Guest guest Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 It's so true. I've done so much in the past couple of years to try to improve my environment - moved to a place in the country right by the sea, stopped using commercial shampoos, soaps, etc. stopped eating processed foods, stopped taking painkillers... ..and yet I work in a huge polluted city, am surrounded by chemicals in the furnishings and paint in my home.. it's just getting so hard to avoid taking in hundreds of destructive chemicals. There's hardly any 'virgin' land left in the world! At least we're all doing the best we can. Ironically, my grandparents were drinkers, smokers, ate meat everyday - and lived to their late 80s! But then there was probably a lot less incidental pollution in their lifetimes (and all food was 'organic' when they grew up). --- Todd German <tgerman1029 wrote: > Hey Suzy, > > I couldn't agree with you more, I imagine that we > could live much longer if we lived in a Utopian > bubble but, unfortunately, this isn't the case. I > read a few articles stating that, with the exception > of emergency rescue medicine and pharmaceuticals > (let's not even get into the conversation of drugs, > I'm sure we all agree on it), we are living to the > same age, even a few years younger, than we did 125 > years ago. Despite our best diets we're not doing > much better and in a lot of cases worse. > > > Suzy <sgsikora wrote: > I read you as a bit harsh, too... > but, you're so right that the > written word leaves out expression, intonation, > etc., and so we are often > left with simply the cold words in black-and-white > and they are often quite > harsh in comparison to the way we meant them to be. > > That said, I was thinking about this discussion and > one thing that came to > mind is that even *if *our ancestors ate the > perfect raw diet -- i.e. they > ate only perfect, organic veggies and fruits > (whether they dug them up, as > bush people in Africa still do, living as they have > for thousands of years) > or plucked them from trees; they lived in a > tropical climate allowing for > access to food all year; they ate only the bacteria > that was beneficial to > them (unlikely, but bear with me); they never > ingested chemicals in the > forms of artificial additives; they drank only the > purest water (also > unlikely, because animals used it to, but -again- > bear with me - and, yes... > obviously much more pure than today by any > measure)... even with all of > this, they still only lived to the ripe old age of > 30-something. > > As a species, we have adapted and changed into a > far different animal... for > many and various reasons -- some good and some not > so good, but certainly > useful or none of us would be here today. > > While I think raw, whole, organic foods are the > best we can possibly do in > terms of food... in today's age of soil depletion, > careful hygiene, and > petroleum-based chemicals in our air, food and > water, it's not a wonder we > aren't all living to be 150, right? I certainly > don't live in a perfect > environment, as much as I wish I did. > > I think there are many things we must consider... > nothing is ever as black > and white as it seems on the surface. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > _________ Messenger - with free PC-PC calling and photo sharing. http://uk.messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Yup Shari - you are right. But those who are 80 % and 90% won't know until they try. I was there for years. Only 100% 5 weeks and see the difference. That is the ONLY way to know. I'd say don't give up for at least a month - then see if you can go back... lol... well you can but you will know your not at optimum health. I was SO proud of myself yesterday! My lady friends go out to eat at least once a week after my meeting (I'm in AA - SO unanonymous! ... been doing it for 100 years it seems... 29 to be exact on the August 20..) .. I told them I wasn't going out today! I have avoided the meeting for that reason but knew I wanted to be there and see my friends. I prayed for courage to say no - and I did it. I went home and made a banana smoothie and watched air headed tv. It felt good to me. Louise <<So do you want to be raw or sort of raw some of the time? Victoria Boutenko says the difference between 99% and 100% is a 1000% better. And I can attest to this. I was 80 - 90% for many years and after going 100% there is a very noticable difference. Shari>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 <<<<<<It's so true. I've done so much in the past couple of years to try to improve my environment - moved to a place in the country right by the sea, stopped using commercial shampoos, soaps, etc. stopped eating processed foods, stopped taking painkillers... ..and yet I work in a huge polluted city, am surrounded by chemicals in the furnishings and paint in my home.. it's just getting so hard to avoid taking in hundreds of destructive chemicals. There's hardly any 'virgin' land left in the world! At least we're all doing the best we can. >>>>>> If you want a real eye opener as to just how horribly polluted with toxic chemicals each one of us are- get a book called The Hundred Year Lie- it is excellent and very scary as well. It's on Amazon I believe. Randall Fitzgerald is the author. Donna anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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