On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 9:46 AM, <bbarndogz@aol.com> 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.
Heather Twist
http://eatingoffthefoodgrid.blogspot.com/
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