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Secrets of the Superhuman Food Pyramid: How To Use Stevia

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We are still in the “herbs, spices and sweeteners” section of this Superhuman Food Pyramid series. The previous posts were about spices – but today’s topic is going to be about a plant that can be used as a substitute for sugar:

Stevia.

The stevia plant is a shrub and there are actually more than 200 species of it. The particular one that’s frequently utilized as a sweetener is Stevia rebaudiana. Not surprisingly, some common names of this specie of stevia are sweetleaf and sugarleaf.

It is said that stevia leaves have been used as both food and medicine by indigenous peoples in South America for around more than a millennia. The Western world first encountered it in the 16th century through Spanish physician Pedro Jaime Esteve. The genus Stevia was in fact derived from the Latinized form of his surname.

Setting aside the phytonutrients that naturally come from any food taken from a plant, the one apparently Superhuman quality of stevia is that it has all the sugary goodness we want but none of the health risks.

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Secrets of the Superhuman Food Pyramid: How To Use Cloves

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We’re going to go through the components of the Superhuman Food Pyramid in greater detail as promised. The first part is all about herbs, spices, and sweeteners, and we kicked off with the benefits and practical uses of cinnamon. Now we’re moving on to how to use cloves for the a Superhuman impact to our health.

First let’s quickly review a short history and background of this wonderful but underutilized spice.

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Get Peak Mental Performance By Protecting Your Brain From Electromagnetic Radiation

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I’m just now finishing the book “Zapped” by Anne Louise Gittleman.

While I have for some time been aware of concepts such as electric radiation, dirty electricity and, electric pollution and electromagnetic radiation, I’m really floored by some of the well-researched concepts in this book, and taking some definite steps to protect myself and my family.

I can’t believe how much of this stuff flies under the radar, pun intended. I’m going to get Anne onto my podcast, but in the meantime, you can take this free quiz to see how much radiation exposure you actually get.

Her book has some fairly impractical advice. But some of it is practical and easily implementable.

So here are some of the steps I’m taking, with a total investment of about $500-600 to shield myself from nasty effects of electrical fields, such as fuzzy thinking, joint aches, and cancer risks:

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Secrets Of The Superhuman Food Pyramid: How To Use Cinnamon

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Since I first published the Superhuman Food Pyramid, I’ve received many questions about why the pyramid is structured the way that it is.

So in this series, you’re going to learn every detail that you need to know about how choosing the right types of foods can help you Become Superhuman, and why certain foods appear as “eat”, “moderate” or “avoid” on the pyramid.

Rather than rushing through the entire pyramid without getting into detail, we’re going to take our time with this series, and focus on  practical aspects of one specific food component at a time.

Although you can certainly take every recommended food on the Superhuman Food Pyramid and add it to your diet immediately, you don’t necessarily have to use that approach. Instead, you can simply implement foods that pique your interest as you read this series over the course of the next year.

Here is how the series will go, from the apex to the base of the pyramid:

Part 1: Herbs, Spices & Sweeteners

Part 2: Fruits

Part 3: Grains & Legumes

Part 4: Proteins

Part 5: Vegetables

Part 6: Fats

Part 7: Drinks

In each part, you’ll learn which nutritional components to eat, which to moderate, which to avoid and the details of each.

So let’s get started with the first recommended component of the Herbs, Spices & Sweeteners section: how to use cinnamon.

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What Is The Superhuman Food Pyramid?

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Since 1974, when the first food pyramid was appeared in Sweden, triangular or pyramid-shaped nutrition guides have been used by 25 other countries and organizations. I found a great graphic over at Huffington Post that depicts some of the more popular food pyramids from around the world, and although America now uses the MyPlate design many countries around the world still use a food pyramid to dole out nutrition advice.

Interestingly, a consistent pattern in food pyramids around the globe, from China’s Food Pagoda to Greece’s Food Pyramid, is the appearance of cereals, grains, bread, pasta and other starchy carbohydrates as the base of the diet – and fats near the top of the pyramid, as a “use sparingly” category.

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