Sugar and fat in processed and ultra processed foods are silent killers and we’re not aware enough of their potency. The Halloween thing is a whole different kettle (cauldron?) of fish. Don’t get me started.
This is a great one, Liz, because it hits home in the everyday 3D reality!
I imagine that you might be "preaching to the choir" and that's perfectly fine because even the "choir" needs support.
I'd like to say in great gratitude (most largely) that my sensitivity to refined sugar is now at an all time high! It's because I have done my absolute very best to minimize my intake of refined sugar. I honestly have no regrets about that at all! The challenge for me (as it relates to this blog post) is when other people offer me food. I mostly have to turn down the offers. Sometimes this coincides with turning down the social contact that comes with sharing food with people. Generally that is not really a problem for me. However I live in shared housing with others under a "banner" known as: "The Enchanted Garden" that for about thirty years has advocated farmer connected, real food. It's somewhat mind-boggling for me to be living with people here who "supposedly" arrived under this "banner" yet who don't seem to be concerned about having refined sugar in their diets.
Here's one example of how sensitive I've become: A housemate offered to get me coconut water at a discount food club where I had gotten really good coconut water from before. At this store the housemate got distracted with all the other merchandise there and suddenly the closing alarm went off before getting the coconut water. The housemate had to make a special request to have an employee get a couple cases as the store isle was now closed off. The good coconut water I had wanted wasn't asked for by the housemate and what the employee got had a "1%" sugar added. Just that 1% not only altered the usually good-tasting coconut water it noticeably impacted my blood sugar as well!
Sugar is absolutely addictive! However people probably can't realize this unless they go the whole distance all the way through a long-term detox! I thank God that I made al the way through!
It becomes overwhelming to navigate through the constant bombardment of sugar in our culture and our lives.
What your housemate experienced, I know I have as well.
I believe that the food companies bear some responsibility here and there is intentional obfuscation of ingredients, processes and such. It's almost too much for anyone to navigate correctly.
Hopefully what has been presented so far can serve for some as a little supportive "heads up." In any case - my personal conclusion regarding the extensive: "obfuscation" of every kind is: prepare your own food!
I just read another presentation on how all of us have highly unique digestive systems of various types and orders that require different ways of how we nourish ourselves that span an extensive spectrum of these many different ways, not to even mention the the differences in the foods themselves! From this reading I know feel all the more validated that most people need to have a much closer contact with their food, a large part of which can come by way of preparing the food - because of all of the "energy" that one can imbue into their food through that process. For some people this closer relationship with their food goes to the extent of needing to have exclusive contact starting at the source and continuing all the way to the table. Many "farmers" get to have this experience. Personally I think this is a significant part of why this country had tremendously healthier people prior to the migration from country homesteads to the cities.
I'm convinced that we weren't designed to live all of our lives in cities, at least not the way cities are designed. (That's why I consider it was most fortunate for me to finally have made a real Exodus from Chicago after my 27th year! ; ~ ) IMO - the disconnect with Nature that is a consequence of living in the cities is multidimensional with numerous consequences of which proper digestion is possibly most critical. Some of us really need to to cultivate a more intimate relationship with our food, whatever that may be.
I get tempted by the leftover treats. Covid gave us an excuse to be Halloween Scrooges and turn off the lights. Sorry kids, practice your Satanic ritual elsewhere. LOL
However, this is all year round. Halloween is only one obstacle. The birthdays and all the parties in between are the biggest hassle. How do you navigate all of those?
Sugar and fat in processed and ultra processed foods are silent killers and we’re not aware enough of their potency. The Halloween thing is a whole different kettle (cauldron?) of fish. Don’t get me started.
Yeah... I get it. We've lost so much health while gaining "convenience" which isn't so convenient when we don't have health...
This is a great one, Liz, because it hits home in the everyday 3D reality!
I imagine that you might be "preaching to the choir" and that's perfectly fine because even the "choir" needs support.
I'd like to say in great gratitude (most largely) that my sensitivity to refined sugar is now at an all time high! It's because I have done my absolute very best to minimize my intake of refined sugar. I honestly have no regrets about that at all! The challenge for me (as it relates to this blog post) is when other people offer me food. I mostly have to turn down the offers. Sometimes this coincides with turning down the social contact that comes with sharing food with people. Generally that is not really a problem for me. However I live in shared housing with others under a "banner" known as: "The Enchanted Garden" that for about thirty years has advocated farmer connected, real food. It's somewhat mind-boggling for me to be living with people here who "supposedly" arrived under this "banner" yet who don't seem to be concerned about having refined sugar in their diets.
Here's one example of how sensitive I've become: A housemate offered to get me coconut water at a discount food club where I had gotten really good coconut water from before. At this store the housemate got distracted with all the other merchandise there and suddenly the closing alarm went off before getting the coconut water. The housemate had to make a special request to have an employee get a couple cases as the store isle was now closed off. The good coconut water I had wanted wasn't asked for by the housemate and what the employee got had a "1%" sugar added. Just that 1% not only altered the usually good-tasting coconut water it noticeably impacted my blood sugar as well!
Sugar is absolutely addictive! However people probably can't realize this unless they go the whole distance all the way through a long-term detox! I thank God that I made al the way through!
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Oh Chef, what a story! Thanks for sharing that.
It becomes overwhelming to navigate through the constant bombardment of sugar in our culture and our lives.
What your housemate experienced, I know I have as well.
I believe that the food companies bear some responsibility here and there is intentional obfuscation of ingredients, processes and such. It's almost too much for anyone to navigate correctly.
Thank you, Liz!
Hopefully what has been presented so far can serve for some as a little supportive "heads up." In any case - my personal conclusion regarding the extensive: "obfuscation" of every kind is: prepare your own food!
I just read another presentation on how all of us have highly unique digestive systems of various types and orders that require different ways of how we nourish ourselves that span an extensive spectrum of these many different ways, not to even mention the the differences in the foods themselves! From this reading I know feel all the more validated that most people need to have a much closer contact with their food, a large part of which can come by way of preparing the food - because of all of the "energy" that one can imbue into their food through that process. For some people this closer relationship with their food goes to the extent of needing to have exclusive contact starting at the source and continuing all the way to the table. Many "farmers" get to have this experience. Personally I think this is a significant part of why this country had tremendously healthier people prior to the migration from country homesteads to the cities.
I'm convinced that we weren't designed to live all of our lives in cities, at least not the way cities are designed. (That's why I consider it was most fortunate for me to finally have made a real Exodus from Chicago after my 27th year! ; ~ ) IMO - the disconnect with Nature that is a consequence of living in the cities is multidimensional with numerous consequences of which proper digestion is possibly most critical. Some of us really need to to cultivate a more intimate relationship with our food, whatever that may be.
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I get tempted by the leftover treats. Covid gave us an excuse to be Halloween Scrooges and turn off the lights. Sorry kids, practice your Satanic ritual elsewhere. LOL
Lol. "Halloween Scrooges"
However, this is all year round. Halloween is only one obstacle. The birthdays and all the parties in between are the biggest hassle. How do you navigate all of those?
Isolationism. hahaha! Well, Kelly's baking is my weakness. All willpower will fail on Thanksgiving.