Hippocrates said it a heck of a long time ago, "let your food be your medicine, let your medicine be your food". A friend of mine recently quipped that eating well was "such a hassle", you had to "watch everything you ate" ! Lordy lordy, what a drag, said I , with much sarcasm. I asked her this question; has she ever accidentally brushed her teeth with Ben-Gay or Preperation H? She repied no, she hadn't. I asked her then if she thought she might ever make that mistake. She again replied no, she didn't think she would. So I asked her then, well why do you think it is so "difficult" to watch what food you put in your mouth? I said that with a comparatively small investment in time to learn what is really food and what is big-agra composite garbage, and worse, you could easily learn to identify what was safe to eat and what wasn't, it would be as easy as using toothpaste instead of some ointment or other. But, sadly, people who are "hooked" on the institutional combination of salt/sugar/fat that most processed food is seem rather unwilling to give that taste up, and much to the chagrin of their entire digestive tract, immunity system, colo-rectal health and massive massive amounts of inflammation with it's attendant ill health and depression. Let the buyer beware used to mean manmade items, in the past. It wasn't meant to mean the very bread we eat for sustenance, a sad sad situtation it is indeed that our food supply has been co-opted , by greed, money presenting itself once more in the role as the root of evil.
pescalactarian? - 13 years ago
I eat only the following food categories: eggs (no special type; and no more than one per week), organic yogurt, fish, veggies/fruits, some grains (no wheat; mainly brown rice, oats). I've no good reason for this -- perhaps just preference.
Marsha - 13 years ago
I'm vegan but not by choice, although I do feel good. I'm vegan because four years ago I started getting migraines from animal products(even organic). It started with chicken(although I could still eat eggs for two more years, now I can't). Then I started getting migraines from beef, milk, cheese, fish, shrimp. So I just gave up on animal products. Last week I tried cheddar cheese as a test and my head hurt off and on for two hours, then I was fine. Four years ago I also started getting menstrual migraines(I'm now 50 years old) so I'm wondering if the two problems are related. I've been having menopausal symptoms during this time also. Hopefully things will get back to normal after menopause--maybe?
Hippocrates said it a heck of a long time ago, "let your food be your medicine, let your medicine be your food". A friend of mine recently quipped that eating well was "such a hassle", you had to "watch everything you ate" ! Lordy lordy, what a drag, said I , with much sarcasm. I asked her this question; has she ever accidentally brushed her teeth with Ben-Gay or Preperation H? She repied no, she hadn't. I asked her then if she thought she might ever make that mistake. She again replied no, she didn't think she would. So I asked her then, well why do you think it is so "difficult" to watch what food you put in your mouth? I said that with a comparatively small investment in time to learn what is really food and what is big-agra composite garbage, and worse, you could easily learn to identify what was safe to eat and what wasn't, it would be as easy as using toothpaste instead of some ointment or other. But, sadly, people who are "hooked" on the institutional combination of salt/sugar/fat that most processed food is seem rather unwilling to give that taste up, and much to the chagrin of their entire digestive tract, immunity system, colo-rectal health and massive massive amounts of inflammation with it's attendant ill health and depression. Let the buyer beware used to mean manmade items, in the past. It wasn't meant to mean the very bread we eat for sustenance, a sad sad situtation it is indeed that our food supply has been co-opted , by greed, money presenting itself once more in the role as the root of evil.
I eat only the following food categories: eggs (no special type; and no more than one per week), organic yogurt, fish, veggies/fruits, some grains (no wheat; mainly brown rice, oats). I've no good reason for this -- perhaps just preference.
I'm vegan but not by choice, although I do feel good. I'm vegan because four years ago I started getting migraines from animal products(even organic). It started with chicken(although I could still eat eggs for two more years, now I can't). Then I started getting migraines from beef, milk, cheese, fish, shrimp. So I just gave up on animal products. Last week I tried cheddar cheese as a test and my head hurt off and on for two hours, then I was fine. Four years ago I also started getting menstrual migraines(I'm now 50 years old) so I'm wondering if the two problems are related. I've been having menopausal symptoms during this time also. Hopefully things will get back to normal after menopause--maybe?