Clayton College of Natural Health Blog

ABC local San Fransisco News program The View from the Bay recently had chef Patty James, Clayton College of Natural Health graduate, as a guest on the show – baking a healthy Garden Cake. The Garden Cake recipe is featured in the book More Vegetables, Please!, which she co-authored with CCNH adjunct faculty Elson Haas, MD. The book offers over 100 simple and nutritious recipes readers can use to add vegetables to their favorite meals-with delicious results.

Garden Cake
Serves 12

Ingredients:

* ½ cup walnut oil
* ½ cup applesauce
* 3 eggs
* 1¼ cups sugar
* 2 teaspoons vanilla
* 2 cups whole-wheat flour
* 2 teaspoons nonaluminum baking powder
* ¼ teaspoon sea salt
* 1½ teaspoons cinnamon
* 1 cup unpeeled and grated carrots
* 1 cup unpeeled and grated zucchini (could use butternut squash as substitute)
* ½ cup unpeeled and grated beets
* 1 cup chocolate chips (optional)
* ½ cup chopped walnuts

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9″ x 13″ pan.

2. In a large bowl, mix the oil, applesauce, eggs, and sugar, beating well with a hand mixer or whisk for 3-4 minutes.

3. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Stir into wet ingredients. Add shredded carrots, zucchini, beets, chocolate chips (if desired), and walnuts.

4. Stir until blended and pour into prepared pan. Bake 35-40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

To watch the segment and read the article, visit http://abclocal.go.com

An article written by CCNH graduate Richard Jensen may help headache sufferers find relief. Headaches attack when we least expect it, and instead of reaching for the medicine bottle in the medicine cabinet, Jensen provides an alternative, natural method that could work for you.

Headaches are one of the most common health complaints of adults. There are three types of headaches; tension, migraine, and cluster. The tension headache is the most common and often results from muscle tension around the neck and shoulders. Migraines may be due to hormonal imbalances within the brain. Cluster headaches usually affect men and are in some ways the most obscure of the three headache types. Headaches are usually treated with drugs, often painkillers such as aspirin, ibuprofen or acetaminophen. Migraine headache drugs are more complicated and sometimes involve the use of antidepressants and other psychiatric drugs that often have significant side effects. Read more.

Vitamin D is a very hot commodity right now. People are becoming more aware of the overall Vitamin D deficiency and how it is necessary for the body to retain in order to fight off illnesses, such as the flu.

Who better to give information about the vitamin and the role it plays in the body than a Clayton College of Natural Health graduate. This is where graduate David Rostollan comes in – read a portion of his article below, and follow the link for more pertinent information.

One might suppose that this question is as easily answered as saying, “Everyone needs to spend 15 minutes in the sun every day.” Or, “Everyone needs to take x amount of vitamin D per day.” But it`s not like that. Not at all. There are a multitude of variables unique to you that determine how much vitamin D is required on a daily basis (2). And because there are so many individual variables, it really is impossible to recommend a single amount for everyone. Fortunately, however, there are many circumstantial clues to look for that will suggest whether you need to be paying better attention to your vitamin D status. Furthermore, personally optimizing your vitamin D level is fairly easy and inexpensive.

Are you at risk for vitamin D deficiency? Read more here.

The York Daily Record recently wrote an article on “How to Eat like a Vegetarian” giving tips and opinions from a variety of vegetarians, including Monica Johnson, CCNH student.

Read the article here.

The New Jersey Herald recently published an article about Clayton College of Natural Health student Dani Segal, also known as the Sprout Lady to her friends and family, and her husband Dan, proud owners of Healthy Thymes natural food market. The 20 year old market will have a new addition next year with the planning of a community spring garden in 2010 and the hopes of expanding in the future.

“I spend a lot of time educating my clients on how they can help themselves with chronic illnesses such as asthma or cancer patients on what happens to their body when medication goes in,” Dani said. “I educate them on their choices and many times there are other paths that they didn’t know existed, again education is power.”

Read more about Dani and her business in the recent article at The New Jersey Herald.

