A traditional street food dish- aloo gobi (potato and cauliflower curry) can be found cooking on all the food stalls in Pakistan, as well as in our good ol' fashioned curry houses back in Blighty. The sweet cauliflower matched with the soft spiced potatoes make this recipe a delicious- and very cheap!- dinner, paired with some steamed basmati rice and peshwari naan bread. A big dollop of mango chutney on the side goes very nicely with it as well!
Aloo Gobi (serves 4)
500g potatoes, peeled and diced
2 tbsp oil
60g butter
1 white onion, diced finely
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 tsp fresh ginger, minced
1 green chilli, finely diced
1 tsp cumin seeds
3 tsp ground coriander
½ tsp ground cumin
1 tsp turmeric
½ tsp mild chilli powder
½ a cauliflower, diced
350g passata
400ml water
1 tsp salt
Large handful of fresh coriander, chopped (plus extra for garnish)
Sugar and black pepper to taste
1. Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil. Boil the potatoes for 10 minutes. Drain and set aside. In another large pan, fry the onion, garlic, ginger, chilli and cumin seeds In the oil and butter, for 10 minutes, stirring often.
2. Add the ground coriander, cumin, turmeric and chilli powder, and cook for a couple of minutes. Add the potato and cook for a further 2 minutes. Add all the other ingredients, and cook on a medium heat for 20 minutes, covered, stirring occasionally.
3. Season to taste, and serve with extra fresh coriander!
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Recipe: Loaded Jacket Potato Skins
Hey guys, I hope you all had a lovely fun and foodie filled Christmas! Mine was good fun, with lots of yummy things, but a little bit stressful to be honest. I got the 23rd, 24th and 25th off work, but i had to do a big three course dinner for a client on the 23rd, and the other two days felt a bit...i dunno...like i was kept thinking about pressures and how much work annoys me/ Univeristy worries me. And i've had to start work at 9am this morning. Can't switch off- I'm terrible! Anyway, this is a nice recipe I cook fairly often- it's very easy to make, and good as a side dish, starter or main course. Whenever I bake jacket potatoes, I always bake about 6, because I know with any I have leftover the next day I can either stuff them with something nice (like with this recipe) or cut them into wedges and fry them for an easy brunch.
Loaded Jacket Potato Skins (serves 4 as a starter or side dish, serves 2 as a main)
2 baking potatoes
2 thin rashers smoked bacon, diced very finely
6 spring onions
20g butter
75g garlic and herb Boursin
Splash of milk
Salt and pepper
20g parmesan
1. Preheat the oven to 200C. Bake the potatoes for 60-80 minutes or until soft on the inside and the skin is crispy. Remove from the oven, and allow to cool a little.
2. Meanwhile, fry the bacon and spring onions in a non-stick frying pan, for about 5 minutes- or until the spring onions are cooked and the bacon has started going crispy.
3. Whilst still warm, slice the jacket potatoes in half, and scoop out the flesh. Mix the flesh with the butter, boursin, spring onions, bacon and seasoning. Re-stuff into the potato skins, top with parmesan, and put under the grill for 5 minutes- or until golden!
Loaded Jacket Potato Skins (serves 4 as a starter or side dish, serves 2 as a main)
2 baking potatoes
2 thin rashers smoked bacon, diced very finely
6 spring onions
20g butter
75g garlic and herb Boursin
Splash of milk
Salt and pepper
20g parmesan
1. Preheat the oven to 200C. Bake the potatoes for 60-80 minutes or until soft on the inside and the skin is crispy. Remove from the oven, and allow to cool a little.
2. Meanwhile, fry the bacon and spring onions in a non-stick frying pan, for about 5 minutes- or until the spring onions are cooked and the bacon has started going crispy.
3. Whilst still warm, slice the jacket potatoes in half, and scoop out the flesh. Mix the flesh with the butter, boursin, spring onions, bacon and seasoning. Re-stuff into the potato skins, top with parmesan, and put under the grill for 5 minutes- or until golden!
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Recipe: Italian Meatballs with Cirio Sauce
Hey guys. So I won a lovely little prize draw, from My favourite recipes (who i still write for) and Cirio- an Italian food company. I got sent a lovely tomato hamper- with these sorts of products in it: tinned tomatoes, tomato sauces, pizza sauces, tomato puree, and a few other bits and bobs.
Both me and the boyfriend have been lucky lately actually- Nicky won a hamper too! He won a hamper from New covent garden- a lovely fruit, veg and nut collection just in time for Christmas! These meatballs are scrummy- my tip for the perfect meatballs, is whiever "flavour" you make them with herbs and spices (e.g. spanish, spicy, scandinavian etc.) use half pork and half beef mince. The fat in the pork keeps the meatballs moist, and the beef gives them rich flavour. If you can't get cirio tomato, garlic and herb sauce- just use your favourite pasta sauce.
Italian Meatballs with Cirio Sauce (serves 4)
250g pork mince
250g lean beef mince
1 very finely chopped red onion
3 garlic cloves, crushed
Handful fresh basil, chopped
1 egg
50g breadcrumbs
½ tsp dried mixed herbs
¼ tsp smoked paprika
Salt and pepper (plenty of!)
4 tbsp olive oil
1 jar Cirio garlic and herb tomato sauce
400g spaghetti
1. Mix together all the meatball ingredients, shape into medium sized meatballs (makes about 30) and put on a plate in the fridge for 30 minutes.
2. Preheat the oven to 200C. Put a pan of salted water onto the boil for the spaghetti. In a large frying pan (you will probably have to do this in batches) fry the meatballs on a high heat, stirring often, for 8 minutes. Put the meatballs in a baking dish and bake in the oven for 15 minutes.
3.Heat up the tomato sauce, drain the pasta, and serve the meatballs and sauce over the cooked spaghetti with whichever garnishes you might fancy (grated parmesan/cheese, freshly chopped herbs, extra virgin olive oil, cracked black pepper, etc.).
