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Urban Dandelions
Yes, reported cancer rates have risen in recent decades. Cancer now touches many of us, be it through family members, friends, or our own health experiences. Understandably, this reality and the associated media attention has created a lot of fear. But what the media doesn’t emphasize is that the majority of cancer is caused by “diet & lifestyle” and environmental factors rather than genetic heredity, which in fact accounts for only 2 – 10% of all cancers.
In other words, there are many things you can do to enhance your overall health, and dramatically decrease your risk of developing cancer or a recurrence of cancer.
Join Dr Mahalia Freed, ND, to learn more about concrete ways that you can not only reduce your risk of cancer, but live a healthier, richer, more fulfilling life.
Register through Gilda’s Club, Toronto, to reserve your space. Call 416-214-9898.
Let’s go outside and play! Join me, Mahalia Freed ND, for an herb identification and plant story-sharing walk. The medicine we need is in our backyards, in our laneways, and in the green spaces throughout Toronto. Learn how to find it, and what deep healing it offers! From pregnancy tonic to allergy relief, heart medicine to liver support, our city is rich in medicine. This walk will cover plant identification, as well as the medicinal and energetic actions of the plants we find.
Please RSVP to Mahalia to reserve your spot.
by Mahalia Freed ND
4 –6 days in advance:
In a wide mouth 1 L mason jar, 
- Soak 1/2 cup of lentils over night or for 8 hours.
- Drain, secure mesh over top of jar, and invert on counter.
- Rinse sprouts twice a day.
- Harvest in 3-4 days, when sprouts are at desired length.
Day-of ingredients:
- 1 (organic) red pepper, chopped or diced
- 2 stalks of (organic) celery, diced
- 1 large or 2 small carrots, grated
- 1/4 cup dulse (seaweed) torn or cut into small pieces
- juice of 1 lemon
- Bragg’s liquid aminos*
Place all solid ingredients along with lentil sprouts in a serving bowl. Add lemon juice, and Bragg’s liquid aminos to taste. Add good olive oil if you like. Toss, enjoy. This salad gets better as it marinates, so don’t worry about dressing before taking to a party to impress your friends. Dress it, take it. They will be impressed!
* If sensitive to soy , subsitute sea salt for the Bragg’s
~ Vary the veggies as the contents of your crisper drawer dictate. Share your favorite combination with us!
Mahalia Freed, ND
Committed to eating locally but also to eating green veggies daily? Not sure which value to prioritize from November to May? Not wanting to spend so much of your grocery budget on imported, tired greens? Sprouting is a beautiful way around these dilemmas, and is so satisfying. Kids will love to participate in this sort of project, too. Watching their sandwich topping grow before their eyes is a great way to engage kids in learning where food comes from, and how plants grow from seeds.
Nutrient Facts
As a seed sprouts, it releases all the nutrients a seed needs to grow into a mature plant (eg brocolli, or alfalfa, or red clover). Enzymes produced by the sprouting seed make these nutrients super available, and thus super digestible for us. Nutrients include vitamins and minerals, along with highly specific nutraceutical compounds. For little ones who might not let a huge variety of veggies into their bodies in a day, and for grown-ups looking for a concentrated nutrient boost, sprouts make sense!
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