James Dowd and Diane Stafford
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 A cup red bell pepper, chopped lA cup yellow bell pepper, chopped XA cup orange bell pepper, chopped lA cup sweet yellow onion, chopped xh lemon, sliced
2 sun-dried tomatoes, chopped 1 cup tomato, chopped
1 tablespoon white wine
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced 1 large fresh wild-caught salmon fillet
1. For salsa, combine all ingredients except salmon in a small bowl. Mix. Cover and chill at least 30 minutes.
2. Cover a cookie sheet with aluminum foil. Sprinkle both sides of salmon with lemon juice and pepper. |
Dan Buettner
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 Capsaicin, pepper's active ingredient, is literally caustic to the flesh. But somehow, human taste has evolved to enjoy the taste of pepper. Why? Because capsaicin is a natural disinfectant, and it kills many types of food-borne bacteria. Put hot pepper in slightly rancid meat, and it inhibits bacteria. The person who eats the meal with the pepper lives. The person who eats the meal without the pepper gets sick and could die. Over time, the survivors acquire a taste for it, and a healthy culture evolves. "Can we say Okinawan longevity came with a similar cultural evolution? |
Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
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 Pepperine
Facts
Pepperine is an extract derived from black pepper, a spice so highly prized for its flavor and medicinal properties that wars have been fought over it. Roman historians noted that Attila the Hun included 3000 pounds of pepper as part of his ransom demands from the citizens of Rome. In fact, it was the search for pepper among other spices that ushered in the age of exploration and led to the discovery of the New World. pepper owes its characteristic "hot" flavor to pepperine, a naturally occurring compound that can turn otherwise bland food into a taste sensation. |
Dan Buettner
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| But somehow, human taste has evolved to enjoy the taste of pepper. Why? Because capsaicin is a natural disinfectant, and it kills many types of food-borne bacteria. Put hot pepper in slightly rancid meat, and it inhibits bacteria. The person who eats the meal with the pepper lives. The person who eats the meal without the pepper gets sick and could die. Over time, the survivors acquire a taste for it, and a healthy culture evolves. "Can we say Okinawan longevity came with a similar cultural evolution?" I asked my traveling mates.
"It makes sense to me," replied Craig. |
Bottom Line Health
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| Vi cup fresh lime juice (about 2 limes) 1 Tbsp soy sauce
1 garlic clove, chopped
2 Tbsp chopped Thai or Italian basil
Vi tsp hot red pepper flakes
Va tsp freshly ground black pepper
Va cup olive oil
1 pound firm or extra firm tofu in one block
4-inch piece of cucumber, peeled
1 medium red onion, halved vertically and cut into half-inch crescents 8 cherry tomatoes
To make the marinade, combine the lime juice, soy sauce, garlic, basil, red pepper flakes, black pepper and olive oil in a resealable plastic bag. Cut the pressed tofu into 12 cubes. Add the tofu to the bag. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 Squaw vine/partridgeberry {Mitchella repens)
• Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
• Chaste tree (Vitex agnus castus)
• Pennyroyal* [Mentha pulegium)
• Mugwort {Artemisia vulgaris)
• Water pepper (Polygonum hydropiper)
Water pepper.50 In a medical journal of 1846, Dr. Thomas Ogier, a surgeon and obstetrician, published an herbal approach for amenorrhea.31 He maintained that administering a tincture of water pepper successfully treated a case of obstinate amenorrhea. Exactly how the water pepper works is not known. |
Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D.
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 If your supermarket carries tofu products (look in the coolers in the produce aisle, or even the department that sells sliced cheese and meat products), you can liven up scrambled Egg-Beaters by adding tofu pepperoni (use two to three slices per plate) and tofu cheese slices (I prefer the pepper jack or cheddar with jalapeno). So breakfast consists of a scrambled Egg-Beater omelet with phony pepperoni and phony cheese. No fat and plenty of protein. The easiest way to make this dish is via the microwave. |
James Dowd and Diane Stafford
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| Universal Marinade/Dressing
1 part freshly squeezed lemon juice 1 part oil (canola or olive or flax seed)
1 part red or white drinking wine
2 to 5 cloves garlic from a hand press
1 teaspoon grated ginger, cumin, or curry (amount and spice choice to taste) pepper to taste
Use any combination of fruit juices or pureed tomatoes to change the flavor. There's no salt, and the dressing gets its sourness and zing from the lemon or lime juice. Alternatively, use a vinegar, but make sure there's no salt added. If you want a little spice, add chili pepper or some grated jalapeno pepper. |
Bottom Line Health
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| You can also season your food with powdered cayenne pepper or hot sauce.
Possible side effects: Cayenne pepper can cause gastric upset. If you take warfarin (Coumadin), do not use cayenne pepper supplements.
'Check with your doctor before using spices for medicinal purposes. They can interact with prescription medication.
Do not let topical capsaicin come in contact with your eyes or other mucus membranes—it can cause pain and burning.
