Dr. Steven Bennett, DC
Click below for Dr. Bennet’s website and his description of Functional Medicine
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Can Food Allergies Cause Epilepsy?
I think so!…In fact, I personally know that food allergies, heavy metal poisoning & exposure to chemical toxins can (and probably does) cause most of our modern, western, degenerative, complexed diseases. The Western medical establishment may not agree & frankly, I don’t give a crap. No Western doctor has ever given me “care” & although I must commend them for their trauma services, that’s all of the kudos they are getting !
I spent 5 years of my life being deathly ill, disabled, miserable & completely non-functioning. I had conscious seizures where I would lose complete control of my body functions. I would hyperventilate, violently convulse, urinate, defecate & vomit. I experienced years of excrutiating stomach & bowel issues. I had rectal bleeding for months at a time and menstruated 20 out of 30 days on a regular basis. I cried every day, I regularly threw fits and had panic attacks. It was normal for every single inch of my body to ache & to be kept up most nights by debilitating pains & uncontrollable itching…& nothing was ever found to be “wrong with me”. I was diagnosed mentally ill & anorexic, told to see a psychiatrist, told to eat more, told to drink geriatric formulas like Ensure, told to take anti-depressants, told to get anger management, told everything but what I needed to hear! What I needed was for one of those primary care physicians or E.R. doctors to hold my hand, look me in the eyes and say to me “you are a beautiful, strong, intelligent woman with the gift of inner body wisdom & self knowledge. we may not know today what is wrong with your system and why your body is in disarray, but we will keep searching for the answers & we will find a solution to your terrible suffering”.
Maybe then, I’d be interested in paying the $150,000 of medical debt they say I should pay for calling me crazy, treating me like a piece of meat, dehumanizing me & stripping me of my hope, love & joy. I am very clear that the best anger management tecniques I have learned come from recognizing the corrupt, dysfunctional, medical, hospital system for what it is, finding true medical care in the field of Functional Medicine & never ever ever ever ever again doubting my greatest doctor, my wisest primary care physician…ME!
& if you are wondering what was “wrong with me”, I had a parasite & severe food allergies which I successfully treated with natural medicine, herbs and most importantly, FOOD!
http://www.drlwilson.com/articles/epilepsy.htm
http://glutenfree-journey.blogspot.com/2008/05/ketogenic-diet-for-control-of-epilepsy.html
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?artid=1293873&pageindex=1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketogenic_diet
IRON CHEF CHAMPION!!! :)
YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!
I Won the title of Iron Chef San Diego 
What an amazing experience I had last evening. San Diego Food Not Lawns did a fantastic job putting together the event to kick off their Edible City Celebration Week. We were in a beautiful outdoor kitchen with a very supportive crowd. The produce was incredible and super fresh from the Hillcrest Farmer’s Market that morning. Tons of bright colored peppers & chilies of every variety. Big, luscious heirloom tomatoes, purple garlic, all kinds of onions, squash…
AND THE SECRET INGREDIENT WAS EGGPLANT!….
I had never cooked eggplant before & quite frankly, really didn’t think I liked it at all. Thankfully, I had seen it prepared on the Food Network once or twice and had some vague recollections. So, I went for it full steam ahead and actually came up with some really good stuff! My plates were a bit sloppy, but I must of won them over with the flavors, cuz I was the winner….Yippeee!!!
We had 90 minutes to make an appetizer, an entree, and a dessert!
I made:
A fresh herb salad w/ curry marinated grilled eggplant & honey-tahini dressing
Baked, baby portabello mushrooms stuffed w/ goat cheese & eggplant-artichoke babaganoush on a bed of brown rice with grilled sunburst squash & fresh chili salsa. (non traditional of course, it was definitely my interpretation of babaganoush
Buttered eggplant & walnut pudding in a bowl of pomegranate molasses-vanilla infused coconut milk with a slice of blood orange and fresh chocolate mint. I must say this dessert was actually delicious and very pretty!I’m thinking the dessert sealed my fate as the winner! It certainly inspired me to give eggplant a lot more credit than I had ever given it before! I never could have imagined I had the ability to make eggplant good enough to eat, but I guess anything is possible.
I wish I could post the recipes, but honestly, I have no clue what I did. It was a whirlwind to say the least!
Thanks you everyone for all of the love & support! I am so grateful to be part of this evolutionary food movement here in San Diego County!! We are sooooooooooooo blessed!!!
IRON CHEF SAN DIEGO
Don’t Miss Me Compete Today For The Title of… IRON CHEF SAN DIEGO!!!
A friendly competition featuring two local chefs, local celebrity judges and, of course, a secret ingredient. The chefs will have 90 minutes to prepare three dishes featuring the seasonl, local secret ingredient. If you’d like to be a part of the live audience for this event, please RSVP early as we expect this event to fill up quickly.
Location: Fixtures (9340 Dowdy Dr. Ste. B, 92126)
Time: 4 – 6pm
You can find out more at the San Diego Food Not Lawns website http://sdfoodnotlawns.com/ecc.php
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Bitter Harvest
