tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33760957.post2568132339215139971..comments2023-07-11T04:20:26.119-04:00Comments on Meet My Shadow: Food, Health, and the Environmentnohahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02535486649565810071noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33760957.post-5982046503656984992007-04-16T22:41:00.000-04:002007-04-16T22:41:00.000-04:00This isn't exactly related to the artificial subst...This isn't exactly related to the artificial substances in food, but kind of relevant to healthy eating. Something I was discussing recently with a friend:<BR/><BR/>It's interesting to note that different cultures around the world can have significantly different diets (compare, for example, the cuisines of Egypt, Italy, and Japan), and yet over time they've all developed into something well-balanced and healthy.<BR/><BR/>What's scary about what we're seeing now is that the kinds of food available to us are changing so fast, and becoming so easily available, that there's no time to naturally develop a balanced and healthy diet out of what's around us. This means we have to be that much more self-aware of what we eat.- Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10380975468085772296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33760957.post-29678414386688819642007-04-15T00:35:00.000-04:002007-04-15T00:35:00.000-04:00It's pretty frightening. I remember talking with a...It's pretty frightening. I remember talking with a co-worker who was quite well read on nutrition when I first discovered my sensitivity to wheat, and he told me that wheat is sprayed with a pesticide that, if sprayed on a patch of grass, would instantly kill that grass and nothing would grow in it's place for 2 years. But wheat is resistant to this. So it makes me wonder, am I sensitive to wheat, or am I actually sensitive to some carcinogen that's sprayed all over the wheat to keep bugs from getting at it?<BR/>and I also find it rather ironic that all the foods my body has bad reactions too are foods that have been commercialized and are now grown and sold in bulk. I'm not allergic to any of the more expensive, "gourmet" stuff. It's the cow's milk, not the goat's milk, I can't handle, and it's the cow's milk that's mainstream and as a result has probably been subjected to more modifications...nohahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02535486649565810071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33760957.post-31885582067990796632007-04-14T15:18:00.000-04:002007-04-14T15:18:00.000-04:00It sounds like you have a great start on dietary c...It sounds like you have a great start on dietary changes for health! I too, am concerned with the number of people who are developing multiple sensitivity syndrome, but not surprised, when we realise that the food we tend to put in our bodies has an analogous octane level we would never allow in our cars! Keep raising awareness. We are poisoning ourselves in many ways, and though I used to feel more protected, I realise it is up to us as individuals to take action for our own health. In the U.S., only 2 percent of chemicals used in commerce have been tested for carcinogenicity. It will be awhile, if we ever, understand what these are doing to our bodies.<BR/><BR/>Lynne Eldridge M.D.<BR/>Author, "Avoiding Cancer One Day At A time"<BR/>http://www.avoidcancernow.comLynne Eldridge M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05592307598309502307noreply@blogger.com