Food and Nutrition Series

The Truth about Olive Oil Benefits – Curing methods – Remedies Forward by Jim Henry President Texas Olive Ranch Executive Director Texas Olive Oil Council The Truth about Olive Oil is NOT a cook book. There are no recipes for cooking in the Mediterranean style. There are no pizza recipes. If anything, you could say this book is about a celebration of the benefits the lowly little olive showers on those who embrace its many flavors and colors by using it – both internally (by eating it) and externally (by rubbing it on their skin and in their hair). Its health giving benefits (anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties) are legendary and can be traced back to its earliest uses well before the time of Christ. In the pages of this book, I hope to stimulate further interest in the use of olives and olive oil by presenting various “how to do it” scenarios that are practical and fun. For instance, making table olives is an easy and fun thing to do that takes very little actual “doing” on your part. Most of the curing time can be spent by your doing other things while the curing medium does the job of making the fruit edible. I provide specific instructions on how to do this. And what about getting olives from your own tree(s) pressed so you can enjoy home-grown olive oil? You might think that only commercial growers can do this. Well, I found two commercial olive oil processors who will accept your smaller loads of olives, combine them with other small loads, do the pressing and the bottling and return the resultant oil to you on a prorated basis. In addition, I tell you about the various grades of olive oil and what they mean to you in terms of their nutritional value. I think you’ll be quite surprised at what you discover. The external uses of olive oil (and some internal uses as well) all involve using this liquid as a form of folk remedy. It’s a skin lotion to soothe rough chapped elbows or lips; it’s a diaper rash cure; it’s a massage oil for easing aches and pains; it’s a lot of things and we’ve only just scratched the surface. There are more inside the book. What you’ll get out of reading this book is a greater appreciation for this elixir that can enhance your life and health in ways you may never even have thought of.

Want great tasting veggies from your own garden but cringe at the thought of doing all that back-breaking work of maintaining your garden? or If you're currently gardening with chemicals and have decided that gardening organically would give you plants with better nutrition and better taste but you don't want to hang up your tools for 7 years waiting for your soil to heal. GREAT NEWS! NO WORK VEGETABLE GARDENING by Joyce Zborower provides simple, easy-to-follow instructions for building and planting a new organic gardening bed right over an old chemical bed, a grassy spot that's never been planted before, a rocky area or even in a raised planting bed so you won't have to bend over to harvest your goodies. And once the bed is ready and planted, any further work on your part is very minimal. And there are full-color photos to show you exactly what to do. Is it really "no work?" . . . No, but it's as close as you'll ever get without hiring someone to take care of it for you. About the Author Living in a second floor apartment in Chicago was okay for raising herbs and flowers on the window sill, but Joyce wanted a vegetable garden outdoors in the sunshine where she could grow tomatoes and potatoes and squash and beans. After moving to Arizona, she was able to plant a small garden in the back yard of her rented house but the organic gardening books she had at the time recommended tilling and weeding and etc., etc. She thought there must be a better way. There was. After extensive searching and reading, she found what she was looking for . . . a method of planting and growing veggies with a minimum of work and a maximum of pleasure. And, in No Work Vegetable Gardening she’s sharing what she found with you. To instantly download your copy and begin enjoying your organic gardening, scroll up to the top of this page and click the Buy button now.

Signs of Vitamin B12 Deficiencies Who’s at Risk – Why – What Can Be Done -- Strict Vegans -- Newborns of Strict Vegans -- The Elderly -- Dialysis Patients -- Pregnant Women Are you or any of your loved ones among the above groups? If so, then you/they are in danger of suffering the effects of a serious vitamin B12 deficiency. These “effects” can take various forms such as anemia where you feel tired all the time and that your strength has absolutely vanished to real neurological damage as in newborn babies of strict vegan mothers to mental disorders in the elderly mimicking Alzheimer’s disease. Without proper testing, even doctors can be fooled into providing inaccurate diagnoses. Signs of Vitamin B12 Deficiencies is written in straight-forward, easy-to-understand language so anyone with an interest in the subject matter can quickly grasp the concepts. However, self-diagnosis and treatment is highly discouraged. To peek inside the book and read the first few pages, scroll up the page and click on the book’s cover (different excerpt below). You’ll get a sense of the writing style and be able to decide if it’s for you. To purchase, click the purchase button on the upper right. Excerpt from Signs of Vitamin B12 Deficiencies: . . . Vitamin B12 Deficiency: Neurological Symptoms One of the most important functions of vitamin B12 in the body is helping to form the protective coating, called the myelin sheath (i.e. Schwann cells), around the nerves. They make the nerve fiber in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) look like a string of pearls. Schwann cells are one of two supporting cells in the PNS. The other is called a satellite cell and surrounds cell bodies within the ganglia (cell bodies that lie along the nerves in the PNS). It is believed that both types of supporting cells provide insulation for the electrical current that flows through the nerves, but their function is still largely unknown. When vitamin B12 is deficient, this protective covering does not develop properly. One of the conditions caused by B12 deficiency is neuropathy in the feet and lower limbs. The definition of neuropathy is: Any disease of nervous tissue, but particularly a degenerative disease of nerves. Accompanying symptoms include: -- tingling -- numbness -- loss of sensation (heat/cold) -- and sometimes a burning sensation Since vitamin B12 can be stored in the liver for between 3 – 5 years to provide tiny amounts for the body’s use, the symptoms of deficiency can take a long time before becoming noticeable. Also, the pernicious anemia that also accompanies B12 deficiency can be hidden by the ingestion of folic acid. If the anemia is hidden and the deficiency symptoms are not treated, permanent neurological damage occurs. It is always important to consult a doctor in any instance where anemia is suspected. The doctor should be able to tell if the anemia is caused by a B12 deficiency or some other cause. Never try to treat anemia without consulting professional medical advice. Never give a child iron supplements without professional advice. B12 deficiency is usually the result of an inability of the stomach to produce intrinsic factor which is necessary in the body’s ability to absorb B12. However, sometimes a person may become deficient in this vitamin because they don’t eat animal products such as meat, fish, or dairy. If this vegan is a female who is pregnant or breast feeding an infant, the fetus or infant is in much greater risk of developing neurological damage because their liver has not stored any B12 because it has not received any.

