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"Servings: 2 Prep Time: 4 minutes Serving Size: 1 sandwich Cook Time: 15 seconds Volume: 2 sandwiches Total Time: 5 minutes 2 (6") spinach tortillas (or 4 corn tortillas or 2 low-fat whole wheat tortillas) 2 (4-6") leaves watercress 6 ounces poached salmon steaks (half of recipe on page 218) 4 cherry tomatoes, quartered 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice Lay the tortillas on serving plates and top with the watercress. Mash the cold salmon into flakes and divide them evenly over the tortillas. Top each with 4 quarters of tomatoes and a sprinkling of lemon juice." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Watercress Neutralizes Carcinogens The health benefits of watercress have been known since ancient times. watercress is a member of the family of vegetable superstars, the brassica family of cruciferous vegetables, which counts among its members such vegetable royalty as broccoli, cabbage, kale, kohlrabi, and Swiss chard. These vegetables are now known to be excellent sources of a family of anticancer phytochemicals called isothio-cyanates. Isothiocyanates literally fight cancer by neutralizing carcinogens—the "bad guys" of the cancer battle." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.) "Watercress Contains Four Times the Calcium of Milk If you were to compare an equal number of calories of watercress with an equal number of calories of 2 percent milk, the watercress would give you four times the calcium and six times the magnesium. Gram for gram, this little plant contains as much vitamin C as oranges and more iron than spinach. It's also as close to a calorie-free food as you're likely to find." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.) "Watercress Neutralizes Carcinogens The health benefits of watercress have been known since ancient times. watercress is a member of the family of vegetable superstars, the brassica family of cruciferous vegetables, which counts among its members such vegetable royalty as broccoli, cabbage, kale, kohlrabi, and Swiss chard. These vegetables are now known to be excellent sources of a family of anticancer phytochemicals called isothio-cyanates. Isothiocyanates literally fight cancer by neutralizing carcinogens—the "bad guys" of the cancer battle." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

"Watercress is High in Vitamin C, watercress is used as a general tonic, and its bitter taste is thought to regulate the appetite and improve digestion. It can be used to alleviate nervous conditions, constipation, and liver disorders. watercress is a popular cough and bronchitis remedy. It contains a remarkable substance called rhein, which appears to inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria in the intestines. It is believed that rhein is also effective against Candida albicans (yeast infection), fever and inflammation, and pain." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Young dandelion leaves, arugula, and watercress add bite to a mixed salad or can stand on their own with an assertive vinaigrette. Radicchio adds color and pungency to any salad. Red and green cabbage are both great raw, as is Chinese cabbage, especially topped with chopped cashews and roasted sesame oil and cider vinegar. EAT EXTREME GREENS There are those who love the taste and texture of seaweed, but I'm not one of them." - 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.) "Gfredo Alaskan Saimon Brussels Sprouts flower with Sage Green beans Broccoli You'll Eat Arugula salad with Tossed green Boston lettuce and Spinach salad mushrooms salad watercress salad with mushrooms m > r~ r-> > TO m o SAMPLE MEAL PLAN, PHASE 1: Week 3 an MONDAY ?" - 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.) "Gently mix the watercress and sprouts; toss with the dressing. Place equal portions of greens on two plates, then distribute half the nuts, avocado slices, and cheese on top of each and serve. VARIATIONS Eliminate the bean sprouts and substitute a head of butter lettuce, rinsed and torn into bite-size pieces. Mix the ingredients and top with 1/4 cup pomegranate seeds. After the first two weeks, top salad with a crisp pear or Asian pear, cored and thinly sliced. Serve salad with Sundance Lavender Dressing (page 206)." - 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.) "Try adding a handful of chopped kale, rapini, watercress, arugula, or any other bitter green to the broccoli stems that become the sauce. þAdd a handful of greens to the broccoli florets. PHASE 3 þReduce the amounts of cheese and walnuts. þHalve the cooking time so as to serve the vegetables half raw. Spa-Ghetti and Bean Soup PHASES 1-2, SERVES 4 The classic Tuscan dish pasta e fagioli is laden with starch in the form of beans and pasta, but with a few twists it becomes a nutritious, delicious source of protein." - 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.)

"The greatest tale of the elixir quest in the Mesopotamian, pre-Biblical tradition is that of Gilgamesh, a legendary king of the Sumerian city of Erech, who set forth to attain the watercress of immortality, the plant "Never Grow Old." After he had passed safely the lions that guard the foothills and the scorpion men who watch the heaven-supporting mountains, he came, amidst the mountains, to a paradise garden of flowers, fruits, and precious stones. Pressing on, he arrived at the sea that surrounds the world." - Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell (Get the book.)

