Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Increasing Oxygen utilization with Flaxseed oil

Lack of oxygen is often implicated in cancer.

Cancer functions anaerobically -- without oxygen

Cancer cells like an acidic, low-oxygen environment and do not function well in a high-oxygen environment.

Oxygen utilization in our cells depends on essential fatty acids.  Nobel-Prize-winning physicist, Dr. Otto Warburg, first found this oxygen connection.

Besides helping with oxygen (ushering it more readily into the cells), omega-three and omega-six also form healthy cell membranes

Altered and hydrogenated oils from the supermarket do the opposite (even clogging up cell walls and leading to something else you frequently hear about: inflammation).  Modern companies alter oil so much to preserve shelf life that these crucial oils have been turned into unhealthful fats.

When a cell's membrane has been compromised, it can divide itself in a crazy way, causing tumors.

One of the best sources of both omega-three and omega-six fats is flaxseed oil (or what some call linseed).

Additions of unrefined, cold-pressed, refrigerated oil to the diet may affect not just cancer, but also arthritis, heart infarction, and other inflammatory ailments.

Friday, April 8, 2016

Oatmeal Pancakes

1. Add to mixer:

Wet ingredients
1 1/4 cups water
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 heaping tablespoon local honey
1 large ripe, banana

Dry ingredients
2 cups oats
2 heaping tablespoons powdered milk
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon sea salt

2. Mix until completely blended

3. Add to mixer
1 large egg

4. Mix just until incorporated


NOTE: can substitute water and powdered milk for 1 1/4 cup of your choice of milk (whole milk, almond milk, coconut milk, etc...)


Thank you Mountain Mamma for inspiration for this recipe.