WHY YOUR GRANDPARENTS DIDN'T HAVE FOOD
...AND YOU
DO….
Did your
grandparents have food allergies? Mine
sure didn't. A stark comparison to the growing epidemic of food allergies,
worsening with every generation.
1) They ate seasonal real food.
Food came
from farms and small markets in the early 1900′s, and because food
preservatives were not widely used yet, food was fresh. Because of the lack of
processed food, their diets were nutrient dense allowing them to get the
nutrition they needed from their food.
For
babies, breast milk was valued and it was always in season.
2) They didn’t diet, and play restrictive
games with their body and metabolism.
They ate food when food was available.
Our
grandparents did not fall victim to fad diets, food marketing, calorie
counting, and other detrimental dieting habits that are popular today (in part
because the marketing infrastructure didn't exist yet). Because of this they
had a healthy metabolism, and ate according to their body’s needs and cravings.
3) They cooked food at home, using traditional preparation
methods from scratch.
Buying
processed food was not an option, and eating out was a rare luxury. Lucky for
our grandparents these habits actually increased their health.
4) They didn’t eat GMO’s, food additives, stabilizers and
thickeners.
Food was
not yet treated with additives, antibiotics and hormones to help preserve shelf
life and pad the pockets of food producers in the early 1900′s at the expense
of the consumer’s health.
5) They ate the whole animal that included mineral rich bone broths and organ meats.
Animal
bones were saved or bought to make broths and soups, and organ meats always had
a special place at the dinner table. These foods were valued for their
medicinal properties, and never went to waste.
6) They didn’t go to the doctor when they felt
sick or take prescription medications. Doctor visits were saved for accidental
injuries and life threatening illness.
When they
got a fever, they waited it out. When they felt sick, they ate soups, broths
and got lots of rest. They did not
have their doctor or nurse on speed dial, and trusted the body’s natural
healing process a whole lot more than we do today. Their food was medicine,
whether they realized it or not.
7) They spent lots of time outside.
Our
grandparents didn’t have the choice to stay inside and play on their phones,
computers and gaming systems. They played on the original play-station:
bikes, swing-sets and good ol’ mother nature!
And what do these things have to do with food allergies?
Nutrition
affects EVERY cell in our body. The health of our cells is dependent on diet
and lifestyle. Cells create tissues, tissues create organs, and we are
made up of a system of organs. If your nutrition is inadequate, the integrity of each cell, tissue and organ in your body
will suffer, thus you may be MORE sensitive to certain foods.
Author:
Catherine B.
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