By Janet Vargas - Independent Natural Health Researcher 30+ Years
YES, THEY PROMOTE OUR HEALTH RATHER THAN DEMOTE IT. FOOD MANUFACTURERS HAVE THOUGHT OF ONE CLEVER DEMISE AFTER THE OTHER, PROMOTING SYNTHETIC AND PSUEDO FOODS WE ARE NOT MEANT TO INGEST - INFLUENCING GOVERNMENT HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND ALL, MAKING THEIR ARGUMENTS SOUND LEGIT, MAKING THE PUBLIC SICK. AND BIG PHARMA WITH THEIR MEDICAL AGENTS HAVE BEEN ONLY TOO HAPPY TO RAKE IN THE PROFITS. BUT AN AWAKENING IS STIRRING THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DISCOVERING THE BENEFITS OF REAL FOODS: YES OLD THINGS BECOME NEW. THIS IS INSTIGATED BY PROFESSIONAL NATURAL HEALTH ADVOCATES AND MANY HEALTH SCIENTISTS ALIKE WHO ARE NOW SIDING WITH NATURE, PROMOTING IT'S MERITS AND IT'S WAYS.
I Will Show You Some Real Health Promoting Foods That Are So Beneficial For Our Health That Have Been Drastically Altered Or Replaced (they now clash with our natural body chemistry) In Western Countries Like Australia, And A Few Really Beneficial Foods that are Very Nutritious for our Families!
Through the years in Australia – and Western Countries – we have been buying foods that are so different to food staples our Great Grandparents had and our Great Greats. We have come to think of these foods as normal when in actual fact, they are not – they are drastically altered and replacements for REAL FOODS our Body and Brain really need to be Healthy.
We have CSR Sugar Cane and Commercial Honey instead of RAW HONEY and MAPLE SYRUP….. Cheap Fruit Juice with Sugar & HFCS and Canned Fruit instead of FRESH WHOLE FRUIT…..Trans Fat Margarines instead of GRASS FED BUTTER…..Cheap Nasty Veggie Oils and Toxic Canola instead of OLIVE OIL and COCONUT OIL…..Low Fat Milk and Sweet Yogurts with HFCS, Sugar or worse still toxic Aspartame or Splenda instead of Natural WHOLE MILK and FULL CREAM YOGURT…..Toxic Modern Wheat Bread and Bakery Items Instead of ANCIENT GRAINS (Spelt, Einkorn and Khorasan) Sliced Beetroot with preservative In Cans instead of HOME COOKED with Other Veggies…..Potato Crisps or Roasted Nuts instead of RAW NUTS…..Commercial Table Salt with Bleach and Aluminium instead of NATURAL SALT…..Grain Fed Eggs and Beef instead of GRASS FED. Lots of Fried and Microwaved foods, lots of Sugar Laden Cakes and Biscuits and Rich fudgy Deserts that does us no favours. No wonder so many people are sick! I will let you know why REAL FOODS are so much better.
You don't have to be an Adventist to know the Foods our Creator made for us are the Best Foods and Ingredients to make Meals with - Wholesome and Nutritious is the way to go if you wish to Wish to Enjoy Good Health. We can't go wrong by ditching Modern Foods/Ingredients like those mentioned above and those laden with Chemical Numbers and adopting our Great Grandparent's dietary standards once more: the Grass-Fed Butter, Free-Range Eggs and Olive Oil etc are so good for us. The Full-Cream Dairy NOT No-Fat Low-Fat Diets. Please don't subscribe to that nonsense and have your Children on them as well - that's no kind of Diet to be giving Growing Kids OR yourselves in this Stressful Age when we need all the Nutrition we can get.
Plus the Molecules in the Wholesome Foods - also referred to as Real Foods are Compatible with the Molecules in our Body.
Fake Foods/Ingredients are the Opposite - they Clash with our Body Chemistry and cause those nasty Free Radicals to Multiply. No wonder so many people - and kids - are sick these days. Go NATURAL - It Pays!
So does a Good Night's Sleep - it's Nourishing. You should also know that avoiding sunshine is actually one of the Medical Profession's biggest Cash Cows, along with the hideous No-Salt Diet and Low-Fat Diet.
The Cholesterol Scare Campaign is Big Pharma's absolute Biggest Cash Cow, found by True Health Advocates to be totally Fallacious - in other words deceptive!
