Day 7: Another day, another blog
Today I have been thinking about food...and water. Not only is our theme in Reading this week Foods Around the World, but we are now two-thirds done with watching Food Matters. (What can I say? It takes us awhile with our busy schedules).
Did you know...(all info from the documentary Food Matters-available on Netflix streaming)
If you start a totally organic diet tomorrow, you actually will get sick? Your body has to rid its tissue of toxins before it can start taking in the great nutrients an organic diet offers.
Most toxins are released through your bowels. This is a good thing considering how nasty the toxins our bodies take in are. Better to poop them out then sweat them out all over our skin to be reabsorbed.
Two handfuls of cashews contain a therapeutic amount of niacin, which can help reverse depression?
100,000+ people die in the U.S. each year from prescription medicine that has been prescribed to them and used exactly as directed. The total doesn't account for overdose deaths.
Meanwhile, less than 30 people have died of causes attributed (not even proven) to vitamin use. In the last 2o years. So we're talking less than 2 people a year.
All the hubbub about vitamins being pretty much worthless? That information is worthless. The studies citing that are only using a very low amount of vitamins based on recommended daily allowance, which is the amount required to maintain health, not to improve it, and not factoring in the high stress lifestyles we live.
Your body attacks cooked food as though it were a toxin. Each meal you eat should be at least 51% raw food. I'm not talking hamburger meat, I'm talking produce.
Most produce you buy in the store is at least 5-6 days old, therefore when you buy it, it has only about 40% of its original nutrient content. Add a couple days in your fridge and a few minutes in a saute pan...and yeah. Not so nutritious after all. Which leads to the importance of using or growing produce locally.
That's just the tip of the iceberg.
With the health problems I have, I want to change the way I eat. These changes will be drastic...they will take some time. I don't know how to start except one day at a time, one change conquered and mastered before moving on to the next.
We've already moved towards buying organic when we can and avoiding food products with ingredients like HFCS. We've fiddled with organic gardening, which is darn near impossible in Florida. We have lots of sweet potatoes to show for it. We avoid buying foods that are primarily soy based due to the affects soy has on both men and women. Those are baby steps, but they are in the right direction.
Stay tuned as I continue to travel further down this road of knowledge. Knowledge is powerful, but it is true what they say-ignorance can be bliss. Once I have knowledge, it is too hard for me to just turn my back.
Case in point...
Car seats and the importance of extended rear-facing (29 months and going strong)
Nestle and their bastardly deeds (boycotting)
Damaging affects of cry-it-out (don't practice sleep training...believe in responsive parenting)
And the list continues...
To be continued...
Did you know...(all info from the documentary Food Matters-available on Netflix streaming)
If you start a totally organic diet tomorrow, you actually will get sick? Your body has to rid its tissue of toxins before it can start taking in the great nutrients an organic diet offers.
Most toxins are released through your bowels. This is a good thing considering how nasty the toxins our bodies take in are. Better to poop them out then sweat them out all over our skin to be reabsorbed.
Two handfuls of cashews contain a therapeutic amount of niacin, which can help reverse depression?
100,000+ people die in the U.S. each year from prescription medicine that has been prescribed to them and used exactly as directed. The total doesn't account for overdose deaths.
Meanwhile, less than 30 people have died of causes attributed (not even proven) to vitamin use. In the last 2o years. So we're talking less than 2 people a year.
All the hubbub about vitamins being pretty much worthless? That information is worthless. The studies citing that are only using a very low amount of vitamins based on recommended daily allowance, which is the amount required to maintain health, not to improve it, and not factoring in the high stress lifestyles we live.
Your body attacks cooked food as though it were a toxin. Each meal you eat should be at least 51% raw food. I'm not talking hamburger meat, I'm talking produce.
Most produce you buy in the store is at least 5-6 days old, therefore when you buy it, it has only about 40% of its original nutrient content. Add a couple days in your fridge and a few minutes in a saute pan...and yeah. Not so nutritious after all. Which leads to the importance of using or growing produce locally.
That's just the tip of the iceberg.
With the health problems I have, I want to change the way I eat. These changes will be drastic...they will take some time. I don't know how to start except one day at a time, one change conquered and mastered before moving on to the next.
We've already moved towards buying organic when we can and avoiding food products with ingredients like HFCS. We've fiddled with organic gardening, which is darn near impossible in Florida. We have lots of sweet potatoes to show for it. We avoid buying foods that are primarily soy based due to the affects soy has on both men and women. Those are baby steps, but they are in the right direction.
Stay tuned as I continue to travel further down this road of knowledge. Knowledge is powerful, but it is true what they say-ignorance can be bliss. Once I have knowledge, it is too hard for me to just turn my back.
Case in point...
Car seats and the importance of extended rear-facing (29 months and going strong)
Nestle and their bastardly deeds (boycotting)
Damaging affects of cry-it-out (don't practice sleep training...believe in responsive parenting)
And the list continues...
To be continued...
four words: fermented cod liver oil
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