December has come and is just about gone. January brings with it a new year and new beginnings. I have been thinking a lot about ths quote by Mark Hoverson, entrepreneur and founder of Solomon CEO, "God's gift to you is your potential. Your gift back to Him is what you do with it." I have a feeling that this year is going to be something special.
Many of you have contributed ideas for me to write about, and the plan is to do so in the near future. Some of the topics to be explored include: IBS, migraine headaches, organic vs conventional foods, purposeful eating and exercise (1 Corinthians 6:19-20), fu shots (oops did I forget the 'L' ;) ), supplements - necessities or just supplements, memory, energy, and many more!
I am lookingforward to 2011. Thank you all for following this blog, and make sure to tell your friends about it!!
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010
"Selective Eating Disorder?" Grow Up
It is a typical Sunday night here at home. Grocery shopping, done. America's Funniest Home Videos, complete. As I cruised the internet, I stumbled upon an article from LiveScience.com (published on MSN.com) titled, "Grown up but eat like a kid? You may have 'selective eating disorder.' What?!?!?!????
Subtitle: 'Those with the condition prefer salty, bland foods.' Duh.
This is a short blog...
Selective Eating Disorder = Ridiculous. Selective Eating Disorder aka 'very picky eating' is just that...picky eating. Would I rather eat potato chips, bacon, french fries, drink light beer, and consume the occasional carrot? Sure. That would be fantastic. Unfortunately, that is not a healthy diet. So I have to eat other foods that may not be on the top of my list...like dark green vegetables (kale, spinach, mustard greens, etc), broccoli, blueberries, raspberries, organic chicken, butternut squash (BTW - I made a delicious butternut squash soup this weekend - with organic sweet corn, organic yellow onions, and mixed organic bell peppers), organic black beans, quinoa, etc, etc, etc.
I am tired of making excuses for people who make bad choices. Grow up.
Subtitle: 'Those with the condition prefer salty, bland foods.' Duh.
This is a short blog...
Selective Eating Disorder = Ridiculous. Selective Eating Disorder aka 'very picky eating' is just that...picky eating. Would I rather eat potato chips, bacon, french fries, drink light beer, and consume the occasional carrot? Sure. That would be fantastic. Unfortunately, that is not a healthy diet. So I have to eat other foods that may not be on the top of my list...like dark green vegetables (kale, spinach, mustard greens, etc), broccoli, blueberries, raspberries, organic chicken, butternut squash (BTW - I made a delicious butternut squash soup this weekend - with organic sweet corn, organic yellow onions, and mixed organic bell peppers), organic black beans, quinoa, etc, etc, etc.
I am tired of making excuses for people who make bad choices. Grow up.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Subtract the Additives
Top 10 ingredients you don't want in your food:
1)Aspartame/Sucralose/AcesulfameK/Saccharin- all artificial sweeteners are bad. I think high fructose corn syrup is a better option than any of these...and high fructose corn syrup is nasty. Plain 'ol sugar is the best option. Did you know aspartame breaks down into formaldehyde? Saves the embalmer some time in the future.
2)MSG (monosodium glutamate) - MSG is a flavor enhancer originally developed to help malnourished elderly patients increase caloric intake. Turns out it worked! The food tasted better and the elderly patients ate more food. As a business, the food industry decided that this was a good thing. So they added MSG to MANY foods, and guess what?? Everyone ate more! Foods that contained MSG tasted 'better' so people ate more. This is/was a great thing if you are/were a food manufacturer. However, from a health standpoint, ingesting MSG has been associated with asthma, migraine headaches, food allergies, obesity, and hyperactivity in children. A 2001 study published in the journal Neurology by Nicholas J. Maragakis, MD and Jeffrey D. Rothstein, MD titled 'Glutamate Transporters in Neurologic Disease' stated, "Glutamate is the primary excitatory amino acid neurotransmitter in the human brain. It is important in synaptic plasticity, learning, and development. Its activity at the synaptic cleft is carefully balanced by receptor inactivation and glutamate reuptake. When this balance is upset, excess glutamate can itself become neurotoxic. ... This overactivation leads to an enzymatic cascade of events ultimately resulting in cell death." Excess glutamate has been associated with condition such as Parkinson's Disease. Glutamic acid is aslo found in hydrolyzed vegetable proteins, autolyzed yeast, yeast extract, and soy extracts.
3)Hydrogenated and/or partially hydrogenated oils - hydrogenation converts unsaturated fats (healthy) into saturated fats (unhealthy). Hydrogenated oils often equal trans-fats. Ingestion of these fats increases the risk for heart disease. It is faster to just stuff your arteries with cotton.
