As I said in my last blog the move "Food Matters" has changed the way we approach the food we eat. We already buy organic if we can and we do our best to stay away from genetically modified food. I don't feel there is any need to prefect what God has created.
In the movie it states that for our health 51% of what we eat should be raw. This is for the enzymes, nutrients, and the fiber. They say that even light steaming kills of things that are beneficial to us.
Rather than change our diet drastically which we have found never works we have decided to add to our diet. We have started to add a greater quantity of raw vegetables and fruit. Our first dish was a broccoli salad from shredded broccoli with a light buttermilk/mayonnaise dressing. Very light just for flavoring. We found it to be very filling for a long period of time.
Last night I made a dish of shredded carrots, apples, chopped walnuts, and ginger root with just a splash of lemon to keep the apples from turning browner than they were already turning. The lemon did help bring out the flavors however. Once again we were satisfied with the full feelings for a lengthy period not to mention it was down right tasty.
Today I am thinking I might want to play with jicama in my next dish. Don't pick the large fruits rather like most other things modest to small is better.
Now if I can only convince myself to eat slower and enjoy the meal longer. I tend to over eat because I love the taste of the food and I eat to fast. I must learn to eat and savor the food. I would enjoy it the same amount of time without over eating.
We started watching this wonderful documentary and it has already changed our lives. Well, we have made alterations in the way we think and live. We tend to think in a certain direction that we are taught. I have found that when I change the direction of my thinking and become open minded I learn better ways to care for myself.
My parents always taught me how to be self sufficient. I don't think they meant it in the way that I am striving to live for they are very dependent on the system that I wish to break free from. One of these is health care. Most of my life I have not had insurance. Even when I did 1/2 of that time I couldn't afford to use it. What this movie brings to light is that we already have to tools to be healthy. We just are not using them.
I am also a license massage therapist in the state of Texas. I found in my practice that the majority of the people who came to me just wanted me to fix them. I had people who came to me every week with the same problems because they were not doing what they needed to be doing for themselves to be better. I found that they didn't want to be responsible for their own health.
Most of us reading blogs and homesteading are looking for a different life. A life where we can nourish ourselves, and our families. The solution or at least the base foundation of the solution is the food we eat. What we eat.
I could go on and on but instead I implore you to take the time, not for me but for yourself. To watch this movie. I promise if you truly care about your life as well as your loved ones, it will change the way you think and possibly the way you eat. I know it has mine.
