WHO? VITAMIN U?

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Have you ever heard of Vitamin U? Don’t worry you’re not alone. I was walking around my favorite big box store a few weeks back and I saw an older man grabbing two giant bottles of Vitamin U supplements. What the hell is that I wondered. I have never heard of Vitamin U. Is this yet another fad in the health world? I needed to investigate. Dunt dunt dunnnn… Fingerlickinkitchen to the rescue.

Vitamin U was discovered by Dr. Garrett Cheney in 1952. He found that cabbage juice helped heal stomach ulcers. Which is how Vitamin U got it’s nickname from the Latin word Ulcus. Vitamin U, or S methylmethionine, is not actually a vitamin at all, but a derivative of methionine an essential amino acid (check out my Amino Acid blog entry)
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EPISODE 4: CREAMY ARTICHOKE & LEEK SOUP

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Three weeks ago I saw artichokes at TJs and it made my heart leap! It meant spring was officially here…well somewhere. New York has been cold, disgusting, and miserable…my East coast friends are like “yep this is spring in New York”. I’m like where is the sunshine? Where are the flowers? How is this awful weather any different then the past few months we’ve endured except for the lack of snow every day. Well that is it…it’s raining instead of snowing everyday. I found this prospect very disheartening. SO when I saw the artichokes it made me think of California. And yes, it might be raining in the bay area or central cali but damn it there would at least be some sunshine sprinkled in there.
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