Not so unusual, right? Americans eat them everyday.
Except with this sandwich, there was no bread, just lettuce and tomato. And the chicken was pastured — not corn- or soy-fed. And it was drenched in home-made mayo. And instead of chips I had nuts. And a side of homemade probiotic-rich sauerkraut.
This is how I try to eat now: in accordance with the philosophy of Weston A. Price. I’m not always successful. I am a mom to two small kids and sometimes the choice isn’t between eating well and eating poorly, it’s between eating or not eating at all. So yes, I do drink my morning coffee. And I had polenta the other day. But I try to be cognizant of Price’s principles, and I try to incorporate them into my and my family’s meals. Read More »
Candid Words Warn of Explosion to Come of Food Quality, Health Problems, for Man and Beast
by Guest Blogger, William Gehm
A recent article “Milking: Quality Turns Sour” by Dr. Frank O’Sullivan was printed in the Irish Independent newspaper discussing the quality of milk in Ireland. Dr. O’Sullivan boldly discusses the fact that milk quality has not improved with improved SCC (somatic cell count) standards. It is noteworthy that the maximum allowable SCC limit in Ireland is 400,000 while the US remains at 750,000 somatic cells per milliliter. O’Sullivan questions the industry interest in solving the quality problem stating “Is the Government serious about milk quality when it introduces poorly policed animal-remedy legislation, which hijacks milk-quality programmes and serves to shovel antibiotics into the food chain?” Read More »
Clare Hamilton
Mrs. Rich
English 7A
Worth Fighting For
January 12, 2010
Many people die each year because of food poisoning and hazards, and we still don’t do anything about our food production. Animals still get raised in unsanitary conditions and in unnecessary numbers even after hundreds of food recalls, and why won’t anyone do anything about it? Read More »
If you are hooked on kombucha but wish that the process would be easier, or don’t make it as often because you just don’t seem to have all the specifics like spring water, organic sugar, organic black tea, large glass jar together in one place at one time, or don’t always get to the farmer’s market to scoop up a jar, and for those not yet familiar with kombucha, or those who don’t have time to fuss with the traditional process but would like a quick easy way to give their kids a great healthy fun-fizzy drink that would improve their immune systems, especially during the winter months, maybe kombucha-fermented apple juice is worth a try ! And it is extremely inexpensive to make. Read More »
The true cause of physiological and neurological developmental damage is repeatedly proven to involve soy exposure to fetus during pregnancy, infant exposure to soy-based formulas, as well as infant and child consumption of soy products.
The FDA has never approved soy phyto-estrogens as safe for fetus, infants, or children.
Phyto-Estrogens Cause Developmental Damage
Soy is a cause of autism because soy phyto-estrogens are proven to damage the development and function of several brain neurotransmitter systems. Damage to one or more neurotransmitter systems are overwhelmingly documented to cause autism. Read More »
In 1986, at age 62 my mother went to her doctor for a physical. Although she resisted, he demanded that she take HRT (hormone replacement therapy) because of her “age”. A few years later she died a most painful death from breast cancer metastasis to the estrogen target areas known as the: liver, lung, bone, and brain.
By October 1988, as my mother lay helplessly dying, I began my intensive research into HRT at Cottage Hospital Medical Library here in Santa Barbara where I shockingly found a multitude of published studies all concluding HRT as toxic and identifying these drugs as carcinogenic estrogen/progestin steroids. And yet, very few knew of this, as this information was not conveyed to the general public. Read More »
The court room was at capacity and some were not permitted entry. Being a little late, somehow I ended up in the front row. After the first hour of the Judge’s speech, the audience fell into a slumber of boredom. Then the judge started talking private sex clubs and owned the attention of everyone in the room until his last word. Read More »
How Schmidt’s Strong Stand Should Inform our Activism to Protect Local Foods
by Garlic Barnstorm
On January 21, 2010, Michael Schmidt, a Canadian dairy farmer, was cleared on all 20 counts of “selling” raw dairy in violation of Canada Health regulations. He was facing prison yet determined the government would have to send him there rather than find him guilty and send him home.
He will now continue operating his cow boarding program.
His win is a strong message to health regulators across North America that their orchestrated campaign against raw dairy farms and their customers is merit-less and oversteps bounds of duty and law. And it is now clear any such moves against raw milk dairy farmers and people’s right to eat what they wish will be running up against rapidly growing and passionate public resistance. Read More »
Avoiding soy is not easy because soy is hidden almost everywhere. Not only is it in most processed food, but it is present in almost every part of the food chain, including many organic foods.
You may have read about the Soy Prison Case and the terrible suffering of the prisoners on a high soy diet. You may have read the excellent information at the Weston A. Price Foundation website on the dangers of soy. You may be one of the many people who have learned that you or a family member is allergic to soy. You may have made the wise decision to eat no soy except for traditionally fermented soy foods, or to avoid all soy. You may carefully examine every food package at the market to ensure that the word “soy” does not appear in the ingredients.
The bad news is, you can do all this, and you can still be ingesting large amounts of unfermented, processed, genetically modified soy. Read More »
Local Farms Sell Uncured Bacon, What Do You Do With It?
We cooked the uncured bacon for breakfast, it tasted like a pork chop. NOT what we are used to having for breakfast.
I searched the internet for how to cure bacon at home, and couldn’t find any simple recipes.
So, I finally broke down and asked Stanley Fishman, the author of Tender Grassfed Meat cookbook to help me out with a recipe for curing my own bacon. This is what he came up with, and it works like gangbusters! Read More »
If you live in Northern Virginia or the DC Metro area, please join our
local Whole Foods Nutrition meetup group to find out about local lectures, food demos and tastings, farm buying clubs, and to meet others who love healthy food!
This blogger is a homemaker, not a health professional. This information designed to amuse, challenge, even provoke you to explore beyond the conventional food and health system.
We each need to make and be responsible for our own lifestyle choices by doing our own research and consulting with our family and other trusted advisors.
And, if it is a medical opinion you seek, by all means, call a doctor (maybe two or three)!
--Kimberly Hartke,
blogger and health advisor to my own family
Please Note: Any statements or claims about the possible health benefits conferred by any foods or supplements have not been evaluated by the Food & Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Kimberly, your blog is beautiful...I am very impressed!--Michael Schmidt, Glencolton Farm, Canada
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