4)Sodium Nitrates/Nitrites - food preservatives also used as fertilizer, rocket propellant, and in smoke bombs. Form nitosamines which are known human carcinogens that cause DNA damage. Increased levels of nitrates in the diet have been linked to increased deaths from Alzheimer's, diabetes, cancer, and Parkinson's disease. Delicious! :\
5)Tartrazine (yellow#5) - all colors are bad but this one in particular seems to cause more problems. Studies have shown ingestion of tartrazine has been associated with childhood asthma, hyperactive behavior (ADD/ADHD), migraine headaches, anxiety, clinical depression, blurred vision, itching, general weakness, sleep disturbance, and thyroid tumors.
6)High fructose corn syrup - HFCS was first widely used in 1984 . Since that time the rate of diabetes and obesity has increased dramatically. That said, high fructose corn syrup does not cause obesity, eating it does!
7) Modified food starch - anything modified is bad news bears
8)BHT/TBHQ - chemicals added for "freshness" = product really isn't fresh
9)Maltodextrin - Matdextrin breaks dwn int gucse sugar) It can be derived corn, potatoes, and wheat. Individuals with wheat sensitivity and/or celiac disease should avoid products containing maltodextrin. FYI, sucralose (fake sugar) contains maltodextrin.
10)Natural Flavor - natural flavors are still chemicals made in a lab...they can be found in nature but there is nothing natural about them.
1)Aspartame/Sucralose/AcesulfameK/Saccharin- all artificial sweeteners are bad. I think high fructose corn syrup is a better option than any of these...and high fructose corn syrup is nasty. Plain 'ol sugar is the best option. Did you know aspartame breaks down into formaldehyde? Saves the embalmer some time in the future.
2)MSG (monosodium glutamate) - MSG is a flavor enhancer originally developed to help malnourished elderly patients increase caloric intake. Turns out it worked! The food tasted better and the elderly patients ate more food. As a business, the food industry decided that this was a good thing. So they added MSG to MANY foods, and guess what?? Everyone ate more! Foods that contained MSG tasted 'better' so people ate more. This is/was a great thing if you are/were a food manufacturer. However, from a health standpoint, ingesting MSG has been associated with asthma, migraine headaches, food allergies, obesity, and hyperactivity in children. A 2001 study published in the journal Neurology by Nicholas J. Maragakis, MD and Jeffrey D. Rothstein, MD titled 'Glutamate Transporters in Neurologic Disease' stated, "Glutamate is the primary excitatory amino acid neurotransmitter in the human brain. It is important in synaptic plasticity, learning, and development. Its activity at the synaptic cleft is carefully balanced by receptor inactivation and glutamate reuptake. When this balance is upset, excess glutamate can itself become neurotoxic. ... This overactivation leads to an enzymatic cascade of events ultimately resulting in cell death." Excess glutamate has been associated with condition such as Parkinson's Disease. Glutamic acid is aslo found in hydrolyzed vegetable proteins, autolyzed yeast, yeast extract, and soy extracts.
3)Hydrogenated and/or partially hydrogenated oils - hydrogenation converts unsaturated fats (healthy) into saturated fats (unhealthy). Hydrogenated oils often equal trans-fats. Ingestion of these fats increases the risk for heart disease. It is faster to just stuff your arteries with cotton.
4)Sodium Nitrates/Nitrites - food preservatives also used as fertilizer, rocket propellant, and in smoke bombs. Form nitosamines which are known human carcinogens that cause DNA damage. Increased levels of nitrates in the diet have been linked to increased deaths from Alzheimer's, diabetes, cancer, and Parkinson's disease. Delicious! :\
5)Tartrazine (yellow#5) - all colors are bad but this one in particular seems to cause more problems. Studies have shown ingestion of tartrazine has been associated with childhood asthma, hyperactive behavior (ADD/ADHD), migraine headaches, anxiety, clinical depression, blurred vision, itching, general weakness, sleep disturbance, and thyroid tumors.
6)High fructose corn syrup - HFCS was first widely used in 1984 . Since that time the rate of diabetes and obesity has increased dramatically. That said, high fructose corn syrup does not cause obesity, eating it does!
7) Modified food starch - anything modified is bad news bears
8)BHT/TBHQ - chemicals added for "freshness" = product really isn't fresh
9)Maltodextrin - Matdextrin breaks dwn int gucse sugar) It can be derived corn, potatoes, and wheat. Individuals with wheat sensitivity and/or celiac disease should avoid products containing maltodextrin. FYI, sucralose (fake sugar) contains maltodextrin.
10)Natural Flavor - natural flavors are still chemicals made in a lab...they can be found in nature but there is nothing natural about them.
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