Disclaimer I am not a doctor. I am not a nutritionist. I am not a dietician. I am not a tax-preparer, a lawyer, a scientist, a phlebotomist, a bassoonist, a balloonist or a cop.
If you need medical or nutritional advice, please seek it out from a qualified professional. Because that's not me -- I am simply a curious and opinionated woman who loves butter.
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A piece entitled Eating Healthy is Overrated on CNBC’s website is supposed to be light, it’s supposed to be funny, but really it’s just sad. We’re supposed to chuckle while we read this as we munch on french fries deep-fried in vegetable oils, dipped in ketchup filled with high fructose corn syrup, and shake our heads in recognition. “That is sooooo me. I tried to give up sugar once. That lasted, like, 2 hours.”
This is the latest in a series of media attempts to portray healthy eating as . . .
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This is a tough one.
Good food costs more money. Not in the long run, when you factor in doctor visits, drugs and stents, but at the grocery store organic eggs cost more than conventional ones and grass-fed beef costs more than corn-fed beef. Why this is so is a subject for another post. But it is a reality that keeps many people from eating a healthier diet.
I have gone through periods where I try to save my family money by practicing the uniquely American hobby of cutting coupons and combining . . .
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Guiding principles: We should strive to produce & eat food that is:
Organic
Humanely raised (animals on pasture, not in factories)
Grown locally when possible
Whole and unrefined (real maple syrup instead of high-fructose corn syrup)
Processed as little as possible (raw milk instead of pasteurized and homogenized)
Nutrient-dense (enzymes, vitamins, minerals, and probiotics)
Free of additives and preservatives
Free of synthetic and chemical ingredients
Not genetically modified
Traditionally produced and prepared
Myth Buster Myth: Saturated fat (animal fat) is bad for you.
Truth: Saturated fats are necessary for health. It's polyunsaturated fats (most vegetable oils) and hydrogenated fats that cause disease.
Myth: Fat makes you fat.
Truth: Sugar makes you fat -- whether it comes in the form of table sugar, grains or starches.
Quote of the week: I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.
-- Thomas Jefferson
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