Both me and the boyfriend have been lucky lately actually- Nicky won a hamper too! He won a hamper from New covent garden- a lovely fruit, veg and nut collection just in time for Christmas! These meatballs are scrummy- my tip for the perfect meatballs, is whiever "flavour" you make them with herbs and spices (e.g. spanish, spicy, scandinavian etc.) use half pork and half beef mince. The fat in the pork keeps the meatballs moist, and the beef gives them rich flavour. If you can't get cirio tomato, garlic and herb sauce- just use your favourite pasta sauce.
Italian Meatballs with Cirio Sauce (serves 4)
250g pork mince
250g lean beef mince
1 very finely chopped red onion
3 garlic cloves, crushed
Handful fresh basil, chopped
1 egg
50g breadcrumbs
½ tsp dried mixed herbs
¼ tsp smoked paprika
Salt and pepper (plenty of!)
4 tbsp olive oil
1 jar Cirio garlic and herb tomato sauce
400g spaghetti
1. Mix together all the meatball ingredients, shape into medium sized meatballs (makes about 30) and put on a plate in the fridge for 30 minutes.
2. Preheat the oven to 200C. Put a pan of salted water onto the boil for the spaghetti. In a large frying pan (you will probably have to do this in batches) fry the meatballs on a high heat, stirring often, for 8 minutes. Put the meatballs in a baking dish and bake in the oven for 15 minutes.
3.Heat up the tomato sauce, drain the pasta, and serve the meatballs and sauce over the cooked spaghetti with whichever garnishes you might fancy (grated parmesan/cheese, freshly chopped herbs, extra virgin olive oil, cracked black pepper, etc.).
Monday, December 17, 2012
BIGBANG ALIVE TOUR LONDON 2012
On Saturday night, I got to experience the Big Bang Alive Tour.
IT WAS AMAZING!!!!...
The atmosphere was live, loud and electric!!
I finally got to see my hubby GDRAGON...LOL.
The highlight of the concert experience for me has to be every part of it but the one thing that stood out has to be when Taeyang ripped off his shirt while singing wedding dress.IT WAS FREAKING SEXY!!
Seungri`s engrish was just too~ cute and how he attempted the British accent was adorable,it made me laugh alot.
TOP the sexy beast was too sexy the way he spoke English in a deep, manly voice.It really didn't matter if anyone understood him or not in English then he suddenly spoke the rest in Korean. Hahaha cute even though I didn't understand what he was saying..
I have to say overall I LOVED THE CONCERT EXPERIENCE (MY FIRST CONCERT) and I am very grateful that I got the chance to see them LIVE.
IT WAS AMAZING!!!!...
The atmosphere was live, loud and electric!!
I finally got to see my hubby GDRAGON...LOL.
The highlight of the concert experience for me has to be every part of it but the one thing that stood out has to be when Taeyang ripped off his shirt while singing wedding dress.IT WAS FREAKING SEXY!!
Seungri`s engrish was just too~ cute and how he attempted the British accent was adorable,it made me laugh alot.
TOP the sexy beast was too sexy the way he spoke English in a deep, manly voice.It really didn't matter if anyone understood him or not in English then he suddenly spoke the rest in Korean. Hahaha cute even though I didn't understand what he was saying..
I have to say overall I LOVED THE CONCERT EXPERIENCE (MY FIRST CONCERT) and I am very grateful that I got the chance to see them LIVE.
G-DRAGON
BIGBANG
STAGE
THE BIGBANG GLOW STICK I BOUGHT.
MY BIGBANG CONCERT TICKET
Sunday, December 16, 2012
#31) The Dilemma
As a kid I loved watching the Alfred Hitchcock and Twilight Zone television shows. I remember one episode in which this young man awakens with the ability to see in his mind, a strangers impending death. For example, he may be in a store or on a bus and suddenly he finds himself mysteriously drawn or attracted to a particular person. As he gives this person his focus, his mind is flooded with a visual movie of this individuals unfortunate fate over the next 15 minutes. Our young man might experience a prophetic vision of this person leaving the store, walking across the street and getting struck and killed by a car. He does not initially know whether his "awakening" is a gift or a curse. What is he to do? Does he tell this stranger what is going to happen or does he simply follow him and then physically intervene in an attempt to save a life? He quickly learns that confronting and telling an individual their fate and advising them to change course is met with anger and rebuff. So what is this good man with future vision to do?
My question to you is, what would you do, if you had this special gift of intuition? If you could look at a stranger and foresee their future, be it injury, accidental death or sickness? Would you go up to this individual and tell him what is going to happen? I think we would all feel obligated to take such action, but could we and would it be well received?
This is my dilemma and I want you to put yourself in my shoes for a moment. I have been encouraging clients in correct diet/nutrition and weight loss for many years. I have developed a superb system that makes losing weight quick and easy and I address the mental/emotional/habit aspect of weight gain and weight loss to help a person achieve weight loss for life.
So lets say that I am out and about, maybe I am in a store, on an airplane, standing in a line and I see an obese (20% over ideal weight) person or a morbidly (40% over ideal weight) obese person and my mind automatically calculates what I know their blood chemistry profile and their body physiology to be, it is no secret. I know they are high cholesterol, high triglycerides, insulin resistant, I know their body fat is near 38-50%, I know they are low muscle mass, I know their visceral fat rating is 20+, I know they don't sleep well at night as they most likely have sleep apnea and I know they do not wake up feeling rested, I know their mood and libido is not good, I know that whether man or woman their hormones are imbalanced, I know they have high blood pressure and that they are taking high blood pressure medication, Lipitor, and if not on medication for type 2 diabetes that they will be very soon, I know they are at very high risk for heart disease, heart attack, stroke, cancer, gallbladder disease. I know they will probably be taking the purple pill for acid reflux disease (GERD) and I know they will be experiencing either back, hip, knee or feet issues due to the stress and strain of extreme weight on these joints. I know they don't feel good about themselves and I know they are either frustrated and depressed or they are in a state of pure denial.
