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June 13, 2017 By Patricia Becker

Health Benefits of Nettles

It’s no wonder that throughout temperate regions of the world nettles are valued for building vitality.   I like to find this plant on the numerous mountain hikes within a hours drive of Palo Alto.  A local herbalist, Darren Huckle taught me not to be afraid on the sting. Instead use it as a stimulate to the area of my body that needs a bit more healing circulation. And I have been sharing with friends on the hikes the same. I brush my slightly sore elbow up against the needle plant! When Read more...

Filed Under: All Posts, Easy Vegan Recipes, Laughter and Inspiration, Plant-Based Eating Power Tips Tagged With: food as medicine, macrobiotics, Nature Therapy, Nettles, Plant Based Diets, super food, vegan recipes, Vegetarian, wild foods

April 18, 2017 By Patricia Becker

Oats and Sweet Rice – Topped with Sweet Cinnamon Walnuts

This is one of my favorite cool morning breakfasts! The grains are cooked together the night before and reheated in the morning. That is exactly what we ate for breakfast this morning. And it really "stick to the ribs" i.e. gives you energy for many hours.  Whole Oats have a greater life force in our bodies and can be planted to grow more oats. (1) Whole Oat Groats are complex carbohydrate. Oatmeal is processed and a simpler carbohydrate.  Complex carbohydrates is like putting a big log in Read more...

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April 5, 2017 By Patricia Becker

Happy Healthy Retreat

Camp Sylvester, Pinecrest Lake in the Central Mountains of California July 15 -July 22, 2017 Join us for the 2nd annual Summer Retreat, continuing the tradition of the French Meadows Macrobiotic Summer Camp for the 48th year in a row. With updated cabins and recreation halls sprawling over nearly ten acres of the Stanislaus National Forest, Camp Sylvester provides the fresh air, green pines and excitement of an outdoor adventure with all of the comforts of a rustic resort. The picturesque, Read more...

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October 7, 2016 By Patricia Becker

7 Benefits of Drinking Green Tea

Morning Rituals Drinking a cup or two of green tea is one for me. I enjoy the taste of organic loose leaf "Everyday Green Tea".  I ordered it bulk from the Imperial Tea Company and purchase it from there shop at Ferry Plaza Market in San Francisco. The list of health benefits are many; Here are just seven! It may prevent skin damage and wrinkling.  EGCG appears to be 200 times more powerful than vitamin E at destroying skin-damaging free radicals.  Source Care2 It contains a potent antioxidant Read more...

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September 30, 2016 By Patricia Becker

The Lung and the Short of Healthy Eating this Fall

By Patricia Becker This is one of my articles I wrote for the Harbin Hots Springs Quarterly Magazine in about 1987 during my 5 years as a resident chef, cooking class teacher and diet coach.  I dusted it off the article, freshened it up.  It also is at Peace Quarters. Welcome to autumn! I would like to begin with a thought from Lao Tzu: Nature alternates dynamically when it completes what it is doing, then it starts over again. All that is springs from such alternation.   As we observe Read more...

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