Food for thought

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I would love to see this documentary, even though I am sure that it would upset me enomously.

Do we really stop to think about what we're eating? Do we want to?

[bixaorellana]

Here is some info from a previous discussion about that movie:
anyportinastorm.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=debate&action=display&thread=3371

Modified to add that I don't think I could handle seeing it. The fact that it had to be made is enough to make me nervous about what I buy to eat.

[frenchmystiquetour]

I don't want to see that, or documentaries about mass exctinctions, or GM foods, or animal cruelty, or environmental degradation, or starving children etc. I'm fully aware of all these problems and it depresses me to watch documentaries about them. Watching these types of programs should be mandatory for those people who are unaware of these problems. Then they would be reaching the right target audience.

[ninchursanga]

Don't watch it, it'll put you off food totally.
Apparently there's now even a clinicla term for people who are so obsessed with eating healthy that it becomes a disorder. I forgot the term, but after watching Food Inc. I felt becoming close to that.

[LouisXIV]

I saw this program a couple times in the past year and have known much of it for years.

About four months ago I saw another program and former President Clinton was on it discucssing his new diet and all the good it has done for him. I got the book from the library, "Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease" and about two months ago I went on the diet. I LOVE food and it was not easy for me. Eat nothing that has a face or a mother, no oil, no dairy, no nuts. That leaves fruits, vegtables and ceral.

The reason I am doing this is that I am 68 and have congestive heart failure and on the boarder line for diabetic problems. In the last year I have lost over 40 pounds and would like to lose another 40. In the two months I have had no beef, one dinner with chicken, no cheese and a small amount of milk with my cappaccino in the morning. And like every year I cook the family turkey and I did have a little on Thanksgiving. No butter, no oil, even olive oil in salad dressing. It is not easy, but I am doing it. One thing I notice is a great improvement in my digestive system. I do feel better, have lost a little weight, but the main reason I am doing this is that I have a mother who is 91 and there are a number of health issues, but at 91 this is normal. Her husband is 88 and and MANY heath problems, mainly due to a poor life style, he can not stand or walk, has macular degeneration and is blind, dimentia, incontenant, lives in a chair or his bed and has to be put in a wheel chair to get around and is dependant on someone for everything. I hope I don't live to that age, but the time I am here on earth I would like a better quality of life. I have an apointment with one of my doctors in a month and I am looking forward to see if he notices any changes. Here is more on the book and a video of the program: www.heartattackproof.com/

I am a big fan of Julia Childs, and now NO BUTTER!

[bixaorellana]

Thanks so much for that information and the personal experience, Louis. It's the personal angle that would help me have the discipline to do this.

I am looking forward to hearing a good report from you and your doctor in a month.

[LouisXIV]

bixaorellana, the bright side of this change in life style is that coffee and alcohol are allowed in moderation. I like the word moderation, it is not very specific. Stop by for a martini some time.

[ninchursanga]

wow, louis, that sounds like an extreme diet. Cutting out all those unhealthy, greasy, processed foods is a good idea imho, but not even a little bit of olive oil in your salad dressing?!