Just caught this video on Sally Fallon Morell's visit to the UK. For those who are not aware, Sally is the founder of the Weston A. Price Foundation which is a non-profit organization dedicated to the education of the public on traditional diet principles rediscovered by Dr. Weston A. Price.
Dr. Price wrote his book back in the 1930's during a time when non-modernized people, not yet exposed to modern foods, still existed. He studied them to find answers to why their health was so robust; they had no tooth decay, their jaws had room for all the teeth (no braces), they were free of degenerative diseases, and they were...happy! Yes, they were free of depression, ADD, ADHD, and every other capital letter we can gather together to explain our newest fun malfunction of the human psyche.
I have been studying the invaluable information of Dr. Price and Sally for several years now, but I always pick up something new when I give a listen to one of Sally's lectures. I hope you feel the same after listening....and I encourage you to do just that. It may be the best hour you've spent in your life!
Wise Traditions UK 2010 - Sally Fallon Morell Part 1 from Wise Traditions UK on Vimeo.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Feed Our Soul
Last night, I caught an episode of Bill Maher. One of his guests was Alice Waters, who is famous for creating the edible schoolyard, wherein children grow, eat, and learn about vegetables they grow on the school yard. In fact, I had helped my daughter, Chloe, plant one at her school last year....not realizing who had influenced this back-to-nature goodness we were participating in.
Alice is also owner of a very well respected restaurant, called Chez Panisse, in California. Her restaurant's website tells her story, books reservations, and sells her many cookbooks. www.chezpanisse.com Although all this seems a few years new to me and others who are now seeing a flurry of books on the subject of REAL Food, Alice had her epiphany about food on a trip to France in the summer of 1964! A pioneer to the movement, I would say.
She is a very relaxed soft spoken person, and in this age of sound bites spit at infomercial speed, Bill Maher seemed a bit perplexed waiting for her thoughts to brim to the surface. Oddly enough, even with the limited outflow from Alice, she made a point that was the most poignant one I've heard. We need to bring the soul back into our food.
There is a reason we join together for meals: Our food feeds us on many levels. It is a social gathering; when else do we have time to smile, listen, and laugh with our families? Our food feeds our bodies for growth, sustenance, and healing. However, there is another level not discussed often: Our spiritual connection to our food and each other.
My husband comes from a big Iitalian family. I always admired how the family came alive around the food in his home. It was more than just something to consume....it was a party...always. The food had been cooked mostly from scratch and all Italian. Lots of meats and fish and cheese. I'll skim over the fact that there was white pasta served, because that was the way and did not detract from this soul filled food.
My own family was partly German. We had a Pot Roast that cooked all day to tenderize the meat and add incredible flavor. That was my families "party" food. It always felt special to me and I understood what this food felt like when it entered my stomach. There was a sense of fulfillment that went with the connection we all had with each other and our food.
This is what Alice Waters was referring to: A need to return to a time when food was our connection to who we are. This only comes from food that is first filled with this kind of spirit to start with. REAL Food is food that we have knowledge of where it came from, that is clean and fresh, and this is put together by someone with love. Yes, love adds to the food....more than we can even comprehend.
I doubt a "Happy Meal" could ever bring that true emotion out of anyone, but that is what the corporation is hoping to remind us of. A feeling of being truly happy from our deep connection to our food. It is what has been missing from our homes, our restaurants, and our souls for too long. It is what we truly yearn for when we stare blankly into the open refridgerator, or the menu at a fancy restaurant, or reach out for a healthy cookbook to help us feed ourselves and our families.
A small simple statement with enough impact to open hearts and minds. Yes, feed our body, all the healthy REAL Food we can get our hands on, but once again...Feed Our Soul; this is what our senses are really asking for.
Alice is also owner of a very well respected restaurant, called Chez Panisse, in California. Her restaurant's website tells her story, books reservations, and sells her many cookbooks. www.chezpanisse.com Although all this seems a few years new to me and others who are now seeing a flurry of books on the subject of REAL Food, Alice had her epiphany about food on a trip to France in the summer of 1964! A pioneer to the movement, I would say.
She is a very relaxed soft spoken person, and in this age of sound bites spit at infomercial speed, Bill Maher seemed a bit perplexed waiting for her thoughts to brim to the surface. Oddly enough, even with the limited outflow from Alice, she made a point that was the most poignant one I've heard. We need to bring the soul back into our food.
