Oysters and Leftover Risotto
I was lazy tonight and didn’t feel like cooking. Seth is still in France — so I made a super easy supper just for me: oysters on the half shell with leftover asparagus and pancetta risotto.
I went to Whole Foods today to pick up some things. My dentist told me he thinks I have heavy metal toxicity. He wants me to drink beet kvass and freshly juiced vegetables every day. Freshly squeezed veggies and beet kvass help to chelate (detox) heavy metals and toxins.
So I bought beets and celery and carrots. I also got some iodine to tide me over until I get my Iodoral in the mail (going to order it tomorrow).
I’ve been reading more about iodine and thyroid function and it’s really interesting. Apparently one of the functions of iodine is to chelate heavy metals. So if you have a deficiency of iodine, the heavy metals will accumulate in your body. Which explains why I have chronic fatigue and tingling/numbness in my fingers and hands.
I know, scary! I actually think it’s a good thing that I stopped breast feeding. When you have an iodine deficiency, heavy metals accumulate in the breast — which makes for very toxic breast milk!
It all makes sense. Pregnancy and breast feeding massively deplete the body of iodine. So I have two issues now — heavy metal toxicity and hypothyroidism. Both caused by iodine deficiency.
So anyway, I bought some fish to make fish stock. Seeing how I need more iodine. And Kate probably does too. Not to mention Seth. So I think I’m going to try to make fish stock from now on (instead of chicken or beef stock). You need the fish heads, since they have the thyroid, which is full of iodine. (In many traditional cultures, they feed pregnant and nursing women fish stock made with fish heads.)
They had some nice wild-caught Thai snapper at Whole Fooods. They were kind enough to fillet them for me — and they wrapped up the fish heads and the bones separately so I can make my stock.
I also bought some oysters (more iodine). They will shuck them for you at Whole Foods — which makes it the easiest thing to serve. You literally just put it out on the table. I was too lazy to make Mignonette sauce, so I just poured a tiny bit of red wine vinegar onto the oysters.
The leftover asparagus and pancetta risotto (which we made when my family was in town) took 5 minutes to heat up in a saucepan. Mmmm — why is it that risotto always tastes better the next day?
Paired with a nice (organic) sauvignon blanc.
I think I’m going to have a little raw milk cheddar on rice crackers to cap the meal off.
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10/04/2008 at 12:34 am Permalink
Hey, just found your blog. Thanks for the interesting reading!
10/04/2008 at 6:31 am Permalink
Thank you for reading!
10/04/2008 at 9:33 am Permalink
What are some symptoms of iron deficiency? I made beet kvass a couple of weekends ago for the first time. The taste, hmm interesting…..Well to be honest, I don’t really like it. But I have 2 quarts of it now, so I will force myself to finish it off. Maybe I will like it more once I get used to the taste, like kefir! Love kefir now!
10/04/2008 at 9:50 am Permalink
Jungleen, do you mean iodine deficiency? Or iron?
Yes, beet kvass is an acquired taste, just like kefir. It took me a while to get used to both. Now I love them!
10/04/2008 at 10:31 am Permalink
Oops, I meant iodine!
10/04/2008 at 10:38 am Permalink
There are many, many symptoms. Weight gain or inability to lose weight (can also be inability to gain) chronic fatigue, low breast milk supply…. those are some of mine.
Are you having any symptoms? If you list them I can tell you if it might be related.
Here’s an article
http://www.quackcenter.com/ideficiency.html
10/04/2008 at 12:58 pm Permalink
Hmmm, I don’t think I’m iodine deficient. But I am wondering why when I follow a more stricter WAP diet, I lose weight! This happened also when I first started eating WAP about 5 years ago. I’m def underweight now and the gastroenteritis I’ve been experiencing the past 3 weeks isn’t helping any! I’m on the BRAT (bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast) diet instructed by my dr. I am also I’m also eating lots of broth, chicken & rice soup, yogurt, brown rice pasta, eggs, & cottage cheese). Foods that are more constipating! LOL