Facts, Lies or Truth About Healthy Living?

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by votivesoul

My wife makes it, scoby and fermenting jars and all. She infuses it occasionally, or leaves it as is. It's a wonderful drink my whole family enjoys. I would not recommend bottled or manufactured if homemade is available.

It has done wonders for my GERD and other digestive issues.

Amen, the home brewed Kombucha is the best, but I just don't find it was something I needed. I always recommend that people do what their body needs. I weight lift and ride a Cannondale 50 miles every other day in the Florida heat. I find what works and gives me the top performance, and what doesn't work, because it makes me lose performance. Eating healthy is only a portion, you have to exercise. Not just riding a bike, or taking a brisk stroll, you have to have resistance training, and calisthenics. When people think of healthy living they get images of bean sprouts and tofu burgers, and that couldn't be farther from the truth. This country wasn't built on bean sprouts and tofu, this country was built on animal proteins that is what made us strong.

[houston]

Originally Posted by votivesoul

My wife makes it, scoby and fermenting jars and all. She infuses it occasionally, or leaves it as is. It's a wonderful drink my whole family enjoys. I would not recommend bottled or manufactured if homemade is available. It has done wonders for my GERD and other digestive issues.

I read warnings on homemade kombucha.

[Esaias]

If the idea of ILLEGAL MILK doesn't make you say "yeah right, whatever!" then you need to see if you are really God's ... or somebody else's property...

Just sayin'...

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Esaias

If the idea of ILLEGAL MILK doesn't make you say "yeah right, whatever!" then you need to see if you are really God's ... or somebody else's property...

Just sayin'...

It is illegal to sell for human consumption it is not illegal to sell as pet food.
We do have aisles and aisles of pet food lining the shelves of supermarkets, even seven elevens. If someone purchased gold fish food and downed the box, would they get arrested or would they simply get baker acted? It is illegal (in certain states) to sell unhomogenized and unpasteurized milk for human consumption. Yet if you are pouring the milk (you purchased) from a farm or store which they sold as for pet use only over your mini wheats, no SWAT team will be kicking down your door to confiscate your cereal bowl.

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

It is illegal to sell for human consumption it is not illegal to sell as pet food.
We do have aisles and aisles of pet food lining the shelves of supermarkets, even seven elevens. If someone purchased gold fish food and downed the box, would they get arrested or would they simply get baker acted? It is illegal (in certain states) to sell unhomogenized and unpasteurized milk for human consumption. Yet if you are pouring the milk (you purchased) from a farm or store which they sold as for pet use only over your mini wheats, no SWAT team will be kicking down your door to confiscate your cereal bowl.

Oh I understand that, I'm just saying the idea of ILLEGAL MILK is something only Commies dream up and only bondslaves acknowledge as legitimate.

[KeptByTheWord]

We lived close to a raw milk dairy several years ago, and it was awesome. I can't drink pasteurized milk, but I could drink the raw milk, and we all felt better drinking that milk. I sure miss it. I looked at the links EB provided, and the closest dairy to us is over an hour away, which is rather inconvenient. I am going to talk to our local Mennonite store, and see if it is possible for them to carry raw milk, or if they can.

[KeptByTheWord]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

I stopped drinking it, we have women in our church who make it, but it wasn't doing anything for me. I give everything a year, if it doesn't work well with ME I won't use it for a time. I may pick it up again, I may not. But you have to find what works for you. You want ginger in a fermented sweet tea, you have to juice it and put it in yourself. Fresh ginger juiced works, ginger put into a bottled drink not so much.

I think that it is wise to listen and watch how your body reacts to things. Our bodies do not all process things the same. What works for one person, may react horribly in another.

I love putting fresh ginger in my green smoothie every morning! Does that count?

[KeptByTheWord]

Originally Posted by votivesoul

My wife and I are Weston Price-ites. Pretty exclusively, though I sometimes cheat. My wife? Like never.

We live in WI, and access to legal raw milk is almost impossible, or at least, not feasible.

You should see our kids: like the Maasai and Peruvians of old. Strapping puts it mildly.

I read through some of the Weston Price information. Wow. Very interesting. Will continue to try to read through it. Could you share things you have tried in your family that have helped?

Interesting that the Kombucha has helped your GERD. I will pass that on to a family member who is struggling with that disease too.

How does your wife make Kombucha?

[KeptByTheWord]

Originally Posted by Steve Epley

I have relatives who have done all this and they don't seem to be any healthier? The theories abound on what is good and what is not.

Theories indeed are as cheap as a penny lying in the street, to be sure. However... maybe you can share some things that your relatives have tried that haven't worked?

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

Theories indeed are as cheap as a penny lying in the street, to be sure. However... maybe you can share some things that your relatives have tried that haven't worked?

They were juicers, vitamins, no pork, no caffeine, very careful on what they ate. I just can't tell any difference in them and those who just ate normally?