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"What you are about to read is one of the most interesting and inspiring implications that stems from the logic of the systemic memory process. If the concept of energy can be combined with the concept of a system, then a set of novel and far-reaching implications suggest themselves. In the process of physical systems creating integrative systemic memories, they create virtual systems of dynamic memories—living energy systems—in the vacuum of space within the physical systems." - Gary E. Schwartz and Linda G. S. Russek, The Living Energy Universe (Get the book.)

"Ya cup raw chopped walnuts Yi cup feta or Gorgonzola cheese % teaspoon red pepper flakes Ya teaspoon sea salt Cracked black peppercorns to taste Chopped raw walnuts, for garnish If using a head of broccoli, separate into florets and stems. Cut florets into l- to 2-inch pieces. If using bagged broccoli florets, cut stems as close as possible to flowers and divide. Cut stems of broccoli into l-inch pieces and place in a medium saucepan with the onion, garlic, and chicken broth. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for 10 minutes." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"Broccoli and Cauliflower Saute 8 cups water 1 bunch of broccoli, cut into pieces with 2-inch stems 2 cups cauliflower pieces, without stems 3/t cup chopped green onions 3 garlic cloves, minced 3 tablespoons toasted sesame oil 1 cup sliced mushrooms 1 !/2 tablespoons soy sauce V2 cup sesame seeds Bring the water to a boil and add the broccoli and cauliflower. Cook for 5 minutes, drain, and set aside. Heat the sesame oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Saute the onions and garlic until the onion is translucent, about 8 minutes. Add the mushrooms, toss, and saute for 3 minutes." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"Cherry stems: The peduncles, or stems, are used for their diuretic action. Save the stems when you eat cherries and put them aside to dry. This makes a very refreshing beverage. Mix 1 handful of stems per quart of water. Make a decoction by boiling for 10 minutes. Drink 3 cups a day at a minimum. Linden bark: Linden bark is an excellent means for draining acids from the body (also recommended for all forms of rheumatism, kidney stones, and gallstones). Make a decoction by mixing IV2 oz (40 g) of bark per quart of water. Boil until the liquid is reduced to V4 of the volume." - Christopher Vasey, The Acid-Alkaline Diet for Optimum Health: Restore Your Health by Creating pH Balance in Your Diet (Get the book.)

"Delores, one of my online members, gives us a clue as to what this is like when she writes the following: "I really feel that a large part of my compulsive overeating stems back to when I was an infant. When I was a baby, I had a lot of allergies and when I was fed, I would immediately vomit my food up. It took a long time to get the right formula. My mother decided that it was not wise to feed a child who had just gotten sick to their stomach, so she didn't give me more food for another four hours. Then the same cycle would be repeated." - Roger Gould, Shrink Yourself: Break Free from Emotional Eating Forever (Get the book.)

"This work largely stems from cultures accustomed to high levels of spices in the diet and suggests a possible confounding effect of palatability on outcome variables. Generally, palatability enhances intake [88] and cephalic phase responses such as thermogenesis [89, 90]. In one trial [68], the addition of capsaicin to a high-fat diet increased the thermogenic response, but lowered the diet's palatability." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "The possible usefulness of antioxidants in disease prevention, particularly for cardiovascular diseases and cancer, stems from a number of epidemiological findings and a number of follow-up intervention studies. However, a substantive compendium of negative cardiovascular and cancer effects of antioxidant use, especially relating to dietary supplements, has also emerged as will be discussed subsequently. A resulting concern is the potentially deleterious effects of antioxidant supplements on normal ROS levels." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Our survival instinct stems from the first chakra. This is the chakra that connects us to the physical world and is where we find our grounded center, safe and secure in the familiar connection with home. There is a firm understanding of self as we fully embrace the element of earth, having what we need to move solidly into life. By connecting to the earth through the first chakra we are able to interpret the force of gravity as the earth expressing her love for us, holding us close to her body, nurturing our physical existence." - Pam Montgomery, Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness (Get the book.) "It serves as a digestive tonic as well as an astringent, which stems all manner of excessive bleeding and aids in the healing of wounds. It makes an excellent gargle for sore throat and inflamed gums. One of the reasons Agrimony is such a wonderful healing herb is its unique ability to relieve tension in all of its many guises whether it be in the gut, reproductive organs, during respiration, in a constricted liver or kidney, or the nervous system. A person who is uptight but hides behind a cheerful facade could benefit from Agrimony." - Pam Montgomery, Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness (Get the book.) "Our creative ability stems from letting our hearts rule instead of our minds, because it is our heart that can perceive holographically instead of in fragments. When a heart is in a coherent state, it can receive the entire picture of a plant—from its physical qualities all the way to its spiritual nature, including its light, sound, and sensation, all of which may come in the form of a pictorial scene, a story, or feelings or even all three. This is not a fantasy that we are making up but instead is the heart receiving imprints from the plant across time and space." - Pam Montgomery, Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness (Get the book.)

