"The Nourished Nana...Twisted"

As important as I truly believe it is to know the truth about the foods we consume is...As important as I truly believe it is to learn how to change our eating and food prep habits to better benefit our health...As important as I truly believe the information here is...for the most part...I have a hesitation about sharing it.

I adore sharing good things. I think those of you who've been here any length of time know that. But I don't like fear.

In my world, fear is the enemy. Fear is of the enemy. Fear is a tool of the enemy. I don't want to fall victim to it, nor do I want to generate it. I especially do not want to generate fear for the purpose of manipulating readers to see things my way. If you start to feel fear when reading any of the information I put here, I urge you to leave because I am here to share, not make you afraid.

One way fear manifests itself is in an urgent feeling to 'get it right'. Now, I am familiar with this feeling, and I am still in the process of getting over it. Without getting into a deep, theological discussion, which I might be inclined to do here, let it just suffice to say that while seeking to do things well and with excellence can be good, it can turn bad when it becomes overwhelming and stress-producing.

The articles you read here have been written over a long period of time. There was a longer period of time before I started to share this information in which I was studying about it and learning of it from others far ahead of me. Don't let it overwhelm you.

Let me say right now: You are safe here. I will not scold you for eating processed foods. I recommend getting away from it as much and as fast as possible, but perfection is not the goal. Progress would be a better idea of the goal.

Although I have been asked to lead/assist the leaders of WAPF Chapters, I don't think the day will ever come when I say yes to that. It would put me in too much of a box. I hate boxes. I like eating out and I can't always afford to eat at the places that sell grass-fed foods...Unless you count a few of the Arby's that are trying it on for size. If it's hard for me to dole out my money for this, with all I know about food choices, how hard would it be for friends and family who are struggling more than I financially? Moreover, many of the people I love don't have the food convictions I have and I am not going to spoil precious time I have with them by condemning their food choices.

If I pick any bones here, it is meant for the manufacturers. Those who have changed our food into something other than food in order to hear more jingle in their pockets. They tick me off because they know they are raping our foods and oftentimes, passing them off to us as healthy when the truth is far from this. There has been so much injustice done to our nation's food because of dollar idolization that it's hard to sort it all out. I am grateful to the Weston A. Price Foundation for the sorting they have done and continue to do.

I share here some of that sorting. I also go totally out of the lines from time-to-time and share something about cupcakes for grandkids or decorating...and I hope to share a bit about sewing and aprons and such little goodies as that from time-to-time. Why? Because it's my blog and I don't live, or intend to live, in the kitchen all day. I care for grandchildren, draw in pen-and-ink, clean my own house and windows, visit museums, spend time with friends, read books, sew, and so on and so on and so on...I live.

And something tells me, you do too.

Nourishment is, after all, about far more than food. So, let's get away from the fear of not living, (cooking, eating, prepping food), perfectly so we can perfectly live. And the real irony here is that perfect living is found in imperfection. Yes, I will continue to share along the same lines as I have been, but don't be surprised at changes, because they're coming.

So, The Nourished Nana will continue...but not along the same lines. It's just too confining. Today, it becomes, "The Nourished Nana....Twisted".

And just to show that things are going to be different, watch this: There will be less posts...I'm just too busy living.

Laugh. Out. Loud.

Can Cavities Be Healed? I Would Have Bet Not...BUT...

Okay, so it does make sense that if a bone can heal from a break that a tooth can heal from a hole. But I just never considered it. Really, never. And since I'm among the newer of the Weston A. Price 'fans', I hadn't yet put together the ideas presented by him about cavities...Incredible stuff!

So, when I came across this personal testimony just yesterday from one of my favorite bloggers, "The Healthy Home Economist", well you know, I just had to share it. I wrote her and let her know her story's the whole of my blog today...

Once more, I ask that you click, read and be amazed!

How I Healed My Child's Cavity

It's Superfood Wednesday!

Welcome to Superfood Wednesday, where I will attempt to share with you what I have learned about Superfoods according to the information I learn from the Weston A. Price Foundation and those following the precepts taught by WAPF.

Today, we won't discuss specifics, however, because I want to first acquaint those as yet unacquainted with what, exactly, a 'superfood' is.

If you have read any of the information in the page tabs at the top of this post, you know that Dr. Weston A. Price traveled the world in search of healthy non-industrialized people groups. He found them, too...and scientifically backed studies of this group brought about revelation that became the foundation of today's pure/clean food revolution.

No one knows exactly why, but even in primitive societies, food with concentrated nutrients have been highly sought after and valued. There were no science teams, no equipment or written record-keeping skills. And yet, these people knew the foods that would keep them in optimum health. Indeed, this was so until some left to join the industrial world. Inevitably, those that returned would do so with diminished health.

Primitive peoples knew, whether by word of mouth or 'instinct', we really don't know, that foods high in fat-soluble vitamins were good for them. They didn't know the foods they were eating had fat soluble vitamins...They just knew things like fish eggs, organ meats, soaked grains, (Yes, they soaked their grains!), and specific herbs were good for their strength, their children, for fertility, stamina and overall wellness.

The foods we consider to be 'superfoods' are those that naturally contain nutrients important to our health. They could, I suppose, be considered supplements, like vitamins, only  far better because, let's face it, God-created is always better than man-created. Man-made vitamins often pass straight through the body with very little actual assimilation. God-made foods have components within them that actually cause that specific food to be more easily absorbed, and thus, used by the body.

Why superfoods? Can't we get everything we need from good, clean foods without adding supplements? Well, yes, we can. But as the adage goes, "Nobody's perfect." Even the most food-conscious blunder from time to time. And I know I still do quite often. In fact, I do my best to eat well while I'm home because I know there will be many occasions when I'm away from home that nutrient-dense foods will not be available to me. I am a Southerner at heart, and that part of me hates to make others around me uncomfortable, especially regarding the issue of food. So, I write about it, I eat the best I can, and unless someone asks in public, I keep my mouth shut...and when they do ask, I try my best to be gracious in my answer. Honey is a very good attractant.

Rambling, yes? Okay, back on track...Let's suppose we know a person who eats perfectly all the time...(I think I may know one)...That person cannot be sure that food ingested was grown in non-depleted soil, or even that none has been touched by additives, sugars, pesticides, refined carbs, or rancid vegetable oils. So, this is the person who could use superfoods...Could that be you?

Or perhaps, you are convinced to try to eat as prescribed by the Weston A. Price Foundation, but there are some habits/foods you don't want to let go...smoking, alcohol...and Starbucks. You need superfoods that help rid your body of toxins, or refill your body with nutrients depleted by these habits.

I will start by explaining all the superfoods listed in Nourishing Tradtions. I have not taken them all, but I will tell you what is said of their value even if I haven't tried them as yet. We do regularly use probiotics, cod-liver oil and High Vitamin Butter Oil as a part of the cod-liver oil. In addition, due to an absence of most of my thyroid gland, I also take kelp and try to eat seafood at least once a week.

So, you've had advance notice and next week, we will begin to explore superfoods, one at a time, in more depth.

Since my husband and I both take it every day, I believe I'll begin with cod-liver oil. There are some surprises about that...