An original research paper by CCNH graduate Bill Misner has passed the physician-peer review process and was published in the October issue of The Townsend Letter for Doctors & Patients. They announced this on their website recently:

Novel Oral Compound May Inhibit Upper-Respiratory Infection by Bill Misner, PhD. This unique formula was found to reduce the typical pattern that follows contagion onset. The details of the study are discussed in this article. You can order a copy of the magazine at http://www.townsendletter.com/Oct2009/Oct2009.html

Congratulations, Bill!

Robin Kashuba, Clayton College of Natural Health graduate, educates each one of her clients in her new practice about healthier options so they can make better lifestyle choices for themselves. Here is an excerpt from Hutchinson Leader giving an inside look into the decision to open a professional practice and why it is so important to her.

The difficulties of living with asthma are all too familiar for Robin Kashuba. After battling it for years with medications and steroids, she was ready for another way…Kashuba was one of six people attending a two-week Buteyke Breathing training session in Texas offered by an expert from Ireland. She is one of only about 30 in the U.S. trained to teach the breathing technique through her new natural health consulting business in Hutchinson, Healthy Habits.

Read more: http://www.hutchinsonleader.com/woman-opens-natural-health-consulting-business-109

When you think of Mister Rogers, what comes to mind? Moral values? check. Mellow tunes? check. Fascinating stories? check. Health and Fitness? hmmm…what? Children today are not quite the same as they were 20, 30, even 40 years ago. Childhood obesity is continually rising, and the need for “fun” educational programs are needed pronto. This is where CCNH graduate Douglas Haddad comes in. Take a look -

Bristol health author wants to be Mister Rogers

Douglas Haddad, a Bristol resident and science teacher at Henry James Memorial School in Simsbury, thinks people should reach for their dreams. His dream is to become the new Mister Rogers.

Haddad has a bachelor’s in biology and secondary education and master’s in biology from Central Connecticut State University. He said he decided to get a degree in natural health from Clayton College because he realized he wanted to do more with his life and wanted a Ph.D. It was a step toward what’s now his dream job — hosting a TV show about health and fitness geared toward children. Haddad, who can also play piano and sing, said it could be “like the modern-day Mister Rogers.” (read more)

For more information on Doug Haddad, read his graduate spotlight article.

How to Lower your Cholesterol with French Gourmet Food was just released by Clayton College of Natural Health graduate Alain Braux available on Amazon.com for $19.95 plus shipping and handling.

“This book is using my own personal experience as a starting point. As a nutritherapist, I will tell you about the foods known to reduce your cholesterol instead of using statin drugs. As a chef, like in a cookbook, I offer recipes based on these same ingredients. ”

Braux will also be presenting in his first demo class at the Whole Foods Market Culinary Center on Wednesday September 23, 2009. 6:30-8:00 pm.

Demo class: How to Lower Your Cholesterol with French Gourmet Food.

Menu:
- Appetizer: Tapenade on Toasted Garlic Croutons
- Main course: Sea Bream with Herbs cooked in Papillote
- Side dish: Baby Spinach Salad with Fresh Raspberries and Almonds
- Dessert: Light as Cloud Raspberry Soufflé

For more information about Alain Braux, his book, or the class, visit www.alainbraux.com.

Enlightening Children’s Book for All Ages Celebrates Color

Join Sir Roy G. Biv as Grandmother Moon guides him on a miraculous journey of wonder and creativity in Katharine Anne Young’s new children’s book, Grandmother Moon & Roy G. Biv: A Colorful Bedtime Story For All Ages. She has decades of nursing experience and owns a private practice where she works as a certified holistic stress management instructor. Grandmother Moon & Roy G. Biv is the first book in a series about education and imagination for all ages.

“I invite you to join Roy G. Biv on a colorful journey of self-healing, delightfully embraced by a sense of awe, and more,” writes Young “We are more. We are more than skin and bones, thoughts and feelings; each of us is a spectacular rainbow, and we do resonate with the full-spectrum rays of the sun, from red to violet.”

To view the book on Author House, click here.