Beetroot Juice Shot Beetroot juice shot with lemon and ginger. Beetroot contains naturally occurring nitrates NO3- that, with a little help from your saliva, are transformed via nitrites NO2- to nitric oxide NO. This molecules is a vasodilator and so can help to reduce your blood pressure. Beetroot also contains the phytonutrients/ phytochemicals betacyanin and betanin; both…
Go nuts (well, 3*) for selenium Selenium (Se) is a trace mineral that plays a major role in immune function, reducing cancer incidence and maintaining the redox homeostasis in our cells. Plants accumulate the inorganic form (selenate, selenite) from the soil and convert it to the organic form (selenomethione, selenocysteine). Originally discovered in 1817(1) by…
Smokin’ Mushroom Stroganoff: Magic Mushrooms The original version – beef Stroganoff – comprised of just strips of beef with no onions and no mushrooms: didn’t quite fit with my eating manifesto… It’s hard to ignore the mounting evidence relating to animal protein – red and processed meats in particular: excess heme iron, increased IGF-1, and…
We all know that it is not a good idea to burn our candle at both ends – even if it does give a lovely light (1). “If sleep doesn’t serve some vital function, it is the biggest mistake evolution ever made.” Alan Rechtschaffen, sleep research pioneer. We spend about 1/3 of our lives asleep;…