A Caesar salad is a green salad of romaine lettuce and croutons typically dressed with lemon juice, olive oil, egg, Worcestershire sauce, anchovies, garlic, Dijon mustard, Parmesan cheese, and black pepper. The salad’s creation is generally attributed to restaurateur Caesar Cardini, an Italian immigrant who operated restaurants in Mexico and the United States. Cardini was […]
Nutrition and Mental Illness
Believing that drugs and psychoanalysis were not always the best course of treatment for a variety of mental illnesses, Carl Pfeiffer began an extensive program of research into the causes and treatment of mental illness, and in 1973 opened the Brain Bio Center in Princeton, New Jersey. Here, with a team of scientists, he found […]
Oil-Free Applesauce Vinaigrette
This dressing uses applesauce to emulsify the ingredients and produce a surprisingly thick oil-free salad dressing. Try it as is first, and then play with some of the seasonings to your own preferences. Ingredients 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar 1 tsp mild miso ex: chickpea miso or brown rice miso 3/4 – 1 tsp dijon mustard 1/4 tsp cumin 1/8 tsp cinnamon […]
Vitamin B12: Cyanocobalamin and Depression
This is the continuation in a series of articles about the profound effect of specific B vitamins in depression treatment. Vitamin B12, also known as cyanocobalamin, has been shown to have a favorable impact on depression. In a number of studies, vitamin B12 deficiency was related to mood disturbances that responded to subsequent B12 supplementation. […]