"A similar disease, pseudogout ("false gout"), is another form of arthritis, but this one stems from calcium crystals in the cartilage and joint fluid. Vitamin D deficiency, metabolic acid-base imbalance, and high PTH levels, among other metabolic problems, mobilize calcium from the bone beneath the cartilage in an effort to raise calcium levels. These calcium salts sometimes diffuse into the cartilage and the joint fluid, where they can cause inflammation. A person can have both gout and pseudogout." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"A new theory on how exercise serves to work like insulin stems from the special proteins called GLUT-4 transporters that usher glucose into the muscle cells. Exercise causes GLUT-4 transporters to rise to the surface of the cellular membrane, where they can shuttle circulating glucose into the cell, increasing insulin sensitivity and decreasing insulin needs. Findings from the Nurses' Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-Up Study suggest that walking briskly for a half hour every day reduces the risk of developing Type-2 diabetes by 30 percent." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"The different way we perceive many human artifacts stems from the effects they have on the world. When these effects do not seem to be in harmony with the rest of nature, we regard them as "unnatural." But the reason they do not harmonize with nature is that the thinking that governs their creation and use is not in harmony with the rest of nature. Believing we are masters of nature, rather than agents within it, we often use our unprecedented creative potential for our own ends, resulting in actions that do indeed separate us from the rest of nature." - Peter Russell, Waking Up In Time: Finding Inner Peace In Times of Accelerating Change (Get the book.)

"The homocysteine problem stems from a deficiency of three B-complex vitamins—B-6, folic acid, and B-12—that prevent proper processing of dietary protein. B-6 and folic acid have been typically deficient in the standard American diet filled with nutrient-poor processed foods. On any given day, more than 50 percent of adults fail to eat the recommended three servings of vegetables, and only 24 percent eat the recommended two servings of fruit. Fruits and vegetables are excellent sources of vitamins B-6 and folic acid. In 1998, the U.S." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"If using whole cauliflower, cut into florets and cut stems into l-inch pieces. Brown the butter in a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat for 2 minutes, until bubbly. Add the olive oil and sage; stir to combine. Add the cauliflower, salt, and pepper; stir to coat cauliflower with seasonings. Immediately transfer to the oven and bake for 30 minutes, turning and stirring pieces at least once; the cauliflower should have some brown edges. Serve. PHASE 3 Omit the butter. Place the cauliflower in a food processor and pulse until pea-size." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"When using fresh rosemary, break off two, 3-inch stems. Pour one cup boiling water over stems and let stand for 10 minutes. For the dried herb, use 1 teaspoon to 1 cup boiling water and let stand for 10 minutes. Quick Tip: Rosemary is easy to grow. During the holiday season you can find rosemary plants at local hardware ^t^jf / ('] stores-trimmed to look like a Christmas tree. The next time you oP" see one, buy it, plant it and you'll have rosemary for years to . % come." - Jan Lovejoy, Get Balanced-the Natural Way to Better Health with Superfoods (Get the book.)

"Anything that is new is better than (almost) anything that stems from last year or the year before. 7. My country, right or wrong. Come what may, I owe allegiance only to one nation, one flag, and one government. 8. The more money I have, the happier I am. There is a direct link between having money and being happy. (A Gallup survey confirmed this belief: three in four young Americans entering college consider it "essential" or "very important" to become very well off financially.) 9. The future is none of my business. Why should I worry about the good of the next generation?" - Ervin Laszlo, Quantum Shift in the Global Brain: How the New Scientific Reality Can Change Us and Our World (Get the book.)

