Monday, October 4, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
Nutrition course for teens
I'm absolutely signing up for this course on teaching teens (I have two...well, one's a tween) nutrition. It's not that I don't, somehow, interject my beliefs on nutrition, at least once a day; or show them how to cook something to make it more nutritous, but this course is seperate from me. Yeah, and sometimes kids learn differently from others than they do from Mom: "Mom says that all the time", is an anthem running through their heads, but not necessarily a deep learned skill. Even homeschooled children are sent to other parent's homes for that very reason.
It's also good to support others who are spreading this most vital message to our children: Our children will be the teachers, mothers, and lawmakers one day. Information about real food, butter, healthy animal fats, pasture raised animals; and packing your body with nutrient dense foods before having children, once you are pregnant and while you nurse, are skills for life. Teaching this information now may produce a different outcome for your children's children--basically, your grandchildren!
Hope you'll give it a look! Thanks for reading.
It's also good to support others who are spreading this most vital message to our children: Our children will be the teachers, mothers, and lawmakers one day. Information about real food, butter, healthy animal fats, pasture raised animals; and packing your body with nutrient dense foods before having children, once you are pregnant and while you nurse, are skills for life. Teaching this information now may produce a different outcome for your children's children--basically, your grandchildren!
Hope you'll give it a look! Thanks for reading.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Raw milk for sale in PA
I just returned from a visit to Pennsylvania, where my parents live, and also where I bought raw milk.... in a STORE. I had to pinch myself, really; how come I can't buy this in a store in New York? Oh yes, a little thing called legality.
It is still a complete, unimaginable perplexity to me to realize that an amazingly healthy food/drink like milk can be deemed illegal in this state, or any state for that matter. The fact that it is not boiled to death should have no bearing on it's sale, in my opinion. It is only a choice of whether you like your milk with nutrients in it or not; the same way some like their milk with chocolate in it or not.
I realize that there are many people in total ignorance about the topic: My father won't touch the stuff for fear of needing a serious dose of antibiotics shortly after consuming it. It is something that took me a moment to get used to when I started drinking it. Fear put in our minds by authority figures can be debilitating, sometimes. However, the powers that be are totally aware of both said fact and that they have no claims to back up their fear mongering. So the practice of controlling this healthy substance continues.
I could be walking to the corner store to buy my wholesome raw milk--because it is my choice, because it is my right to make up my mind about what enters my body, and because no one has stopped it from going from our local friendly farmer to my local store; unfortunately, that is not the case in my home state of NY because it is illegal here.
I support every effort to make raw milk available to all who are astute enough to want to buy it. I support the right for farmers to sell that choice to consumers. Here's to a future returning to the land of milk and honey....a land rich in health!
It is still a complete, unimaginable perplexity to me to realize that an amazingly healthy food/drink like milk can be deemed illegal in this state, or any state for that matter. The fact that it is not boiled to death should have no bearing on it's sale, in my opinion. It is only a choice of whether you like your milk with nutrients in it or not; the same way some like their milk with chocolate in it or not.
I realize that there are many people in total ignorance about the topic: My father won't touch the stuff for fear of needing a serious dose of antibiotics shortly after consuming it. It is something that took me a moment to get used to when I started drinking it. Fear put in our minds by authority figures can be debilitating, sometimes. However, the powers that be are totally aware of both said fact and that they have no claims to back up their fear mongering. So the practice of controlling this healthy substance continues.
I could be walking to the corner store to buy my wholesome raw milk--because it is my choice, because it is my right to make up my mind about what enters my body, and because no one has stopped it from going from our local friendly farmer to my local store; unfortunately, that is not the case in my home state of NY because it is illegal here.
I support every effort to make raw milk available to all who are astute enough to want to buy it. I support the right for farmers to sell that choice to consumers. Here's to a future returning to the land of milk and honey....a land rich in health!
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