Dr. Love said...
I personally have been the "guinea pig" for the DV health
message, replacing "cooked meals with more raw foods, in the form of
smoothies, salad concoctions,but basically not struggling with trying to
read the boxes and packages for their contents and the results have
been (combined with exercise techniques yoga, dancing, limited weight
training, walking, and percussion practicing,"mind blowing". Researching
healthy alternatives for prevention rather than focusing on treatments
has resulted in "natural energy", positive focus,thought clarity, and
physical strength and flexibility. The "challenge" is to get the youth
and seniors to challenge themselves to a healthier lifestyle rather than
some diet fad or quick meal or drug alternatives that lead to a host of
problems. The public schools for years have made the health curriculum
seem like something to do at the end of the school year and emphasized
with least importance. Elijah Muhammed and the Muslim community has
never gotten the credit for encouraging healthy eating but a mountain of
lies can be used to bury the truth but when that truth eventually
surfaces the lies will crumble. DV is school....GET THE WORD OUT...Does
anyone have some recipes to share???
I homeschool so it's easy for me to keep my daughter away from all the junk the school system feeds to children through food and disinformation.
We eat a minimum of 50% raw food, no meat, no dairy, and no processed foods. We rarely get sick and and if we do we avoid pharmaceuticals. When I approach friends and family about changing their lifestyle habits, they always have a new excuse why they can't right now. I wish I could make them see that they are actually sacrificing their health, time, spirituality, intelligence and joy living the typical american way.
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I homeschool so it's easy for me to keep my daughter away from all the junk the school system feeds to children through food and disinformation. We eat a minimum of 50% raw food, no meat, no dairy, and no processed foods. We rarely get sick and and if we do we avoid pharmaceuticals. When I approach friends and family about changing their lifestyle habits, they always have a new excuse why they can't right now. I wish I could make them see that they are actually sacrificing their health, time, spirituality, intelligence and joy living the typical american way.
This post reminds me of a news bit regarding Michelle Obama's push to improve school lunches. Her efforts apparently hit a roadblock since funding would come from the Food Stamps account. WTH? Anyway...
If I remember correctly, the documentary SuperSize Me concluded that improving school lunches (natural, unprocessed, organic foods with more fresh veggie choices) didn't change the cost very much but produced remarkable health results for the students.
If that's the case, why isn't improving school lunches a no-brainer? For some children, the school lunch could become the only healthy meal they get all day.
Don't get me wrong... I believe parent's are responsible for their child's health... but the school shouldn't add harm in that equation.
I hope to return to this subject with some research in hand...
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