If you haven't figured it out already, I've got serious issues with GMOs. I buy organic whenever I can. My issues range from environmental concerns, to patent issues, to vague concerns that they just aren't tested enough before they're unleased on the unsuspecting public. Sheesh, I sound like a hippie right now.
But there's now a study that shows that GMOs might make for achy tummies. Check it out. The jist is that pigs fed GMO corn and soy had more stomach inflammation than pigs who weren't. It's just one study, but it's exactly the kind of information we need if agribusiness keeps pushing these products on our farmers and ultimately on the consumer.
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Food Feud
I have so many thoughts about food right now...
About how paranoid and militant adherents of diets can be.
About how we don't like others who claim to be on such a diet, but then "cheat"
Especially with a gluten-free diet, it makes me cringe when someone says "Oh, I'm supposed to be gluten-free like the doctor told me, I guess I just have to get back into it," and then grabs a slice of cake.
About how righteous we can get, not just about diets, but how our food is produced.
I just wanted to share this article. While it doesn't get into the restricted diets issue, I think it does an awesome job at laying out the major issues with food production in our culture.
About how paranoid and militant adherents of diets can be.
About how we don't like others who claim to be on such a diet, but then "cheat"
Especially with a gluten-free diet, it makes me cringe when someone says "Oh, I'm supposed to be gluten-free like the doctor told me, I guess I just have to get back into it," and then grabs a slice of cake.
About how righteous we can get, not just about diets, but how our food is produced.
I just wanted to share this article. While it doesn't get into the restricted diets issue, I think it does an awesome job at laying out the major issues with food production in our culture.
You Are What You Eat
I'll go on and on about this to anyone who will listen - you are what you eat.
And what you eat is what it ate. So you are what you eat ate. It gets zany quickly, I know.
But here to back it up - it tastes better and is better for you too.
Which is why I purposely look for milk, cheese, and butter from grass-fed cattle.
Oh, and the fact that if I don't, strange things happen. Like the allergic reaction when I bought a different milk. Some might say that I shouldn't be consuming dairy products at all. Maybe they're right. All I know is that I'm fine when I'm consuming dairy from cows who ate what they were supposed to eat. And I'm okay with that.
And what you eat is what it ate. So you are what you eat ate. It gets zany quickly, I know.
But here to back it up - it tastes better and is better for you too.
Which is why I purposely look for milk, cheese, and butter from grass-fed cattle.
Oh, and the fact that if I don't, strange things happen. Like the allergic reaction when I bought a different milk. Some might say that I shouldn't be consuming dairy products at all. Maybe they're right. All I know is that I'm fine when I'm consuming dairy from cows who ate what they were supposed to eat. And I'm okay with that.
What I'm Reading
If you need a good reason to vote next time around...(also, very disappointed about prob 37, even though I don't live in CA)
Fitting for my first major holiday gluten free, but enough with the pumpkins
Still working on this one...
Fitting for my first major holiday gluten free, but enough with the pumpkins
Still working on this one...
Food News and Other Things
What a week. My home, Virginia, which typically takes the brunt of many hurricanes, was blissfully spared from this one. (My other home, Central Appalachia, got a blizzard that put a lot of people out of power and water, but the damage was nothing compared to New Jersey and New York.) We were high and dry the whole time (in our new home, Utah), but we've watched this week's incredible scenes unfold just the same.
Please take the time to donate to the Red Cross. Always a good cause, always tax deductible, and right now working around the clock to help people devastated by the storm.
On a lighter note, some interesting things in the news this week:
Celiac might be influenced by the season of birth
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