Functional foods (was:Your Omega-3 Family Shopping List)

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Scarlett wrote:

 

<Functional foods are defined as any food that provides health benefits

beyond basic nutrition. These days, supermarkets are brimming with

foods enhanced with omega-3s, from fortified juice to eggs produced

by chickens fed omega-3s in their grain.>

 

The main function of so-called Functional Foods is the

making of a profit for its manufacturers.

 

Sally Fallon, bless her wise heart, would place so-called

functional foods firmly in the category " New-fangled foods " .

 

That means, man-made concoctions based on the incomplete

and ever-changing knowledge of nutritional science. Today it

is Omega 3, what will the fad be tomorrow?

 

Margarine is not and never will be good food, no matter

what you add to it. Sally Fallon, author of " Nourishing

Traditions " , believes new-fangled foods are to be avoided

in favour of whole foods, ideally soaked, sprouted or fermented

in traditional ways.

 

Chickens are meant to scratch in the dirt, get exposure

to sunshine, and eat worms, insects and whatever

greenery is around, including grass seeds.

 

Blueberries and raspberries were great foods long before

anyone could say anthocyanin or ellagic acid.

And so on.

 

If people need more of one particular vitamin or mineral,

go to http://whfoods.org, the website of George Mateljan.

It is full of information on which foods contain which vitamin,

mineral etc. Delicious recipes as well.

 

Never mind the function, eat FOOD!

 

Ien in the Kootenays

http://freegreenliving.com (blog)

http://wildwholefoods.net