Guest guest Posted July 15, 2001 Report Share Posted July 15, 2001 Of course, Penny, you are welcome. love Peela --- Penny Khaled <pennyclr75 wrote: > Dear Peela, > I have just read your excellent letter to Greg > regarding > technicalities of eating and the French Diet. > My dear - that is one of the best letters that I > have ever read > onthe net. > I would like your permission to copy it and use > it . Heck - I > would like to frame it. > I totally agree with your conclusions. > Having eaten on the continent and having been > brought up by a Family > that considered it a sin equivalent to Murder to > open a can or a > prepared packet and feed it to the family, where > herbs HAD to come from > the garden and meals were a family gathering for > conversation, news and > anecdotes, I loved your viepoint.....Love Penny > > > > Shobbrook Susan wrote: > > > Dear Greg > > > > > Hi Pella, > > > Being 55 and being healthy is not so hard. > > > Being 75 and being healthy is somewhat harder. > > > At 85 its rear hard and dietary choices made 20 > > > years earlier have a BIG effect. > > > > yes- I agree- but I dont think a good diet is much > > more than common sense. Really. > > > > > > > I'm on a pathway to probably becoming a vegan > and > > > I'm exploring ALL the health issues involved. > It > > > would be nice to > > > think all that was required for good health in > old > > > age was to eat vegan but it ain't so. > > > > Of course not because its an extreme, and a diet > too > > high in raw foods, particularly in cool climates, > is > > unhealthy- ask the chinese or indians, and they > have > > been around a long time. > > I have been a strict vegetarian, a vegan, a > > macrobiotic enthusiast, into the Blood group diet, > a > > strict 80% raw diet, done lots of fasting and > detoxes- > > over the years. I am 34. I am currently into > Ayurveda- > > and drinking milk, eating ghee, a little fish and > > chicken. Because I cant maintain any extreme, > because > > I have to enjoy my diet, because I get sick on a > > strict vegetarian diet, and because I love to > > experiment on myself. > > > > The way we eat today bombards > > > us with Omega 6 rich foods and very little Omega > 3. > > > Add to that carb > > > rich diets which boost insulin and you have a > recipe > > > for eicosanoid production out of balance and > body > > > wide health > > > issues > > > > I am sure that technically what you are saying is > > correct, but how do you have soul in your diet > when > > you are measuring everything?. You cant eat from > > technical tables and lists, you have to relate to > it > > from your heart. > > > > Last year I went to a naturopathic seminar (they > talk > > just like you!)and sat next to a medical doctor > with > > an interest in alternative medicine who had > recently > > been to France to the World Conference on > Longevity or > > some such thing. He told me that the single factor > > that produced more long living people in France > than > > any other country was the fact that they ate > > 1000calories a day less than the British across > the > > channel. There were scientists from all over the > world > > there proposing their longevity theories, and he > > reckoned the conclusion of the whole conference > was > > simply that overeating caused unecessary aging. > They > > looked at other factores in the French diet, such > as > > red wine, olives, whatever- but they didnt > account. > > The French tend to eat fresh food bought regularly > > from the local stores daily, white bread, regular > > small quantites of chocolate and pastries (as in > one > > piece of chocolate after a meal), lots of stuff we > > would consider unhealthy- but their food is fresh, > and > > they dont eat as much. There have been oodles of > tests > > done on animals which have shown that animals on a > > reduced calorie diet live longer. > > > > > > > To keep they ratio leaning toward the good side, > you > > > need to get more Omega 3 rich foods and less > insulin > > > stimulation > > > carbs. > > > > > > So there, that was not too technical. > > > > > > I have done technical, I have studied sciences in > my > > naturopathic training, my dad is a scientist, and > if I > > thought technical was going to help, I would- I am > > capable of understanding it, even the chemistry. I > > just think if you take the heart and soul out of > > eating - which modern, highly processed junk food > has > > done- you miss, no matter what you technically put > in > > your mouth. Measuring everything according to its > > nutritional status is as souless as eating junk > food. > > And a home cooked meal , cooked by someone who > loves > > to cook, which is technically too high in > saturated > > fat may do you more good, in other words nourish > you, > > more than a technically correct one with the > correct > > balance of Omegas if its prepared by someone who > sees > > the food only in technical terms. Food has many > > dimensions. ( I am not saying you do that, i dont > > know) > > I like to keep it simple, and I can get > obsessional > > over my health, so I watch that too, and try to > keep a > > balanced outlook. > > > > My 2 cents > > love > > peela > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Get personalized email addresses from Mail > > http://personal.mail./ > > > > Federal Law requires that we warn you of the > following: > > 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. > > 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician > before using any > > natural remedy. > > 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be > your own physician > > and to > > prescribe for your own health. > > We are not medical doctors although MDs are > welcome to post here as > > long as > > they behave themselves. > > Any opinions put forth by the list members are > exactly that, and any > > person > > following the advice of anyone posting here does > so at their own risk. > > > > It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting > advice === message truncated === ===== May the long time sun shine upon you, all love suround you, and the pure light within you guide your way on. Traditional Blessing Get personalized email addresses from Mail http://personal.mail./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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