How could I say that? Because our Nerve Cells and Brain Cells NEED Cholesterol to function properly. And so does Our Heart, Medicos claim to protect. Statins are a bold-face-lie because over time, they strip our body of this Precious Substance - the so-called Bad-Cholesterol plus the Good Cholesterol!
If You Are Accustomed To Modern Foods Mentioned Above And Ready To Eat Meals etc You May Experience A Feel Of These Real Foods Being Nourishing When You Switch Over To Them. We Will Start With My Absolute Favorite Shall We?
RAW HONEY
Honey has a Complex of Naturally occuring sugars including fructose, glucose, maltose and sucrose.
Raw Honey is “AS IS” from the Beehive, Cold Processed, nothing added or altered. It may be Lightly Filtered (only) if you want to experience the Goodness, the Benefits, the Nutrients. It also tastes superb. Single varieties such as the lighter Orange Blossom or Clover Honey taste really nice. Many people like Blue Gum or Red Gum. Stringybark, Mallee and Leatherwood honey have a stronger flavor, appreciated by those who prefer. There are numerous other varieties for venturous taste buds.
Raw Honey Is Rich in Antioxidants
It contains many important antioxidants. These include organic acids and phenolic compounds like bioflavins. Scientists believe that the combination of these compounds gives honey its Antioxidant power.
Raw Honey In Moderation Is Better Than Sugar for Type 2 Diabetics. It has been shown that Raw Honey has a lower GI Glycemic effect than other sugar and is digested differently. The Antioxidants in It Can Help Lower Blood Pressure as well.
Raw Honey Also Helps to Improve Cholesterol
Several studies show that honey may improve your cholesterol levels. Honey Can also Lower Triglycerides.
The Antioxidants in It Are Linked to Beneficial Effects on Heart Health
Raw Honey with Lemon Can Act As A Cough Suppressant.
Mainstream medications for coughs are not always effective and can have side effects. Interestingly, honey may be a better choice, and evidence indicates it is very effective according to PubMed.Com
Raw Honey favourably effects our Immune System, other honey does not.
Most honey sold in supermarkets is Commercial Honey which has been adulterated in some way – heat processed, pasteurized, sometimes HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) and/or Cane Sugar added. Even ‘Organic Honey’ can be heat processed which kills the life-giving ENZYMES in it and drastically alters the Nutritional Profile of Honey. This is what most honey buyers have been eating for decades now.
Raw Honey is Delicious and Still High in Calories and Natural Sugars, so moderation is the way to go.
GRASSFED/ORGANIC BUTTERS
Grass Fed Butter Has A Higher Nutritional Profile Than Ordinary Butter And Plastic Spreads (Margarines) Don’t Come Anywhere Close To Good Wholesome Butter. I Did Not Refer To Them As Plastic For Nothing – They Are Quite Similar. Damaged Sunflower And Safflower Oils And Toxic Canola In Margarine Are No Better For You Than Petroleum And Chemicals Used In Plastics. Both Products Go Through Extreme Heat Temperatures, Bleaching And Coloring (yes the yellow color is actually bad for us too).
ECOWATCH.COM has this to say about BUTTER.
Butter From Grass-Fed Cows is a Major Source of Heart-Healthy Nutrients!
Butter is basically just milk fat, also known as butterfat.
Butterfat is highly complex. It contains about 400 different fatty acids, and a decent amount of fat-soluble vitamins (1). Fatty acids are actually more than just energy sources, some of them have potent biological activity.
As it turns out, many of the fatty acids in butter can favourably affect our physiology and biochemistry in some way, leading to major health benefits. This includes the fatty acid CLA (conjugated linoleic acid). It is popular as a fat loss supplement, and studies show that it can have powerful effects on health (2, 3). Grass-fed butter contains five times more CLA than butter from grain-fed cows (4). Note: beware of the CLA Supplements due to many side effects reported - Natural is Better! (Janet)
Butter from grass-fed cows is also much higher in Omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin K2, compared to butter from grain-fed cows (5). As you can see, butter from grass-fed cows is a much healthier and more nutritious choice.
Butter Contains Saturated Fat, But Who Cares? Butter used to be considered unhealthy, because it contains saturated fat. However, this is actually not a valid argument against butter, because the saturated fat myth has been thoroughly debunked in recent years.
Two massive review studies were published recently, one in 2010 and the other in 2014. Both included hundreds of thousands of people. These studies clearly showed that there is no association between saturated fat consumption and heart disease (6, 7).