I cannot remember the outcome of that particular television show, perhaps he lost his powers which then restored his peace and calm? But I do feel a strong sense of obligation/duty to reach out and tell these people who struggle with weight gain that they can be helped and they can transform their health and that it is not as difficult as they might think it to be. You may have a loved one in a weight gain crisis. They need to be helped, I think we all have looked the other way for too long. We know the progression of the condition is continuing weight gain and degradation of health and well being.
Read my blogs, weight loss can be easy and you don't have to starve and deprive yourself to lose the weight quickly. With every 20 pounds you drop you will feel so much better. Until next time, Dr. Mark Doyle.
Dr. Doyle is a certified clinical hypnotherapist, he created the DEEP Release Clear Mind Process a decade ago, he is co-founder of the 30/10 Weight Loss For Life solution and co-author of two recent new books, "Weight Loss For Life" and "Stop The Pain, a new system of painless therapies to rapidly relieve pain and restore function." He is a chiropractic physician with over 37 years clinical experience and he operates a chronic spine pain clinic and 30/10 weight loss clinic in beautiful downtown Bellevue, Washington, a suburb of Seattle. 30/10 means women average a loss of 30 pounds in 10 weeks and men average 50/10.
My question to you is, what would you do, if you had this special gift of intuition? If you could look at a stranger and foresee their future, be it injury, accidental death or sickness? Would you go up to this individual and tell him what is going to happen? I think we would all feel obligated to take such action, but could we and would it be well received?
This is my dilemma and I want you to put yourself in my shoes for a moment. I have been encouraging clients in correct diet/nutrition and weight loss for many years. I have developed a superb system that makes losing weight quick and easy and I address the mental/emotional/habit aspect of weight gain and weight loss to help a person achieve weight loss for life.
So lets say that I am out and about, maybe I am in a store, on an airplane, standing in a line and I see an obese (20% over ideal weight) person or a morbidly (40% over ideal weight) obese person and my mind automatically calculates what I know their blood chemistry profile and their body physiology to be, it is no secret. I know they are high cholesterol, high triglycerides, insulin resistant, I know their body fat is near 38-50%, I know they are low muscle mass, I know their visceral fat rating is 20+, I know they don't sleep well at night as they most likely have sleep apnea and I know they do not wake up feeling rested, I know their mood and libido is not good, I know that whether man or woman their hormones are imbalanced, I know they have high blood pressure and that they are taking high blood pressure medication, Lipitor, and if not on medication for type 2 diabetes that they will be very soon, I know they are at very high risk for heart disease, heart attack, stroke, cancer, gallbladder disease. I know they will probably be taking the purple pill for acid reflux disease (GERD) and I know they will be experiencing either back, hip, knee or feet issues due to the stress and strain of extreme weight on these joints. I know they don't feel good about themselves and I know they are either frustrated and depressed or they are in a state of pure denial.
I cannot remember the outcome of that particular television show, perhaps he lost his powers which then restored his peace and calm? But I do feel a strong sense of obligation/duty to reach out and tell these people who struggle with weight gain that they can be helped and they can transform their health and that it is not as difficult as they might think it to be. You may have a loved one in a weight gain crisis. They need to be helped, I think we all have looked the other way for too long. We know the progression of the condition is continuing weight gain and degradation of health and well being.
Read my blogs, weight loss can be easy and you don't have to starve and deprive yourself to lose the weight quickly. With every 20 pounds you drop you will feel so much better. Until next time, Dr. Mark Doyle.
Dr. Doyle is a certified clinical hypnotherapist, he created the DEEP Release Clear Mind Process a decade ago, he is co-founder of the 30/10 Weight Loss For Life solution and co-author of two recent new books, "Weight Loss For Life" and "Stop The Pain, a new system of painless therapies to rapidly relieve pain and restore function." He is a chiropractic physician with over 37 years clinical experience and he operates a chronic spine pain clinic and 30/10 weight loss clinic in beautiful downtown Bellevue, Washington, a suburb of Seattle. 30/10 means women average a loss of 30 pounds in 10 weeks and men average 50/10.
Recipe: Chorizo and Broad Bean Risotto
Ugh, finally!! Finally submitted my lame lab report. I had to write a 2000 word lab report on how bacteria grows in egg mayonnaise- seriously!! And I actually already hated egg mayonaise, and don't understand how people can eat the stuff- now I can barely even look at it at work! Lol! This is a nice risotto recipe, bit of a strange combination, lots of strong flavours together, but it's gorgeaus and earthy and comforting. You can use soy beans or peas as well as or instead of the broad beans if you fancy it.
Chorizo, broad bean and wild mushroom risotto (serves 2)
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 knob of butter
1 banana shallot, finely chopped
2 celery sticks, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
800ml vegetable stock
120g chorizo, diced
15g mixed dried wild mushrooms
800ml vegetable or chicken stock
Pinch of mixed herbs
120g frozen broad beans, soaked in boiling water and podded.
1 tbsp parmesan (plus extra for garnish if you want)
Salt and pepper to taste
1. Soak the dried mushrooms in boiling water for 20 minutes. Preheat the oven to 200C.
2. Sautee the shallot, celery and garlic in the olive oil and butter, in a large sautéing pan, for about 10 minutes, or until soft. Add the chorizo and fry for about 5 minutes.
3. Add the rice, stir to coat, and add the drained soaked mushrooms, mixed herbs and stock(adding the stock gradually, and stirring often). Cook for about 12-15 minutes, or until the rice has absorbed all the stock and is al dente. Around 5 minutes before the end of cooking, add the parmesan and the broad beans.
