tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218676778359797868.post8850123267803506818..comments2023-09-29T07:53:37.673-07:00Comments on All Things Considered: confusionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218676778359797868.post-29573192357225775932009-07-22T10:19:01.616-07:002009-07-22T10:19:01.616-07:00My husband's doctor ask him to be vegan becaus...My husband's doctor ask him to be vegan because his blood sugars were out of this world. He did and now the doctor is reducing his medication. Does that sound like this lifestyle hurts men health.<br />It is hard to not get enough protein. My grandparents were heard working farmers and did not have meat every day. They lived into their late 80's. My grandfather died of a rattlesnake bite mot bad health.I hope to live a long life meat has not added to my health. Being a Gluten Free vegan makes it a lot harder but but cooking from scratch goes with being Gluten Free so the whole food way is for me.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16904962228631939717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218676778359797868.post-2187229822633156672009-06-05T07:56:41.571-07:002009-06-05T07:56:41.571-07:00Thank you for this article. I also have come acros...Thank you for this article. I also have come across the "bad soy" foods articles. Having a blood cancer I've researched many types of eating. What should i do or not do? What will help me? and so on...One article said to yes eat soy while another said no don't do that cancer cells love to grow from soy then another said only estrogen based cancers like breast cancer should avoid soy. Confused dosen't even cover it! I live in Nebraksa, my state is an agribusiness state. Our politicians cater to farming while hustling votes. My state poisoned me or as my doctor said I have leukemia because I live here. Now whats happening in farming in this country? One report sited in an article by Mary Jane Butters, an organic farmer, states that the amount of farms being bought by women rose 58% between 1997 and 2002. What are these women doing? Going organic and making sustanable farms for their families future. Little farms like 5 acres some even less. Is soy part of that picture, yes it is. The small farmers are learning to make their own Miso and soy products. They are looking at other ways to preserve foods that will sustain their families better and more healthfully than our grandparents. Thanks all of you commentors you have laid the pro's and con's out so well. I never cared for cow's milk and as one article said cow's milk is made specifically for baby cow's like human milk is for human babies. I have had a year to try and like soy products. I won't change that because as Gweithgar says I studied and experimented and found another way. <br /><br />Barb<br />Mbarbara910@aol.com<br /><br />PS....love the carmelized tofu did on stir fry veg with squash and brown rice.Barbara Allen Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11971327948183172592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218676778359797868.post-83114962797831636512009-06-04T15:32:02.845-07:002009-06-04T15:32:02.845-07:00Thank you SO much for writing this post! My husba...Thank you SO much for writing this post! My husband and both of my sons can't have dairy, and our entire family is even slowly becoming meat free (getting "indoctrinated" [as my husband says] by your newest book, "This Crazy Vegan Life", as I'm sure you're happy to hear!) thanks to you!<br /><br />Anyway, I had read so many scary things about soy and its effect in men that I switched the kiddos over to brown rice milk instead. I use almond milk in all of my cooking (thanks for that tip!). I think that it's proven to be a good decision for them and for us. I don't know that it's necessarily as bad as some of these articles say it is (or say it isn't or say it might not be, but maybe so, like these people say, but not quite... as the Men's Health article seems to have said, clearing it all up for us!) but I feel a bit more comfy with them having soy only occasionally now.<br /><br />Oh, and I'd like to say that I've had quinoa with broccoli for breakfast for the past three days now (it's easy and I just haven't felt like trying something else yet) and I feel fantastic. I'm not even hungry until lunch time, and I used to feel starving every morning around 10:30, and the daily binges would begin! You were right! Grains and veggies for breakfast, it is!Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117986141190716043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218676778359797868.post-64032180142957407672009-06-04T07:21:16.574-07:002009-06-04T07:21:16.574-07:00I like the feeling of KFC chicken grease running d...I like the feeling of KFC chicken grease running down my chin.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03033367976410191902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218676778359797868.post-39658992091137484992009-06-01T15:51:02.496-07:002009-06-01T15:51:02.496-07:00PS.. Thanks to a former episode in one of your old...PS.. Thanks to a former episode in one of your older series, I was inspired to plantorganic strawberry plants in my garden this year. Plants came from a USDA certified organic grower. You taught me how important it is eat only organic berries. You also inspired me to do more organic container gardening and replace perennials with organic edible landscaping. Today, I just finished planting 2.5 pounds of organic yukon gold potatoes in two bales of straw. Thank you for being so informative and inspirational!christeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08048662283823312672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218676778359797868.post-73192943464770666722009-06-01T15:45:36.496-07:002009-06-01T15:45:36.496-07:00Great post Christina! Confusion about food & ...Great post Christina! Confusion about food & health ... friend & allie to Madison Avenue marketing. I attend a free cooking class at a local market and it amazes how people gasp in horror at the mention of tofu, or salt, or other ingredients yet "blank stare" and ambivalence about GMO's, conventional farming and why go organic. General consensus from the group is that if you wash your fruits and veggies you rid yourself of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides. Boneless/skinless chicken breasts are the Godsend to them .. "so healthy". There is virtually no knowledge that "all salt is not created equal" and that kosher salt is a good thing while sea salt just clumps. I'm on my rant with them about "it's all about the soil" and healthy plants make healthy people. Baby steps ... not sure if I am getting through to anyone or just talking to the clock on the wall. Can't wait for Food, Inc. to be released. Keep up the good work and deciphering all the madness for us laypeople.christeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08048662283823312672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218676778359797868.post-69970191858569179562009-06-01T13:39:25.130-07:002009-06-01T13:39:25.130-07:00Sounds like "balanced" here means equal amounts of...Sounds like "balanced" here means equal amounts of crepe on both sides of the fulcrum. And I admit to also feeling confused about what to eat, since the media seems to change the rules every couple of days. I'm feeling pretty good, these days, as a whole-food vegan; although apparently I'm over-eating again, since my weight is creeping up. (Blast!) I think that one of the problems is that we want to find a clearly marked, easy path to a healthy way of eating...one that won't make us think too much. And I don't really think there is any such path. Healthy eating requires thought, study, and experimenting with your food. Even if you are following a whole food and vegan path, you still have to do the work.Cynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447554220964666473noreply@blogger.com