Hi Heather,
I agree with all of your last post here. I too lost years of myself with depression - that and pain. Took me 25-30 yrs but, I am very thankful I finally found the answer to all of it.
As far as the missionaries bringing wheat to 3rd world countries, I DO agree with you there as well. The problem is the same problem that's rampant here in America - most people, most medical and government agencies do not recognize the problem with wheat. This paradigm shift you speak of is happening, but it sure has been a long, slow one. SO nice that its FINALLY getting recognized in the medical communities now. But, like all cash crops, wheat is a big money maker and its not gonna go out without a pretty big resistance from many.
Although you and I know the damage wheat does to the human body, there's still such a large amount of people out there clueless. So, I guess we can't really place a huge blame on the missionaries for "trying" to help the poor...(Although, the pizza thing did really puzzle me;) Ignorance is definitely not bliss, but if you are still thinking your grandparents life of bread and & etc is the way to go and don't know about or understand the problems there are with wheat, you just continue to believe in your heart that you ARE helping.
On behalf of many, there is so much more going on with missionary work than just donating bad food like wheat and sending out the wrong message about snacking on junk. Our church is involved in a lot of missions work. Its not in the way of "donating food", its more like donating supplies, muscle & hard work to help them grow their own food and help build homes/shelters. When our mission teams have gone into other countries to help they don't give "treats" or anything outside the norm of that culture. You live as they live while you are there.
Our church has helped to dig several wells in areas of Africa where there were none. We have an orphanage in Romania where we donate, not only supplies & funds for supplies, but also LOTS of time, hard work and loads of love and care for the kids to give the regular workers that live there (some from our church) a much needed break. We also used to go to an orphanage in Haiti but it was destroyed. We now go there to help them rebuild their homes and care for the sick and wounded. We are also in Japan after the tsunami.
We work with an organization that helps in the fight against the sex slave trade all over the world and right here in our own country.
We had large groups go out to help the states that had the horrible devastation from all the tornados and other bad weather this past year.
We work with homeless shelters in a nearby city and have also set up a food pantry and baby closet in our own town. When we can find one, we'd like to try and move these to a larger facility, hopefully, with a kitchen where we will have free cooking classes on how to cook easy, inexpensive, healthy meals. We are planning a community garden where people can come and learn to grow their own produce, even if its just a pot of tomatoes on their back porch or a little window garden. With washers and dryers where people in need can come and clean their clothes for free.
So, yes, there are some missionaries that donate junk food like wheat and I guess there are some out there that are proud to donate "pizzas" (big sigh) but, there is SO much than that happening out there:)
Nancy
--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@...> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 9:46 AM, <bbarndogz@...> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > Heather Wrote:
> > >>"What floors me is that after getting lectured about how really, all you
> > need is "moderation in all things" ... they get diabetes or cancer or
> > whatever, and then it's just "it's just bad genes ... it runs in the
> > family"...<<
> >
> > We, as a nation, have gotten SO far away from real nourishment that many
> > people aren't really sure what to believe any more. Our gov has allowed way
> > too much garbage to go on with our food sources. Now, a large majority is
> > sick, out of shape and over weight. Many are desperate to get healthy so
> > they turn to our government agencies for guidelines....the same agencies
> > that have strong ties to many of the big, highly processed food
> > corporations and big pharma.
> >
>
> I think the big food conglomerations are for sure a huge problem. But there
> is another issue too: way back in the early 1900's, there was a huge
> concern about the bad health of "modern people". And even some
> not-so-modern people. The Swiss, at that point, had a goiter rate of some
> 30% of the population. Back in the 1900's, you had a lot of people
> experimenting with foods to try to figure out what was going on, much like
> we are experimenting now. Part of that experimenting, they discovered what
> vitamins are, how iodine and minerals are needed, and how to get rid of
> diseases like polio. Health in my Mom's day was a really different thing.
> Her dad got polio, and so did many people she knows. Now no one does,
> practically. Smallpox either. Or goiter.
