Links to traditional foods diet

[Jessica]

I just bought a big can of tomatoes today.  Not sure if I should read that article. 

[barleychown]

On the bright side, no one has gotten sick...

[Dianna]

 

[barleychown]

Gross. Greedy people suck. And they control our food!

[Triss]

I stopped reading the article after the first paragraph since we are having spaghetti tonight for dinner... using canned tomatoes.  Yep... more tomatoes in the garden.

[sunsoaker]

I use a lot of tomatoes too. Not near as much as you do I'm sure.. but certainly something to think about.

[Tina]

That is the pits. I don't use many tomato products unless they are already in some of my foods. I eat mostly fresh. But I have used canned 'sghetti sauce and I guess that counts.

[Jessica]

I just read the article.    I have to plant more tomato plants this year.

[Penny]

Thanks Sarah, thats a good link to Foodrenegade.

[barleychown]

The thing is, it's not just tomatoes...they are just the ones that got caught...this time.

I had already planned to can more of my own things this year. I'll be trying out recipes for taco sauce, bbq sauce, and ketchup. Initally, it was to avoid HFCS and added chemicals, but this is just yet another reason.

[bestofour]

Sarah, I notice you talk about cheese a lot.  I've heard that if a person has allergies that cheese isn't something they should eat much.  Any ideas?

[barleychown]

I guess it would depend on what your allergies are? I am allergic to ALL KINDS of stuff. Animals, birds, trees, shrubs, flowers, grasses, shellfish...yet I have no problems.

Maybe because, like milk, it causes more phlegm? I generally don't have that problem, so maybe that is why it doesn't bother me as much.

[bestofour]

I don't have any food allergies but I find if I eat too much cheese that I'm stuffier than usual.  Too bad because I like cheese a lot.  It's hard for me to stay away from it so I have to stay away from all of it.

[barleychown]

All cheeses cause you a problem? Soft, like ricotta, cottage, cream?

[bestofour]

I don't know the answer to that because when I eat cheese it's swiss or jarlsberg.  I've had ricotta in lasagna and feta cheese before in small doses so I'm not sure.  I'm talking like if I eat a grilled swiss cheese and tomato sandwich and not just one day.  Several times a week.  I probably can eat cheese once a week but if I start eating it I eat it every day for a while so I just don't.

[barleychown]

Good link about nutrients:

http://www.foodrenegade.com/are-you-nutrient-starved/

Saturated fats:

http://www.foodrenegade.com/does-saturated-fat-cause-heart-disease/

Fats:

http://www.foodrenegade.com/fat-is-where-its-at/

[barleychown]

Real milk:

http://www.realmilk.com/

The first baby step in milk would be to see if you can find a grocery store that carries non-homogenized milk. That's not too radical, right?

[barleychown]

Margarine VS. butter

http://www.naturodoc.com/library/nutrition/margbutt.htm

Be sure to cruise the links on the sidebar, too...

[barleychown]

About cheeses:

From http://www.realmilk.com/where.html

Cheese
Naturally fermented raw milk cheeses from whole milk given by pasture-fed cows are still made in France, England, Switzerland and Greece. Look for the words "raw milk," "fresh milk," or "milk" rather than "pasteurized milk" on the label, which means they are made from raw milk. Such cheeses have contributed to the good health of dairying populations for millennia. Real Milk cheeses are now being produced by a number of small independent manufacturers in America. In general, these producers own their own herd of cows, sheep or goats, and the milk is not pasteurized--on US cheeses you will usually see either "raw milk" or "pasteurized milk" indicated on the label vs. "fresh milk" or just "milk."

[bestofour]

Reading your info makes me realize even more that I have got to get off the sugar.  I don't think I'm addicted to caffeine (maybe I am) but I think it's the sugar.  What am I going to do???  Everyone feels sorry for people trying to quit smoking because it's so hard.  Feel sorry for me too.  Whine whine

I didn't even know grocery stores carried non-homogenized milk.

[Jessica]

Thanks for info on milk and cheese.  I will keep my eyes open.  There is a food co-op in the next town.  I bet they might have fresh milk and cheese.  I will check.

[Jessica]

I feel sorry for you, Sheri.  I am addicted to Pepsi too.

[barleychown]

I was seriously addicted to Coke. Sometimes 3 or more cans a day, ALWAYS at least one for over 10 years. If I can break the habit, you can, too...I promise.

Work on cutting down. Don't finish the can.

Explaination of why we drink it, why we shouldn't:

http://www.emedexpert.com/tips/soft-drinks.shtml

What it does:

http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt/what-happens-to-your-body-if-you-drink-a-coke-right-now/

[bestofour]

Just occured to me that I shouldn't have posted what I posted here since this thread is for links.  I'll stick it somewhere else.  I don't know how to delete the entire window.

[barleychown]

No worries...conversation is fine in here.