"Great sources of sulfur include not only eggs, high-quality fish and meat, but also an assortment of vegetables: onions, celery, kale, string beans, soybeans, turnips, radishes, and watercress. A third pathway happens with the help of amino acids that the body can manufacture, and those include glycine, glutamine, arginine, taurine, and ornithine. Of these, glycine is the most important for neutralizing toxins. Even though your body can make glycine, it frequently runs out of available glycine." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Serves 2 Nice Rice Salad 3 ounces basmati rice, cooked (chilled) 3 ounces amaranth, cooked (chilled) 1 1/2 ounces watercress, chopped 1 1/2 ounces red pepper, diced 2 tablespoons safflower oil 1 teaspoon minced onion juice of 1 lemon 1/2 teaspoon salt Combine all ingredients. Toss and serve." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Blackcurrants, parsley, horseradish, turnip, cabbage, strawberries, grapefruit, pineapple, tomatoes and watercress, along with most fresh fruits and vegetables, are also rich in it. A simple and inexpensive test is now available on the market to measure the level of Vitamin C in your body, using a urinary ascorbate stick, and there are other uncomplicated tests that can be carried out to measure your Vitamin C. If your reading is low, it is in your interest to increase your intake." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"Generally high-magnesium foods include apples, apricots, avocados, beet tops, berries, black walnuts, Brazil nuts, cabbage, coconuts, comfrey leaves, figs, dulse, endive, greens, spinach, rye, walnuts, watercress, and yellow corn. Dosage: 400 mg/day. Also, diabetics should take at least 50 mg of vitamin B-6 per day, as the level of intracellular magnesium is dependent on vitamin B-6 intake. Without B-6, it is difficult for magnesium to readily enter the cell. CALCIUM Calcium is an alkalinizing mineral that helps neutralize the acidity of diabetes." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "Leafy greens—spinach, parsley, kale, collards, Swiss chard, bok choy, watercress, beet green, cabbage, herbs (use sparingly, to avoid bitterness), dandelion, grasses, all other leafy greens ?Other vegetables—tomato, bell pepper (red, yellow, orange), nopal cactus, string beans, burdock root, Jerusalem artichoke, radish, any green sprouts ?Sweetener (use sparingly due to higher glycemic index when juiced)—parsnip, apple, sweet potato, carrot, beet ?" - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"The most nutrient dense foods—green leafy vegetables such as kale, watercress and mustard greens—score 1000; all other foods are then scored relative to them. We needed to use a scale of 0-1000 to give a true picture of the amazing nutrient density of vegetables compared to the foods that typically make up the Standard American Diet (SAD). Most SAD foods score less than 25. MANDI stands for Menu Aggregate Nutrient Density Index and is much like the ANDI system, except if focuses on serving sizes instead of calories." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"Beans, beets, celery, chives, collards, eggplant, kale, leeks, okra, parsley, parsnips, peppers, rutabaga, spinach, summer squash, sweet potato, Swiss chard, tomato soup, vegetable soup, watercress, yams. High-oxalate condiments. Cinnamon, parsley, pepper, ginger, soy sauce. The Action Plan: What to Do About Oxalates 1. Monitor your child's symptoms for reactions to oxalates, if they have not responded to the prior diets. 2. Restrict oxalate foods. 3. Continue to monitor symptoms, to see if this diet is helping. 4. Discontinue it, if it doesn't seem to be helping." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Spirulina, blue-green algae, chlorella, hemp seeds, olives, durian, all sprouts (including sprouted grains and beans), bee pollen, green vegetables (especially spinach, watercress, arugula, kale, broccoli, brussel sprouts, collard greens, and parsley), powdered grasses, and green super-food powders are examples of relatively high-protein live foods. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICITY IN FOODS Animals concentrate plant foods to form their tissues." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Blackcurrants, cranberries, parsley, horseradish, turnip, cabbage, strawberries, grapefruit, pineapple, tomatoes and watercress are also rich in Vitamin C, although it is found to some extent in all fresh fruits and vegetables. Vitamin E (tocopherol) Essential for healing, muscle, nerve and blood maintenance, Vitamin E also stabilises cell membranes. It has been recognised as an antioxidant, protecting vulnerable chemicals in the body from being destroyed by free radicals. It protects cells of the body from damage by environmental pollution." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"It can be used to alleviate nervous conditions, constipation, and liver disorders. watercress is a popular cough and bronchitis remedy. It contains a remarkable substance called rhein, which appears to inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria in the intestines. It is believed that rhein is also effective against Candida albicans (yeast infection), fever and inflammation, and pain." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Other liver-cleansing foods include beets, carrots, artichokes, lemons, dandelion greens, watercress, and burdock root. Onions, garlic, and leeks contain organosulfur compounds that enhance the immune system and induce enzymes that detoxify the liver. In addition, they contain the bioflavonoid quercitin, which is known to stimulate the immune response, protect against oxidation, block the inflammatory response, and inhibit tumor growth.61 By eating as many of your vegetables as possible in an organic form, you cut down on your intake of pesticides that may also mimic estrogen." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Health Benefits watercress is a pungent, stimulating herb that clears toxins, aids digestion, and is useful for gallbladder complaints or rheumatism. Raw watercress is not recommended for the young, the elderly, or anyone with compromised health, a propensity for yeast infections, or with a history of internal parasites. watercress balances kapha. Use watercress has a mustardlike bite and aroma but surprises the palate with a cooling, refreshing effect, rather than a fiery one. Cooking eliminates its bite and leaves a sweet vegetable." - Rebecca Wood, The New Whole Foods Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Resource for Healthy Eating (Get the book.)

