corn/food allergies [was Re:need your best formulas for psoriasis/eczema]

[Guest guest]

Is it GM/GE, or is it the pesticides used with non-organically grown stuffum? i

react to most fresh fruits and vegetables, and many processed ones (canned lima

beans; i can boil the color out of frozen peas and STILL react), and my food

allergies seem to progress furtheras i get older and with each pregnancy (i'm

starting to react to shrimp *sob*).

 

i DO NOT react to my neighbor's cucumbers (small companion planted home garden),

AND i made it through half of a large peach that is organic except in name. i

couldn't finish that peach, and i couldn't eat my youngest's peach a few days

later (too soon), BUT i was able to enjoy part of a peach!! *happy jig* first

time in more than 20-25yrs.

 

i'm with you on the concern over lab-modified food, but wanted to raise this

possibility as well in case it was useful brainstorm fodder.

 

Jessica, NC

 

ATFE , Teresa Archuleta <tas wrote:

>

> Just to share a corn allergy story. If I eat corn I get a four day

> headache and sometimes eczema. If I eat organic corn I am okay. I

> think it might be the GM foods that do me in because I have found

> that the same thing happens when I eat wheat and/or soy products. Who

> knows what the genetically modified foods do to our systems.

[Guest guest]

Sorry to hear about your food issues. I had very rough food allergy

issues from about 1992 through 1998 (perhaps not as rough as yours,

though). Whether genetically modified, or genetically engineered,

" Frankenstein foods " are here to stay. About a month ago I bought an

organic (yes, it had the certified label on the package) corn product

at Whole Foods. It was delicious. Within about 4 to 5 hours I started

to get a pounding headache and soon after the other accompanying

symptoms which indicated a " GM experience. " I took four charcoal

capsules to mitigate the ill effects of the poisonous food and

instead of being ill/bed ridden for 4 days I had symptoms but I was

able to function. My husband took the remaining product back to the

store and talked to someone. I got a phone call and I chatted with

the person at the other end - she said she appreciated that we let

her know, etc. In the end she and I both agreed that there will come

a time when the organic crops will become cross-pollinated with the

GM crops. At that point in time there will be less and less choices

for us. I worry about our children...

TAS

On Sep 21, 2009, at 10:24 PM, ripliancumacademy wrote:

 

> Is it GM/GE, or is it the pesticides used with non-organically

> grown stuffum? i react to most fresh fruits and vegetables, and

> many processed ones (canned lima beans; i can boil the color out of

> frozen peas and STILL react), and my food allergies seem to

> progress furtheras i get older and with each pregnancy (i'm

> starting to react to shrimp *sob*).

>

> i DO NOT react to my neighbor's cucumbers (small companion planted

> home garden), AND i made it through half of a large peach that is

> organic except in name. i couldn't finish that peach, and i

> couldn't eat my youngest's peach a few days later (too soon), BUT i

> was able to enjoy part of a peach!! *happy jig* first time in more

> than 20-25yrs.

>

> i'm with you on the concern over lab-modified food, but wanted to

> raise this possibility as well in case it was useful brainstorm

> fodder.

>

> Jessica, NC

>

> ATFE , Teresa Archuleta <tas wrote:

> >

> > Just to share a corn allergy story. If I eat corn I get a four day

> > headache and sometimes eczema. If I eat organic corn I am okay. I

> > think it might be the GM foods that do me in because I have found

> > that the same thing happens when I eat wheat and/or soy products.

> Who

> > knows what the genetically modified foods do to our systems.

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Jessica,

 

This may be a little off topic for aromatherapy, but not really when you

think about the interconnectedness of all things, especially plants, which

are both food and natural fragrance with myriad purpose. Regarding your

first comment, Jessica, I think it's all that you mention. Your comments

below only reinforce what many of us have believed for years . . . Organic

is the only answer and insecticides, pesticides and especially GM or GE

foods are creating disease and interrupting hormonal growth in our children.

I would suspect that your neighbor's garden is organic, especially since you

mention companion planting. Produce purchased at the big-box supermarkets

are not only inundated with chemicals during growing, they are reapplied at

the time of processing and packaging. Here's some resources to learn more

about the growing movement to eat locally and organically, and that

sustainable agriculture is superior to industrial agriculture (remember the

monoculture of potatoes that had all of Ireland starving?).

 

http://www.lavidalocavore.org/ Jill Richardson has written a beautiful book

" Recipe for America " , available on her website/blog which contains ongoing

information about this movement towards whole foods and healthier eating.

 

http://www.michaelpollan.com/ Michael Pollan is a hero of many of us, with

a range of brilliant books, videos, lectures and sound reasoning for moving

towards sustainability, regional foods, Community Funded Co-op Farms, etc.

His motto, " Eat food, not very much, mostly plants . . . " says it all. He

will be appearing in the major movie, http://www.foodincmovie.com/ a must

see for anyone interested in the state of food and its relationship to

disease in America. Watch the trailer and make a point to see the movie to

learn more.

 

A good way to get good fruits and vegetables (sometimes they even have

chickens/beef/pork, all properly, organically raised and slaughtered) is to

join a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). These are organic farms that

sell shares at the beginning of the season . . . Your share gets you a big

box of seasonal goodies weekly - you even learn how to eat with the seasons.

Here in the PNW, our produce is delivered May through October. It means

cleaning your own vegies and learning how to cook new things you might not

be familiar with (rutabagas or garlic flowers) and learning ot eat

seasonally, but you and your family will be much healthier. Out of

curiosity, I googled CSA farms in NC and got a long list of resources for

you . . .

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/chatham/ag/SustAg/csafarms.html

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-38.html

http://www.ncfarmfresh.com/farms.asp

 

There are a few of us in the aromatherapy trade who delight in growing and

distilling aromatic plants, infusing fixed oils and generally turning people

on to doing it themselves. Grow your own garden, including some aromatics

and you'll have a perpetual smile on your face.

 

Be Well,

Marcia Elston, Samara Botane/Nature Intelligence

http://www.wingedseed.com

http://www.wingedseed.blogspot.com

http://www.aromaconnection.org

" We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. " - Winston

Churchill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ATFE [ATFE ] On Behalf Of

ripliancumacademy

Monday, September 21, 2009 9:25 PM

ATFE

corn/food allergies [was Re:need your best formulas for

psoriasis/eczema]

 

 

 

 

Is it GM/GE, or is it the pesticides used with non-organically grown

stuffum? i react to most fresh fruits and vegetables, and many processed

ones (canned lima beans; i can boil the color out of frozen peas and STILL

react), and my food allergies seem to progress furtheras i get older and

with each pregnancy (i'm starting to react to shrimp *sob*).

 

i DO NOT react to my neighbor's cucumbers (small companion planted home

garden), AND i made it through half of a large peach that is organic except

in name. i couldn't finish that peach, and i couldn't eat my youngest's

peach a few days later (too soon), BUT i was able to enjoy part of a peach!!

*happy jig* first time in more than 20-25yrs.

 

i'm with you on the concern over lab-modified food, but wanted to raise this

possibility as well in case it was useful brainstorm fodder.

 

Jessica, NC

 

ATFE <ATFE%40> , Teresa

Archuleta <tas wrote:

>

> Just to share a corn allergy story. If I eat corn I get a four day

> headache and sometimes eczema. If I eat organic corn I am okay. I

> think it might be the GM foods that do me in because I have found

> that the same thing happens when I eat wheat and/or soy products. Who

> knows what the genetically modified foods do to our systems.