Sunday, October 22, 2006

Food Studies

Updated: 09/06/22

I am asked, with increasing frequency, why I post so much negative information about food.

No, I am not trying to make people afraid to eat.

Every story has two sides. Well, so does food.

Without examining both sides, you cannot get a clear view of what the story really looks like. It aggravates me to only be privy to part of a story. People are more likely to make bad personal decisions when they don't get the whole picture.

So, I am trying to present the other side... the side that common nutritional enthusiasts tend to ignore.

Therefore, you will not find me gushing over the lycopene in tomatoes. And you may find me quashing any regard for calcium tablets and dairy.

Why? Because all the lycopene in the world is not going to improve the quality of your life if the other elements of the tomato are overwhelming your joints to the point of hardly being able to move!

And the calcium in dairy isn't going to make your life better if, as a result of consumption, you are suffering night time leg pain and therefore not getting enough sleep. Let's not even get into the links with enuresis (night wetting) and how it aggravates me to hear about parents making their children go to bed without a drink of water because they don't know it's the MILK that's affecting their bladder control, NOT the amount of liquid in their bladders!... Or its links with diabetes... or possible negative impacts for people with autistic issues.

So, welcome to my blog.
Be warned, it's not going to be pretty.


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You are welcome to ask questions here or via e-mail. Anything I write is to be questioned. Anything you read, here, or anywhere else for that matter, about food SHOULD be questioned.

In the years I have been doing this research, I have come to three conclusions:

1. There is no perfect food.
2. There is no magic pill.
3. All foods contain toxins.

So don't be scared. Be smart.

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Here's some really old stuff from my early days:

Cancel That Gluten Order

Here is a list of what you will find there:

Arrowroot
Oregano
Enzymes

You can also go to NeuroTalk to see some of what I've done in the past and ask for food study help there. I'm the nut who felt the need to collect 'food study threads'. If you do a search there for 'food study' you should get a bunch of hits that I collected while I was hanging out over there.

Friday, October 13, 2006

Menu for the Month: Autumn

Monday:

Poached Egg w/ Leftover Roast Beef
Sea Salt
Freshly Ground Pepper
Honeydew Melon

Burgers/Sausages (ground meat w/ shredded cabbage, zucchini and carrot, sage -if pork or oregano - if beef or rosemary - if chicken or turkey)
Lettuce
Steamed or sauteed onions
Tomato
Pickles
Mustard
Sea Salt
Freshly Ground Pepper

Burgers/Sausages
Baked Potato Fries
Lettuce
Steamed or sauteed onions
Tomato
Pickles
Mustard
Sea Salt
Freshly Ground Pepper


Tuesday:

Cream of Rice Cereal (sweet rice) with Fruit and Maple Syrup

Burgers and Salad Greens

Baked Turkey
Basmati Rice with Red Peppers and Celery
Salad Greens (Grapeseed Oil, Oregano, Sea Salt and Pepper)


Wednesday:

Strawberry Coconut Smoothie

Tomato/Meat Sauce (filled with all kinds of leftover, pureed veggies in the fridge, lots of parsley)

Noodles
Tomato/Meat Sauce
Salad (Romaine Lettuce, Purple Onion, Black Olives, Tomato, Basil, Sea Salt, Freshly Ground Pepper)

Thursday: (this is our day out of the house and so we pack something quick for lunch)

Banana/Apple Smoothie

Pillars Turkey Bites
PC Organic Blue Corn Chips
Hummus
Salsa

Crock PotDinner (Roast Pork, Eggplant, Carrots and Cabbage, Sage, Sea Salt, Pepper)

Friday:

Cantalope

Tuna Pockets

Steamed Halibut
Boiled Potatoes
Cabbage and Carrot Coleslaw

Saturday:

Coffee (organic; fair trade)
Bacon

Baked Chicken (ginger; sea salt; freshly ground pepper)
Roasted Vegetables (carrot, sweet potato, beets)

Chicken Stirfry (basmati rice, sweet red peppers, spring onions, parsnips, basmati rice, sea salt, freshly ground pepper)

Sunday:

Coffee (organic; fair trade)
Bacon
Waffles

Chicken Soup (chicken stock from yesterday; carrots; cabbage; oregano; sea salt; pepper)

Crock Pot Dinner (Roast Beef; cabbage; carrots; mushrooms)