Recipes
Yes, we can hear you all the way out here in Los Angeles asking if we have any ideas for food preparation now that we have told you to keep sugar out of your life. Three of the doctor’s books come with a wealth of recipe ideas designed to get you back into the kitchen and eating properly. These books are Lick the Sugar Habit, Healthy Bones and the now out-of-print Heal Yourself with Natural Food. For space reasons we are only giving you a sample from each book.
Garbanzo Appetizer Pate (from Healthy Bones)
2 cups cooked Garbanzo beans (chick peas), drained
3 Tablespoons of red wine vinegar
6 Tablespoons of olive oil
1/4 Teaspoon cumin
Salt and Pepper to taste
1/4 cup green pepper, minced
1/4 cup red pepper or pimiento, minced
2 Tablespoons green onion, minced
In a food processor, mix in Garbanzo beans, vinegar, oil, cumin and salt and pepper to taste. Blend until well pureed. Transfer to mixing bowl and stir in remaining ingredients. Chill 4 hours. Serve cold with cold strips of vegetables like carrots, celery or broccoli or with pita bread wedges. Makes about 2 cups.
Crunchy Chopped Salad with Shrimp in Lime Cumin Vinaigrette (from Finding Hidden Food Allergies)
Appears courtesy of Teri Appleton Villanueva
First make vinaigrette (below)
Lime Cumin Vinaigrette
1/2 cup olive oil
3 Tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
1 Teaspoon ground cumin
1 small Jalepeno, seeded and minced
1/2 Teaspoon salt
1/4 Teaspoon black pepper
Whisk ingredients in small bowl. Move on to salad.
Crunchy Chopped Salad with Shrimp
1 pound Florida rock shrimp
1 clove garlic, minced
2 Teaspoons olive oil
2 cups fresh corn, cut off the cob
2 Hass avocados, diced
1 cup jicama, diced
1/4 cup radish, diced
1/4 cup red pepper, diced
1/4 cup green onion, diced
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
1 head romaine lettuce, shredded
Pat shrimp dry. Heat garlic in olive oil over medium heat in 12-inch pan until garlic is fragrant. Add shrimp and saute until shrimp is cooked through, about 4 minutes. Set shrimp aside to cool. Toss cooled shrimp in lime cumin dressing (see above) with all remaining ingredients, except lettuce. Arrange lettuce on serving tray and top with shrimp mixture. Serves 4.
Spanish-Style Rice with Ground Beef (from Lick the Sugar Habit)
2 Tablespoons safflower oil
2 medium onions, diced
1 medium green pepper, seeded and diced
3/4 pound ground beef, cooked and drained
2 cups cooked brown rice
3 tomatoes, chopped
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 cup tomato juice
1/2 Teaspoon black pepper
1 Tablespoon onion powder
1/8 Teaspoon garlic powder
Heat oil in large skillet over medium-low heat. Add the onion and green pepper and saute until soft. Add remaining ingredients and combine well. Simmer 15 minutes. Makes 4 servings.
Nancy Appleton Books Health Blog 
Well, duh! Its easy to leave the sugar out of the above recipes. They dont normally contain sugar. How about recipes for baking with stevia and zylitol?
The recipes are random selections from the doctor’s previous books. We don’t support xylitol and most of these recipes were set down before becoming aware of Stevia.
well, if you’re looking for something to replace high impact refined sugar, try rice syrup. Of all the sweeteners, it breaks down most like rice, that is slowly in the bloodstream, giving the glucose needed at well paced intervals, rather than dumping the entire load at once, like refined sugar and corn syrup. I use it in all my recipes.
WHAT IS UP WITH XYLITOL? Please explain – I have not heard yet and feed it to my husband ..help?!!!!
It is an alcohol derived from sugar. We oppose it because the fewer things we eat that comes from a lab the better. Also, the doctor’s initial studies showed that xylitol’s effect on body chemistry is very significant, so that choosing between a sweetener that makes little pretense of being healthy (HFCS, sugar, etc.) and something like xylitol is like taking an agonizingly long time to choose between hollowheads and regular bullets for the game of Russian Roulette. The right answer is neither.
I don’t have that information for you.
I really love your no-nonsense responses. You just say it like it is! I’m new to your materials, but soon I’ll be an expert on Nancy Appleton doctrine! It only occurred to me today to look up a possible connection between inflamation/arthritis and sugar!
There is definitely a connection between inflammation/arthritis and sugar and that’s an awesome accomplishment that a light bulb went off for you. You may also want to look at foods on a pH scale…this can lend itself to the same inflammation influences even though you eat whole, all natural or organic foods/ingredients. I’m inspired by your posting…
What about coconut sugar and date sugar? Are they safe subs for sugar addicts?
Nancy Appleton Books doesn’t think so. Ask a few other experts and see what they say.
what amino acids can help stop sugar and / or starch cravings?
All of them.
I do love my chocolate and coffee. I don’t know if I am ready for a diet! I love coke. Got to the point that I have been buying a 6 pack. I know I have to cut back on sugar because I am afraid of becoming the first diabetic in our family. Sugar does strange things to my brain, and I have been getting spacey. Also, the soles of my feet are hurting me. I know I need to do something! I also have Sjogrens Syndrome, Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis, anxiety and depression. Any help I can get will be greatly appreciated! I know at one point in my life, I got off chocolate, and I felt one hundred percent better!
First Off: use the phrase food plan. Diet is a word front loaded for failure.
For the rest of it, after we pretend that I’ve pitched you on the products on our store page, where the books will tell you (as far as we know) why you need a better food plan and our test kit should tell you what your body is like at the instant of taking the test. That leaves getting support for your addiction. Listing symptoms and then stating ‘I know I have to do something’ is what addicts say either just before or just after hitting bottom. There are three or four groups that we know about that take the 12-step program of AA and apply it to various food addictions: OA, Food Addicts in Recovery, Food Addicts Anonymous. You’ll find what you need using Google. Or you can employ private counseling.
The doctor and I send our best wishes.
Thank you for the response. I appreciate your suggestions.
What is a safe sugar substitute? Stevia is so horrible, I have tried at least fifteen different brands.
Sorry to hear that. The doctor has given limited support to stevia as being the best of many poor options where the effects of everything else are worse on your blood test. Depending on your tolerance, you might be a whole fruit person when it comes to getting your sweet fix. Other than whole fruit we have nothing if you don’t like stevia.
I like liquid stevia. Only a few drops needed.
I hated powdered stevia.
what about Monk Fruit , the new sweetener and now one in liquid form as a concentrate( small bottle)
Also I chew xylitol gum all the time and I think it might be reason for stomach activity
The doctor’s position is less sweeteners for everyone, whether artificial like xylitol or natural like sugar. She gives limited support to Stevia which does come in liquid form. But, limited support doesn’t mean go nuts, because even with Stevia there can be too much. Hence, less sweeteners for everybody. We have no opinion on Monk fruit.
I am using a sweetner called treleafia. It is a mixture of monk fruit, trehalose, and stevia leaf extact. Seems to reduce my desire for sugar. What is your opinion of this product? You only need a small amount and one 6 oz bag sweetens like 4 pounds of sugar. Has any one used it? Catherine P. Kearney.
We haven’t. The doctor likes Stevia on a use wisely basis. We can’t speak to the other ingredients, so for us it may be a push…something good mixed with something less so.
Is it still possible to purchase the Body Chemistry kit? If so, may I please have updated order information please? Thank you!
Yes, it is. The listing is current.
Thank you.