4. Meanwhile, put the chorizo in a roasting dish and roast in the oven for 8 minutes. Serve the risotto with the crispy chorizo garnished on top, and some extra grated parmesan if desired.
Chorizo, broad bean and wild mushroom risotto (serves 2)
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 knob of butter
1 banana shallot, finely chopped
2 celery sticks, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
800ml vegetable stock
120g chorizo, diced
15g mixed dried wild mushrooms
800ml vegetable or chicken stock
Pinch of mixed herbs
120g frozen broad beans, soaked in boiling water and podded.
1 tbsp parmesan (plus extra for garnish if you want)
Salt and pepper to taste
1. Soak the dried mushrooms in boiling water for 20 minutes. Preheat the oven to 200C.
2. Sautee the shallot, celery and garlic in the olive oil and butter, in a large sautéing pan, for about 10 minutes, or until soft. Add the chorizo and fry for about 5 minutes.
3. Add the rice, stir to coat, and add the drained soaked mushrooms, mixed herbs and stock(adding the stock gradually, and stirring often). Cook for about 12-15 minutes, or until the rice has absorbed all the stock and is al dente. Around 5 minutes before the end of cooking, add the parmesan and the broad beans.
4. Meanwhile, put the chorizo in a roasting dish and roast in the oven for 8 minutes. Serve the risotto with the crispy chorizo garnished on top, and some extra grated parmesan if desired.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
#30) DO U HAVE THE COURAGE TO CHANGE?
Interesting day in the weight loss department of my practice. Everyone was a "winner" this week with a range of 3 to 12.8 pounds lost in one week. Women usually lose an average of 3 to 5 lbs. a week and my 12.8 pound loser-winner was a man. He is actually the biggest one week loser we have had to date. We have had other 12 pound one week losses for men but the 12.8 cinched the record. I had 3 women and two new men clients this week so far that I had to do personal one on one sessions with to change beliefs. (update Feb 28, 2013 this record has been surpassed with a one week 16.4lbs lost, an 18.8 lbs. lost and most recent 21.5 lbs. lost for first week male clients. Men always lose more weight faster but an 8lb first week loss for a women is common.)
Today a woman weight loss patient told me she absolutely hates to cook and dreads the ordeal every day. Fact of the matter is that she does not know how to cook, I am serious, she hates it so much that she has never taken the time to learn how to cook a chicken breast and vegetables for a stir fry. Now, the fact that she does not know how to cook could also play a role in this "dread" she experiences. The first thing I did in session with her is erase the feelings of dread that she experiences around 4pm, knowing that she is going to have to scrounge up something for the family, McDonald's anyone, is the common theme she confesses, a couple times a week.
I administered several passes of the DEEP Release Clear Mind Process and erased dread, frustration, overwhelm, anger, irritation, guilt and shame. Then we created a belief statement, "I am a good cook and I enjoy making healthy meals for my family." She was not congruent with that statement initially, in other words there was no "software program" in her subconscious mind to support that statement. In a matter of minutes however, I successfully downloaded a new belief statement and with a gleam in her eye, she repeated the new belief to me with conviction and purpose. A mere ten minutes earlier she told me she hated to cook, that she was a terrible cook, she dreaded dinner time and she hated to eat what ever she prepared in the kitchen.
She left my office excited to go to the store and prepare her first real dinner for her family, with a protein, vegetables and new spices. I reviewed with her how to cook a chicken stir fry and I described the visual beauty of the veggies in the pan and the interesting variety of spices she will use that her family will absolutely love. She demonstrated an immediate and dramatic shift in emotion, thought and behavior- from seriously negative to highly positive, from feelings of dreading to cook to excited and enthusiastic.
There was no way that she was ever going to successfully keep her weight off unless she made the pivot into enjoying cooking a good healthy meal in her own kitchen. My slim down program is all about weight loss for life, reaching a target goal and gaining the weight back is not at all acceptable. I always stress in all my blogs and to all my slim down clients that weight loss and weight gain is 50% physical or the diet and 50% mental/emotional/habit and I strive to address both.
One reason our patients achieve weight loss for life is because once they reach their ideal target weight and their program of weight loss is over, we do not abandon them. Really, the program is never over for these people, they continue to come in for frequent and periodic body comp weigh-ins for NO Charge. This is essential that they have life time follow up, accountability and coaching on how to lose any early weight gains on their own with regular foods. We say NO Charge because there cannot be any barriers to them coming in for these vital checkups and coaching. Emphasis is always on weight loss for life and self empowerment.
Until next time, Dr. Mark Doyle.
Dr. Doyle is a Chiropractic Physician who has a high tech chronic spine pain practice in Bellevue, Washington. He is co-founder of the 30/10 Weight Loss For Life System and he is a certified Clinical
Hypnotherapist registered with the State of Washington, he has created the DEEP Release Clear Mind Process of emotional erase. He is a 1974 graduate of Palmer College. He can be reached at 425-455-1881
Today a woman weight loss patient told me she absolutely hates to cook and dreads the ordeal every day. Fact of the matter is that she does not know how to cook, I am serious, she hates it so much that she has never taken the time to learn how to cook a chicken breast and vegetables for a stir fry. Now, the fact that she does not know how to cook could also play a role in this "dread" she experiences. The first thing I did in session with her is erase the feelings of dread that she experiences around 4pm, knowing that she is going to have to scrounge up something for the family, McDonald's anyone, is the common theme she confesses, a couple times a week.