>
> THAT kind of turnaround is why people got to trusting "the government". But
> the problem is that NO ONE ... in the government, the medical community, or
> the internet community ... has a consensus on how a human being should eat.
> The companies have dropped into the gap to fill a need and make a profit,
> and yes, sway the government agencies. They couldn't do that though, if
> anyone actually agreed on what people should eat. And at this point, if the
> government actually had some secret knowledge that, say, eating 5 eggs a
> day or running a mile a day would prevent cancer, most people wouldn't do
> it anyway. People will change when there is a paradigm shift and "everyone
> else" is doing the same thing. I think we are in the middle of that
> paradigm shift. Which is kind of exciting, actually.
>
>
> > I agree about other parts of the world having GREAT food. My husband has
> > traveled around the world on several occasions, often times going into many
> > 3rd world countries. He has eaten some strange things during those times.
> > Last summer he went on a missions trip for the first time. A group from our
> > church traveled to the southern part of Mexico to help build a small
> > medical/community/church facility. They traveled WAY high up into the
> > mountains where the people are pretty much a forgotten people. He said
> > they eat some VERY different and strange food, but it was ALL local &
> > fresh. Nothing processed. Very different culture. Loving, kind, peaceful
> > and VERY hard working. He said they always had smiles on their faces and
> > seemd so happy. I'm sure they do on occasion but, he said he saw no
> > complaining, arguing or fighting, even among the kids, including the teens
> > the whole time he was there. Never even saw a baby or toddler whine or cry.
> > The elderly helped with meals, helped care for the kids and played with
> > them A LOT. All the kids pitched in to help with whatever needed to be
> > done and when the older kids that went to school came home they always
> > helped care for the little ones...without being told to. They were eager to
> > help. They are EXTREMELY poor but, in some ways, they're a little
> > "richer" than we are here in America.
> >
>
> This "happy contentment" is something that travellers have noted since
> Europeans started travelling. They actually thought the people's they were
> visiting must be "childlike" because how could an adult intelligent human
> be "happy"? Angst is the norm in Europe and America, even in small
> communities.
>
> My own theory is that the difference is in wheat ... wheat gliadin and WGA
> change brain function, and maybe make the amyglia more active. It does
> major changes when they give some kids an MRI before and after eating
> wheat. Anyway, in my family, everyone got calm after we dropped wheat, even
> with no other dietary changes. And I "lost" some 30 years of major
> depression, which has stayed gone for 10 years. Except when I eat wheat.
> I've heard the same change over and over in the GF groups.
>
> If this is true, it is an important thing for missionaries to remember! One
> of the things that missionaries bring to remote areas is the idea of things
> like pizza. One missionary I have talked to, was so proud that she was able
> to ship in flour to make pizzas and have pizza parties. The missionaries
> also bring in stuff like snack foods, and get the locals in the habit of
> "snacking", which is rather not a usual habit for most of the world. Food
> aid people need to think about it too ... one group brought in "wheat
> berries" ... good, nutritious, whole wheat! ... and made about a third of
> the children malnourished, because it set them up for dysbiosis. Their
> local millet, high in phytates and all ... worked fine for them for
> centuries.
>
>
>
> >
> > Thanks for your post, Heather. It was a great one. Thanks for the recipes
> > you posted from Youtube too. I'm going to give them a try. They look pretty
> > yummy:) I'm looking forward to giving Fast 5 a try. I'm hoping to give my
> > gut a chance to do more healing and only having to worry about 1 meal a day
> > sounds a heck of a lot easier than trying to get in several small ones
> > throughout the day.
> >
> Nancy
> >
>
>
> Thanks! YouTube is marvelous for learning to make yummy food. Our meals are
> way tastier these days, with only one "real" meal to make. My husband and
> daughter do snack some, but they are expected to find what they want, and
> most of what we have around is healthy enough.
>
>
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> >
> >
> --
> Heather Twist
> http://eatingoffthefoodgrid.blogspot.com/
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