Good health and fighting Alzheimer’s disease naturally
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| Copra and Almonds |
From time to time this blog has indicated natural foods that
are a gift from the Mother Goddess, our planet being one glorious aspect of
her. There are posts on the health benefits of tree foods, almonds and
coconuts in this blog if you search through. The following recipe combines the benefits
into a healthy delicious treat. Here is a very simple recipe of coconut and almonds that in my belief has three glorious health benefits. These are
- Regular consumption of this chutney/sauce will fight and perhaps reverse Alzheimer’s Disease in some cases. It would take about three weeks of daily consumptions for a noticeable change.
- Vegetarians who consume this chutney regularly will not suffer any weakness that some vegetarians especially new ones face when they give up on meat.
- Students who consume this chutney regularly for a month or two before examinations will improve memory and recall. Therefore they will do better in examinations.
In general this chutney shall be beneficial for all persons
of all ages and to top it all it tastes and smells wonderful. The ingredients are:
- One whole copra (dried coconut)
- Twenty almonds
- Four tablespoons of coconut oil
In addition any or all of the following may be used to season the
sauce -
a bit of salt to taste, a tea spoon of sugar or honey, half a tea spoon of mustard seeds or a tea spoon of mustard sauce, a tea spoon of vinegar, a green chili. You may use none or all the seasonings as you like.
a bit of salt to taste, a tea spoon of sugar or honey, half a tea spoon of mustard seeds or a tea spoon of mustard sauce, a tea spoon of vinegar, a green chili. You may use none or all the seasonings as you like.
Preparation: Break the copra in inch size bits and soak
overnight along with the almonds in clean water. To prepare the sauce run the
coconut, skinned almonds (they skin easily after soaking), and the coconut oil
through a blender. Add a little water so that the sauce is the consistency of a
thick mayonnaise sauce but still grainy. Now mix in your seasonings. If you are
using a green chili then chop into small pieces and add before blending.
Transfer to a serving bowl. The chutney is ready to serve four persons. It is
good with any vegetarian meal as a side dish or sauce. It will store for up to
24 to 30 hours in a fridge and then begin to go bad; therefore it has to be made
fresh every two days or even better every day. Incase you are making this for a single
person then you may halve the quantities as suggested. One may use a fresh
coconut instead of copra but that is less convenient and less available for
daily use. The photo accompanying this post was just snapped by me in the kitchen a few minutes before this article.
Warning: Please do not get greedy and eat more than the indicated amounts and no more than once a day. Strong foods tend to harm rather than help if consumed in excess.
A combination of almonds and coconut is a combination of the best of bounties of green mountains and green ocean coasts. Little wonder then that it is such a powerful food.
UPDATE OCT 10: A discussion in the comments has resulted in a name for this chutney. It is now called Mother's Bounty Chutney
UPDATE 2014: Two other herbs that are an aid to Alzheimer may be the herbs - Ashwagandha and Brahmi. Ashwagandha is best consumed as a powder of the dry root, a tea spoon mixed in a cup of water, adding the powder on top of water or it collects like corn flour in the cup. It promotes deep sleep too and is therefore best before bed time.
UPDATE OCT 10: A discussion in the comments has resulted in a name for this chutney. It is now called Mother's Bounty Chutney
UPDATE 2014: Two other herbs that are an aid to Alzheimer may be the herbs - Ashwagandha and Brahmi. Ashwagandha is best consumed as a powder of the dry root, a tea spoon mixed in a cup of water, adding the powder on top of water or it collects like corn flour in the cup. It promotes deep sleep too and is therefore best before bed time.