Studies Show That People Who Eat Grass-Fed Butter Have a Lower Risk of Heart Disease
The relationship between full-fat dairy consumption and heart disease seems to depend on the country in which the study is performed. In countries where cows are largely grass-fed, the people who eat the most butter seem to have a drastically reduced risk of heart disease. READ MORE HERE
NUTRITIOUS OILS
Please read the other Post I wrote parallel to this one on Unhealthy Oils HERE
I am committed to Caring about the "Health & Happiness" of Australians and think you have the right to know certain things that have been kept hidden from people's knowledge for decades!
When reading the contrast about Cheap Nasty Veggie Oils AND Canola, one thing for sure is you will be glad that Nature is Still on Our Side.
OLIVE OIL (EVOO Extra Virgin) is loaded with antioxidants, some of which have powerful biological effects. It Has Strong Anti-Inflammatory Properties (there are different types of inflammation in our body that cause different health maladies when not kept in check) we are not speaking about pain necessarily – they are different.
EVOO also helps to protect you against Insulin Resistance by helping your body respond well to the Insulin it makes. Researchers have made major scale reports of many people being Pre-diabetic who have not been diagnosed as such (before they become diabetic, some don't) so High Sugar Level is something we all need to guard against these days.
If you are still concerned about Cholesterol: under normal circumstances, this wonderful Oil gives some protection from accumulating LDL 'bad' Cholesterol. According to PubMed.Com Olive Oil May Help Prevent Strokes. Several large studies demonstrate that people who consume Olive Oil have a much lower risk of stroke, the second biggest killer in developed countries. HERE
Many people with Rheumatoid Arthritis have found some relief by cutting the damaging Oils out of their diet which are highly inflammatory, and having Olive Oil instead. Learn to think of the Veggie and Canola Oils Manufacturers as the dishonest Salesmen they really are (like shonky car dealers) because in actual fact, that is a good comparison – they don’t really care about your health (words are cheap). Remember, those cheap nasty Oils are a hidden cause of Inflammation whereas Extra Virgin Olive Oil contains Anti-inflammatory Substances.
You may be pleased to know that this Oil also has Antibacterial properties you may like to add to protective measures against Viral Infections. There are several polyphenols with Antibacterial properties against human pathogens, specifically hydroxytyrosol, and oleuropein, which have also been shown to have Antiviral properties.
COCONUT OIL
Coconut Oil does have Saturated Fat but is a Healthy Fat and 2/3rds of that is what is called Medium Chain instead of Long Chain that most foods with Saturated Fats are comprised of. The healthy Fatty-Acids in Coconut Oil make it one of the most unique foods there are. The Islanders who have lots of Coconut products and are accustomed to using this quality oil are well aware of it’s benefits and the Cheap Nasty Veggie Oil Industry had no right whatsoever to villainize and outlaw it making it look bad. Just have a look at the nature of these Medium-Chain Fats. Source HERE
Medium-Chain Fatty Acids
These saturated fats are the best things that coconut oil has to offer. Many of you will raise your eyebrows at the very notion of saturated fats but believe me, not all saturated fats are bad. These saturated fats are actually medium-chain fatty acids like capric acid, caprylic acid, caproic acid, and lauric acid, which can do wonders for you. They increase the rate of metabolism in your body, thereby aiding in weight loss. Also, they increase the level of HDL or good cholesterol and lower the level of HDL or bad cholesterol, thereby keeping your heart healthy. Source HERE
Impressive Benefits
Helps To Treat Fatigue And Malnutrition - Effective Remedy For Candida - Reduces Risk Of Many Types Of Cancer - Lowers Level Of Bad Cholesterol - Reduces Inflammation And Cures Bruises - Improves Metabolism And Burns Fat - Can Help Cure Chronic Digestive Problems - It Also Helps Improve Circulation. Source HERE
Antioxidant and anti-aging properties: The antioxidant properties of coconut oil come from its saturated fats like capric acid, caprylic acid, caproic acid, and myristic acid. They counter adverse effects of aging, macular degeneration, graying of hair, and sagging of the skin.
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Spelt (grains & flour) will be added to list plus Free Range Eggs, Lentils and Leafy Greens and Dates!
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As mentioned, I have been working on a different Post that relates to part of this one, about UNHEALTHY OILS I thought I'd leave out of this one, keeping things positive. You may like to read the firsthand account of a worker who has personally witnessed how Margarine is made.....and in contrast, how butter is made. It's really enlightening, you will want to tell everyone you know. HERE