I administered several passes of the DEEP Release Clear Mind Process and erased dread, frustration, overwhelm, anger, irritation, guilt and shame. Then we created a belief statement, "I am a good cook and I enjoy making healthy meals for my family." She was not congruent with that statement initially, in other words there was no "software program" in her subconscious mind to support that statement. In a matter of minutes however, I successfully downloaded a new belief statement and with a gleam in her eye, she repeated the new belief to me with conviction and purpose. A mere ten minutes earlier she told me she hated to cook, that she was a terrible cook, she dreaded dinner time and she hated to eat what ever she prepared in the kitchen.
She left my office excited to go to the store and prepare her first real dinner for her family, with a protein, vegetables and new spices. I reviewed with her how to cook a chicken stir fry and I described the visual beauty of the veggies in the pan and the interesting variety of spices she will use that her family will absolutely love. She demonstrated an immediate and dramatic shift in emotion, thought and behavior- from seriously negative to highly positive, from feelings of dreading to cook to excited and enthusiastic.
There was no way that she was ever going to successfully keep her weight off unless she made the pivot into enjoying cooking a good healthy meal in her own kitchen. My slim down program is all about weight loss for life, reaching a target goal and gaining the weight back is not at all acceptable. I always stress in all my blogs and to all my slim down clients that weight loss and weight gain is 50% physical or the diet and 50% mental/emotional/habit and I strive to address both.
One reason our patients achieve weight loss for life is because once they reach their ideal target weight and their program of weight loss is over, we do not abandon them. Really, the program is never over for these people, they continue to come in for frequent and periodic body comp weigh-ins for NO Charge. This is essential that they have life time follow up, accountability and coaching on how to lose any early weight gains on their own with regular foods. We say NO Charge because there cannot be any barriers to them coming in for these vital checkups and coaching. Emphasis is always on weight loss for life and self empowerment.
Until next time, Dr. Mark Doyle.
Dr. Doyle is a Chiropractic Physician who has a high tech chronic spine pain practice in Bellevue, Washington. He is co-founder of the 30/10 Weight Loss For Life System and he is a certified Clinical
Hypnotherapist registered with the State of Washington, he has created the DEEP Release Clear Mind Process of emotional erase. He is a 1974 graduate of Palmer College. He can be reached at 425-455-1881
Sunday, December 9, 2012
#29) The New Scoop on POOP
Some day Stool Banks will be as common place as Blood Banks are today. What I am talking about is human stool (poop) transplants, yes, you would have several cups of a strangers poo (fecal material) transplanted into your colon for medicinal purposes. This fecal transplant would be taking fecal material from a healthy person and transferring it into the colon of a sick person in order to restore the healthy colony of beneficial bacteria. The results so far with a fecal transplant has been very encouraging for people who have an infection causing chronic diarrhea. The C Difficile infection affects around 3 million people per year, normally these people would be subjected to antibiotics but antibiotics kill off the good bacteria and over time the bad bacteria become resistant to the antibiotic therapy.
These infections are serious, killing approximately 14,000 people per year, especially dangerous to kids and the elderly causing colon inflammation and diarrhea. New studies have shown that fecal bacteriotherapy can also be effective in difficult cases of constipation, colitis, irritable bowel syndrome and even in cases of M.S. and Parkinson's Disease??
Would you want to know who you received your fecal implant from? Should it be anonymous? If you were a donor would you brag about it? Would you have to ingest the transplant, maybe in tablet form? So many questions and for the time being so few answers. Until next time, Dr. Mark Doyle
These infections are serious, killing approximately 14,000 people per year, especially dangerous to kids and the elderly causing colon inflammation and diarrhea. New studies have shown that fecal bacteriotherapy can also be effective in difficult cases of constipation, colitis, irritable bowel syndrome and even in cases of M.S. and Parkinson's Disease??
Would you want to know who you received your fecal implant from? Should it be anonymous? If you were a donor would you brag about it? Would you have to ingest the transplant, maybe in tablet form? So many questions and for the time being so few answers. Until next time, Dr. Mark Doyle
#28) NEW HYBRID GRAINS=gluten intolerance
A very nice woman brings her son into my clinic for care. The child has Hasimotos disease which is an auto immune condition, the body is attacking in this case its own thyroid gland. The body thinks the thyroid
is the enemy and seeks to destroy it. The immune system, when it has gone "haywire" can attack any tissue in the body. My first question to the mother was if any of the doctors she had seen had suggested a gluten free diet. Gluten is a protein found in wheat that can cause a host of health conditions, you may have heard of celiac disease and irritable bowel disease as complications in some people from gluten. Gluten is proving to be the culprit in a whole host of serious health conditions that most doctors and the general public know very little about.
My patient told me her child was tested for a gluten sensitivity and the test results came back negative, in other words the tests they performed did not show any reaction to gluten and so they told the mother it was fine for him to consume grains. The first thing I think of when a patient tells me they have an autoimmune condition, is gluten intolerance and I will direct my patient into a gluten free diet, rarely does anyone follow my advice. They don't want to hear about it, gluten is in most foods, breakfast cereals, breads, cakes, cookies, and it is even in ketchups, mustards, beer, salad dressings, food stabilizers and I could go on and on. When people are informed of this their eyes glaze over, they ain't about to give up their favorite foods, not even for a week, no matter how sick they are.
I explained to my patient with the child that to really accurately test for gluten sensitivity you would have to test for all of the different aspects of gluten, about 10 or more in all, that we know of today. When your doctor does a lab test for gluten he tests for two, that is the standard test today for determining if you are gluten sensitive. So my patient with the child with Hasimotos disease had the standard test of two. The real test for gluten sensitivity in my opinion is to totally remove ALL gluten from your diet for a number of months and see how you feel. Here is the problem, your abstinence from all gluten would have to be 100%, just a small amount of accidental ingestion of the gluten will keep the negative auto immune response alive and well.