UPDATE 2015: Increasing proportion of almonds in winter and the proportion of coconut in summer in the recipe appears to increase benefits, see: http://someitemshave.blogspot.in/2015/03/health-byte-season-for-almonds-season.html
UPDATE, June 2015, Use of Cannabis
Modern studies indicate that use of cannabis shows promise
in the control and treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease, for example see,
As is common with modern studies, this study is based on the
isolated compounds of cannabis. While this may be OK for research, this blogger
believes that use of isolated compounds can cause side effects and it is better
to use the compounds as a group as found in the natural plant. Those who wish
to try this, where legal may wish to check out a recipe for a traditional
cannabis drink in milk that includes almonds too here,
Comments
I eat five almonds daily. I'll find shredded coconut for baking purpose and eat a little bit a day because I do not like to cook the chatney
Yes it is quite possible to have all the ingredients separately and derive the same benefits.I have them separate at times too but you know how it is with teeth as one ages therefore the chutney is nicer. It is especially great with steamed rice mile, my usual lunch.
Are you posting this from California or Japan Keiko?
Hi Vincent. I like your new profile photo. What a good looking British gentleman!
Look for more it yourself by researching on net Vincent in case you are interested, you will find quite a bit of info. Use Google, it is easy, with combinations of words like almonds, health and coconut, health, Alzheimer's Disease. there is quite a bit out there from reliable educated sources.
I do not have the time for compiling them. This blog is not meant to support claims with evidence. It is to share information that the author believes is useful, and that is likely to add Joy, relief and solace in the life of persons scattered across the globe if possible,not to prove anything.
However all references would tell you about the benefits of almonds and coconuts separately. This combination of the two is my own new delightful recipe.
If you have any evidence to the contrary I and my readers would love to hear it.
There is something else that was not mentioned in the post, this recipe also helps reduce bitterness that some have with life, returning them to great joy as they rightly deserve but by mistake chose wrong paths.
When desperate one is led by hope to all kinds of things. After all these failed trials, I look back with a certain scepticism.
In the European Union it's illegal to make unsupported claims of cure for any medicine or food supplement, when advertising and selling such a product.
Of course you aren't selling anything, just giving the benefit of your research and wisdom free, for which many may be grateful.
I do not sell anything, nor claim that these things will definitely help. In fact each person, biological system is different. However, I have put up this recipe boldly because I know in general it will help. Nuts are believed to be good and persons in South India have consumed coconut for thousands of years while others in the mountain almonds for similar period.
There has been exciting new research to point out the influence of coconut oil on Alzheimer that is why the recipe has oil in it. As I mentioned you can find leads to it in my coconut post. There is also ancient Ayurvedic principles that indicate different components of natural foods balance each other therefore having that along with coconut meat is great.
As regards almonds, there effect on Memory is an ancient Ayurvedic recipe. My mother fed me five soaked almonds every day before exams and I have included that prescription in my decade old book "How to succeed in exams"
Many schools across the world have taken the suggestions of that book to heart and supposedly improved results.
Since my recipe was for older persons grinding has been introduced because of denture and teeth problems for older persons. For other grinding coverts it inot a sauce or side dish to brighten up a meal
I have consumed this recipe for several months and noted the benefits myself. I was led to it because I too had begun to suffer memory losses but those have disappeared now. I did notice though that the consumption has to be regular. There is a scientific explanation of how coconut oil can help energise brain cells through ketones when glucose does not. all that is in books by Dr. Fife the world's leading expert on coconut mentioned in the coconut post.
As you may realise from this comment a lot of thought goes into the matter before I put a post out although all cannot be reported due to time limitations. I am constrained to pursue other activities for a living too while this one is purely philanthropic.
When reporting in my areas of scientific expertise I do reference. argue etc. but then those reports are made to scientific journals not in a blog. These can be found listed at this link
http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=XcbvwEYAAAAJ&hl=en
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Reading your blog also reminded me that Trader Joes Stores sell Almond Butter, similar to peanut butter but made with almonds. After reading your blog I went and bought a jar. I need a toaster now because I want to have it with toast. I love almonds, but I need to be gentle with my teeth as well. Thanks for the reminders and information.
The present recipe does not require any cooking. Hope you try it sometimes. it is just wonderful with a vegetarian meal especially one that includes rice.
Alzheimer specialist