On 8/27/2014 3:26 PM, danfriedman2002 wrote:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <punditster@...> wrote :
On 8/27/2014 9:53 AM, danfriedman2002 wrote:
> The growers can only sell "Organic Produce", so they print a
lot of
> organic in dside stickers. I travel in Latin America and find
it laughable,
> if you saw the growing conditions.
>I feel you with the grains. Used to be their main thing, now it's
relegated to a corner in the basement.
Love that Tamari. 60's!
>
We started out using Kikkoman and then moved up to San-J Tamari but now
we switched over to the organic San-J Shoyu.
>
I just returned fromBuca Brick Oven Pizza. Talk about Iatalian.
Waitress is Sardinian, serves me a couple of glasses of Trebbiano
and a bottle of Morelli (I passed on the water). Got thru the
Pizza Parmegiana (eggplant melts in your mouth) and on to the
Tiramisu.
When I'm passed all that, she takes me around the corner to Arco
Cafe, a new Sardinian restaurant on Amsterdam. Taste some stuff.
Move on. Need tosave room for dinner.
We are not overly concerned about the organic certification because we
don't eat food that would be typically contaminated with fumigants,
such as strawberries, grapes and peaches or prepared juices, because
we eat mostly locally grown produce such as lettuce, squash, carrots,
and broccoli, that are certified organic in the USA by the Organic
Trade Association (OTA). What we go for mostly at Whole Foods are the
bulk whole grains, organic chicken, and a few imported condiments such
as Shoyu or Tamari. We have found that the organic whole grain brown
rice grown in Deaf Smith County suits our needs. But, we are not real
big on carbohydrates anymore anyway - we mostly eat salads and
vegetable soup and protein drinks we make in a blender. We are pretty
big on filtered water. Go figure.
However, we do partake of some genuine Tex-Mex dishes at our favorite
restaurant, but always in moderation.
http://theorganicpages.com/topo/companylisting.html?CompanyId=7351
/Dinning with family and friends at Rosario's, San Antonio/
>
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<mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>, <punditster@...>
<mailto:punditster@...> wrote :
On 8/27/2014 8:19 AM, danfriedman2002 wrote:
Rich,
You are wealthy because you don't eat too much. Also, since
you turned me on to a new TM=related book (Have you read
Reflections on the Teachings of Maharishi: A personal
Journey by John Hornburg? [sorry, the Italics button is
stuck]), I'll explain myself further.
This being NYC, there is a Farmer's Market just around the
corner from Whole Foods. The word from there is that the
Hole Foods produce sucks (technical term used by farmers who
know their shit/manure).
>Our local Hole Foods get's its 'organic produce' from
Mexico, Chile et al. Then they claim it is "Organic" because
it has been "Crtified Organic" in the growing country. The
growers can only sell "Organic Produce", so they print a lot
of organic in dside stickers. I travel in Latin America and
find it laughable, if you saw the growing conditions.
Then...The Hole Foods Market becomes a magnet for the Nannys,
most of whom miss their country so come to congregate. They
are given a week's shopping list from their pretentious
employer, and have no idea what these food items are. They
weave down the isles, strollers plus wagons in tow. Because
they would be found out otherwise, they are more likely to
drop the child than the especial food item they are
retrieving for the list.
Entertaining though.
Our local Whole Foods Market gets it's organic produce from
the farmers market just around the corner or from a farm
nearby. The best produce and most satisfying is the produce
you grow in your own back yard. What most people don't
realize when they purchase food is the /stress and heat
factor/. All processed food is stressed to a certain extent
and/or heated. This includes the process and the packaging
itself and the transportation from the farm. Produce
sometimes comes from as far away as Mexico and California.
>
They show you the difference. Organic apples are not
unblemished, organic peaches are not unblemished,
organic,,,get it?
>
The ideal would be to procure all or most of your food
without using a harvesting device. Since this is close to
impossible for most urban dwellers we have to be more
flexible and make choices. Locally picked fruit and
vegetables harvested by hand in your local area would be the
best choice and imported and processed foods last. The best
and most satisfying food we ever obtained were apples picked
directly from the ground which had fallen the same day from
fruit trees grown, but even then we had to drive to the
orchard in a wheeled vehicle.
>
Thanks for the book recommendation. I may need to pull away
from this exciting time on ffl when the postman delivers.
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<mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>, <punditster@...>
<mailto:punditster@...> wrote :
On 8/26/2014 6:50 PM, danfriedman2002 wrote:
But Rich, Whole Paycheck will kill ya. Better off with
Health Nuts (if the name fits, I wear it) or farmstands.
But...Whole Paycheck is easy to shoplift.
>
We are not big eaters anymore, so it only costs us a few
dollars to buy some vegetables and some grains at the
Whole Foods Market. It's not like we have a big family
to feed anymore. Sometimes we eat out and that cost
more. There is a farmer's market a few blocks away from
where we live. We went to this place to eat some raw food:
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<mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>,
<punditster@...> <mailto:punditster@...> wrote :
Maintaining a healthy diet is one of the most neglected
aspects of modern medicine. Just to be on the safe
side, we try to eat only organic foods and try to avoid
all packaged food. It just makes common sense. Today we
went to this place to get some bulk grains and organic
vegetables:
/Whole Foods, San Antonio/
>
On 8/26/2014 6:29 AM, anartaxius@...
<mailto:anartaxius@...> [FairfieldLife] wrote:
The term allopathic, which is often used in a
derogatory sense, was invented by Hahnemann, the
creator of homoeopathy. So it is basically a quacks
take on regular medicine, although at the time the
term came into use, regular medicine was still pretty
primitive, and probably not very effective. Today the
term 'evidence-based medicine' is used, or
'science-based medicine'. Here is an interesting site
that deals with various conflicts found between
alternative therapies (which I usually call the
alternative to medicine) and modern medical practice.
Science-Based Medicine
<http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org>
<http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org>
Science-Based Medicine
<http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org>
Science-Based Medicine: Exploring issues and
controversies in the relationship between science and
medicine
View on www.sciencebasedm...
<http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org>
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<mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>,
<turquoiseb@...> <mailto:turquoiseb@...> wrote :
I've been staying out of the Alternative Therapies
free-for-all for a number of reasons. First, it's been
done to death here before, so the whole faux outrage
thing has a decidedly been there, done that, don't
need to do it again vibe to it. Second, possibly
because I bailed from the TMO early, I never got
infected with that uber-hypochondria that so many
long-term TMers exhibit. I never got into fad diets or
mega-supplements or any of that stuff, and have
managed to remain remarkably healthy *anyway*, never
having to "go there" and put any attention on my
health. I've been lucky enough to be healthy and stay
healthy...what was there to focus on or obsess on?
Third, I currently write articles for all sorts of
people in the health care industry. A few of them
probably work for Big Pharma, but most are just
everyday practitioners of allopathic medicine or
chiropractic or some alternative practice or some
mainstream specialty like cardiovascular medicine. And
to a person I don't think any of them would disagree
with the comments one of them put on the T-shirt below
(some MDs might get a bit of a hitch in their panties
over the mention of chiropractic, but that's about it).
Most of them would LOVE it if their patients would
just pay more attention to their diets and to getting
enough exercise. But they don't. They want a "quick
cure." And they want it whether it comes from a Big
Pharma pill or a homeopathic sugar pill or a Chinese
tonic or an Ayurvedic potion. Health care providers --
whoever they are -- get pushed into the savior role
because people go to them demanding the "quick cure"
and shouting "Cure me, cure me!" They're not willing
to do the work every day that keeps them healthy in
the first place, so they expect someone else to do it
for them.
