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
----- Original Message -----From: Heather TwistSent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 10:15 AMSubject: Re: [fast5] Re: Oh man, you guys HAVE to see this!!!
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Kim Swearingen <kim@desertmeadows.com> wrote:
Heather, I find this posting so enlightening. It just hammers home to me that we are individuals and it really is our responsibility to figure out what works for our bodies. I'm gonna start experimenting with some food exlusions starting with gluten and pay attention to how I feel. There are so many foods, I'm sure there will be plenty left to choose from when I'm done!Thanks a lot for this. Sparked my imagination.KimYou are welcome! And yes, there are LOTS of foods to choose from. One thing about Fast-5 which at first was disheartening to me is that with eating so much less, I couldn't find room for all the "yummy foods" I'd learned how to cook! We don't do dairy or gluten, which at first seemed like there would be nothing left to eat, but what happened is that I realized our diet had actually been based on only a few foods ... wheat, corn, sugar, soy ... which is pretty much what all the food in the center part of the supermarket is based on.These days I shop mostly at Asian markets, and there are like, 30 types of good fresh vegetables just in the "leafy greens" section! And a zillion kinds of seafood, pork, fowl (including stuff like salted duck eggs). And wonderful spices. And almost no wheat, corn, sugar, or soy. Somehow most of Asia has survived for thousands of years without wheat, corn, sugar, or dairy. They do eat some soy, not all that much, and there is some wheat in parts of China, but most of their foods are vegetables, fish, fowl, and rice. And the food is soooo yummy!Interesting tidbit: the Chinese are, on average, way skinnier than Americans. But when they matched people for activity levels, Chinese men actually ate MORE calories than their American counterparts. I do hope we figure out what is going on before they adopt our bad habits.
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