Anti-Estrogenic Foods

• Cruciferious vegetables
• Citrus fruits
• Omega-3 oils (flaxseeds, hempseeds)
• Wild-catch fatty fish
• Organic dairy (Moderate servings)

Estrogen Inhibitors-Herbs

• Passionflower
• Chamomile flower
• Cruciferious indoles
• Chinese herbs

Second Line Nutritional Defense

Food that promote anti-estrogenic hormones progesterone (women) and Testosterone (Men)

• Raw nuts and seeds
• Avocado
• Olives and their cold-pressed oil
• Stabilized wheat germ oil

The Third of Nutritional Defense

Foods that work as co-factors and promote liver detoxification

• Green vegetables
• Friuts (Citrus, berries, apples, Papaya, Pineapple)
• Whole oats and barley
• Legumes (other than soy)
• Spices (Turmeric, Oregano, thyme, rosemary, and sage)
• Herbs (i.e., milk thistle, dandelion root, shilijit, amla berries, ginger, and gotukola)
• Chinese herbs

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• ½ medium avocado, pitted and peeled (no need to use organic avocado)
• ½ organic lemon unpeeled (depending on blender)
• 1 cup organic spinach or romaine lettuce
• ½ cup organic flat leaf parsley
• 1 level scoop Sun Warrior ORMUS Natural Green Powder
• 8 ounces Natural Value Organic Coconut Milk
• 1 tablespoon ground organic flax seeds
• 1 tablespoon ground organic chia seeds
• 1 teaspoon organic ground ginger powder or ¼” coin fresh ginger
• 8 ice cubes (optional)
• Filtered water if texture too thick

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Recipe 1: Oxtail soup with potatoes, carrots and tomatoes
This is a wholesome hearty soup with nutritious root vegetables.
Ingredients
• 800g oxtail
• 3 potatoes
• 2 carrots
• 2 tomatoes
• 2 pieces of ginger
• 2 tbsp cooking wine
• 2 litres of water
• 2 tsp salt
Directions
1. Cut the oxtail into sections
2. Wash the oxtail and soak in water
3. Bring half a pot of water to a boil, add the 2 pieces of ginger and 1 tbsp of cooking wine
4. Add the oxtail and cook for about 10 minutes
5. Remove from the water and clean the oxtail pieces
6. Bring 2 litres of water to a boil
7. Add the ginger, oxtail and cooking wine
8. Bring the water back to a boil
9. Lower the heat and simmer for 30 minutes
10. Remove any floating froth from the surface of the soup
11. Remove the ginger
12. Peel the potatoes, carrots and tomatoes, Cut into pieces
13. Add them into the soup
14. Bring the soup to a boil
15. Lower heat and cook for another 40 minutes
16. Season with salt
17. Serve

Recipe 2: Herbal oxtail soup recipe

This soup takes 3 hours. Use the slow cook; it is the most excellent cooking pot for this soup.
Ingredients
• 1 oxtail
• 2 potatoes
• 5 ginseng teabags
• 1 section ginger
• 1 tbsp chinese Goji berries
• 1 litre water
• 1 tbsp cooking wine
• Salt and pepper
Directions
1. Cut the oxtail into sections
2. Wash and soak in water
3. Parboil the oxtail
4. Peel and cut the potatoes into big chunks
5. Bring the water to a boil
6. Add the potato, oxtail, ginger and cooking wine
7. Bring the water back to a boil
8. Wash the wolfberries and add to the soup
9. Lower heat and simmer for 3 hours. The soup should turn milky
10. Cook for another 10 minutes
11. Remove the ginseng tea bags
12. Season with salt and pepper
13. Serve
Ginseng imparts a herbal taste and fragrance to the soup. If you have never tried ginseng before, reduce the number of teabags used so that you get a milder taste.

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