FISH SOUP

Cold water fish is the finest way to to get plenty of Omega 3 oil.

If you ever get to Leeuwaarden in the Netherlands, don't miss Antonio's salmon fish soup. We had lunch there yesterday and it's the most magnificent I've ever had. So I chiselled the recipe out of him, of course!

"I love fish oils. As a clinician, I use fish oil for a lot of different things, mostly due to its anti-inflammatory properties."

- Dr Lynne Shinto, assistant professor at Oregon Health and Science University.

INGREDIENTS

We love to visit the fish market where you can buy a salmon skeleton for a song. It makes a wonderful stock, rich in gelatine and Glucosmine, both known to protect degenerating cartilage, but it's a bit of a schlepp, so you really you can use regular fish from the supermarket.

• One or two chopped onions
• Two chopped paprika (peppers), one hot. Seen the movie 'Some like it hot'? Marilyn Monroe at her best. Great film co-starring Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. Only $3.50 at Amazon.
• 200g salmon pieces, diced.
• Optional. One litre salmon stock, made from head and filleted backbone. Boil 45 min.
• Three chopped tomatoes.
• A couple chopped celery sticks. Include the leaves if they are fresh.

PREPARATION

1. In a large caste-iron kettle prepare the fish stock. Boil a salmon head (best to remove gills first) and/or backbone in enough water to cover the fish pieces for one hour or until tender. Whole black pepper corns add a delicious peppery taste. Strain and keep the bouillon.
2. If you have time and the inclination, use the flesh at the back of the neck, along the jaws, and even the eyes, a delicacy in many countries. Do not neglect to include the omega-3 rich fat that you will find. Discard the gills and and carefully ferret out the bones. Or, just give to the cat.
3. Lightly fry the onions in a little olive oil (not too much, cold water salmon is already rich in oil). Add 1 TBSP water and continue frying lightly until the onion turns yellow and softens. A few cloves of garlic may be added to taste.
4. Add the chopped peppers, frying gently, and then toss in the tomatoes and celery. Celery too has anti-arthritis properties and tastes wonderful in any case.
5. Add the fish stock, and the salmon pieces. When the fish is tender, add a little white wine.
6. Add salt to taste, sprinkle with parsley, a wonder food, misjudged as a pretty-pretty garnish. Often it's the healthiest food on the table, and ends up in the garbage. Believe you me, the snails have better sense than many humans. They will give all the other plants in the garden the miss, just to get a mouthful of parsely. I know, I've just despatched about 20 tucking into our parsely patch to the nethermost ends of the planet. Actually to the swans that live in the "sloot" at the bottom of our garden. Have you a parsley patch? If you sign up for our newsletter at the bottom of this page, one of our back issues will tell you why I am so crazy about parsley as a health food.

Serve with bread.

• Why should you avoid margarine and hydrogenated foods ? (need a bit of Chem to follow this page but I think it's really important.)
  
  
• Home made Olive bread recipe if you're feeling strong!

Guests for dinner?

TINGLING IN ARMS AND HANDS AND FEET

Aside: Repeated bouts of indigestion may damage the cells that produce a very important substance for the absorption of Vitamin B-12. Deficiency leads to a serious condition called Pernicious Anaemia - Tingling in arms and hands ... (Scroll down).

If you are regularly taking indigestion medication, consider a good Greek Olive Garden Salad recipe with every meal. It will cure your indigestion. How can I be so sure? I too suffer from heartburn if I eat fish soup and bread, and when I eat in an indiscrete manner. A good salad does wonders to prevent the 2am blues.

It'll cure your constipation too! Actually not a !!! laughing matter. Constipation is the cause of a whole host of misery. Click here for our cure-all for constipation. BEETROOT CONSTIPATION .

GELATINE for Chiropractic help ?

Interesting research shows that it is the Gelatine (easily made in the home) that can restore damaged arthritic cartilage. Just one more reason to enjoy Fish Soup! Read more about gelatine powder …

Parkinsons disease

Food scientists at the University Laval, Quebec, took two groups of white mice. One group was fed a diet high in fish oil, the other the normal diet. Both groups were then poisoned with a neurotoxin known to target the Substantia Nigra.

The result: "High n-3 PUFA dietary consumption (fish oil) completely prevented the MPTP-induced decrease of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-labeled nigral cells." In English: fish 'completely prevented' the toxic effect of the poison on the Subtantia Nigra.

This test was done after fish oil was found to have a similar effect on Alzheimers.

Chiropractic.

There are several reasons. Firstly chiropractors are into healthy, natural living. That means, amongst other things, eating better. Plus I just find the taste of a beetroot salad absolutely delicious if you do it right. Parsely is absolutely my favourite.

And secondly, whilst a chiropractic adjustment is known to help constipation and indigestion, one needs to address other causes of these conditions. There is no substitute for eating right, combining foods in a healthy way, and getting more exercise in addition to your occasional, regular chiropractic adjustment.

Enjoy your fish soup. It's a bit fiddly, but not all food, alas, can be cooked in a jiffy. This one is definitely worth the effort. Cold water fish has proven anti-arthritic and anti-heart disease properties. Delicious too. I go at least once a month to the fish market for a salmon skeleton.

When you get to Leeuwaarden don't miss the ceramics museum, apparently the best in the world, some of the treasures dating back to 4000 BC.

This ancient plate is just one of (I would guess) hundreds of thousands of exhibits.

Then move on to Antonios for his Fish Soup. Delic. Better still, make it regularly at home, if you are serious about avoiding Alzheimers, Parkinsons, heart disease and arthritis!

IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS

The famous graphics artist MC Escher was born in Leeuwaarden, but the magnicent museum of his work is in The Hague. I've been three times, and will certainly go again.

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