Spice for Life

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Justification

As Hippocrates said: “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”

This is especially true when we include culinary herbs and spices. Spice for Life provides a combination of wonderful recipes, remedies, research on health benefits, and safe skillful application of pungent and powerful herbs and spices. This combination of ancient wisdom and modern science on healing plants is sorely absent in public health and modern medicine, today. In traditional cultures, elders would know which plants to use to protect the tribe, ward off pathogens, cool a fever, and dispel toxins. Local plants would be provided in a brew, a stew, a smoke or topical application. With a pandemic raging, and health systems overwhelmed, knowing how to eat and cook to strengthen immunity and support vulnerable body systems, can be the difference in staying well or falling ill. As we reconnect with the earth and experience the vitality of being in nature through the food we eat — and with time spent in the garden, park, forest or stream — our appetite to learn about plant medicine awakens.

S4L aims to inspire you to be in the kitchen cooking up a spicy cultural dish from your family heritage and running to the store to pick up a spice you never knew or used before. Learn how to nourish yourself, friends and family suffering age-related degenerative disorders that are closely associated with environmental exposures, infections and inflammatory processes in the body. The use of culinary herbs and spices offer a sensible, easy and tasty way to provide phytonutrients (plant compounds) to support your natural defense system and empower you to adapt and heal rather than fight disease. One of the reasons spices such as turmeric and cumin were added to dishes was to reduce rancidity and oxidation, thus extending their shelf life, often without refrigeration. When we consume these same herbs, they preserve our cellular health, protecting us from damage, and even aging. They are not anti-aging; for they aren’t against aging, but rather they enable us age gracefully.

Learning Objectives

• The key constituents of six healing herbs and spices.

• The evidence-based research on the health benefits and safety of six healing herbs and spices

• When and how to recommend each of the six healing herbs and spices, singly and in combination.

• How to cook with each of the six healing herbs and spices.

• How to create tea blends and tinctures with some or all of the six healing herbs and spices.

• How to use herbs and spices to  detoxify, build resilience, manage stress, pain and insomnia heal using a combination of food, herbs, spices, and self-care practices.

Registration

• To register, go to BaumanWellness.co and follow the three simple registration steps below the home page image.

• After you have received the approval email, go to the PROGRAMS link on the left-side vertical navigation bar and select the applicable programs you want to register for.

Program Structure

A full color, 194-page Spice for Life: Self-Healing Recipes, Remedies and Research e-book, and a 30-page syllabus is provided to support the video lessons, online peer-to-peer learning and provide practical information, research, recipes and worksheets to track progress and challenges.

S4L is integrated with BaumanWellness.co Mighty Networks online community learning site that allows self-paced learners to engage with other learners with the following:

Events — monthly Zoom gatherings

Chats — private online chat room with fellow learners

Topics — topics discussion groups around nutrition, culinary and lifestyles

There are eight self-paced lessons, with the following topics:

LESSON ONE: Turmeric

LESSON TWO: Ashwagandha

LESSON THREE: Basil

LESSON FOUR: Ginger

LESSON FIVE: Cinnamon

LESSON SIX: Saffron

Study Group 1:  Impact of Altered Ecology, Viral and Toxic Load on Health

Study Group 2: Food, Herb and Spice Blends for Managing Chronic Stress, Pain and Insomnia

Curriculum

LESSON ONE: Turmeric

• Cultural history

• Botanical constituents

• Health recovery and disease management research

• Clinical applications, interrelations and synergies

• Supplemental forms and dose range

• Food Demo and Tasting: recipes, remedies, teas and sauces

• Application: Complex case history dynamics

LESSON TWO: Ashwagandha

• Cultural history

• Botanical constituents

• Health recovery and disease management research

• Clinical applications, interrelations and synergies

• Supplemental forms and dose range

• Food Demo and Tasting: recipes, remedies, teas and sauces

• Application: Complex case history dynamics

LESSON THREE:  Basil

• Cultural history

• Botanical constituents

• Health recovery and disease management research

• Clinical applications, interrelations and synergies

• Supplemental forms and dose range

• Food Demo and Tasting: recipes, remedies, teas and sauces

• Application: Complex case history dynamics

LESSON FOUR: Ginger

• Cultural history

• Botanical constituents

• Health recovery and disease management research

• Clinical applications, interrelations and synergies

• Supplemental forms and dose range

• Food Demo and Tasting: recipes, remedies, teas and sauces

• Application: Complex case history dynamics

LESSON FIVE: Cinnamon

• Cultural history

• Botanical constituents

• Health recovery and disease management research

• Clinical applications, interrelations and synergies

• Supplemental forms and dose range

• Food Demo and Tasting: recipes, remedies, teas and sauces

• Application: Complex case history dynamics

LESSON SIX: Saffron

• Cultural history

• Botanical constituents

• Health recovery and disease management research

• Clinical applications, interrelations and synergies

• Supplemental forms and dose range

• Food Demo and Tasting: recipes, remedies, teas and sauces

• Application: Complex case history dynamics

STUDY GROUP ONE: Impact of Altered Ecology, Viral and Toxic Load on Health 

• Root causes and root solutions to ecological and human disorders

• Culinary herbs and spices that  provide protection and support detoxification

• Featured spices, constituents and action:

  • Garlic: allicin - antimicrobial, immune booster

  • Rosemary: antioxidant — respiratory tonic

  • Basil: aromatic oils — blood cleansers, drainage

  • Cilantro: chlorophyll — heavy metal binder

  • Turmeric: carotene/flavonoids — liver tonic, tissue restorative

  • Ginger: gingerol flavonoids — promote digestion, circulation

  • Pepper: capsaicin — improves assimilation, circulation

• Plants to support gut health and the microbiome:

  • marshmallow

  • chamomile

  • licorice

  • orange peel

  • papaya

• Food Demonstration: Garlic Chutney Recipe

• Case history presentation: Chronic Immune Deficiency and CoVid-19 protection

STUDY GROUP TWO: Food, Herb and Spice Blends for Managing Chronic Stress, Pain and Insomnia

• Food:  Mood Connection

• Inflammation: causes, triggers, consequences

• Anti-inflammatory foods, herbs and spices

• Pain explained

• Opiate and NSAID effects and side effects

• Using culinary herbs and spices to manage stress, pain and insomnia

• Featured soothing and healing foods and herbs:

  • hops

  • hemp

  • aloe vera

  • capsaicin

  • wintergreen

• Food Demonstration: Paprika smoothie

• Case history presentation: Breaking the cycle of chronic pain and insomnia