As I strive to “recreate” myself and become a healthier and
happier individual, I have discovered a fact that many of you already know but some of you may not. What I eat
affects who I am. The old saying “You are what you eat” has never been more evident
to me. Since I began this endeavor in earnest 6 months ago, I feel like a
different person.
I am losing weight, it is a slow process, but I do not have
to starve. In fact, the weight has just begun to come off on it’s own and I
seem to eat less and less. Also, I don’t crave food the way that I once did.
Many of you may be asking why???? I have been thinking about
this question also, and I have decided it is because of what I eat. As you
know, if you have been following my blog, I was diagnosed with gluten and
casein intolerance. Also, I have an aversion to soy. American grown soy was
never meant for human consumption. At first, I thought that my world had
ended. How was I going to survive
without bread and milk? Thanks to Vanessa and “Q”, I was introduced to the
wonderful world of gluten free living and the amazing world of sheep and goat
dairy and coconut milk. How, you ask can a person lose weight doing that? Well
partially by getting rid of the foods that I have intolerance to. You see, when
I eat these foods, my body starts an attack against these foreign substances.
My joints become inflamed and I ache and swell. But also, my body in response
to the inflammation puts out cortisol, which promotes and helps retain body
fat. So, when I quit eating the foods that I was intolerant to, I began to lose
weight.
However, I think that a major cause of my weight loss and my
overall general better health is the fact that when I started reading labels
looking for these foods, and began to realize what was hidden in the processed
foods in the stores today, I stopped eating processed food. A friend of mine tried this method and
lost 70 lbs in a year. What? You ask? Stop eating processed food? How? Why?
The answer is easy. Processed food will KILL you! My journey
began with oh, that has gluten, milk, or soy in it. Then I started saying, “
What are the other 30 things in here that I don’t recognize”? "What will I do"? My mother or I used to
make this food from scratch maybe I can do that again. Once I made the homemade
version, I wondered why I had ever bought the processed version. People say, “but
it is more time consuming”. Yes, but it is very satisfying to know what you are
eating and what your children are eating. If you sit back and think about it,
can you truly say, I would rather feed my children non-nutritious, potentially
carcinogenic, dangerous food, or would I rather spend 20 extra minutes a day
cooking REAL food?
The thing about processed food in the US today that scares
me the most are the genetically modified organisms or GMOs. These are food
products that have been genetically changed in a laboratory at a cellular level
and then grown and sold as “food” in the United States. The big corporations in
the U.S. are in bed with the FDA. The American people are being kept in the
dark!!!! GMO foods are not labeled in processed foods or in the produce section of the grocery store! Do you want to eat corn or other vegetables and fruit that has been injected with viruses or animal DNA to keep insects
from eating it? That is what most of the corn in the U.S. is today. It is not
the corn that we had as children. In order to get a bigger yield, it has been
injected with things that kill the insects that normally would eat it. Ask
yourself, if something at the bottom of the food chain cannot eat a vegetable
without dying, what is it doing to my children and me? Also, it is killing the
bees!!!!! Without the bees, we cannot survive! The picture in this link shows
why we need to protect our bee population!
I am repeatedly amazed at what the general public is aware
of and what the government keeps hidden.
I am very proud to be an American, but I am not naïve enough to believe
that our government has our best interest at heart. Have you ever wondered why Organic cost so much? Are you
aware that the government uses our tax money to fund GMO testing but charges small
farmers to be able to tell us that they are organic farmers????
I am also surprised that the general public has issues with
things such as embryonic stem cell testing but does nothing about scientists changing the vegetables and plants that God put on this earth. Either they are
unaware, or they choose which Dr. Frankenstein to condemn and which to ignore.
One thing about living in the United States is that we are all
free to believe what we choose. I for one, choose to fight government
interference with nature and what I think is God’s plan. Luckily, in the United States, I am not
alone! Much of the worlds including Europe, China and India have already banned
GMO foods. Hopefully, this will happen soon in the United States.
I am including the links below if you would like more information. Have a wonderful week! And please let me hear your thoughts!
http://www.undergroundhealth.com/non-gmo-food-companies-with-printable-list-of-brands/
http://www.spreadlibertynews.com/the-organic-review-long-term-study-shows-gm-corn-soy-causing-severe-stomach-inflammation/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/viewpoints/risks.html
https://www.facebook.com/MarchAgainstMonstanto
