Natural Health Tip – Be Careful of
Fat Tails
Another reader, noting a comment that Merri
and I do not each much cheese, wrote: “What do you do for protein? We
cannot eat fish for the mercury.”
Here is our reply. Quinoa is a protein mainstay, the only
complete vegetable protein. Our creek is full of trout-no mercury here. Venison
on occasion. Lots and lots of eggs. We have to keep up with our three very
fat happy productive hens. Fresh yogurt made from boiled milk placed in green
bottles in the sun. Fresh non-fermented cheese (buy in Latin section of super
market) called queso fresco. (In Ecuador this farmer’s cheese is everywhere…and
no fermented cheeses at all except from American style grocery stores.) Cottage
cheese, farmers and ricotta cheese. Kefir.
Cheese is not the problem. Too much fermentation and fat are
the things we try to avoid. The yogurt and kefir are exceptions as the fermenting
agents have some benefits. All the harder to digest curd foods are best eaten
at lunch. Organic chicken is a good source.
Some sea food can be eaten if small. Regarding mercury, sardines,
herrings and such are still okay as they are at the bottom of the food chain.
The mercury problem compounds at you rise through the chain as it concentrates.
Having said all this, the way you get protein should depend on your body’s
nature, your surroundings, your activity and your current imbalances.
This is why reviewing your lifestyle with a healer who is
experienced in nutrition and healing is good.
Vaidya K.S. Mishra is a master healer in the eight
avenues of ayurvedic healing and will help us learn how to eat better at
our June 16-17-18 course here at the farm. He is a healer with immense healing
knowledge to share. This course will be an experience that immerses you in
naturally healthy surroundings, such as the pure water, clean air, silence,
freedom from electromagnetic radiations, specially prepared food. Join us
at Merrily Farms. Our free accommodations are now all reserved but
we have space for two or three more delegates who can stay at a nearby. DETAILS
Be thankful this weekend.
Gary
June, 2006
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