GERD / Acid Reflux
This recipe contains GERD triggers and those with GERD may wish to avoid it.
Gluten Sensitivity
This recipe is safe for those who are sensitive to gluten.
"But I have never tasted meat, Nor cabbage, corn nor beans, Nor fluid food on half as sweet As that first mess of greens." -James T. Cotton Now, American poet
The refrigerator light goes on...
Okay, so you don’t think that you like collard greens.... Being from the South, I was supposed to like greens growing up but I didn’t. It wasn’t until I learned about food that I came to love them.
That said, collards have to be complemented with other flavors to activate the taste buds. Without a little salt, they are nothing. But I think that it is the pure maple syrup that makes this recipe so fantastic. Honey will work fine and give a more flowery flavor. The combination of salt, bitter and sweet tastes releases the true flavor of the greens.
Grapeseed Oil and Cholesterol
A study published in 1990 in the Journal of Arteriosclerosis showed a remarkably beneficial effect of grapeseed oil on HDL cholesterol (the good cholesterol. It appears that one ounce per day is enough, with the research showing a 13 to 14 percent increase in HDL cholesterol.
In another study published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology, fifty-six participants with low HDL levels substituted up to 1.5 ounces of grapeseed oil for the oil they used in recipes. At the end of the study, the subjects showed no significant change in weight or total cholesterol, but the ratio of LDL to HDL had changed with a 7% reduction in LDL and a 13% increase in HDL levels.
