"I asked if the milk was fresh and he said 'Lady, three hours ago it was grass!'"
I've embarked on a journey to better health. I know, I know, you're looking at the date and wondering if you've missed New Years, but seriously, I decided I need to change a few things. I read the book “Real Food. What to Eat and Why” by Nina Planck and found it fascinating.
Her main thesis is that milk should be fresh, raw and consumed daily. I’ve always loved milk, and I have fond memories of living in England and having milk delivered every morning. We had a milkman and everything! Glass bottles with aluminum caps were left in a bottle holder on our porch around four every morning. It was fresh, and since the cream always floated on top, I assume it was raw. I do know it was delicious.
So, I found a lady who takes orders and drives out to Winne-something Texas every week to pick up raw milk, farm fresh eggs and pastured meats. Which leads me to something else I’ve started doing: eating grass-fed and pastured meats.
Most animals raised for commercial meat production are kept in over-crowded sheds and fed a diet that completely disagrees with their digestive systems. Not to mention most of the feed is made of corn. When I was but a lass I was allergic to corn. It was just a food allergy, but it was bad enough that corn was forbidden to me. Completely.
I have a vivid memory of a day at preschool when I was crying and carrying on because they wouldn’t let me eat cornbread. Which is kind of funny because these days, I’m not much of a cornbread fan. Anyway, eating animals fed a diet of corn can trigger the food allergy, so while I haven’t completely switched all my food consumption over, for the most part, I eat grass-fed beef and pastured chickens. And eggs from pastured chickens. And don’t be fooled by “organic” food. As I’ve always suspected, it’s a bit of a sham.
Support your local farmers, and your health, by eating natural foods, whole grains and drinking raw milk. And read Nina’s book. It was definitely an eye-opener!
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