Many vitamins use gluten as filler just to give you an example of how serious this diet must be. Your diet would have to be strict animal protein (no luncheon meats), vegetables and fruit. Here is another rub, the majority of folks gluten sensitive are also sensitive or react negatively to the casein protein in milk. The immune system is so disturbed/agitated in the gluten sensitive person that we will see cross reactions with other food proteins. So the elimination diet would include no milk products, no oats, no yeast, no sesame and no coffee. Also off the table would be corn, rice and any other grains.
Gluten sensitivity (GS) is a serious matter and just because you have no digestive or intestinal complaints it does not mean you do not have gluten intolerance. Studies have shown that there are connections between gluten sensitivity and every major part of the nervous system to include the peripheral nerves, spinal cord and brain. Dr. Kharrazian states that GS has been shown to be a significant trigger in psychiatric disorders, movement disorders, sensory ganglionapathy, ataxia, general neurological impairment, neuromyelitis, multiple sclerosis, neuropathy, migraines, dementia, restless leg syndrome and virtually almost every part of the nervous system evaluated. GS can create an autoimmune attack against the brain or other parts of the nervous system.
So If you are sick, dedicate yourself to a 100% gluten free diet and total abstinence to the other "cross reaction" foods that trigger the immune system to go on the attack. Just one intentional or unintentional "cheat" on the diet will keep the immune system on high alert and in attack mode.
The wheat we eat today is called the "new" wheat, due to hybridization of the grains. Also the deamidation of grains from what I understand, for food processing, creates an alien product that many people negatively react to. If you have a health condition I urge you to read up on the new understanding of gluten sensitivity and don't hold on to any faith in the current lab tests that may tell you all is well in the grain department. Search for a doctor who understands this process and is willing to help you . Many experts believe up to 30 to 40% of Americans may be gluten sensitive with serious health issues but have no idea that gluten/grains could be the causative factor. Until next time, Dr. Mark Doyle
Dr. Doyle is a chiropractic physician and clinical hypnotherapist practicing in downtown Bellevue, Washington. He has been in clinical practice over 35 years and operates a high tech facility for relief of chronic spine and extremity pain and he is co founder of the Weight Loss For Life slim down program. He created the DEEP Release Clear Mind Process a decade ago. He is co author of a new book released last year "Weight Loss For Life" and a brand new book at print this very moment called "Stop the Pain," a new system of painless therapies to rapidly relieve chronic pain. He can be reached at his clinic 425-455-1881.
is the enemy and seeks to destroy it. The immune system, when it has gone "haywire" can attack any tissue in the body. My first question to the mother was if any of the doctors she had seen had suggested a gluten free diet. Gluten is a protein found in wheat that can cause a host of health conditions, you may have heard of celiac disease and irritable bowel disease as complications in some people from gluten. Gluten is proving to be the culprit in a whole host of serious health conditions that most doctors and the general public know very little about.
My patient told me her child was tested for a gluten sensitivity and the test results came back negative, in other words the tests they performed did not show any reaction to gluten and so they told the mother it was fine for him to consume grains. The first thing I think of when a patient tells me they have an autoimmune condition, is gluten intolerance and I will direct my patient into a gluten free diet, rarely does anyone follow my advice. They don't want to hear about it, gluten is in most foods, breakfast cereals, breads, cakes, cookies, and it is even in ketchups, mustards, beer, salad dressings, food stabilizers and I could go on and on. When people are informed of this their eyes glaze over, they ain't about to give up their favorite foods, not even for a week, no matter how sick they are.
I explained to my patient with the child that to really accurately test for gluten sensitivity you would have to test for all of the different aspects of gluten, about 10 or more in all, that we know of today. When your doctor does a lab test for gluten he tests for two, that is the standard test today for determining if you are gluten sensitive. So my patient with the child with Hasimotos disease had the standard test of two. The real test for gluten sensitivity in my opinion is to totally remove ALL gluten from your diet for a number of months and see how you feel. Here is the problem, your abstinence from all gluten would have to be 100%, just a small amount of accidental ingestion of the gluten will keep the negative auto immune response alive and well.
Many vitamins use gluten as filler just to give you an example of how serious this diet must be. Your diet would have to be strict animal protein (no luncheon meats), vegetables and fruit. Here is another rub, the majority of folks gluten sensitive are also sensitive or react negatively to the casein protein in milk. The immune system is so disturbed/agitated in the gluten sensitive person that we will see cross reactions with other food proteins. So the elimination diet would include no milk products, no oats, no yeast, no sesame and no coffee. Also off the table would be corn, rice and any other grains.
Gluten sensitivity (GS) is a serious matter and just because you have no digestive or intestinal complaints it does not mean you do not have gluten intolerance. Studies have shown that there are connections between gluten sensitivity and every major part of the nervous system to include the peripheral nerves, spinal cord and brain. Dr. Kharrazian states that GS has been shown to be a significant trigger in psychiatric disorders, movement disorders, sensory ganglionapathy, ataxia, general neurological impairment, neuromyelitis, multiple sclerosis, neuropathy, migraines, dementia, restless leg syndrome and virtually almost every part of the nervous system evaluated. GS can create an autoimmune attack against the brain or other parts of the nervous system.
So If you are sick, dedicate yourself to a 100% gluten free diet and total abstinence to the other "cross reaction" foods that trigger the immune system to go on the attack. Just one intentional or unintentional "cheat" on the diet will keep the immune system on high alert and in attack mode.
