“The art of medicine consists of amusingthe patient while nature cures the disease.” —VOLTAIRE” — Sarah Ballantyne Art Copy Share Image
“Studies have shown that families who eat dinner together are closer and healthier.” — Sarah Ballantyne Family Copy Share Image
“Don’t eat anything your great-great-grandmother wouldn’t recognizeas food. There” — Sarah Ballantyne Food Copy Share Image
“Grains: Barley, corn, durum, fonio, Job’s tears, kamut, millet, oats, rice, rye,” — Sarah Ballantyne Copy Share Image
“support nutritional guidelines that are already twenty years out of sync with biological, medical, and nutrition research.” — Sarah Ballantyne Food Copy Share Image
“It is not an exaggeration to say that gut health is everything. The health of your gut has a profound effect on… — Sarah Ballantyne Health Copy Share Image
“genetically modified grains typically contain higher levels of agglutinins to help protect industrial crops from pests. Wheat” — Sarah Ballantyne Copy Share Image
“consumption of grains is probably responsible for most, if not all, of the noncommunicable diseases we face as a civilization today, we” — Sarah Ballantyne Communicable diseases Copy Share Image
“Whole-grain products have a profound impact on blood glucose: for example, two slices of multigrain bread increase blood glucose as much as… — Sarah Ballantyne Food Copy Share Image
“Doctors give drugs of which they know little, into bodies, of which they know less, for diseases of which they know nothing… — Sarah Ballantyne Doctor Copy Share Image
“The human body has a hard time digesting prolamins: our digestive enzymes are not very good at breaking apart the bond between… — Sarah Ballantyne Breaking apart Copy Share Image
“Eggs are one of the most allergenic foods, affecting approximately 2–3 percent of the entire population (compared with the approximately 6 percent… — Sarah Ballantyne Copy Share Image
“When the microbiota of people living in Western cultures was analyzed in comparison with that of people living in rural settings who… — Sarah Ballantyne Bacteria Copy Share Image
“This means that even though milk, plain yogurt, cheese, and the like do not contain enough sugar to cause hyperglycemia and the… — Sarah Ballantyne Food Copy Share Image
“Interestingly, there is even less diversity of gut bacteria in obese people than in lean people: more food does not equal more… — Sarah Ballantyne Bacteria Copy Share Image
“Chocolate is extremely high in phytic acid (see here) and omega-6 polyunsaturated fats (see here) and contains caffeine (see here), all of… — Sarah Ballantyne Copy Share Image
“It worked. I cut out what others had identified as trigger foods, and within a year I was back to normal. Actually,… — Sarah Ballantyne Change Copy Share Image
“It is also worth mentioning that several ailments are known to occur very frequently in conjunction with autoimmune disorders. They are: Cholangitis… — Sarah Ballantyne Autoimmune disease Copy Share Image
“It’s also important to eat what most people would typically recognize as a “balanced meal”: some protein, some fat, and some carbohydrates,… — Sarah Ballantyne Food Copy Share Image
“While a definitive causal link between diet and autoimmune disease in general has yet to be made, more and more autoimmune diseases… — Sarah Ballantyne Autoimmune disease Copy Share Image
“Meat from grass-fed and pasture-raised animals tends to be more nutrient-dense than conventional meat. Although the exact nutrient content will vary from… — Sarah Ballantyne Food Copy Share Image
“A number of clinical trials have shown benefits (though sometimes modest) of dietary supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids in several inflammatory and… — Sarah Ballantyne Autoimmune disease Copy Share Image
