ONE WHO SAYS it can't be done
should not interrupt the person doing it.
Chinese proverb
Friday, July 9, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
What's Wrong With Politically Correct Nutrition?
"Avoid saturated fats?" Saturated fats play many important roles in the body. They provide integrity to the cell wall, promote the body's use of essential fatty acids, enhance the immune system, protect the liver and contribute to strong bones. The lungs and the kidneys cannot work without saturated fat. Saturated fats do not cause heart disease. In fact, saturated fats are the preferred food for the heart. Because your body needs saturated fats, it makes them out of carbohydrates and excess protein when there are not enough in the diet.
"Limit cholesterol?" Dietary cholesterol contributes to the strength of the intestinal wall and helps babies and children develop a healthy brain and nervous system. Foods that contain cholesterol also provide many other important nutrients. Only oxidized cholesterol, found in most powdered milk and powdered eggs, contributes to heart disease. Powdered milk is added to 1% and 2% milk.
"Use more polyunsaturated oils?" Polyunsaturates in more than small amounts contribute to cancer, heart disease, autoimmune diseases, learning disabilities, intestinal problems and premature aging. Large amounts of polyunsaturated fats are new to the human diet, due to the modern use of commercial liquid vegetable oils. Even olive oil, a monounsaturated fat considered to be healthy, can cause imbalances at the cellular level if consumed in large amounts.
"Avoid red meat?" Red meat is a rich source of nutrients that protect the heart and nervous system; these include vitamins B12 and B6, zinc, phosphorus, carnitine and co-enzyme-Q10.
"Cut back on eggs?" Eggs are nature's perfect food, providing excellent protein, the gamut of vitamins and important fatty acids that contribute to the health of the brain and nervous system.
"Restrict salt?" Salt is crucial to digestion and assimilation. Salt is also necessary for the development and function of the nervous system.
"Eat lean meat and drink lowfat milk?" Lean meat and lowfat milk lack fat-soluble vitamins needed to assimilate the protein and minerals in meat and milk. Consumption of lowfat foods can lead to depletion of vitamin A and D reserves.
"Limit fat consumption to 30% of calories?" Thirty percent calories as fat is too low for most people, leading to low blood sugar and fatigue. Traditional diets contained 30% to 80% of calories as healthy fats, mostly of animal origin.
"Eat 6-11 servings of grains per day?" Most grain products are made from white flour, which is devoid of nutrients. Additives in white flour can cause vitamin deficiencies. Whole grain products can cause mineral deficiencies and intestinal problems unless properly prepared.
"Eat at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day?" Fruits and vegetables receive an average of 10 applications of pesticides, from seed to storage. Consumers should seek out organic produce. Quality counts!
"Eat more soy foods?" Modern soy foods block mineral absorption, inhibit protein digestion, depress thyroid function and contain potent carcinogens.
Nourishing Traditiions by Sally Fallon with Mary Enig, Ph.D.
info@westonaprice.org
http://www.westonaprice.org/
"Avoid saturated fats?" Saturated fats play many important roles in the body. They provide integrity to the cell wall, promote the body's use of essential fatty acids, enhance the immune system, protect the liver and contribute to strong bones. The lungs and the kidneys cannot work without saturated fat. Saturated fats do not cause heart disease. In fact, saturated fats are the preferred food for the heart. Because your body needs saturated fats, it makes them out of carbohydrates and excess protein when there are not enough in the diet.
"Limit cholesterol?" Dietary cholesterol contributes to the strength of the intestinal wall and helps babies and children develop a healthy brain and nervous system. Foods that contain cholesterol also provide many other important nutrients. Only oxidized cholesterol, found in most powdered milk and powdered eggs, contributes to heart disease. Powdered milk is added to 1% and 2% milk.
"Use more polyunsaturated oils?" Polyunsaturates in more than small amounts contribute to cancer, heart disease, autoimmune diseases, learning disabilities, intestinal problems and premature aging. Large amounts of polyunsaturated fats are new to the human diet, due to the modern use of commercial liquid vegetable oils. Even olive oil, a monounsaturated fat considered to be healthy, can cause imbalances at the cellular level if consumed in large amounts.
"Avoid red meat?" Red meat is a rich source of nutrients that protect the heart and nervous system; these include vitamins B12 and B6, zinc, phosphorus, carnitine and co-enzyme-Q10.
"Cut back on eggs?" Eggs are nature's perfect food, providing excellent protein, the gamut of vitamins and important fatty acids that contribute to the health of the brain and nervous system.
"Restrict salt?" Salt is crucial to digestion and assimilation. Salt is also necessary for the development and function of the nervous system.