3 Fruit Pie Recipes --- This is a 3-recipe SMALL ARTICLE. Not a full-length book. --- These are some of my family's favorite homemade fruit pie recipes: apple pie recipe, cherry pie recipe, and crisp persimmon recipe in a tender, flaky pie crust recipe. These pie pastry recipes are easy to make, make the house smell fantastic while they're cooking, and taste fantastic. We hope you love them, too.  

How To Eat Healthy How to Eat Healthy: Clean eating made simple and it all starts with food is a guide for what to eat and which foods to avoid in order to enjoy abundant energy, stable body weight, and better over-all health. Inside the pages of this book you’ll discover the secrets to a healthy body, improved muscle tone, and abundant energy – in other words, eat healthy feel great! In every sense, this book presents a clean eating diet plan. There is a color-coded clean foods list for easy reference.  

Are You Pie Shy? No more need to worry. Here you have pie recipes for quick and easy pies and pie crust for everyday as well as special occasions. As I write this (September), the Holidays are right around the corner. Fall is here. The trees are turning yellow and red and orange. Pumpkins are getting fat in the fields. Citrus is ripening on the trees. We’re beginning to look forward to the sights and sounds and aromas of fresh baked foods for Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas. A lot of those luscious aromas are the result of fresh baked pies cooking in the oven. And that’s what this book – Delicious Dinner and Dessert Pie – is all about.   For Halloween, we have delicious pumpkin pie with its cinnamon aroma and its distinct pumpkin flavor that can be enhanced with cold, creamy vanilla ice cream. For Thanksgiving, we have chicken pie and chicken pot pie which can so easily be turned into turkey pie or turkey pot pies just by using some of your left-over turkey instead of chicken. Christmas desserts can be anything from fresh fruit pies in tender, flaky double crusts that are beautifully golden brown to single pie crust meringue or cream or chiffon pies whose aromas make your taste buds tingle as you bend over them to get the greatest pleasure. Some of our other desserts include:      Lemon meringue pie recipes      Apple pie recipes with their distinct sugar and cinnamon aroma      Cherry pie recipe      Black bottom pie with its special Jamaican rum flavor      And various cream and chiffon pies for your sweet pie recipe collection. We also give you savory pies including vegetable pies, meat pies, chicken pies, and fish pie recipes for your main meal including:      Shepherds’ pie      Chicken pie which could easily become a double pie crust turkey pie      Tuna bake with a cheese swirl topping      Halibut fisherman’s pie and others. If any of these pie recipes capture your interest, scroll up and click the buy button now. You can be making any of these delicious dinner pies and/or dessert pie recipes within minutes.

Succulent -- Fall off the Bone BBQ Spare Ribs Recipe -- with homemade honey BBQ sauce -- This is a SMALL ARTICLE -- not a full book. BBQ spare ribs are a summertime treat, but these are great any time because they're cooked in the oven -- not on an outside grill! These are fall-off-the bone succulent, but the homemade honey BBQ sauce is what really gives this dish its "something special". This is a favorite family recipe. We hope you love it as much as we do. (1313 words)

External Uses of Extra Virgin Olive Oil – (Article) Folk Remedies – Body Lotions – Pet Treatments – More In this 20 page article, you will learn about the many and varied used of extra virgin olive oil for hair and skin care, polishing furniture, and making your pet healthier. Also included are reference links that will instantly take you to a specialty website where you can read more about the specific topic(s) you’re interested in. Written by the author of the book, The Truth about Olive Oil, which at the time of this writing has received 10 4-5 star reviews.

What  IS Extra Virgin Olive Oil? How Do We USE It? WHY Is It Good For Us? How Do We Know What We’re Buying Is REALLY What It Says It Is? Extra Virgin Olive Oil Explained is NOT a cook book. There are no recipes for cooking in the Mediterranean style. There are no pizza recipes. This book answers these and many other questions If anything, you could say this book is a celebration of the benefits the lowly little olive showers on those who embrace its many flavors and colors by using it – both internally (by eating it) and externally (by rubbing it on their skin and in their hair). The health giving benefits of olive oil (anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties) are legendary and can be traced back to its earliest uses well before the time of Christ.