Eat only cage free eggs but hey, are they really allowed to go outside.
GMO will kill the planet. GMO will feed the planet.
Salmon is good for Omega-3 fatty acids. But don't experts also say that one should limit the amount of seafood due to fear of mercury contamination?
City water shows high levels of chromium but apparently that is necessary.
Eat more green, leafy vegetables. Oh no, tainted spinach found in CA.
Campesinos in Mexico are uniting against corporate greed.
Ruined farmers in Asia are committing suicide
Those Girl Scout cookies are killing the rainforests in Indonesia........blah, blah blah!
Sound familiar?
A friend exclaimed in frustration that if we have to do the right thing by our bodies and by the planet, we might as well stop eating altogether. There is so much information on the subject of food and diets and much of it is contradictory. So how is a lay person to make sense of all this? It is tough work as I am finding out. But it is not impossible. We just have to be way more educated and vigilant than ever before. We have taken food for granted for much too long especially here in the United States. So much so that we don't even realize that we now have fewer food choices than we did a few decades ago.
Food has become a very complex issue where it is no longer enough to just buy tasty and/or healthy food and be done with it. One has to wonder about safety and real nutrition value. The next logical concern is sustainability over the long term. There are environmental and economic impacts. Thanks to the nature of the global food system, choices made in the US can impact farmers in Asia. There is the matter of corruption and control in the food system by a select few corporations who also seem to control political and regulatory entities. The list is endless and complicated enough to tangle a few neurons up there in the brain.
This blog is my journey as I try to unscramble and make sense of this complex issue and figure out the "right" answers - those that will be right both for my family's health and the health of the planet and its people. My hope is that I can encourage you to also look at food with an added perspective and make the choices that are right for you.
Food has become a very complex issue where it is no longer enough to just buy tasty and/or healthy food and be done with it. One has to wonder about safety and real nutrition value. The next logical concern is sustainability over the long term. There are environmental and economic impacts. Thanks to the nature of the global food system, choices made in the US can impact farmers in Asia. There is the matter of corruption and control in the food system by a select few corporations who also seem to control political and regulatory entities. The list is endless and complicated enough to tangle a few neurons up there in the brain.
This blog is my journey as I try to unscramble and make sense of this complex issue and figure out the "right" answers - those that will be right both for my family's health and the health of the planet and its people. My hope is that I can encourage you to also look at food with an added perspective and make the choices that are right for you.
Love it! Anxiously waiting to hear more
ReplyDeleteGreat Start! I can't wait to read more and benefit from all your gleaning! Keep it coming!!
ReplyDeleteWe should definitely put ALL packaged food out of our daily diets! Of course, way easier said than done!
ReplyDeleteI'd rather have a LARGE BOWL full of organic waste than a few plastic packs daily as my output!
Can't wait to read more !! Keep it coming :)
ReplyDeleteI like it! Congratulations and best wishes.
ReplyDeleteamen to the confusion..with toddlers in tow I am constantly reading labels and just making sure they get enough to sustain nothing to "catch up with the pyramid"
ReplyDeleteNice introductory start...
ReplyDeleteVery Good Start; Please keep it Lively and Contemporary!!
ReplyDeleteThere use to be commercials and cartoon character 'PopEye' for Spinach (Green Giant Co). The theme for the children was that eating spinach makes them STRONG ( to fight the bully). Yes. Food Companies put too much on Good Taste and Looks and less on Nutrition. Few companies are attempting to 'slip in' Veggies in Soups (Progresso Soup Commercial).
You are doing a good job... keep it up. We all should have thought about it a long time back!! we all go for easy access... packaged food...easy to fill in the lunch boxes... good thing I did not do that... until the boys finished their schooling, I was making them PBJ sandwiches, some chips, juice/milk... now they read the labels and tell us that, mom, dad you are buying unhealthy stuff....(chips!!) You are bringing awareness to the lay people. Thanks
ReplyDeleteSeems like you've found your calling...Congratulations! I'm looking forward to a lively discussion and lots of awareness. What is your opinion on CSA's? Local and pesticides vs. organic and large carbon footprint. Where does affordability fit into this discussion?
ReplyDeleteLove the title.. That is how I feel.. almost everything has something prohibitive in it. After reading several books that talk about cooking from scratch, I noticed that no matter what I make for my daughter's lunch, it has some level of food that is not form scratch.. unless I start grinding my flour, baking bread, making pasta and noodles, not uses store bought sauces( like even soy sauce) and the list goes on.... but it also means back to the kitchen where our foremothers (if there is such a term) spent most of their lives!
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