There is a reason we join together for meals: Our food feeds us on many levels. It is a social gathering; when else do we have time to smile, listen, and laugh with our families? Our food feeds our bodies for growth, sustenance, and healing. However, there is another level not discussed often: Our spiritual connection to our food and each other.
My husband comes from a big Iitalian family. I always admired how the family came alive around the food in his home. It was more than just something to consume....it was a party...always. The food had been cooked mostly from scratch and all Italian. Lots of meats and fish and cheese. I'll skim over the fact that there was white pasta served, because that was the way and did not detract from this soul filled food.
My own family was partly German. We had a Pot Roast that cooked all day to tenderize the meat and add incredible flavor. That was my families "party" food. It always felt special to me and I understood what this food felt like when it entered my stomach. There was a sense of fulfillment that went with the connection we all had with each other and our food.
This is what Alice Waters was referring to: A need to return to a time when food was our connection to who we are. This only comes from food that is first filled with this kind of spirit to start with. REAL Food is food that we have knowledge of where it came from, that is clean and fresh, and this is put together by someone with love. Yes, love adds to the food....more than we can even comprehend.
I doubt a "Happy Meal" could ever bring that true emotion out of anyone, but that is what the corporation is hoping to remind us of. A feeling of being truly happy from our deep connection to our food. It is what has been missing from our homes, our restaurants, and our souls for too long. It is what we truly yearn for when we stare blankly into the open refridgerator, or the menu at a fancy restaurant, or reach out for a healthy cookbook to help us feed ourselves and our families.
A small simple statement with enough impact to open hearts and minds. Yes, feed our body, all the healthy REAL Food we can get our hands on, but once again...Feed Our Soul; this is what our senses are really asking for.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Fresh and Sour Is Only For REAL Milk
Just heard something on the radio on the way home this morning about a couple of blokes in England that thought up a cute new gimmick for milk cartons: They will show the words "fresh" and "sour", accordingly. The announcers were thrilled, but it made me think: That's not accurate!
To use those terms, fresh and sour, it would need to be REAL raw milk. Fresh milk, in many countries, means unpastuerized milk. There's truth in that, as that's the freshest milk you'll get! Check out imported cheeses....if it says "fresh", it means unpasteurized, or raw, milk. And the usage of sour is incorrect, as well. Pasteurized milk goes RANCID! All the live enzymes (and basically everything else that makes milk a health food) is lost when you pasteurize milk. It no longer can naturally change into a soured milk...which is another wonderful transformation of REAL raw milk.
Only REAL raw milk sours; pasteurized milk becomes...garbage. Fresh milk is raw milk. The white stuff you buy in Stop and Shop is a milk food--just like Cheese Wiz. Perhaps that will be the next new gimmick for milk.....milk in a can?! Perish the thought.
Check out www.realmilk.com for info on raw milk!
To use those terms, fresh and sour, it would need to be REAL raw milk. Fresh milk, in many countries, means unpastuerized milk. There's truth in that, as that's the freshest milk you'll get! Check out imported cheeses....if it says "fresh", it means unpasteurized, or raw, milk. And the usage of sour is incorrect, as well. Pasteurized milk goes RANCID! All the live enzymes (and basically everything else that makes milk a health food) is lost when you pasteurize milk. It no longer can naturally change into a soured milk...which is another wonderful transformation of REAL raw milk.
Only REAL raw milk sours; pasteurized milk becomes...garbage. Fresh milk is raw milk. The white stuff you buy in Stop and Shop is a milk food--just like Cheese Wiz. Perhaps that will be the next new gimmick for milk.....milk in a can?! Perish the thought.
Check out www.realmilk.com for info on raw milk!
Monday, April 5, 2010
Post Bunny Blues
Now that the Easter Bunny has gone into hiding again till next year, it's time to clean up our gut from the calamitous forage into white sugar's grip! Ooh! Like that! Let's add some good ole' probiotics and enzymes to our digestive track to eat up what the Easter Bunny left behind.
Too many candies and sweets can really wreck havoc with our immune system, starting with our intestinal tract that, by this time, is screaming for some assistance! Give it some helpful kefir (pronounced ke-feer) to do the trick. A good yogurt is also a an option, as is any fermented unpasteurized drinks (like kombucha) or fermented veggies or chutneys. These products eat up sugar fast than you can chow down on a 12 oz. chocolate duck!
