This clear brown fermented sauce, made from small whole fish including the head and organs, is rich in iodine and other substances that benefit the thyroid gland. On heating, the fishy taste disappears but the nutrients remain. You may add fish sauce to any heated soup instead of salt. Fish sauce originated from Asia where is it used in everyday cooking. Included in coconut curries and soups, it's a wonderful source of iodine and other thyroid nutrients and well ad vitamins A and D. Roman soldiers marched 20 miles a day wearing armour and carrying an 35-40kg pack which included their food. They had coarse bread and millet and lentil porridge supplemented with garum or liquamem, their own version of fish sauce. MORE...
Archive for March, 2007
EARTH HOUR - 7.30pm to 8.30pm - Saturday March 31, 2007 Earth Hour is a fabulous opportunity for you and your family to do something about climate change. On one night, in one hour, more will be done, more will be demonstrated, and more will be learned than through a hundred 'talk-fests'. And you can help make it happen. MORE...
I know you're gonna think I'm a sook, but I have to share with you an email I got which brought tears to my eyes. MORE...
This arrived in the email box this morning thanks to the dear friend Julia. A message from Baghavan of the Oneness University. MORE...
Changing the world is what most of us know we are here for. Our dear friends involved in the environmental or activist scene, teachers writing, publishing and educating about health, parenting and lifestyle, artists expressing their vision, spiritual teachers and seekers alike all know this. There's even an online community ... MORE...
"Our first and foremost commitment is to do service in the world. If there is fear in your life, it is because of a lack of commitment. If there is confusion in your life, it is because of lack of commitment. The very thought, 'I am here in this world ... MORE...
This came in the emails this morning. If you haven't already done so, please sign the petition to stop Global Warming... On Thursday March 15th, the environment ministers from the G8, the world's biggest contributors to climate change, will be meeting in Germany. The outcome of this meeting will play a ... MORE...
Here's your chance to find out about the amazing health benefits of traditional foods with Sally Fallon, president of the Weston A Price Foundation, author of Nourishing Traditions and our all time hero. Sally's coming to Australia. MORE...
One of the similarities Weston Price discovered between all the primitive cultures he investigated was that they each included some raw animal food in their diet. Raw or dried meat (dried below 65 deg C) has many nutrients intact - B6, B12, Coenzyme Q10, enzymes to name a few. North American Native people use this recipe for their hunting expeditions. They carry it in leather bags on their waist, picking out fingerfuls for a quick snack on the run. Pemmican is a great way to get nourshiment into kids at school. Its also a good way to avoid rubbish food when you're out and about with only chips and bread in the shops to abate your hunger. Just keep a bag of Pemmican in your car. It keeps for years out of the fridge. MORE...
Go Charlie Boy! While visiting a new Diabetes centre in United Arab Emerits, Prince Charles spoke to a nutritionist about their growing obesity problem. Here's what he said. "Have you gotten anywhere with McDonalds? Have you tried getting it banned? That's the key." - Prince Charles, Organic Farmer.