Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["E. E. Mitchamore Jr" <emitch@att.net>]

I sent the following reply to Dieter, and later decided to send it to all after being reminded by several sympathetic responses that we have a bit of a community going here.

 

Well, CLL is an autoimmune disease that presents as overproduction of defective white blood cells.  They don't do their job and they don't die (sort of like bureaucrats).   CLL, like a lot of diseases of western society, is the body's response to insult.  Generally speaking, the medical community cannot say precisely what that insult was for an individual.  In my case, since I have a genetic sensitivity to gluten (from both parents - very rare), my nutritionist postulates that a gluten "'allergy" has been banging against my immune system for 63 years.

 

On the other hand, since every one of my ancestors (except one - 1918 flu) has lived to 90+, I really can't complain about genetics.  Also, I'm healthy, fit, never smoked, etc., so it appears I have a chance to die WITH CLL, rather than BECAUSE of it.  Toward that end my nutritionist suggested that I eliminate the insult (gluten), and improve on all the healthy habits (diet, exercise, etc).  For example, the "Pollan" diet - Eat (real) food.  Not too much. Mostly plants.  In addition, I'm taking supplements to increase my hormone production, which apparently suppress CLL (explaining why CLL is a disease of old men).  That's it.  No fancy tricks, just do the stuff your grandma told you and the body will respond in a positive way.

 

Helps explain a desire to grow healthy food, doesn't it?

 

 

E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
www.hillcountrynatives.biz

----- Original Message -----

From: Dieter Brand

To: E. E. Mitchamore Jr ; Healthy soil and sustainable growing

Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 3:49 PM

Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Growing all your own food - nutrition

When we are growing old or face a serious illness and the doctors can't

help, we start to look around for alternatives: healthy diet, food supplements,

magic pills, alternative therapies, change of lifestyle and so on. The trouble

is there is so much advice about what to eat and what not, what pills to take

or what exercise to do. Which leads to a creeping suspicion that much of

it is not serious.

 

I often find it best to talk to somebody who has faced a serious problem

and has come through it.

 

Mitch, I can understand if you don't want to go into details, but how about

sharing some of the generalities and ideas, as they may relate to serious

illness in general?

 

Dieter Brand

Portugal

 

"E. E. Mitchamore Jr" <emitch@att.net> wrote:

Thank you for that link.

 

A brief snippet from my experience might help emphasize my interest in this subject.  I had been studying gardening & food for about 18 months when I was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, for which there is no cure.  Let me tell you, "Leukemia" is a word that gets your attention.  Unsurprisingly, my interest in growing food for excellent nutrition ratcheted up a bit.  The generalities and ideas are not too difficult; implementation is quite daunting.

 

E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
www.hillcountrynatives.biz

----- Original Message -----

From: Pumpkin Lady

To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing

Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 6:44 AM

Subject: [Livingontheland] Growing all your own food - nutrition

Honestly, I'm surprised there hasn't been more discussion on this
subject.  I haven't read Jeavons' book in depth in quite a few years.
While I realize it wants to cover a balanced diet...I wasn't interested
in that back when.  Also, my idea about what is food is different than
his. So basically, you have to figure a lot out for yourself.

One thing that might help people do this is : http://whfoods.org/

There's also a book you can buy with the info in it. It is NOT a cook
book although it does contain some recipes. It is a nutrition and how to
prepare food so it retains most of its nutrition book.  It has been
getting some noise on one of my gardening lists.

Happy Growing,
Morgan
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