Food & Drink

Is the answer to happiness actually hidden in the food that we consume, each and every day?

Food & Drink

Posted by: Rainbow

15th Jun 2011 12:16pm

Whilst many health authorities preach the benefits of consuming an organic diet, practically speaking, this just isn't an option for many households with prices being exceedingly higher than that of standard produce. It seems people these days wouldn't falter at getting a loan for a fancy car, new boat or a huge TV, yet when it comes to fuel for the body, spending more money on a higher quality of produce just doesn’t appeal. Is there not a direct relationship between food and our mood? If we eat well, we feel well, right? By introducing this simple concept into our lives, surely we’ll have more energy, a positive outlook and new found tools to assist our brains in working more efficiently and productively. In turn, this will enable us to make more money, thus allowing us to buy the big cars and the new boats! Is it a catch 22? Perhaps we have it all wrong…

Clover
  • 16th Jun 2011 03:29pm

I heard a comment like this on DVD recently, I half laughed, half smiled ruefully. The comment was, most people would rather buy a fancy car or pay the rent than buy wholesome food. A car is a necessity, and fancy one not so. The rent to me is a necessity, I have no wish to live in my car!
That said, every time I hear about poor school results, crime rates and hospitals, I blame what is laughingly called food in this society. The worst is that organic food is badmouthed and yet bread has to be "supplemented" with iodine to increase intelligence - except I might add, organic bread which is made with proper whole grains and sea salt. I have a book on the use of herbs, and found that friends could replace all their medications with ONE herb, with the additional benefit that they could cure one of their "incurable" conditions as well. However, this would do the drug companies no good, they need people to poison their bodies with their rubbish to support their multiple fancy car and house lifestyles!
I truly believe that crime is largely related to items found in the supermarket. Put a caveman in there, even someone from just 300 years ago, he'd starve! How much would he recognize, and how much have our animal bodies changed in the last 300 years?
It all goes back to Chief Seattle: When the last river is poisoned, the last fish dead, the land sterile, the air polluted, only then will you realise that you can't eat money. How many schoolchildren now know the story of King Midas? Someone is lauded for having the Midas touch, now finish the story and see how it ended!


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