Calendula - Son may have Tourette's

[calendula]

So far we have been lucky living out in the middle of vacant farm land. No rabbits. Our veggies will be ok till the deer find them. Unfortunately the mice killed the fruit trees (that were not killed by the deer the previous winter) this winter. We are going to have to replant 8 trees (this time we are going to use tree wrap on them to keep the mice away); we already deer proofed them after they killed the original trees we planted.

Sorry about your trees! Those darn mice; our cats usually do a pretty good job of controlling the rodent population around our place. We're always finding something dead in the yard--usually headless. Apparently heads taste good.

I got my copy of "Nourishing Traditions" from UPS yesterday and had a chance to browse through it last night. I was telling my husband a bit about the book and what the author thought.

I said, "The author believes that people should eat more foods with saturated fats and less polyunsaturated fats."

My husband stares at me blankly. "Do you believe everything you read?"

He worked in a hospital, was on the ambulance crew, and this is against everything a doctor has ever told him.

I made some tortilla dough this morning that I am going to allow to soak all day. My husband asks what I'm doing, I tell him, and explain the benefits of soaking your grains. He looks at me like a have a second nose growing out of my forehead.

So, today, I will be looking for info to show him that this is something worth considering. I'm not expecting him to jump into this right away, but I'm hoping he'll at least give it half a chance.

 

[Wifezilla]

Well he is a science and medical guy. Show him the science. I can get you links later today. The whole reason people changed the way they eat is because of a study done by one guy who FUDGED HIS DATA.

 

[framing fowl]

I can sympathize with the baby rabbits. Our dogs got a nest of them earlier this spring and I bawled like a baby even though I know the momma got a bunch of my cabbages and I wouldn't hesitate to shoot her if I didn't live in a neighborhood. I've tried trapping her but apparently my mountain man trapping skills are not that great

 

[calendula]

Well he is a science and medical guy. Show him the science. I can get you links later today. The whole reason people changed the way they eat is because of a study done by one guy who FUDGED HIS DATA.

Thank you, I would appreciate that. He is skeptical about all this, but I think he would be much more open to the idea if I had hard facts to show him. He is a very logical kind of person.

 

[Denim Deb]

I have never followed the guidelines that were put out for "healthy" eating. I just couldn't do it. I'm lucky if I eat 2 or 3 servings of fruit and veggies a day. I eat a lot of fat, and love milk, cheese, etc. I'm 50 yo, wear a size 4, my blood pressure is fine, and the last time I had my cholesterol levels checked, they were well w/in the limits that are supposed to be good. So, I must be doing something right.

 

[calendula]

I think after my husband had a day to think about it, he is changing his mind a bit. Afterall, he grew up eating whole-fat dairy products, butter, eggs, and red meat. His cholesterol and blood pressure are high, so he assumed that has been part of the reason. More likely, it is his addiction to macaroni and cheese though. And Fun Dip.

He was still teasing me about soaking the tortilla dough, and questioning if it was "rotten." But he'll eat the tortillas, he just likes teasing me.

We ordered a grain mill last night, and we are planning on buying some wheat berries. We're also interested in making potato and bean flour. We looked for places in Wisconsin selling organic wheat, but didn't have much luck finding any. Where do you all buy your wheat from?

 

[Wifezilla]

The best resource book is "Good Calories Bad Calories" by gary taubes. BUT...it is huge and written for grad students. He has a more consumer oriented book called "Why We Get Fat and What To Do About It" but the hard science is more spelled out in the first book.

If reading a huge book isn't up your alley, here are a couple of quick articles...
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/what-if-it-s-all-been-a-big-fat-lie.html
http://nymag.com/news/sports/38001/

And here is a documentary that gives the information in a fun way...
http://www.hulu.com/watch/196879/fat-head

Here is an article about Ancel Keys, the guy who started this whole mess.
http://www.smart-heart-living.com/lipid-hypothesis.html

There are some really good doctor blogs that I check on a regular basis. Here is the list...
http://www.drbriffa.com/2010/11/22/...flaws-in-conventional-nutritional-guidelines/
http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/lipid-hypothesis/the-big-lie/
http://www.trackyourplaque.com/blog/
http://www.drjaywortman.com/blog/wordpress/

Then there is the information gathered from Dr. Weston Price. Fascinating reading... http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library/price/pricetoc.html

 

[calendula]

Thank you so much!

 

[Denim Deb]

I was in the chiropractor's office a couple of months ago. They had a copy of Reader's Digest. And, they had a really interesting article in it. Basically, the author challenged the diet we've been told is healthy and advocated eating good fats, etc.

 

[calendula]

Well, I wished for rain, and we got it. There is standing water in the garden right now, so I am hoping it doesn't flood. It's kind of tapered off right now, but there is more coming according to the weather guys.

And of course, our chicken picks this morning, when its pouring out, to get loose from the chicken tractor. This is the second time our new little chicken has escaped. The first time, my husband had been working on the new coop, which she was in, and pulled the front section out to do the roofing. He figured the gap was too small for her to get out. Wrong. We left that day to go visit some family, and when we got home, little Polly was no where to be found. I started to walk toward the house to look up there, and low and behold, there was Polly, roosting on our clothesline. She looked so cute up there. Luckily, she was only sitting on a dishrag, and not any of our clothing that I had hung that day.

Today, she escaped from a gap underneath the chicken tractor (which my husband again thought was too small for her to get out of ). It was pouring rain, and we were wandering all over calling for her. We kept hearing her, but couldn't find her. Finally, my oldest son calls out, "There she is!" We turn and look up, and there she is, on the roof of the new coop, huddled under a bough from the spruce tree, looking all cute and innocent. We all ended up leaving the house soaked by that time. We have to watch that chicken, she's sneaky.