SPINACH-STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Makes: 6 servings

INGREDIENTS

• 20 medium mushrooms
• 1/4 cup chopped shallots, scallions or onion
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• 1 tablespoon Garlic Essence Marinade
• 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce
• 2 cups chopped fresh spinach
• 1/2 cup Plain Oikos Organic Greek Yogurt
• ¼ cup wheat bread crumbs (optional)
• Salt and pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS

1. Wash the mushrooms and carefully remove the stems without breaking the caps. Finely chop the stems. 
2. Combine the shallots, garlic, marinade and vinegar in a small skillet or saucepan and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Add the chopped mushroom stems and soy sauce and cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 to 5 minutes, until the mushrooms soften and release their juices. 
3. Add the spinach and cook, continuing to stir, until it is wilted and the liquid in the pan is absorbed. Remove from the heat and let cool for a few minutes, then stir in the yogurt. 
4. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
5. Sprinkle wheat bread crumbs as topping layer (optional) 
6. Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Stuff the spinach filling into the mushroom caps. 
7. Place the mushrooms in a baking pan and bake for 20 minutes, until tender. 
8. Remove from the oven and let sit for a few minutes for the filling to set before serving. Yields 20 mushrooms.

The Amazing Healing Power of Mushroom

• Mushrooms are one of the highest antioxidant foods on the market.  Studies in both humans and animals indicate that mushrooms stimulate the immune system.  
• Mushrooms are particularly high in one unique antioxidant called ergothioneine. Ergothioneine is very effective in providing protection from free radicals as well as boosting the immune system.   Ergothioneine has a specific protein transporter in the blood it must very important to cardiovascular health.   A serve of mushrooms provides about a quarter of an adult’s requirements of selenium, an essential antioxidant mineral.   
• Mushrooms themselves provide you with lean proteins since they have no cholesterol or fat and are very low carbohydrates. The fiber and certain enzymes in mushrooms also help lower cholesterol levels. 
• Mushrooms are very effective in preventing breast and prostate cancer due to the significant presence of Beta-Glucans and conjugated Linoleic Acid, which both have anti-carcinogenic effects. 
• Vitamin D is a relatively rare vitamin to find in vegetables, and in fact, edible forms in general are not particularly common. 
• Would you believe me if I said that a completely lean protein diet is ideal for losing fat and building muscle mass? Well, believe it or not, it’s true.  Most fats are burnt to digest proteins found in our food, more so when the protein is accompanied by a very low carbohydrate count, no fat or cholesterol, and a good amount of fiber.

 FOOD AS MEDICINE...NEVER FAILS!

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EXTREME HEALING THROUGH FOOD

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food? The obsessive worship of “medicinal foods”

Hippocrates was an important figure in the history of medicine because he was among the earliest to assert that diseases were caused by natural processes rather than the gods and because of his emphasis on the careful observation and documentation of patient history and physical findings, which led to the discovery of physical signs associated with diseases of specific organs. However, let’s not also forget that Hippocrates and his followers also believed in humoral theory, the idea that all disease results from an imbalance of the “four humors.”

Treating disease with healing foods is not a new idea, it has been done for thousands of years. So what's new? In the past people didn't know why a certain food was good for a certain condition, they just trusted the advice they were given.

 Harness The Power of Healing Foods:

• Strengthen Your Body's Defenses against Dis-ease
• Treat Dis-ease directly
• Slow down the Aging process
• Boost Immune System
• Protect the Body against Dis-ease

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF VARIOUS CONDITIONS

The underlying cause of many common diseases is often the type of foods we eat on a regular basis.  In our society today, even conventional doctors (MDs) and researchers agree that diet impacts our health greatly.

• After countless studies, they've come to realize, for example, that diet is one of the biggest contributors to heart disease. And if you already have heart disease, the right diet can actually help you reverse it.  The BIG question…How? By improving your cholesterol levels, lowering high blood pressure, steadying your blood sugar, reducing inflammation and taking off extra pounds –it can help heal your cells and convert them back to normal. 

• Researchers have no doubts today that a poor diet is a major cause  of constipation, hemorrhoids, heartburn and IBS and giving out pills to deal with the symptoms is not the best way to “treat” these problems.  

• Allopathic Doctors now realize that arthritis isn't a simple case of wear and tear but rather a destructive process spurred by molecules called “free radicals”, so painkillers cannot be considered the best long term solution.  In fact, these medications will eventually present further problems as time progresses, in which will lead to the “ripple effect” of medications.    

• The general consensus now seems to be that no condition is more related to diet than type 2 diabetes.  Studies suggest that people who eat a lot of refined carbohydrates, animal fats, and a lot of animal protein are at much greater risk of developing this condition.

Tune in to this blog weekly and learn more about the causes of these conditions and what healing foods you can eat to get to the root of the problem.

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Dr. Ezenwanyi Ahaghotu

832-913-5022