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Manotick Dickinson Day 2013 Dickinson Days - first Saturday in June, including the previous Friday The village of Manotick celebrates the village history and Moss Kent Dickinson's birthday. For visitors, this schedule includes Pioneer Day at the Mill, the Farmer's Market on Saturday, grain grinds, and Doors Open Ottawa on Saturday and Sunday -...

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Mung Bean it’s magical … Another Power Food of the Golden Age

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Category : Diseases & Gluten, Food


Mung Beans 100% Gluten Free and has been around for thousands of years.  Their origin is India and they were cultivated throughout all of Asia. Mung bean sprouts are one of the most easily digestible foods. Their high content of zinc,calcium, phosphorus, minerals, and digestible proteins can help prevent prostate problems, glandular dysfunction, breast cancer as well as premature balding and greying. They also help to reduce hot flashes in women when being post-menopausal. Apparently these magical beans cure the disease beriberi, kidney inflammation, digestion, high blood pressure, overcome alcohol poisoning, pesticides, lead, overcome heat rash, diarrhea, vomiting, strengthens spleen and stomach function, impotence, pulmonary tuberculosis, acne, tackling the dark spots on the face…


Mung bean sprouts are germinated by leaving them in watered with four hours of daytime light and spending the rest of the day in the dark.
You do not need to use earth to cultivate them. Mung bean sprouts can be grown under artificial light for four hours over the period of a week.  There more commonly used name is bean sprouts.

 


These beans will make you tout and tout but not pollute.
By eating mung beans you get the benefit of precious plant protein which are high in soluble dietary fibers.


These are the perfect power bean to cook with because, unlike other vegetables, when boiled they do not lose their energy or nutirents. Green mung beans are not affect by heat and they are also a good source of vitamins A, B1, and C, but they also contain vitamin E which most other forms of bean don’t.  Mung bean flour is known as hunkue starch/flour and a high protein content, as much as 24%.

 

Here are a few of my favourite helpful aids from this magical bean, and I am not talking about Jack and the bean stalk. I love that the antioxidants in them help to slow the aging process.
 I also have a love for them, for they prevent the spread of cancer cells, which in my case has taken a few loved ones from me. They are exceptionally good for keeping the acidity of gastric acid in digestion, which I suffer from time to time.  Last but not least aiding of facial appearance and rejuvenating and smoothing the skin, nourish your hair and loosing body weight.

I forgot to mention cooking with Mung Beans. We use them in our soups as an added ingredient or we simply make a mung bean soup. They are also great for placing them in stews and or salads. I have also used them in my juice machine and in some rice dishes. Be creative there are so many ways you can use these magical beans. I am adding mung beans to my “Power Food of the Golden Age” list.

This  has been brought to you by Gluten Free Ottawa and FUK Flour. GF Swami :)

Millet the Power Food… The Happy :) “Grain”.

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Category : Diseases & Gluten, Food, Possible Health Risks

I am going to start off by giving you a little history class on Millet as most people have never heard of it or even eaten it.   Millet are part of the small seeded species of grains.  Millet is grown all over the world for consumption of both humans and animals.  They do not form a biological classification or scientific classification in biology, this is a method to group and categorize organisms by biological type.  They are also an extremely hardy grains and are grown  in difficult  environments such as those at risk of drought.  They have been cultivated  in East Asia and  western Africa for the last ten thousand years and recently  in north america.   The range of millet sold in North America for human consumption is called Pearl Millet. Pearl Millet has a more alkaline pH which makes it a really easy to digest.

Millet is one of our ancient ancestors best kept secret.  Millet is a very tiny  grain but is gluten free and packed with so many vitamins and minerals. The truth about millet is that it is really a seed and not a grain. Packed filled of fibre, protein, antioxidants, minerals, vitamins… Acts as a prebiotic to feed important microflora in your gut and provides serotonin to calm, relax  and  give you the feelings of well-being and happiness.  Millet cooks like rice, can be flavoured with anything.  Eaten as a side dish or as a morning hot cereal with brown sugar and a dash of cinnamon.  Millet get confused with quinoa most of the time but they are two different grains.  For a bag of 28 oz would run you for about $3.00 and would last you for many recipes.


Millet is one of the 11 gluten-free grain that are used in a celiac diet.  The 11 grains are Amaranth, Buckwheat, Corn, Millet, GF Oats, Quinoa, Rice, Sorghum, Teff and Wild Rice’s.

 

Millet Nutrition Facts

Reasons why millet should be part of your gluten free diet:

  • Doesn’t feed the pathogenic yeast called candida
  • Reacts as a prebiotic to feed important microflora in your gut
  • Provides serotonin
  • Assist in hydrating your colon to keep you regular
  • alkaline based diet allows you to digests easily

 The nutrient Millet give and is essential for your body:

  • Magnesium
  • Calcium
  • Maganese
  • Tryptophan
  • Phoshorus
  • Fiber
  • B vitamins
  • Antioxidants

The nutrition benefits identified from Millet:

I am not going to list all the benefits of Millet or whole grains cause you would be reading forever.  Think of it this way natural foods better health.

 

Take a look at my newest power food creation. I called them GF Millet Coco Crisps, they are so yummy and healthy for you as you should know now cause you read my article on Millet.  Yes people it is a power food but in this case it is a Power Desert square. Much better than your plan old Rice Krispy Squares.

                     

Ingredients: Koala Coco Crisp ( Organic Brown Rice Flour, Organic Evaporated Cane Juice, Rice Bran Extract, Natural Flavour, Organic Cocoa, Organic Molasses, Sea Salt), Organic Millet Puffs, Butter and Gluten Free Mini Marshmallows.

Thanks to Gluten Free Ottawa