Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[pete <pete.rout@virgin.net>]

I thought the cause of a lot of the obesity in the states as the use 
of growth hormone in cattle and turned into burgers
Pete

> Since you are upping the ante here:o) - I disagree with their 
> premise that meat and dairy is the cause of obesity in the 
> US.  There is an issue with CAFO meats/dairy(as well as 
> pasturization/homogonization) and their connection with the 
> subsidies and thus the cheap pricing but eating  meat and dairy does 
> not make you fat.  As a matter of fact, if you are eating pasture 
> raised meats and raw dairy as well as lard, butter and other 
> saturated fats (coconut oil included) you will likely loose weight 
> especially if you stop eating grains and sugars.  Consensus is that 
> our obesity rates are related to the food pyramid that tells us to 
> eat large amounts of grains as well as all the HFCS that folks are 
> eating and all the processed foods.  There is movement a foot to 
> change the pyramid to have veggies on the bottom (biggest part), 
> then meat/dairy/eggs, then fruits, then grains/sugars.  If followed 
> this would substantially curb most health issues that are in the 
> forefront today especially obesity.  More information on this type 
> of eating can be found at www.westonaprice.org - weston price was a 
> dentist that looked into the health of indiginous cultures around 
> the world in the early 1900's. He compared dental/bone health and 
> disease with diet patterns and found some pretty interesting 
> generalizations about diet - including the fact that most healthy 
> cultures that ate grains, ate them fermented.  Lots of good reading over there.
>
> Blessings,
>
> Aliza