Input. Output. Degree not required. Who defines intelligence anyway? Or is intelligence a matter of degree? Perhaps it’s a means of control on some level. The impact of what goes in, and the result of what comes out from what goes in isn’t difficult to understand. Quite often it’s a matter of common sense or indoctrination.
Simply put, food is good for you. Does this mean all food? Does this mean quick food? Does this mean easy to prepare food? What’s easier to prepare than one ingredient foods combined together to make a healthy meal? Why are we indoctrinated to eat processed food, fast food and plant based meat? Plant based meat is not meat, btw. It is plant products processed in such a way that they resemble what appears to be meat. It doesn’t taste like meat, because it’s not meat. It is by definition a meat replacement, and not meat in any sense of the real definition of meat.
For decades we have been programmed to believe that fast food is a viable option to solve so many of our problems. Who defines problems? Is the need to eat a problem? Is the need to eat real food that is good for us a problem? That hasn’t been the message at all. The message is that cooking is an inconvenience. The message is that we need to have more time to focus on other things. The entire subject of nutrition has been completely dismantled and redirected. Along with the importance of family meal time, where people get together and enjoy each other’s company.
Gaslighting anyone? Food isn’t bad for you. It just takes away from all this other stuff you should be focusing on, so you should eat fast food that is more convenient and easy to prepare. Relearn the art of cooking by opening a box, adding a few ingredients like water, oil and maybe an egg or two. Put the mixture in a foil pan you can throw away. Serve it on a paper plate you can throw away. Eat this highly processed food and feel full.
Now cook up a potato. Wash it. Cut it up. Toss it with a little oil, salt and pepper. Put it in the oven. Use the same foil pan and paper plate for cooking and serving. Eat the potato and feel full. How much time did you save? How convenient is it to open the box, read the instructions, prepare the processed food, versus how much time it took to prepare the potato? In both cases the groceries were in your pantry. How much easier and more convenient is it to prepare processed vs. real food?
Drive thru anyone? Only if your electric car is fully charged, because those lines are long, staff is undertrained and sometimes you have to go through the line twice, because the workers got your order wrong. Don’t even think about the ingredients. You really don’t want to know what manufacturers use to preserve and transfer this stuff on such a mass scale. And you certainly don’t want to know the very real health effects it puts on your system.
Go to the doctor when you don’t feel good. Go through a variety of tests, none that can accurately identify the underlying cause of your illness and discomfort. Take your prescribed medicine. Go back to the doctor. Adjust your prescriptions and take a few more. Keep the faith. With enough trial and error, you will feel better in no time. Just don’t adjust your diet, because eating real food might cause negative interactions with the medicine you're taking.
Now don’t you feel better inputting all these things into your body? Isn’t it convenient to prepare and eat processed food, spend time at the doctor and take so many prescribed medicines? The output proves it, because you feel better than you ever thought you could, especially after having so many health issues.
There’s a documentary series on Netflix about blue zones. It explores certain areas around our world where people live well into their 90’s & 100’s. One of the common factors is preparing and eating real (local) food. Other things include exercising and socializing. Exercise is performed by walking and gardening, not going to the gym. It is performed by active living, not sitting at a computer or in front of the tv. Health is preserved by being active, eating well and being tired enough to get real rest at the end of the day. The idea of being connected (in a spiritual element) is also important. It all goes together. There’s a spirituality involved in working with the soil. There’s a spiritual element in preparing meals from fresh seasonal ingredients. There’s a spiritual element in maintaining healthy relationships where people take care of each other.
It’s time to dismantle the redirection of what and how to eat. It’s time to expose the fraud we are being bombarded with on a daily basis. It’s time to challenge and oppose those who profit by selling us fake food that makes us sick. It’s so easy to do. Eat real food. Boycott processed food. Boycott fast food. Just don’t buy the stuff. Cooking and preparing meals is not difficult. Retrain your mind. Take the Real Food Challenge.
I’ll start. I recently learned turnips are a super food. I don’t think I’ve ever prepared a turnip in my life. Last weekend I was tossing seeds in the garden. I don’t actually plant. I loosen soil, toss some seeds, water and wait. I had turnip seeds in my stash, so I decided to scatter them in an open spot by the pool filter. (Side note - They’re already starting to sprout.)
I know nothing about how to prepare and eat turnips. I know they are a root vegetable with a strong, if not bitter taste. After I planted my turnip seeds, I looked up recipes for how to prepare them. In the process I learned how nutritious they are, how easy they are to prepare and how mild they taste after being cooked. One article I read said anything you can do with a potato, you can do with a turnip. When we went grocery shopping the next day, I bought a few turnips.
This morning I cubed up a turnip, tossed it with some salt, pepper, Italian seasoning and olive oil. I put it in the oven on 400 degrees just like I do with country fried potatoes. When it was ready, I fried up an egg and had breakfast. Six ingredients for a healthy meal, and it was as easy as mixing up a box of processed muffins from the pantry.
My Real Food Challenge was a masterful success. Turnips have more flavor than potatoes, and they taste really good. Next up, turnips and apples. Apparently the sweetness of the apple compliments turnips in an amazing way.
Have you been indoctrinated or brainwashed into eating unhealthy food for convenience sake? Is your health suffering from it? Are you spending too much time at the doctor, time you could be using to prepare real food and do other things, that will keep you out of the doctor’s office? Are you taking too many prescriptions? Is it possible to spend less money on medicine, money you can spend on real food and a lot of other things, because your health is better without processed food?
That’s all for now. I’ve some laundry and other chores to get done. Plus I have two in progress knitting projects to work on, both I’ve been procrastinating on for way too long. Then there’s the cake I want to make - part of the Real Food Challenge. Eggs, gluten free flour, vanilla and honey. Real whipping cream sweetened with honey to fill it. It’s a sponge cake. I will smother it with the whipping cream and roll it up in a spiral.
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Teresa
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