Autumn is a season when we naturally go inward, gather and build stores, while also taking inventory of internal environment and cleansing it of what no longer serves us. In this podcast, Dr. Nina Walsh discusses how the foods we eat in autumn can help strengthen our immune system and prepare us for the challenges of winter.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), food is viewed as medicine and is used to nourish and harmonize the body, mind, and spirit. All foods have a distinct energy and characteristic properties that either help to balance our bodies and make us healthy, or that create imbalances which ultimately result in sickness. In this podcast, Dr. Nina Walsh discusses how food energetics, combined with a seasonal approach to planning our diet, can help strengthen our immune system and improve our health.
Could we someday be eating synthetic meat? Backed by Google billionaire Sergey Brin, Dutch tissue engineer Mark Post has created “cultured beef.” It is made without harming cows, and it promises to potentially sate the world’s growing demand for beef without the harmful side effects to the environment. But what is it exactly, and will consumers really want to eat it?
As worldwide demand for chocolate soars, the cacao trees that produce the cocoa beans from which chocolate is made, are under threat from disease and drought. A global shortage is emerging, driving prices up and forcing chocolate manufacturers to limit the amount of chocolate they put into their products. New, heartier breeds of cacao plants are being tested which may end the crisis. But will chocolate ever taste quite the same?
Dr. Nina Walsh concludes her series on the benefits of fermented food and beverages from Russia with her recipes for creating rye bread and Russian pancakes. These breads have far less gluten and none of the health issues associated with breads made from hybridized wheat flour.
The question of whether to require labels on food with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) pits activists and consumers who favor the labels against big agribusinesses and farmers who generally don’t. Now Congress is considering two bills with very different aims, that could dramatically affect the future regulation of these controversial products.