The wheat we eat today is called the "new" wheat, due to hybridization of the grains. Also the deamidation of grains from what I understand, for food processing, creates an alien product that many people negatively react to. If you have a health condition I urge you to read up on the new understanding of gluten sensitivity and don't hold on to any faith in the current lab tests that may tell you all is well in the grain department. Search for a doctor who understands this process and is willing to help you . Many experts believe up to 30 to 40% of Americans may be gluten sensitive with serious health issues but have no idea that gluten/grains could be the causative factor. Until next time, Dr. Mark Doyle
Dr. Doyle is a chiropractic physician and clinical hypnotherapist practicing in downtown Bellevue, Washington. He has been in clinical practice over 35 years and operates a high tech facility for relief of chronic spine and extremity pain and he is co founder of the Weight Loss For Life slim down program. He created the DEEP Release Clear Mind Process a decade ago. He is co author of a new book released last year "Weight Loss For Life" and a brand new book at print this very moment called "Stop the Pain," a new system of painless therapies to rapidly relieve chronic pain. He can be reached at his clinic 425-455-1881.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Recipe: Onion, Mushroom and Brie Tart
Hey guys, sorry about the lack of posting lately- but I must admit there is most likely going to be fewer posts than normal, until June next year probably- because of my degree. Got a lab report due in a week from now, which is absolutely horrifyingly boring and scary. Any way, this is a lovely quick dinner i made for myself last week- I had some brie to use up from when I went to a cheese fair. The brie was lovely actually- it's made in tipperary, soft and a great flavour, and some lovely nice old man sold it to me- Nick told me i'm such a sucker for an irish accent!!
Onion, Mushroom and Brie Tart (serves 4)
Knob of butter
1 tbsp olive oil
1 white onion, finely sliced
2 garlic cloves, crushed
¼ tsp oregano
6 cherry tomatoes
8 chestnut mushrooms, sliced
50ml tomato juice
1 tsp sundried tomato paste
Salt, pepper and sugar to taste
200g brie, sliced thinly
1 sheet ready rolled puff pastry
Egg (for brushing- optional)
1. Preheat the oven to 200C. Fry the onion and garlic for 10 minutes on a low heat, or until caramelised. Add all the other ingredients (except pastry, brie and egg) and cook for a further 5 minutes.
2. Roll out the pastry onto a baking try lined with greaseproof paper. Mark a small border around the edge of the pastry with a knife, and then prick the middle with a fork to stop this part from rising. Spread with the onion/mushroom mixture, and top evenly with slices of brie.
3. Brush the edges of the tart with beaten egg or milk, and bake in the oven for about 25 minutes- or until the pastry has risen and is golden. Serve, with a healthy green salad.
Onion, Mushroom and Brie Tart (serves 4)
Knob of butter
1 tbsp olive oil
1 white onion, finely sliced
2 garlic cloves, crushed
¼ tsp oregano
6 cherry tomatoes
8 chestnut mushrooms, sliced
50ml tomato juice
1 tsp sundried tomato paste
Salt, pepper and sugar to taste
200g brie, sliced thinly
1 sheet ready rolled puff pastry
Egg (for brushing- optional)
1. Preheat the oven to 200C. Fry the onion and garlic for 10 minutes on a low heat, or until caramelised. Add all the other ingredients (except pastry, brie and egg) and cook for a further 5 minutes.
2. Roll out the pastry onto a baking try lined with greaseproof paper. Mark a small border around the edge of the pastry with a knife, and then prick the middle with a fork to stop this part from rising. Spread with the onion/mushroom mixture, and top evenly with slices of brie.
3. Brush the edges of the tart with beaten egg or milk, and bake in the oven for about 25 minutes- or until the pastry has risen and is golden. Serve, with a healthy green salad.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
#27) "I am a TOUGH bitch, Dr. Doyle"...
On my 8th Street Chiropractic blog site I have written close to 100 blogs, my passion in practice is the treatment of chronic spine pain, the DEEP Release Clear Mind Process and the 30/10 Weight Loss For life system. Every thing I do encompasses the "whole" person and what I mean by that is I take a mind-body approach to healing. This blog site details the 30/10 weight loss program, in my opinion it is the best slim down program available. At my chiropractic site my blogs pertain to my Stop The Pain chiropractic approach and the DEEP Process of emotional erase and blogs on the art of appreciation .
We are not just a physical body, I have stressed this time and time again in all my blogs, yet we (doctors and patients) approach our life and our healing, our weight loss, most often from just a physical perspective. As if all we are is a physical brain and body devoid of mind/emotions/beliefs/feeling. In reality it is the mind side of this equation that dictates our physical physiology for the most part. Stress and emotion is the big killer in our society yet we over look it as a causative factor in our health, our weight, our success in life, success in relationships, our happiness and our peace and calm. It is theorized that 85% of visits to doctors are for conditions that are stress related.
What is stress?? If a man comes into my office for care and if I were to ask him how much stress he has in his life he is proud to tell me his stress level is an 8 out of 10 with 10 being very high. But if I were to ask him if he has any highly charged negative emotions that are stressing him out he will look at me as if I am crazy and deny vigorously any emotions.
Stress and highly charged negative emotions are one and the same but for some reason "stress" is manly and "emotions" are for women, not a "guy" thing. Had a lady in today, she had had a breakup a decade ago but the sadness, anger, rejection and betrayal was a 10 out of 10 as she quickly immersed herself into that memory, a memory that she has continued to rehearse and replay in her mind anyway on a daily basis for the past 10 years. As the tears flowed she managed a "stiff upper lip" as she attempted to convince me that she does not dwell on it, "I am not an emotional person," she explains to me as she wipes the tears from her face. "People tell me I am a "tough bitch" she adds, "I don't let anything or anyone bother me, that is one asset I have." I ask her calmly if she would like to let go of the highly charged emotions around that memory breakup of many years ago, the sadness, the anger, the regret, the betrayal... With more tears she becomes embarrassed and covers her face with her hands, "this is not like me," she mutters. I ask her where in her body she notices these feelings and she points to her chest and I say, "your heart, your broken heart?"
"Yes, yes, yes" she quietly mouths as I hand her tissues. "Would you like to let go of these negative feelings of this memory from years ago," I ask her. "Can you do that for me, can you do that?" I explain to her I can do that in a matter of minutes if this is what she wants, "if you would like to let go of these trapped emotions we can do so right now," I assured her.
