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Showing posts with label Cereals and Schizophrenia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cereals and Schizophrenia. Show all posts

Sunday, 21 August 2011

Grain glutens are harmful to schizophrenics

This post includes a synopsis of a study published in Biological Psychiatry 1984 Mar;19(3):385-99 and a recipe for braised liver and bacon.

Study title and authors:
Is schizophrenia rare if grain is rare?
Dohan FC, Harper EH, Clark MH, Rodrigue RB, Zigas V.

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6609726?dopt=Abstract

Gut and Psychology Syndrome: Natural Treatment for Autism, Dyspraxia, A.D.D., Dyslexia, A.D.H.D., Depression, Schizophrenia
Books:
Dohan analyzed 65,000 people for schizophrenia who consumed little or no grain in remote regions of Papua New Guinea, Malaita , Solomon Islands and on Yap , Micronesia.

The study found:
(a) Only 2 were schizophrenics.
(b) In Europe over 130 would have been expected.
(c) When these peoples became partially westernized and consumed wheat, barley beer, and rice, the prevalence reached European levels.

To conclude: The results indicate that grain glutens are harmful to schizophrenics.

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Recipe of the day

Braised Liver and Bacon

(serves 3)

Ingredients:
Nueske Thick Sliced Applewood Smoked Bacon
Books:
800g-1kg lamb’s liver, cut into big chunks
3 onions, chopped
6 rashers of thick cut smoky bacon, cut into big pieces
3 tbsp tomato puree

Directions:
1.Heat some oil in a pan and gently fry the onions until they are soft. Once softened, place these in the bottom of the slow cooker.

2.Next, add a little more oil to the pan and heat until the oil is almost smoking.

3.Throw the liver and bacon into the pan and keep them moving around for a few minutes until there is no more blood seeping out of the liver and then add the liver and bacon to the slow cooker.

4.In a jug mix the tomato puree with 1 pint of boiling water. Pour a little of this fluid into the hot pan and simmer briefly, using it to scrape up any meat juices and bacon fat that has crisped onto the pan then pour this into the slow cooker.

5.Pour the remaining tomato fluid over the liver and bacon and, if necessary, top up with some more boiling water until the liver is just covered.

6.Cover with the lid and cook on low for 4-8 hours.

Liver and Bacon


Sunday, 6 February 2011

Connection between high wheat & other cereal intake and schizophrenia

This post contains a summary of a paper published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica Volume 42, Issue 2, pages 125–152, June 1966 and a recipe for white fish with macadamia salsa.

Study title and author:
CEREALS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA DATA AND HYPOTHESIS                                              Books:
Going Against the Grain: How Reducing and Avoiding Grains Can Revitalize Your HealthF. C. Dohan
Department of \medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

This paper can be accessed at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1966.tb01920.x/abstract

Dohan collected data on admissions to mental hospitals and on wheat & rye consumption. He found a connection between high wheat and other cereal intake and schizophrenia.

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Recipe of the day

White Fish with Macadamia Salsa

Ingredients:                                                                                                         Food Mall: White Fish
Smoked White Fish - whole or pieces, approx. 1.2-1.5lb-2 white fish fillets
-¼ cup macadamias, halved
-½ cup chopped tomatoes
-1 avocado, peeled, seeded and diced
-3tbs coriander, chopped
-3tbs parsley, chopped
-Olive oil

Instructions:
-Pre-heat grill to medium heat.

-Place fish on grill and cook for 3-4minutes or until cooked.

-To make the salsa, place macadamias, tomatoes, avocado, coriander and parsley in a mixing bowl, combine well. Add olive oil to coat. Place fish and salsa on a plate to serve.

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Thursday, 6 May 2010

Wheat gluten adversely affects schizophrenics

This post includes a summary of a paper published in Science 1976 Jan 30;191(4225):401-2 and a recipe for eggs in a nest.                                                                                                      Books:
Healthier Without Wheat: A New Understanding of Wheat Allergies, Celiac Disease, and Non-Celiac Gluten Intolerance.

Study title and authors:
Wheat gluten as a pathogenic factor in schizophrenia.
Singh MM, Kay SR.

This paper can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1246624

Schizophrenics reacted adversely when fed wheat. The observed effects seemed to be due to the schizophrenia-promoting effect of wheat gluten.

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Recipe of the day

Eggs in a Nest

Ingredients:
Two Eggs                                                                                                               Food Mall: Eggs
Organic Soy-free Omega 3 Eggs (8 dozen)Chard (2 bunches)
Grated Zucchini (2 Large)
Avocado

Instructions:
Saute your veggies (i.e. chard, spinach, kale, zucchini...), until almost cooked.

Create a "nest", for your eggs, with the veggies.

Crack the eggs into your "nest".

Cover your pan with a lid and cook eggs to desired doneness.

Cereals may be harmful for those with schizophrenia.

This post includes a summary on a paper published in the The British Journal of Psychiatry (1969) 115: 595-596 and a recipe for kombu egg soup.

Study title and authors:
Relapsed Schizophrenics: More Rapid Improvement on a Milk- and Cereal-free Diet
F. C. DOHAN M.D., F.A.C.P.1, J. C. GRASBERGER M.D.2, F. M. LOWELL M.D.3, H. T. JOHNSTON Jnr. Ph.D.4, and ANN W. ARBEGAST B.S.5
1 Associate, William Pepper Laboratory of Clinical Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104                                                                                        Books:
Grain Damage: Rethinking the High-Starch Diet2 Assistant Chief of Staff (Psychiatry), Administration Hospital, Coatesville, Pennsylvania 19320
3 Psychiatrist, Administration Hospital, Coatesville, Pennsylvania 19320
4 Psychologist, Administration Hospital, Coatesville, Pennsylvania 19320
5 Assistant Chief, Dietetic Service Veterans, Administration Hospital, Coatesville, Pennsylvania 19320

This paper can be accessed at: http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/115/522/595
 
Schizophrenic men made a more rapid recovery on a milk & cereal free diet, than those on a high cereal diet.

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Recipe of the day

Kombu Egg Soup

Ingredients:
■3-4 cups water
■2 cups beef stock (more for richer stock; chicken stock may be substituted)
■1 five-inch long piece of dried kombu, cut into thin (1/2”) strips
■1/2 teaspoon (or to taste) miso paste
■1 carrot, pre-cooked or raw, sliced into discs (carrots saved from home-made stock work perfectly)
■4-6 hard boiled eggs, peeled but left whole (preferably from pastured hens)
■Sea salt to taste

Directions:
Bring water and kombu slices to a gentle boil.                                                      Food Mall: Eggs
3 Dozen Fresh Farm Eggs
Add miso paste and stir.

Simmer for four minutes. Stir once more, then remove kombu pieces from broth or leave them in. Your choice.

Add carrots and whole eggs and simmer for four more minutes. Turn off heat, add salt to taste and stir well.

Pour into large soup bowls and savor as the steam lifts your spirits! The warm, rich broth is the perfect foil for the dry yolk.

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