"Nourishing Traditions" has many recipes for fermenting vegetables, fruits, and chutneys, and even drinks. If that just sounds like too much work after cooking for an army of people this weekend, most health food stores carry an array of fermented products. Try to keep it organic with few additives, and your system should be up and running....purring, in fact, in no time!
Too many candies and sweets can really wreck havoc with our immune system, starting with our intestinal tract that, by this time, is screaming for some assistance! Give it some helpful kefir (pronounced ke-feer) to do the trick. A good yogurt is also a an option, as is any fermented unpasteurized drinks (like kombucha) or fermented veggies or chutneys. These products eat up sugar fast than you can chow down on a 12 oz. chocolate duck!
"Nourishing Traditions" has many recipes for fermenting vegetables, fruits, and chutneys, and even drinks. If that just sounds like too much work after cooking for an army of people this weekend, most health food stores carry an array of fermented products. Try to keep it organic with few additives, and your system should be up and running....purring, in fact, in no time!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
REAL Food by Dr. Sue
I found a new website, through www.hartkeisonline.com, and thought I'd share one of their statements about the difference between today's food and our great-grandmother's era. Today, we need to say our great-grandmother, as opposed to grandmother, because all the dubious ingredients and odd happenings to food started creeping in even by the post-war era of the late 40's. Seems pre-war is better in buildings...and food!
My desire to feed my family REAL food is so strong, that sometimes I avoid hanging out with other families for dinner because of it. Sad to say that so many folks are still not aware of the garbage that is passed off as real food. Even worse is the fact that most parents are packing this stuff for kid' lunches, having it for dinner, and serving it to guests.
It is an effort to find, cook, and make sure you eat REAL food; I feel it is an effort worth making. Almost everything that today plagues our health can be traced back to this fake food most are ingesting every day, every day, every--DAY! I hope you'll read that statement again...it's a big one. You can deny it, ignore it, and reply with a "Happy Meal", but now it's in your head. Glad I could put it there.
Here's the writings from Dr. Sue from her website www.nourishmd.com Hope you'll flip through her other stuff....lots to learn.
My desire to feed my family REAL food is so strong, that sometimes I avoid hanging out with other families for dinner because of it. Sad to say that so many folks are still not aware of the garbage that is passed off as real food. Even worse is the fact that most parents are packing this stuff for kid' lunches, having it for dinner, and serving it to guests.
It is an effort to find, cook, and make sure you eat REAL food; I feel it is an effort worth making. Almost everything that today plagues our health can be traced back to this fake food most are ingesting every day, every day, every--DAY! I hope you'll read that statement again...it's a big one. You can deny it, ignore it, and reply with a "Happy Meal", but now it's in your head. Glad I could put it there.
Here's the writings from Dr. Sue from her website www.nourishmd.com Hope you'll flip through her other stuff....lots to learn.
Dr. Sue writes: Your great-grandmother didn't have high fructose corn syrup, partially hydrogenated oils or enriched flour in her kitchen. Nor did she have artificial colors, sweeteners or flavors. Her family didn't eat food from animals that never saw the light of day, were overcrowded and caked in their own manure. These animals didn't eat soy and corn, nor were they medicated with steroids and antibiotics. Your great-grandmother didn't prepare foods covered in pesticides or even worse, foods filled with genetically-modified ingredients. It wasn't available. All of this fake food is relatively new, created in a lab by food companies who want foods that trick our taste buds, stay on shelves longer and cost them less.
You see, organic is a marketing term. The reality is your great-grandmother fed her family organic foods and lots of local foods. She didn't have to worry about navigating through all of the marketing lies, food labels, or grocery store aisles. Food was REAL, unadulterated and nutrient dense. She probably grew some of her own food and canned it for the winter months...imagine!
When we talk about REAL food, we're talking about the food our bodies were meant to eat and enjoy every day. The food our bodies need to thrive at the cellular level. The food our children deserve. The food that will keep us and the planet healthy.
Remember, you vote with every bite! What are you voting for? Organic? Local? For a healthy family or planet? You can change the world with every bite. Choose REAL food!
You see, organic is a marketing term. The reality is your great-grandmother fed her family organic foods and lots of local foods. She didn't have to worry about navigating through all of the marketing lies, food labels, or grocery store aisles. Food was REAL, unadulterated and nutrient dense. She probably grew some of her own food and canned it for the winter months...imagine!
