March 15^th 2017 Blog

Here is some health care news that you will not hear from almost no media outlet, let alone from nearly any politician.  It has been said that “Health is our greatest wealth,” which is absolutely true, mostly from the standpoint of employment, worker production and the general overall economy.  If we are feeling well and not thinking about some diagnosis that has us worried, we work, play and do many things without the stress of the worry about our health condition.  There are also other systemic stresses that also have an effect upon our bodies and contribute to various forms of upset.  But for now, I will focus on better choices of food for better health care.

There is one vital component that no living being can do without for more than 3 days… water.  We can no longer trust any of our infrastructure systems of water for pure water and this includes about 90 percent of all bottled water.  Global corporations are buying and securing fresh water supplies from all over the world.  Their latest bid for fresh water supplies in Brazil were cut off and I had written at that time (about 2-3 years ago) Brazil may pay for that politically.  I wonder how many of you have analyzed the actual cost of that bottle of water you may have purchased.  Would you believe that bottled water costs more than gasoline? 

In addition, if one carefully reads the label(s) the same will discover that most of these waters come from municipal water supplies; yes, the same water that comes from your tap!  Yes, it may be filtered, but not to the extent of removing much of what is causing some of our health problems.  Yes, there are a number of filters available, but there are a few that are the best.  One that I have is “Clearly Filtered” and boasts that you can take street water, put it through this particular filter and it is better than tap water.  It also filters out fluoride that most other filters do not, so you know that this particular filter is a cut above most.  Yes, the filters themselves are quite pricey, but well worth it for the quality.  They did have a deal for it about one year ago when I purchased it; it included a pitcher and one filter for $10.  One filter lasts me 3 months using 2 gallons per day, for drinking and cooking.  The filters thereafter are $50 each, but I know that my water is clean. 

As far as food is concerned, we need to consume food as close to nature as possible, which means avoiding all the middle isles of our supermarkets.  Did you get that?  If you observe all your supermarkets they have basically the same layout.  All your produce, dairy and meats are on the outer walls and all process foods are in the middle isles.  Therefore the first step in a healthy diet is to avoid the middle isles.  Once that is conquered, the next step is to eat organic.  “Organic is nothing new, it is food the way it used to be,” from a poster inside “Fragrance Basil Juice Café, Norwalk, Connecticut.  I must tell you, once I had gone mostly organic, it took about one year and all my allergies disappeared!  Allergies are a form of inflammation.  Inflammation can come from most anything, especially from so-called “foods” found in the middle isles of the supermarkets.

There is one more food item that needs to be addressed and that is GMO foods.  There are many details to this particular venue and I am leaving that out of this blog.  For one reason, all this information can be found on a number of websites, if one is so inclined to search them out, but I have done much of that research and is available in one of my books, “Growing Your Own Groceries”.  It is available in print and for much less money on a CD; mark.debarbieri@gmail.com for details.