Natural Foods Cause and Effect
Summer in North America is full of summer
sports, warm weather, a sense of renew and produce galore. Produce? Not Ice
Cream, Carmel Corn, Fair Food with deep fried everything? Wow, Produce. Coming
from one that has vegetable gardens, fruit trees, and fruit bushes one would
think that summer means good local foods. Why is it, the Cookie wins? Is it
lack of will power? Let's face it junk food is a real addiction lead by the
sugar that has a deep hold on too many people. Yes, including me.
Midwest rural living has a different culture
than metropolitan populations. I had enlisted the advice of a Certified
Iridologist a couple of years back. One of the bigger problems she wanted to
treat was my gut because your gut is where your immune system does its best
thing which is eliminating waste that our bodies should not contain. Another
factor was getting my body from acidic to alkaline. This is not easily done
when daily sugared food reins. In 2013 I eliminated sugar for eight months.
Although weight loss was minimal at best, I did feel better. For five months I
also eliminated gluten. The weight came off easily. In our house the "he
cooks" and the "she cleans" was a struggle for the new food
choices.
Well you probably guessed there was a trigger
point. I attended a holiday meal that I did not want to attend. I was very
uncomfortable sitting with relatives I was not related to. In came the most
delectable homemade cookies with homemade icing. We have all heard the potato
chip commercial "you can't have just one". And so it was and had been
for too long.
It had been an up hill battle to eliminate
gluten when the "he cooks" loves breads and pasta. The cost was
excessive to eliminate sugar and gluten. It does cost more to eat healthier
foods. I use Xylitol, a natural sweetener derived from Non-GMO corn and birch.
I have used Xylitol in pies, jams, jellies and homemade heath bar candy with
100% cacao. Xylitol does have calories, but it is much better for your health.
I have a skeletal structure full of arthritis.
I also have allergies. Sugar is one of the worse foods to use because it feeds
Candida which is the underlying cause of arthritis, allergies and a host of
many other chronic conditions. Sugar feeds cancer. The Midwest is heavily
saturated with carcinogen producing manufacturing facilities. When you account
for toxic water supplies, air and soil, the added sugar seals your premature
fate of early death and suffering. With proper diet and exercise you can beat
these ailments.
Many including me, don't know all of the ways
to prepare natural foods in a fashion that tastes great and looks good enough
to eat. Once you start using the recipes for natural foods, you will start to
notice that the natural foods start tasting better. We as a society have accepted
sugar laden & chemical altered foods because we "consumers" did
not know how bad some of the foods on shelves and at restaurants really were.
Eventuality, your body will crave the good foods. Once your body is clean from
the added chemicals and sugars it will reject fast greasy and surgery foods.
Knowing how destructive sugar is, I still
crave it. I remember watching a show when a recovering addict stated I'm still
addicted I am just not using. For me sugar is that addiction. The Iridologist I
had seen stressed the importance of natural pesticide free and antibiotics free
foods. We grow enough plant foods for our two person household, children,
grandchildren and to share with many neighbors. The Iridologist also stressed
that honey unpasteurized was a must and added to use it sparingly. Honey has a
very long shelf life. According to experts, honey can last hundreds and
possibly thousands of years. Honey is a perfect food. We are lucky enough to
have bee keepers close to us. For the past couple of years as many as seventy
five percent of bee populations were lost. It is dire that we not use
pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers. The truth is that those who try for
the perfect lawn are contributing to the decline of our bee population. The
bees need clover, dandelions, and other wild flowers to sustain their continued
growth. Farmers that plant soybeans and corn have also contributed to the
decline of the bee population because soybeans and corn do not have nectar for
bees.
Folks, when there are no more bees our food
chain will be slim. It is ever important that we grow what we can in an Eco
Green way. It is also important that we purchase from and support our local
growers and farmers. With natural recipes you will have no more excuses not to
eat healthy with natural fruits, vegetables and grass-fed livestock. It seems
ironic that there are a multitude of books with recipes to support healthier
diets when the environment around us is declining.
The Pyramid of natural foods is really what
all people should consume. By using recipes with natural foods, you and your
body will have the immune fighting and sustenance fulfilling diet. The natural
foods should come from your local growers and local farmers. You should always
make sure that meats come from animals that are grass-fed without chemically
treated or altered grass. The "Corporate" concept of sending our
products out of the country and importing products from other countries for the
sake of profit needs to stop. Granted, some crops cannot be grown here and a
percentage of peoples would die of starvation if other countries did not come
to their aid. In America eat what is grown locally to you, and use recipes
designed for natural foods to prepare great meals.
Knowing how bad sugar is should be a top
priority to eliminate it from foods in the United States
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