The Pros and Cons Of The Food We Eat

Within my lifetime, we ate from the land. Even thougheffects that will have on the body.
we lived in town, we had a garden, apple trees, hogsThe word organic is the buzzword in the market
and milk from goats. We preserved all the food wesignifying that the food is free from man's
could for the winter. How different we eat today withinterferences such as pesticides, hormones, special
our supermarkets and such.feeds, etc. This usually indicated a small farmer
We are now fast food junkies. We live on what I callconforming to all the rules. Now big money is coming
"belly wash".into the picture. Watch out. I don't trust the corporate
The food we buy must be fast, convenient and easyworld; they are paper tigers without liability. The
to prepare. We have slide from the soul food of themindset of the people running the show is the bottom
past to the fast food of the present.line.
This has led to a diet of processed foods filled withI have been avoiding grains in my diet. The other night I
empty calories. Our foods are full of grains and sugarswas snacking on baked whole grain wheat crackers.
that are the causes of the overweight population.My body rejected them by up-chucking them. I
We are now overweight with an excessive amount ofassume that my body is allergic to wheat, if I pay
inflammation in our bodies. Our health has gone to hellattention to what it is telling me. I had experienced the
and back. It seems everyone has Type II Diabetes orsame sensation in the past when eating Rudi's whole
has a heart condition or cancer. In my own body, I amgrain breads. I love to eat bread as a snack. Now I
experiencing the pains of inflammations. As I alter thecan't.
foods I eat, the pain is less. I want to share with youCorn and corn fed animals we use for food are
what I am experiencing.coming under scrutiny by the scientists. The studies
I am coming to the conclusions that many of ourare beginning to show a parallel of when we started
discomforts can be corrected by altering what we eat.consuming great amounts of grain products with our
It plays an important role in all our known dis-eases.decline in health. Corn as well as rice, wheat, barley,
The diet I am experiencing now limits my intake ofrye and oats are processed to the point that the body
grains and no sugars. I am finding it very difficult to findconverts them to instant sugars. In the process of
foods that have no grain or grain products in them.processing, the husk and the germ cell are removed
Corn is in everything.leaving only the endosperm, which is all starch. Starch
Corn sweeteners accounts for 55% of theis a complex carbohydrate.
sweeteners on the market. If you read the labels, youThat's bad.
will find high fructose corn syrup in everything likeThis causes a spike in insulin. This causes an overall
breads, cereals, etc.resistance to insulin and an elevated blood sugar level.
Eighty percent of our farmland is used to grow corn.This leads to the physiology of Type II Diabetes.
Other than soy, corn is the most genetically modifiedP.S. I lost twenty pounds experimenting with the food I
crop on the market. We don't know yet what theeat.