"Eat lean meat and drink lowfat milk?" Lean meat and lowfat milk lack fat-soluble vitamins needed to assimilate the protein and minerals in meat and milk. Consumption of lowfat foods can lead to depletion of vitamin A and D reserves.
"Limit fat consumption to 30% of calories?" Thirty percent calories as fat is too low for most people, leading to low blood sugar and fatigue. Traditional diets contained 30% to 80% of calories as healthy fats, mostly of animal origin.
"Eat 6-11 servings of grains per day?" Most grain products are made from white flour, which is devoid of nutrients. Additives in white flour can cause vitamin deficiencies. Whole grain products can cause mineral deficiencies and intestinal problems unless properly prepared.
"Eat at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day?" Fruits and vegetables receive an average of 10 applications of pesticides, from seed to storage. Consumers should seek out organic produce. Quality counts!
"Eat more soy foods?" Modern soy foods block mineral absorption, inhibit protein digestion, depress thyroid function and contain potent carcinogens.
Nourishing Traditiions by Sally Fallon with Mary Enig, Ph.D.
info@westonaprice.org
http://www.westonaprice.org/
Why Butter is Better...
Vitamins: Butter is a rich source of easily absorbed vitamin A, needed for a wide range of functions, from maintaining good vision to keeping the endocrine system in top shape. Butter also contains all the other fat-soluble vitamins (D,E and K), which are often lacking in the modern industrial diet.
Minerals: Butter is rich in important trace minerals, including manganese, chromium, zinc, cooper and selenium (a powerful antioxidant). Butter provides more selenium per gram than wheat germ or herring. Butter is also an excellent source of iodine.
Fatty Acids: Butter provides appreciable amounts of short- and medium-chain fatty acids, which support immune function, boost metabolism and have anti-microbial properties; that is, they fight against pathogenic microorganisms in the intestinal tract. Butter also provides the perfect balance of omega-3 and omega-6 essential fatty acids. Arachidonic acid in butter is important for brain function and prostaglandin balance.
CLA: When butter comes from cows eating green grass, it contains high levels of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), a compound that gives excellent protection against cancer and also helps the body build muscle rather than store fat.
Glycospingolipids: These are a special category of fatty acids that protect against gastro-intestinal infections, expecially in the very young and the elderly. Children given reduced fat milks have higher rates of diarrhea than those who drink whole milk.
Cholesterol: Despite all of the misinformation you may have heard, cholesterol is needed to maintain intestinal health and for brain and nervous system development in the young.
Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon with Mary Enig, Ph.D.
info@westonaprice.org
http://www.westonaprice.org/
Vitamins: Butter is a rich source of easily absorbed vitamin A, needed for a wide range of functions, from maintaining good vision to keeping the endocrine system in top shape. Butter also contains all the other fat-soluble vitamins (D,E and K), which are often lacking in the modern industrial diet.
Minerals: Butter is rich in important trace minerals, including manganese, chromium, zinc, cooper and selenium (a powerful antioxidant). Butter provides more selenium per gram than wheat germ or herring. Butter is also an excellent source of iodine.
Fatty Acids: Butter provides appreciable amounts of short- and medium-chain fatty acids, which support immune function, boost metabolism and have anti-microbial properties; that is, they fight against pathogenic microorganisms in the intestinal tract. Butter also provides the perfect balance of omega-3 and omega-6 essential fatty acids. Arachidonic acid in butter is important for brain function and prostaglandin balance.
CLA: When butter comes from cows eating green grass, it contains high levels of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), a compound that gives excellent protection against cancer and also helps the body build muscle rather than store fat.
Glycospingolipids: These are a special category of fatty acids that protect against gastro-intestinal infections, expecially in the very young and the elderly. Children given reduced fat milks have higher rates of diarrhea than those who drink whole milk.
Cholesterol: Despite all of the misinformation you may have heard, cholesterol is needed to maintain intestinal health and for brain and nervous system development in the young.
Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon with Mary Enig, Ph.D.
info@westonaprice.org
http://www.westonaprice.org/
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Dear Lord,
Help me to find peace within that I may, in all humility, ask your forgiveness for my transgressions:
Help me to be forgiving of others, and to do unto others as I would have them do unto me;
Above all, help me to honour thy will and love you, oh Lord, with all my heart, all my soul, and all my mind;
Bless this our church family with thine wondrous love, that we may know an enduring joy and peace within through our becoming as one with you;
Help us to follow in the footsteps of thine only beloved Son Jesus Christ, and give special care and guidance to our young ones that their lives may be forever enriched with thine own goodness. Amen
(excerpt from God Things)
Help me to find peace within that I may, in all humility, ask your forgiveness for my transgressions:
Help me to be forgiving of others, and to do unto others as I would have them do unto me;
Above all, help me to honour thy will and love you, oh Lord, with all my heart, all my soul, and all my mind;
Bless this our church family with thine wondrous love, that we may know an enduring joy and peace within through our becoming as one with you;
Help us to follow in the footsteps of thine only beloved Son Jesus Christ, and give special care and guidance to our young ones that their lives may be forever enriched with thine own goodness. Amen
(excerpt from God Things)
Be Conscious of Your Intention...
