Umami….the fifth taste. It is directly connected to the brains pleasure center. Want to know why everyone loves pizza? Tomatoes & cheese are major triggers of umami. Add mushrooms & you have an umami trifecta! Mother’s milk is filled with umami, fat & sugar…..now you understand that blissful look on baby’s face! MSG is the
From book: Eating on the Wild Side
By Jo Robinson
Tomatoes: Here is what you need to know.
“Raw tomatoes are good for you but cooked tomatoes are akin to medicine. “
Cooking develops the lycopene. Just 30 minutes of cooking doubles lycopene.
I know you want to know how to choose the right tomatoes as it is the season, & I will get to that. Meanwhile, some really good news:
From book: Eating on the Wild Side
By Jo Robinson
This new reesearch based on 6000 plus scientific studies. Over 400 generations, we eliminated nutrients & replaced our once-wild fruits & vegetables with better-tasting, easy-to-harvest varieties that are full of starch & sugar, but lack the vitamins, minerals, & polypohenols of the original wild versions.
Current sweet corn has the same impact on your blood sugar as eating a Snickers bar or a doughnut.