CINNAMON
What it does: Helps prevent heart disease and type 2 diabetes. |
Patrick Holford
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 So effective is piperine at improving the uptake of nutrients that you might literally double the nutrients you take in from food simply by going heavy on the pepper. Piperine is particularly high in black pepper, not white, and it's not present in the other so-called peppers, such as chiles, paprika, and cayenne; these are all fruits from the capsicum family with their own interesting properties. Chiles, for example, are one of the richest known sources of vitamin C. Some people are allergic to these capsicum peppers, but allergy to black pepper is rare. (It can, however, make you sneeze. |
Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
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| Roman historians noted that Attila the Hun included 3000 pounds of pepper as part of his ransom demands from the citizens of Rome. In fact, it was the search for pepper among other spices that ushered in the age of exploration and led to the discovery of the New World. pepper owes its characteristic "hot" flavor to pepperine, a naturally occurring compound that can turn otherwise bland food into a taste sensation.
Pepperine is much more than a flavoring agent. It may play an important role in metabolism. |
Dan Buettner
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| The person who eats the meal with the pepper lives. The person who eats the meal without the pepper gets sick and could die. Over time, the survivors acquire a taste for it, and a healthy culture evolves. "Can we say Okinawan longevity came with a similar cultural evolution?" I asked my traveling mates.
"It makes sense to me," replied Craig. "Mugwort tastes horrible; it is very bitter. But somehow, Oki-nawans have developed a taste for this bitter herb and commonly use it as seasoning in their rice. |
Bill Sardi
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 Capsicums, including chilies and other hot peppers, are in the middle of the antimicrobial pack (killing or inhibiting up to 75% of bacteria), while pepper of the white or black variety inhibits 25% of bacteria, as do ginger, anise seed, celery seed and the juices of lemons and limes.
It just could be that the spices we add to our foods protect us from the eventual onset of cancer.
Top 30 Spices with Antimicrobial Properties
Z/steri from greatest to least inhibition of food-spoilage bacteria
Source: "Antimicrobial Functions of Spices: Why Some Like It Hot," Jennifer Billing and Paul W. |
Henry Hobhouse
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 No spice except pepper made edible heavily salted meat, when no other form of preservation except salting was generally employed in Europe. Salt and pepper stood between carnivorous man and starvation, especially at sea, in the hungry months, and if crops failed. When the wrecked Royal Navy ship Mary Rose was raised from the seabed in the early 1980s, nearly every sailor who went down with her in 1545 was found to have a little bag of peppercorns in his possession. |
| The starting point for the European expansion out of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic continental shelf had nothing to do with, say, religion or the rise of capitalism—but it had a great deal to do with pepper. While pepper was only one of nearly a score of spices traded in the Middle Ages, it comprised more than half of all the spice imports into Italy over a period of more than a century. No other single spice came within one-tenth
XIV of the value of pepper. |
| The Americas were discovered as a by-product in the search for pepper.
All this is known to historians, but its importance in the great European exodus is underrated. So pedestrian was pepper as a cause, that in the 500 years since the Turks first created the problem, historians have invented all sorts of other reasons for the European voyages that pepper inspired. What relatively new nation, such as America, wants to be offered such prosaic motives for its discovery? What child wants to know that it is merely the outcome of an apparently casual affair? |
Kevin Trudeau
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 The simplest way is to gently beat the eggs, add organic sea salt and organic pepper, a little pure water and a small amount of pure organic raw cream. I heat a skillet and use a little either extra virgin olive or raw organic butter. Sometimes I add some chopped up organic green and red peppers, organic onions, organic parsley, and organic mushrooms. When people come to my house and eat my scrambled eggs they cannot believe how delicious they are. The lamb chops I simply broil with a little organic salt and pepper. |
Mike Adams
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 In terms of supplements and herbs that work well, ginger is my number one recommended choice, but also any of the hot peppers—such as cayenne pepper or spicy peppers—also tend to boost circulation. In terms of physical exercise, any kind of exercise that gets your heart rate up will automatically boost your circulation. I recommend regular physical exercise on a frequent basis—especially cardiovascular exercise. In terms of boosting circulation to specific areas, there are many things you can do. |
David Winston, RH(AHG), and Steven Maimes
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 This is filtered, and raisins, honey, and dried draksha (black pepper, pippali long pepper, and ginger) are added. This mixture is frozen to produce a wonderful dessert that also acts as a diuretic.
The unripe green fruit and the fresh ripe fruit are pickled and used as appetizers to stimulate the appetite. The largest fresh fruits are candied with sugar syrup to use as a restorative treat.
The fresh fruit is thinly sliced and dried. These fruit chips are seasoned with caraway seed, salt, and yogurt as a nutritive snack for people who have fasted or for people with poor digestion. |
James Dowd and Diane Stafford
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| If you want a little spice, add chili pepper or some grated jalapeno pepper.