When we talk about REAL food, we're talking about the food our bodies were meant to eat and enjoy every day. The food our bodies need to thrive at the cellular level. The food our children deserve. The food that will keep us and the planet healthy.
Remember, you vote with every bite! What are you voting for? Organic? Local? For a healthy family or planet? You can change the world with every bite. Choose REAL food!
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Orange You Glad You Knew?
I'll be getting a book in the mail through Amazon in a day or two called "Squeezed". I found in through www.hartkeisonline.com, who is run by Kimberly Hartke, the publisher for WAPF. This is also where I got the link for the Raw Milk Symposium in Wisconsin. "Squeezed" is all about the "fresh squeezed" orange juice you and my husband thinks they are drinking when they buy those "not from concentrate" juices.
Although, I'm already aware of the fact that it is neither fresh nor squeezed, I thought it would be advantageous to read up on it a bit more. Not only is orange one of the most pesticide laden crops, but the juice is "squeezed" by grinding up the skin (full of pesticides) and all into the juice. It is then boiled to death and soy protein is added to prevent the separation in the juice (ever notice how the solids never fall to the bottom?).
That's just a "taste" of what I'm aware of. Can't wait to read more about it. Blog to follow. Feel free to check it out yourself through link below. In the meantime....drink your raw milk instead.
Although, I'm already aware of the fact that it is neither fresh nor squeezed, I thought it would be advantageous to read up on it a bit more. Not only is orange one of the most pesticide laden crops, but the juice is "squeezed" by grinding up the skin (full of pesticides) and all into the juice. It is then boiled to death and soy protein is added to prevent the separation in the juice (ever notice how the solids never fall to the bottom?).
That's just a "taste" of what I'm aware of. Can't wait to read more about it. Blog to follow. Feel free to check it out yourself through link below. In the meantime....drink your raw milk instead.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Raw Milk Symposium in WI
Check out the Raw Milk Symposium in Wisconsin add now on this page. Lots of info about the show and a very important event for those interested in raw (real) milk. Also, Sally Fallon Morell will be in NYC on the 27th of March discussing that exact subject.
AN EVENING LECTURE WITH SALLY FALLON MORELL
REAL MILK: WHAT’S THE REAL DEAL?
Saturday, March 27, 2010, 7:00-9:00 PM
Subud Chelsea Center
230 West 29th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues
Sally Fallon Morell, president of the Weston A. Price Foundation and leading
advocate in the real milk movement, will speak about the safety, health,
economic and legal issues surrounding milk. Come learn why full-fat raw milk
from grass-fed cows on pasture is nature’s safest and healthiest food, and the
key to revitalizing small family farms and reclaiming our constitutional rights.
REGISTRATION
General Admission: $20
Weston A. Price Foundation or Traditional Nutrition Guild Member: $15
~Space is limited. Pre-registration is strongly suggested~
Credit card registration: http://www.brownpapertickets. com/event/97887
Please send payments by check (made out to Weston A. Price Foundation NYC
chapter) to: Claudia Keel, One Union Square West suite 309, New York,
NY 10003. Send an email to claudiakeel@earthlink.net to inform us of your
forthcoming check.
Sponsored by the Weston A. Price Foundation NYC Chapters
AN EVENING LECTURE WITH SALLY FALLON MORELL
REAL MILK: WHAT’S THE REAL DEAL?
Saturday, March 27, 2010, 7:00-9:00 PM
Subud Chelsea Center
230 West 29th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues
Sally Fallon Morell, president of the Weston A. Price Foundation and leading
advocate in the real milk movement, will speak about the safety, health,
economic and legal issues surrounding milk. Come learn why full-fat raw milk
from grass-fed cows on pasture is nature’s safest and healthiest food, and the
key to revitalizing small family farms and reclaiming our constitutional rights.
REGISTRATION
General Admission: $20
Weston A. Price Foundation or Traditional Nutrition Guild Member: $15
~Space is limited. Pre-registration is strongly suggested~
Credit card registration: http://www.brownpapertickets. com/event/97887
Please send payments by check (made out to Weston A. Price Foundation NYC
chapter) to: Claudia Keel, One Union Square West suite 309, New York,
NY 10003. Send an email to claudiakeel@earthlink.net to inform us of your
forthcoming check.
Sponsored by the Weston A. Price Foundation NYC Chapters
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