Don't wait to be asked: if it is apparent that a friend is in need of financial assistance and our own needs are being met, we should freely offer to help. Our first reaction should be to give what money we can spare. For our own peace of mind, however, we should not allow our goodness to be abused, which becomes a matter for our own conscience. It may be, after due consideration, that our friend's needs may best be served by way of a loan, and not an outright gift of money; this to give a lesson in ethics. At the same time we must be mindful of the fact that such a loan could disturb our quietude. The very fact of the loan, more so than the dollar amount loaned, becomes an encumbrance.
In our deliberations as to whether we are to make a gift or a loan of the money, the prospect of such an encumbrance is a matter of consequence. For the most part, it will be found that it is better all round to give the money. The recipient will be the better for it as well, and may one day do the same for another.
Garry D. Kilbourn
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Don't wait to be asked: if it is apparent that a friend is in need of financial assistance and our own needs are being met, we should freely offer to help. Our first reaction should be to give what money we can spare. For our own peace of mind, however, we should not allow our goodness to be abused, which becomes a matter for our own conscience. It may be, after due consideration, that our friend's needs may best be served by way of a loan, and not an outright gift of money; this to give a lesson in ethics. At the same time we must be mindful of the fact that such a loan could disturb our quietude. The very fact of the loan, more so than the dollar amount loaned, becomes an encumbrance.
In our deliberations as to whether we are to make a gift or a loan of the money, the prospect of such an encumbrance is a matter of consequence. For the most part, it will be found that it is better all round to give the money. The recipient will be the better for it as well, and may one day do the same for another.
Garry D. Kilbourn
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Moral Bankruptcy of Government...
Because of the way it is constituted, and through long experience, we neither look for nor expect morality in government. Although the iniquities of government evoke a range of emotions in those not in authority, surprise is not among them. That power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely is a truism; one stated by Lord Acton when speaking about men in authority more than a century ago, in April 1887. It is equally true that the moral bankruptcy of government will continue unabated until its ways are curbed by the peoples' moral uprising.
Canadians should question the need for an armed forces. Who among us can justify ever again sending armies of men and women into battle as was the custom in the two world wars of this century? And who are the attackers that we plan to repel at our borders?
We would better serve humankind by turning the might of our military into a force capable of instant response to victims of disaster world-wide. We have but to redirect our efforts to a higher purpose. In doing so we enrich our own lives and set a much-needed example for others.
Garry D. Kilbourn
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Because of the way it is constituted, and through long experience, we neither look for nor expect morality in government. Although the iniquities of government evoke a range of emotions in those not in authority, surprise is not among them. That power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely is a truism; one stated by Lord Acton when speaking about men in authority more than a century ago, in April 1887. It is equally true that the moral bankruptcy of government will continue unabated until its ways are curbed by the peoples' moral uprising.
Canadians should question the need for an armed forces. Who among us can justify ever again sending armies of men and women into battle as was the custom in the two world wars of this century? And who are the attackers that we plan to repel at our borders?
We would better serve humankind by turning the might of our military into a force capable of instant response to victims of disaster world-wide. We have but to redirect our efforts to a higher purpose. In doing so we enrich our own lives and set a much-needed example for others.
Garry D. Kilbourn
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Saturday, July 3, 2010
Friday, July 2, 2010
To Know Peace Within
We are, each of us, our own worst enemy. We allow ourselves to be imprisoned by the unending workings of the mind which are at odds with those thoughts--were we to honour and abide by them--that would set us free.
Our mind, like the rest of our body, is there to serve us, to do our will. In order that we may habitually think those thoughts which ultimately give us peace within we must literally turn our mind on itself. Through conscious effort we can still the unhealthy, self-centered workings of the mind, thus to begin thinking thoughts of love, to recognize the goodness within ourselves and to see the goodness in others.
Equally important, in coming to terms with our thoughts, as manifested by our conduct, we learn to get in touch with our soul. To be in touch with our soul is to be in touch with God, thus to know peace within.
