Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] Re: CO question for heather

Thursday, March 17, 2011

[fast5] Re: CO question for heather

I buy coconut oil from Tropical Traditions. Once you buy there, they put you on a list for special sales.

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Chantelle <chantelles@...> wrote:
>
> did you mean the price comes close to olive oil? Was trying to figure
> out what you mean in the paragraph about Wilderness Family Naturals.
> Largest i've ordered at a time is a gallon but that is going pretty
> fast these days. I've been getting such good deals though that never
> investigated 5 gallon yet. about what does that run including
> shipping these days? I've been to their website before but at that
> time i think the 5 gal was NOT a good deal. i've learned that finding
> out where the dals on CO are from talking to thers has been key :)
>
> I heard Nutiva is out of stock right now? can't remember if i read
> that here or where...
> chantelle
> On Mar 10, 2011, at 10:51 PM, Heather Twist wrote:
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> > Interesting about your "greens" experience. I am working toward
> > growing more and more of my own food, mostly because it really does
> > taste better. But when I had my garden going full bore, I had way
> > more than I needed, and I found that most of the stuff I wanted to
> > eat was greens. I'd go out with my bowl, clip enough for one meal,
> > come back and make a stir fry with a couple of freshly-laid eggs
> > and a bit of fish, some great dipping sauce (always with fresh
> > garlic and ginger!), and rice, and it was a totally satisfying meal.
> >
> >
> > Alas, I wasn't able to keep the greens going through the winter,
> > enough to eat daily anyway (the collards survived the 18 degree
> > weather, but they didn't grow much). So I'm gearing up to start a
> > new season.
> >
> > It's really interesting seeing what happens to the Asians on an
> > American diet. You can see the older generation ... usually not
> > speaking much English, and shorter, but very active and alert and
> > healthy. And the generation brought up in America ... usually much
> > taller, but also less healthy (acne, overweight, crooked teeth).
> > It's a question I'm really interested in finding the answer to. My
> > own grandmother came from the "old country" (in this case,
> > Germany), was very short, active, and lived to be 96 ... she never
> > did have any kind of high blood pressure, heart disease, or blood
> > sugar problems. Her son, my Dad, was raised here and had myriad
> > health problems. And his kids (me and my sibs) have even more
> > health problems. So what, exactly, changed?
> >
> > For that matter, what, exactly, is it that makes McDonald's food
> > bad? I mean, we have this intuitive sense that it is bad for us,
> > and I can say that experientially, it doesn't work for me either.
> > But why? It's not the carbs ... white rice does fine in the Asian
> > diet. It's not the tiny bit of meat ... people talk about
> > McDonald's like there is a ton of beef in it, but there is in fact
> > very little actual meat. It does have too many of the wrong kinds
> > of fats (the kind that go rancid), and the food goes through some
> > odd processes that might increase things like acrylamides. But in
> > Thailand, they have "fast food" down to an art and that doesn't
> > seem to be impacting the health of the population at all ... they
> > do deep-fried shrimp and tarantulas or whatever.
> >
> > I think if we could answer that one question it would go a long way
> > to solving this mystery!
> >
> >
> > As far as coconut oil: I get mine in 5-gallon tubs from Wilderness
> > Family Naturals. OK, it's a chunk of change, but when you get it
> > that way, the price comes close to coconut oil and the product is
> > very nice, and 5 gallons lasts a long time.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Kim Swearingen
> > <kim@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I know what you mean. I saw a really depressing thing about
> > McDonalds in China the other day. It was something horrible like a
> > McDonald's opens every 18 minutes in China.
> >
> > I, too, have found the Asian market to be a wonderful resource.
> > The greens are great and I also am a big time gardener (and
> > permaculture designer) and over the years I've changed what I grow
> > dramatically. The vast majority of my garden is now simply greens,
> > with tomatoes, eggplant, green beans, herbs. The different number
> > of greens is probably around 20 now! One of my faves from the
> > Asian market is goat meat. Love the stuff. I still end up going
> > to Whole Foods for coconut products as most of the ones in my asian
> > market have lots of additives.
> >
> > Kim
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