"Folic acid can be found in green leafy vegetables, nuts, whole grains, liver, watercress (avoid in first trimester), parsley, and dandelion. With artificial supplementation, care must be taken, because large doses of folic acid have been associated with a decrease in zinc absorption, a mineral required for proper fetal growth and immunity,32 as well as with maternal infection and abnormally slow fetal heart rate." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "Food sources: watercress (avoid in first trimester), brown rice Herbal sources: rose hips, parsley, saffron, dandelion, dulse (seaweed), kelp, fenugreek Vitamin B! (Thiamine). Direct correlation has been shown between supplementation of vitamin B) (thiamine) early in pregnancy and higher infant birth weight and size.34 Thiamine depletion is common during pregnancy, and supplementation is recommended.36 Food sources are green peas, bell peppers, and sunflower seeds. Herbal sources include alfalfa, dandelion, fenugreek, raspberry leaf, red clover, and seaweed." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Cruciferous vegetables (cabbage, broccoli, collards, kale, Brussels sprouts, Chinese cabbage, bok choy, arugula, radish, wasabi, watercress, kohlrabi, mustard greens, rutabaga, turnips). Eat at least one to two cups, cooked, daily. v Curcuminoids (turmeric and curry) •I- One to two cups of green tea a day boosts liver detoxification (increases GST or glutathione enzymes). •I- High-quality sulfur-containing proteins or foods—eggs, garlic (a few cloves a day), onions Supplements to Enhance Detoxification There are many detoxification pathways—or routes for toxins to get out of the body." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"Watercress balances kapha. Use watercress has a mustardlike bite and aroma but surprises the palate with a cooling, refreshing effect, rather than a fiery one. Cooking eliminates its bite and leaves a sweet vegetable. When cooked, its volume is reduced by three-fourths, so plan accordingly. Buying Purchase vibrantly green watercress with no yellowed leaves. Wash watercress with extra care. See Cabbage Family. WATERMELON (Citmllus vulgaris) How perfect that our most watery fruit originated in Africa's hot and arid Kalahari region." - Rebecca Wood, The New Whole Foods Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Resource for Healthy Eating (Get the book.)

"By the seventeenth century watercress soup in particular had gained a very good name in England. Nicholas Culpeper, in his Compleat Herbal writes that cress soup was a good remedy for cleansing the blood in the spring and helping headaches. watercress is used as a garnish and in salads. watercress should be stored in the refrigerator with its stems in water and the leaves loosely covered with a plastic bag. Most westerners eat watercress raw. In the East it is blanched, the moisture is wrung out, and then it is chopped and tossed with a light sesame oil dressing." - David Heber, M.D., Ph.D., What Color is Your Diet? (Get the book.)

"Halved cherry or teardrop tomatoes, cucumber, and watercress over spinach. #3—Julienned orange bell pepper, whole kernel yellow corn, chopped tomatoes, and minced green onion bottoms over spinach leaves. Garnish with a sprinkling of minced fresh basil. #4—Chopped tomatoes, diced onions, sliced beets, a handful of mung bean sprouts, and diced celery over romaine. #5—Red and yellow cherry tomatoes, a sliced jalapeno pepper, fresh chopped cilantro and parsley, a squeeze of lime juice, and lightly toasted cumin seeds over spinach leaves." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

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