"Drain the mushrooms, cut off the stems, and chop. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Saute the onions and garlic until the onions are translucent, about 8 minutes. Add the dried mushrooms, white mushrooms, carrots, celery, and red pepper. Continue to saute until the carrots are soft, about 5 minutes Transfer the mixture to a bowl. Stir in the lentils and oat flour. Mix well. Form the mixture into patties and place in a nonstick baking dish. Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes or until the patties are cooked through." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.) "Broccoli and Tofu with Mushroom Sauce 8 large broccoli florets with 2-inch stems 2 cups oat flour 1 cup rice flour 1 cup cornmeal 2 tablespoons crushed flaxseeds 6 tablespoons water 1 pound extra-firm tofu Mushroom Sauce 2 tablespoons canola oil 1 tablespoon butter 2 tablespoons minced garlic 3 bunches green onions 1 Vi pounds white mushrooms '/2 cup chopped parsley Juice of 1 lemon 6 cups vegetable stock Vi cup tamari 1 teaspoon dried thyme 1 cup dry sherry Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"Our 3-D photoreceptor eyesight stems from the need to notice red-ripe fruits in a sea of green leaves and foliage. Today, a red traffic light means "stop," which is exactly what we used to do in our primeval forests. The greens and reds are now part of the asphalt jungle, but their meaning hasn't changed much. In the same way, taste theoreticians speculate that humans first evolved a liking for sugary things as a way to distinguish between ripe and unripe fruits." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.) "Her grandmother stands up on a grid and demonstrates how to separate the green pepper berries from their stems by crunching them beneath her feet. On my last day in Borneo, I fly to the erstwhile domain of the White Rajahs, Sarikei, for a Farmer's Day celebration. Outside the plane's window, plantations of oil palms stretch to the horizon. These fruit trees, with their bounty of edible oil, are the stars of Farmer's Day, which ends up being way less traditional than I had imagined." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.) "Germplasm is the technical term for active tissue that can be used to grow new plants: seeds, stems, clippings, pollen, scions, cells and DNA. Half a million different plants are backed up by America's National Plant Germplasm System. The seed vault in Fort Collins, Colorado, contains the country's primary agricultural insurance plan: nearly five hundred thousand samples of germplasm, many cryogenically preserved in temperature controlled tanks of-196°C liquid nitrogen. There are more than 1,400 seed banks around the world." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"Fungi: Mold plants that lack stems, and provoke asthma and allergy attacks. GABA: Gamma aminobutyric acid, a calming neurotransmitter that is often low among people with autism and ADHD. Gastrointestinal: Referring to or affecting the stomach and intestines. Glutathione: A protein tripeptide, made from glutamic acid, cysteine, and glycine. It is critical for binding and detoxifying heavy metals, and is the main cellular antioxidant. Gluten: Proteins found in wheat, oats, barley, rye, and triticale. They often cause food reactions, which can result in neurological symptoms." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"A whole range of stress symptoms stems from the activation of your autonomic nervous system (ANS), which connects your brain to your heart, stomach, salivary glands—essentially all the organs within the body cavities. As soon as your brain senses stress, the autonomic nerves alter their firing rates with consequences that you can feel—a faster heart rate, rumbling in the stomach, sudden dry mouth. There's a very good reason for your body to behave this way. Your brain interprets stress in the same way it interprets emergencies or bodily threats." - Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D., Your Symptoms Are Real: What to Do When Your Doctor Says Nothing Is Wrong (Get the book.)

"This pain stems from early in life, not the least of which is womb-life and birth. 3. The pain is imprinted into the central nervous system and throughout the body. 4. The pain is coded and stored in key brain systems, particularly the limbic system and brainstem, and spreads its tentacles to other parts of one's physiology. 5. The pain can be registered on three key levels of brain function or levels of consciousness. 6. The time or epoch in which the trauma occurred will determine where in the brain it is stored and the amount of damage it will produce. 7." - Dr. Arthur Janov, Primal Healing: Access the Incredible Power of Feelings to Improve Your Health (Get the book.)

"The English word "clove" stems from the Latin word clavus which translates to "nail." Cloves have a sweet, warm flavor and smell. Cloves and clove oil are used in cooking, perfumes, and artificial flavorings. A Serving of Food Lore... Cloves originated in the Molucca Islands of Indonesia. The spice was first mentioned in Chinese writings during the Han dynasty over two thousand years ago. Arab traders brought cloves to the Venetians in Europe four hundred years later. Where Are Cloves Grown? The principle producer of cloves is Zanzibar in East Africa." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "The meaning stems from the shape of the fruit (that's right. .. it's not a vegetable) and its supposed aphrodisiac qualities. Over 500 varieties of avocados are grown throughout the world but only seven are grown commercially in California. Bacon, Fuerte, Gwen, Pinkerton, Reed, Zutano, and Hass are the main types seen in most grocery stores in the United States." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "Though often referred to as a root, ginger is actually a reedlike herb that has rough, knotty rhizomes (underground stems). There are several different varieties to choose from, including the most popular kind, called Jamaican, African/Indian that features a darker skin, and Kenyan varieties that come in white, red, and yellow. A Serving of Food Lore... The origins of ginger can be traced back to southeastern Asia, China, and India, where its use as a culinary spice dates back at least 4,400 years." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "Saute peppers, shallots, and chopped mushroom stems in olive oil until lightly browned. Add breadcrumbs and heat through. Add chicken stock. Mix until evenly blended. Remove from heat. Add fresh chopped herbs and cheese to mixture. Fold together until evenly blended. Set aside. Steam tiger shrimp in shells. Peel and de-vein shrimp. Set aside. Stuff each mushroom cap three-quarters full with filling mixture. Do not overfill. Top each filled mushroom with steamed tiger shrimp. Curl shrimp inside mushroom cap. Brush each filled, topped mushroom with melted butter." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

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