Author Topic: Links to traditional foods diet, part 3 (Read 13913 times)

barleychown · « **on:** Mar 13, 2010, 01:23:44 PM »

How are we all doing?

Questions? Comments? Trouble finding certain foods?

barleychown · « **Reply #1 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 01:28:04 PM »

About sugars:

http://www.westonaprice.org/Replacing-Refined-Sugars-with-Natural-Sugars-One-Step-At-a-Time.html

barleychown · « **Reply #2 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 01:33:14 PM »

About HFCS:

http://www.westonaprice.org/The-Double-Danger-of-High-Fructose-Corn-Syrup.html

barleychown · « **Reply #3 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 01:35:23 PM »

Artificial sweeteners:

http://www.westonaprice.org/Sugar-Free-Blues-Everything-You-Wanted-to-Know-About-Artificial-Sweeteners.html

bestofour · « **Reply #4 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 02:01:19 PM »

is raw honey what I would buy from a local grower? I used honey for a while and someone told me that home grown honey is contaminated with something or other so I stopped.

Tina · « **Reply #5 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 02:08:56 PM »

Thank you. I have read most of this in small increments other times and other places. But it is so hard to remember when you are standing in a grocery aisle and reading labels. I have begun reading labels more carefully. I cannot remember all of the names to stay away from but some jump out at me. One trick is to go for the labels listing the fewest things. And look for things you recognize. My sea salt has two things listed, dehydrated sea salt and calcium silicate (anticaking agent). I have yet to look up the 'agent' to see if it is a killer or not.
We need a thread so we can post a specific product and you can thumb up/down it and cite why. Not that you are a mega nutritionist and I know you did not stay in a certain motel chain last night....
But you can be helpful in our efforts because you have been studying it more thoroughly than most of us.
I have used only raw honey for over 40 years, Sheri. I have never gotten ill. John used it on bone-deep wounds to protect and speed up healing.

bestofour · « **Reply #6 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 02:17:18 PM »

is raw honey what I buy from the bee man? Right out of his yard? Or do they do something to it that makes it contaminated and I need to buy it elsewhere?

Tina · « **Reply #7 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 02:22:29 PM »

The bee man should be good, Sheri

barleychown · « **Reply #8 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 02:32:54 PM »

The bee man is perfect. All honey, no matter the source, cannot be given to infants. Honey you purchase is stores has been found to have been thinned with corn syrup, depending on the source. China is bad.

Tina, I would be willing to comment on certain products. Like ;i have said numerous times...I don't always eat WELL, but even when I "cheat", I try to choose better cheat foods.

Tina · « **Reply #9 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 02:59:53 PM »

I know you don't want to take responsibility for all of our health and dining, Sarah. But I have enjoyed your input and your knowledge. Neither do the sites most of us have been reading want to take responsibility and I certainly understand that. But I would like to put in a food or substance or something and get some feedback; good/bad/sometimes. I will never give up eating a lot of things. But there are painless changes I can make. I can have fun studying and experimenting. I can see how I feel after all that is done.
I have spent a lifetime really trying to listen to my body and follow my cravings. My cravings are more towards the healthy. But If I don't have the healthy handy I turn to what is.
I hung on to real milk and butter after rediscovering it when the rest of the world was going less and less fats. And it made me feel better and fuller for longer. I want to try raw. Maybe I can wean Ted from his ensure drinks.
I found coconut oil today and am looking forward to trying that out. Maybe on some fries for Ted and I.

Tina · « **Reply #10 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 03:07:37 PM »

When Ted was a baby, I had a discussion with a nurse I love. She was saying full fat like in mother's milk until a baby was two for brain development, etc. Then move to low fat/fat free. I said why? How do we know brains no longer need the fat after age 2? She could not give me a definitive answer so I stuck with whole milk. I need all the brain boost I can get.

barleychown · « **Reply #11 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 03:10:08 PM »

Raw milk is great. I CANNOT drink storebought without cramps now. That alone scares me.

I won't lie, it took some adjusting to. The whole cream on top thing is odd to those who have never known anything else...Mike had a hard time with it, Marissa still won't touch it, but she drinks/eats it all the time without her knowledge.

I have no problem commenting on things you have questions on.

I've done this whole thing slowly, and over the course of years...I always hated storebought eggs. I KNEW what real eggs looked like, and what they taste like...not to mention how much easier it is to cook them, and how much better they preform in baked goods. I grew up eating real eggs, drinking literally still warm from the cow milk, and eating grassfed beef. These concepts are not radical to me...but they are to some.

I KNOW the difference between home grown veggies and storebought...if you can even call what they sell there a tomato.

And I agree with you there...I've done so stinking much research trying to do best by those I care about. I need all the brain I can get, and I need NOT hurt what I have with stupid things like MSG.

barleychown · « **Reply #12 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 03:38:11 PM »

What non homogenized milk looks like:

Can you see the cream line? It's not the clearest picture, but the best I could do.

Tina · « **Reply #13 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 03:40:01 PM »

Yes, and I have had real milk before. I actually love the creamy parts. Am I odd?

barleychown · « **Reply #14 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 03:41:15 PM »

Good salts:

barleychown · « **Reply #15 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 03:41:42 PM »

I love the cream. I have a million uses for it...

barleychown · « **Reply #16 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 04:45:50 PM »

About GMO's:

http://www.foodrenegade.com/are-gmos-safe/

barleychown · « **Reply #17 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 04:49:25 PM »

And something to think about:

http://www.foodrenegade.com/new-reasons-to-avoid-bpa/

barleychown · « **Reply #18 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 06:14:53 PM »

List of twelve fruits and veggies most likely to contain pestiside residue:

http://www.greendaily.com/2007/10/04/the-dirty-dozen-of-fruits-and-veggies/

Triss · « **Reply #19 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 06:48:05 PM »

Sarah... I love the link list you put up... thanks so much for doing that. I do not have the time to research right now but it is so nice to know all of this is in one place for when I am ready!

Tina · « **Reply #20 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 06:58:25 PM »

Yes, I love it too. All in one place and handy to find.

barleychown · « **Reply #21 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 07:11:11 PM »

It was a good idea. Thanks for suggesting it Triss. It's getting to be quite a long list.

sunsoaker · « **Reply #22 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 07:40:52 PM »

Yes, thank you. It makes it easy to find the links so I can read in short spurts and try to educate myself.

barleychown · « **Reply #23 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 07:45:22 PM »

No problem...and feel free to ask as many questions as needed.

bestofour · « **Reply #24 on:** Mar 13, 2010, 07:51:08 PM »

Quote from: Tina on Mar 13, 2010, 03:40:01 PM

Am I odd?

Yes

do you stir the cream into the milk before you drink it?

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Author Topic: Links to traditional foods diet, part 3 (Read 13913 times)