In a matter of minutes I made several passes of the DEEP Release Clear Mind Process and like magic the tears stopped, her hands dropped from her face and she looked at me with an expression like what the hell did you just do? I asked her to go back to that memory and tell me about the love of her life who rejected and betrayed her and to feel the anger and the sadness and the regret. She struggled and struggled to locate the past decade of sad feelings from this memory, "it is gone Dr. Doyle, it is all gone, where did it go?"
We both laughed and I asked her to try again, to try harder and to remember what he did to you and how sad it has been all these years. She shook her head in amazement, it was all gone and--- it will not come back.
Trapped emotions buried alive never die, they just show up in another pair of shoes. You may think you are "tough" by repressing or denying highly charged emotions from a past experience but being tough does not erase the problem, it just gives "them" a special room in your mind where "they" negatively express into your life experience, as you pretend to look the other way. Until next time, Dr. Mark Doyle
Dr. Doyle's new book titled "Stop The Pain" is rolling off the presses and will be available soon. The book details his unique stop the pain protocol for chronic spine and extremity pain conditions. He operates a high tech spine pain clinic in downtown Bellevue, Washington. He has over 35 years of clinical experience and he is highly skilled. He is a certified clinical hypnotherapist registered with the State of Washington and he has created the DEEP Release Clear Mind Process, a revolutionary method of erasing highly charged negative emotions in a matter of minutes and they (the charged emotions) don't come back. He is co-founder of the 30/10 Weight Loss For Life program, Dr. Doyle says it makes losing weight as easy as pie. Woman lose an average 30 lbs. in 10 weeks and men lose an average of 50 lbs. in 10 weeks. He combines hypnosis with his slim down program to make the process effective. 50% of weight loss and weight gain is physical or diet and the other 50% is mental/emotional/habit and behavior and both aspects of this vital equation must be addressed. 425-455-1881
We are not just a physical body, I have stressed this time and time again in all my blogs, yet we (doctors and patients) approach our life and our healing, our weight loss, most often from just a physical perspective. As if all we are is a physical brain and body devoid of mind/emotions/beliefs/feeling. In reality it is the mind side of this equation that dictates our physical physiology for the most part. Stress and emotion is the big killer in our society yet we over look it as a causative factor in our health, our weight, our success in life, success in relationships, our happiness and our peace and calm. It is theorized that 85% of visits to doctors are for conditions that are stress related.
What is stress?? If a man comes into my office for care and if I were to ask him how much stress he has in his life he is proud to tell me his stress level is an 8 out of 10 with 10 being very high. But if I were to ask him if he has any highly charged negative emotions that are stressing him out he will look at me as if I am crazy and deny vigorously any emotions.
Stress and highly charged negative emotions are one and the same but for some reason "stress" is manly and "emotions" are for women, not a "guy" thing. Had a lady in today, she had had a breakup a decade ago but the sadness, anger, rejection and betrayal was a 10 out of 10 as she quickly immersed herself into that memory, a memory that she has continued to rehearse and replay in her mind anyway on a daily basis for the past 10 years. As the tears flowed she managed a "stiff upper lip" as she attempted to convince me that she does not dwell on it, "I am not an emotional person," she explains to me as she wipes the tears from her face. "People tell me I am a "tough bitch" she adds, "I don't let anything or anyone bother me, that is one asset I have." I ask her calmly if she would like to let go of the highly charged emotions around that memory breakup of many years ago, the sadness, the anger, the regret, the betrayal... With more tears she becomes embarrassed and covers her face with her hands, "this is not like me," she mutters. I ask her where in her body she notices these feelings and she points to her chest and I say, "your heart, your broken heart?"
"Yes, yes, yes" she quietly mouths as I hand her tissues. "Would you like to let go of these negative feelings of this memory from years ago," I ask her. "Can you do that for me, can you do that?" I explain to her I can do that in a matter of minutes if this is what she wants, "if you would like to let go of these trapped emotions we can do so right now," I assured her.
In a matter of minutes I made several passes of the DEEP Release Clear Mind Process and like magic the tears stopped, her hands dropped from her face and she looked at me with an expression like what the hell did you just do? I asked her to go back to that memory and tell me about the love of her life who rejected and betrayed her and to feel the anger and the sadness and the regret. She struggled and struggled to locate the past decade of sad feelings from this memory, "it is gone Dr. Doyle, it is all gone, where did it go?"
We both laughed and I asked her to try again, to try harder and to remember what he did to you and how sad it has been all these years. She shook her head in amazement, it was all gone and--- it will not come back.
Trapped emotions buried alive never die, they just show up in another pair of shoes. You may think you are "tough" by repressing or denying highly charged emotions from a past experience but being tough does not erase the problem, it just gives "them" a special room in your mind where "they" negatively express into your life experience, as you pretend to look the other way. Until next time, Dr. Mark Doyle
Dr. Doyle's new book titled "Stop The Pain" is rolling off the presses and will be available soon. The book details his unique stop the pain protocol for chronic spine and extremity pain conditions. He operates a high tech spine pain clinic in downtown Bellevue, Washington. He has over 35 years of clinical experience and he is highly skilled. He is a certified clinical hypnotherapist registered with the State of Washington and he has created the DEEP Release Clear Mind Process, a revolutionary method of erasing highly charged negative emotions in a matter of minutes and they (the charged emotions) don't come back. He is co-founder of the 30/10 Weight Loss For Life program, Dr. Doyle says it makes losing weight as easy as pie. Woman lose an average 30 lbs. in 10 weeks and men lose an average of 50 lbs. in 10 weeks. He combines hypnosis with his slim down program to make the process effective. 50% of weight loss and weight gain is physical or diet and the other 50% is mental/emotional/habit and behavior and both aspects of this vital equation must be addressed. 425-455-1881
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