Food Myths!

We are told certain foods are good for us, so people can get rich selling us crap that only kills us!  Ten years ago the average American used to consume around 10 pounds of sugar a year, that number is now around 170 pounds!!!  Chef Jamie Oliver was quoted saying, "that his kids generation is the first to be expected to die before their parents".  How shocking is that!

Obesity caused by a poor diet = diabetes = stoke = cancer = death!

Processed food will give you only one thing, an early grave!  We all like bread, I'm fond of Bakery San Juan's sourdough, there's nothing like a crostini made with the stuff, but in moderation.  The problem with bread is, because we can now grind our flour so fine that the pancreas turns it into sugar!  Not good.

Here's a few things that we are told are good or bad for us, and my response.  Research is from Dr. Mercola, Sally Fallon, Weston Price Foundation, Bauman College, and Chefs Jamie Oliver and Jacquelyn Buchanan N.E.

Soy:  The human body cannot digest soy, unless it's consumed with seaweed or kelp which has an enzyme in it that helps break soy down.

Grains:  You don't have four stomachs like a cow, so stay away from the stuff.  Grains are thought to be the cause of leaky gut syndrome and possibly cancer.

Low Fat & Non Fat Milk:  If you take the fat out of milk, it turns blue!  So they add skimmed milk and other additives so it sells...  Raw milk is the best for you!

Rice:  Rice falls in the grain dept.  Asians eat loads of white rice without any apparent health issues, I'm told it's because they have saliva glands and a pancreas are twice the size of ours.  If you eat rice, as I do, then chew it a lot, this will help break it down.

Fats:  Good fats to eat are, butter, olive oil and coconut oil.  The body must have fat to be healthy.  It's funny how all the baby boomers were told to eat low fat diets, and now they all seem to have hip and knee problems.

Canola Oil:  To quote Sally Fallon and Mary Enig, Ph.D.  Canola oil is made out of raap seed, a member of the mustard family, and is unfit for human consumption!

Eggs:  The perfect meal of equal amounts of fat and protein.

Fruit:  Eat fruit in season, but remember fruit is fructose which is sugar!  Maybe the smoothies are not such a good idea!

Corn:  This was the hardest thing to give up when I changed my diet.  Sorry, the body cannot digest corn unless it is dried and ground up.  Corn is in everything we eat, and is thought to be the root cause of cancer along with sugar.

Good Health:  If you want your family to be healthy, step away from the processed stuff and get back in the kitchen and cook with real whole organic foods.  Is organic food to expensive?  Have you priced cancer lately?

Bon Appetit!  Chef Hobbes