Understanding How Food Is Grown Is Key For Good Health
Alzheimer’s and Lyme disease are 2 very different diseases. What they have in common is that they are both promoted by human ignorance about the symbiotic relationship between each creature in the food chain, starting with the microbes in the soil, and ending with us humans.
The realities currently facing us clearly demonstrate that we cannot outsmart Mother Nature.
We can take shortcuts, and we can come up with a wide variety of unnatural but cheaper shortcuts, like feeding cows grains, artificial sweeteners, and animal byproducts rather than grass, and for a while it will seem to work. But eventually, it fails with unintended and unexpected consequences.
This is precisely why we here at HeffX-LTN are so passionate about regenerative agriculture. It encompasses and addresses the ecosystem in its entirety. Humans are just 1 part of a vast ecosystem that works as a whole.
Our ‘Now’ method of growing food, which can be labeled as degenerative agriculture, is the problem, and regenerative agriculture is the obvious and simple solution.
Contrary to popular belief, it can also be financially rewarding.
Grazing livestock on pasture is a Key part of sustainable, regenerative agriculture, so it is important for consumers to push producers into switching the way they run their business.
Consumers can help the process of converting conventional chemical-based agriculture into a system that relies on regenerative practices in a number of ways, but no buying the degenerative food products is one of the best way to support farmers who have transitioned, or are transitioning, to sustainable practices.
As it is today, just 2% of the US population is engaged in growing sustainable food.
In terms of government policy, they have a very small voice. This is particularly true for farmers practicing regenerative agriculture, who make up just 1/10th of 1% of the US population.
They need the broader, stronger voice of consumers, not just by purchasing these products, but also by supporting policies from the USDA, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and others that would help further support regenerative agricultural practices. And, of course, by voting against policies that are detrimental to regenerative farmers.
Eating real food is Key for our good health, and that means food grown in accordance to the Laws of Nature, free of as many chemicals and additives as possible.
To make sure you are getting the highest quality nutrient dense food, your best bet is to grow your own food by converting your lawn into a garden.
Additionally and/or alternatively it is wise to know your local farmer or rancher, what his philosophy is and how he raises his food and his herd.
If you can only afford Organic produce or Organic meats, then opting for the Organic grass-fed meats.
The more we learn about the symbiotic existence of everything within the food chain, the more apparent it becomes that mankind has no one to blame but itself for the emergence of some of our most challenging health trends.
Alzheimer’s disease, a severe form of neurodegenerative brain disorder that now claims over 500,000 American lives annually making it the 3rd leading cause of death in the US, behind heart disease and cancer.
Compared to heart disease and cancer it is the most expensive. The average cost of care for a dementia patient during the last 5 years of life is over $287,000, with an out-of-pocket expense of more than $61,500 for those on Medicare.
Lyme disease, and a new emerging tick-borne disease that resembles Lyme are both very difficult to diagnose and treat.
New evidence suggests that Lyme disease may be primarily driven by the elimination of natural predators.
Rodents are the #1 tick-bearing host spreading the disease, and agricultural and urban sprawl have eliminated many of the rodent’s natural predators, allowing populations to grow, and with them comes infected ticks.
Aside from the potential risks of disease discussed above, CAFO meats also tend to be contaminated with pesticides to an even greater degree than some fruits and vegetables, thanks to all the genetically engineered grains CAFO animals are fed.
Eat healthy, Be healthy, Live lively
HeffX-LTN
Paul Ebeling
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