Because citrus is a great natural meat tenderizer, you can use this to marinate your meats and vegetables when cooking. Fix jars of different flavors of marinades, and store in the refrigerator. Get your kids involved so they're on the bandwagon of better eating. Do lots of experimentation with your food so you can discover new ways to eat good foods that suit your palate.
Sampling Vegetables
Many of us didn't like vegetables when we were kids, and we still don't. |
Mark Bricklin
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 Don't pull the peppers off; cut the stems one-half inch from the pepper cap. Hot peppers keep best if they are dried immediately and then stored in a cool, dry place. So string them up on a line to dry. Or you can pull the entire plants and hang them upside down in a well-ventilated place until the peppers dry.
When perfectly dry, the peppers can be ground into a fine powder.
Onions
"Maybe," suggests an editorial in a leading medical journal, "the garlic and onion story has something in it after all. |
Anne Harrington
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 This was the defense of the practice offered in 1945 by Oliver Hazard Perry pepper, a prominent Philadelphia-based physician in the interwar period.66 pepper noted that so far as he knew, his was the first article on placebo use ever to appear in the published medical literature. Sometimes, he then went on, a doctor had nothing to offer except the force of his authority and the comforting rituals of his trade. |
The Editors of FC&A
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| All sweet peppers are packed with nutrients, but more of the orange pepper's carotenoids are zeaxanthin than anything else. When selecting peppers, avoid those with poor color or bruises. Keep them refrigerated in a covered container or bag, and they'll also last up to a week.
Shop for cantaloupes. Like carrots, cantaloupes are rich in vitamin C and beta carotene. These all-star antioxidants help protect your retina from free radical damage and keep the blood vessels in your eye healthy. A small cantaloupe contains more than 180 mg of vitamin C. |
Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron
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 I also screened for irritants such as peppermint, pepper extracts, and menthol. For sanitary reasons, lip glosses that come in a tube or wand rather than a pot were preferred.
MASCARAS: Mascaras should go on easily and quickly while building length and at least some thickness. Mascara brush shapes have improved phenomenally over the years, although there are those that can still be awkward to use because they are too big or too small. When applicable, I comment on a mascara's brush and how it helps or hinders application. Mascara should never smear or flake, regardless of price. |
Henry Hobhouse
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| So pedestrian was pepper as a cause, that in the 500 years since the Turks first created the problem, historians have invented all sorts of other reasons for the European voyages that pepper inspired. What relatively new nation, such as America, wants to be offered such prosaic motives for its discovery? What child wants to know that it is merely the outcome of an apparently casual affair?
If pepper is not credited with much influence upon world affairs, neither are the plants that are the subject of this book. Who has ascribed enough significance to quinine, sugar, tea, cotton, or the potato? |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| XVII: Organic Goji Berries
D—ORGANIC AVOCADO: Cut your avocado and sprinkle with fresh ground black or white pepper and squeeze fresh lime juice over it before eating. The pepper will help speed up your metabolism and the avocado contains the enzyme lipase. Foods containing lipase are the ones with naturally occurring "good fat." New research from UCLA indicates organic avocados are the highest fruit source of lutein (a carotenoid that helps prevent eye disease) among the 20 most frequently eaten fruits. |
The Editors of FC&A
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| Pass the pepper. Capsaicin, the ingredient that makes red peppers hot, also numbs pain and soothes inflammation. The effect is only temporary, so you have to keep using the cream to feel the benefits.
Just as peppers burn your tongue, capsaicin may burn your skin. If it becomes painful, wash off the cream with warm, soapy water.
Only use topical creams on your skin. Keep them away from your eyes, nose, mouth, and open wounds. Don't place bandages or heat on the creams, and stop using them if they irritate your skin. |
Ron Garner
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 VEGETABLE CHOP SUEY i cup carrots, chopped
1 cup celery, chopped
Vi cup green pepper, chopped
V4—Vi cup red sweet pepper, chopped
Vi cup onion, chopped (optional)
1 cup broccoli pieces
Vi lb. |
Leslie Taylor, ND
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 The berries, which have a peppery flavor, are used in syrups, vinegar, and beverages in Peru; are added to Chilean wines; and are dried and ground up for a pepper substitute in the tropics. The dried berries have also been used as an adulterant of black pepper in some countries.
Virtually all parts of this tropical tree, including its leaves, bark, fruit, seeds, resin, and oleoresin (or balsam) have been used medicinally by indigenous peoples throughout the tropics. |
Anne Harrington
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| Pepper noted that so far as he knew, his was the first article on placebo use ever to appear in the published medical literature. Sometimes, he then went on, a doctor had nothing to offer except the force of his authority and the comforting rituals of his trade. Why should he withhold from patients any consolation such things might be able to offer, especially in those cases of terminal illness where conventional medicine had exhausted its options? "The human mind is still open to suggestion," pepper noted, "even in these modern and disillusioned days. |
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