, they have 100% perfect vision and diseases like cancer, coronary heart diseases, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and even appendicitis and gout are unknown.

The Hunza are strong and active and many live to the ripe old age of 100 and some even to 120. Surprisingly their diet is quite simple and the only difference is that they do not eat animal fats. Their diet consists of fresh or dried fruits and nuts, particularly apricots and apricot kernels and their primary source of oil is apricot oil.

Apricot seeds are a source of vitamin B17 and are often used in alternative medicine for cancer therapies. SEEDS MUST BE BAKED BEFORE EATING as they are otherwise poisonous if taken in large quantities.

Apricots are like a mini natural drug store. One handful of apricots contains 100% of the recommended daily allowance of Beta-carotene, an antioxidant which our bodies turn into Vitamin A.

Other benefits include:

• prevention of plaque-deposits in the arteries
• strengthens immune system
• beneficial to eyes, skin, hair, gums and other glands
• fights anemia
• natural diuretic
• normalizing blood pressure and heart function
• helps to prevent osteoporosis by maintaining estrogen levels

These superfruits were also the #1 choice of NASA for astronaut provision.

To buy apricot seeds and other apricot products visit apricot seeds.

Candy from Our Father’s Farm wrote me this additional info on apricot seeds:

“Baking them actually destroys the enzymes and then they are no longer as effective.  They are not
actually poisonous, but people may assume so because they contain cyanide. However, it is a naturally occurring cyanide that is only harmful to the cancer cell and not the rest of the body.”