(excerpt from God Things)
To order your copy click on blwoodard@shaw.ca
Our mind, like the rest of our body, is there to serve us, to do our will. In order that we may habitually think those thoughts which ultimately give us peace within we must literally turn our mind on itself. Through conscious effort we can still the unhealthy, self-centered workings of the mind, thus to begin thinking thoughts of love, to recognize the goodness within ourselves and to see the goodness in others.
Equally important, in coming to terms with our thoughts, as manifested by our conduct, we learn to get in touch with our soul. To be in touch with our soul is to be in touch with God, thus to know peace within.
(excerpt from God Things)
To order your copy click on blwoodard@shaw.ca
The Weston A. Price Foundation
The Weston A. Price Foundation was founded in 1999 to disseminate the research of nutrition pioneer Dr. Weston Price, whose studies of isolated nonindustrialized peoples established the parameters of human health and determined the optimum characteristics of human diets.
Dr. Price's research demonstrated that humans achieve perfect physical form and perfect health generation after generation only when they consume nutrient-dense whole foods and the vital fat-soluble activators found exclusively in animal fats.
Chronic illness in industrialized nations has reached epidemic proportions because we have been dazzled by fast foods, fractionated foods, convenience foods, packaged foods, fake foods, embalmed foods, ersatz foods—all the bright baubles that fill up the shelves at our grocery stores, convenience markets, vending machines and even health food stores.
Modern food choices and preparation techniques constitute a radical change from the way man has nourished himself for thousands of years and, from the perspective of history, represent a fad that not only has severely compromised his health and vitality but may well destroy him.
Nourishing Traditions, Rev. 2nd Edition, by Sally Fallon with Mary G.Enig, Ph.D.
info@westonaprice.org
http://www.westonaprice.org/
Dr. Price's research demonstrated that humans achieve perfect physical form and perfect health generation after generation only when they consume nutrient-dense whole foods and the vital fat-soluble activators found exclusively in animal fats.
Chronic illness in industrialized nations has reached epidemic proportions because we have been dazzled by fast foods, fractionated foods, convenience foods, packaged foods, fake foods, embalmed foods, ersatz foods—all the bright baubles that fill up the shelves at our grocery stores, convenience markets, vending machines and even health food stores.
Modern food choices and preparation techniques constitute a radical change from the way man has nourished himself for thousands of years and, from the perspective of history, represent a fad that not only has severely compromised his health and vitality but may well destroy him.
Nourishing Traditions, Rev. 2nd Edition, by Sally Fallon with Mary G.Enig, Ph.D.
info@westonaprice.org
http://www.westonaprice.org/
Thursday, July 1, 2010
The Light of God
The light of God is within us: we are born with it. We have goodness and love, human traits that never leave us. As well, we are gifted from birth with the capacity to reason, enabling us to distinguish between right and wrong. And, not least, we are given will power, that which molds our character and shapes our conduct--in short, our very life. All of these innate God-given senses are affirmations of God's Presence and of our humanity.
There is never a time when God is not within us, no matter if we are at our lowest or at our best. Truly, God is our Shepherd. Believing and instinctively knowing this is spiritually uplifting. Thus do we walk in the Way, all the while enveloped in God's abiding love and goodness.
(excerpt from God Things)
To order your copy click on blwoodard@shaw.ca
There is never a time when God is not within us, no matter if we are at our lowest or at our best. Truly, God is our Shepherd. Believing and instinctively knowing this is spiritually uplifting. Thus do we walk in the Way, all the while enveloped in God's abiding love and goodness.
(excerpt from God Things)
To order your copy click on blwoodard@shaw.ca
Loving God
Talking to God throughout the day, ever striving to do His will, quietens the mind, enriches the soul and, not least, comforts us. With each passing day His presence within us becomes more real. We come to know ourselves and to give thanks for who we are. We become less judgmental and more understanding of others. Confident that we are living testimony to God's love, we are enabled through Him to enrich the lives of others.
Being as one with God is an uplifting and a joyful experience, one that abides with us always. Quite simply, we are very much a better person for knowing and loving God.
(excerpt from God Things)
To order your copy click on blwoodard@shaw.ca
Being as one with God is an uplifting and a joyful experience, one that abides with us always. Quite simply, we are very much a better person for knowing and loving God.
(excerpt from God Things)
To order your copy click on blwoodard@shaw.ca
"Close your mouth with introversion and your anger will finish."
Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization
Email: calgary@cs.bkwsu.org P: 209-2988 (403)
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Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization
Email: calgary@cs.bkwsu.org P: 209-2988 (403)
We are anxious to hear about anything that concerns YOU.
Please use blog 'comments' or click blwoodard@shaw.ca to send an email.
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