crap! i just wrote a long post and--despite having decided to change it dramatically anyway--i am very frustrated that it just disappeared! *grumble*
i wrote all about how even though i have been "bad" with my diet i have been promising to go raw once i stop hating food again... partly because of this article, which a friend sent me today. and it's true, i agree that milk is for baby cows, not grownup humans. it's gross that we drink it so much and it probably does cause freakin cancer.
however... as i get older i am more and more drawn to what seems to be the wisdom of a totally self-sufficient "natural" diet, which includes raw dairy products preferably obtained from the family cow or goat. i've spent most of today confusing myself with totally conflicting points of view between raw foodists and the weston a. price foundation. i really like them, generally, though i detect moments of trying-too-hard to convince the reader of the sensibility of what they say. they're a little too defensive here and there.
i have been eating (organic and/or home grown) eggs for a long time, and i have no issue with seafood anymore, so i do not intend to cut them out, but dairy gives me a lot of trouble. i just don't know what to do with it. i think it's weird to eat it, first of all, but at the same time it never makes me feel icky or anything, and the research on its healthy-standing is bipolar depending on where you get it from. and now, being pregnant, i'm trying to make sure i ingest enough fats and dense nutrition as possible without resorting to 'organ meats' or cod liver oil *barf* so raw dairy seems like a wise option (much unlike pasteurized processed dairy). i think?!
the other problem is how fantastic i feel when i am 100% raw. it's like floating in a body of light, and i love that. but... but... is that state of mind somehow induced by a brain starvation of certain neurotransmitters i would otherwise be producing?
oh and to add another twist, pregnant women are "advised against eating any raw fish or dairy products" due to the risk of food poisoning that can cross the placenta.
*sigh* i'm sure i am thinking about this too much, and the good thing is that i do listen to what my body wants (which hasn't been much raw stuff lately), but this is a big deal with potentially huge consequences and i do not want to be accidentally failing to get the best possible nutrition because of some weird food phobia or misguidance on what is or isn't healthy for me and little bean.
ok--be logical. there's nothing wrong with eating tons of raw fruits and vegetables, some eggs and seafood, a daily dose of raw dairy, and not ingesting ill-treated grains or processed foods. i can do that.
time to revise the fridge.
i wrote all about how even though i have been "bad" with my diet i have been promising to go raw once i stop hating food again... partly because of this article, which a friend sent me today. and it's true, i agree that milk is for baby cows, not grownup humans. it's gross that we drink it so much and it probably does cause freakin cancer.
however... as i get older i am more and more drawn to what seems to be the wisdom of a totally self-sufficient "natural" diet, which includes raw dairy products preferably obtained from the family cow or goat. i've spent most of today confusing myself with totally conflicting points of view between raw foodists and the weston a. price foundation. i really like them, generally, though i detect moments of trying-too-hard to convince the reader of the sensibility of what they say. they're a little too defensive here and there.
i have been eating (organic and/or home grown) eggs for a long time, and i have no issue with seafood anymore, so i do not intend to cut them out, but dairy gives me a lot of trouble. i just don't know what to do with it. i think it's weird to eat it, first of all, but at the same time it never makes me feel icky or anything, and the research on its healthy-standing is bipolar depending on where you get it from. and now, being pregnant, i'm trying to make sure i ingest enough fats and dense nutrition as possible without resorting to 'organ meats' or cod liver oil *barf* so raw dairy seems like a wise option (much unlike pasteurized processed dairy). i think?!
the other problem is how fantastic i feel when i am 100% raw. it's like floating in a body of light, and i love that. but... but... is that state of mind somehow induced by a brain starvation of certain neurotransmitters i would otherwise be producing?
oh and to add another twist, pregnant women are "advised against eating any raw fish or dairy products" due to the risk of food poisoning that can cross the placenta.
*sigh* i'm sure i am thinking about this too much, and the good thing is that i do listen to what my body wants (which hasn't been much raw stuff lately), but this is a big deal with potentially huge consequences and i do not want to be accidentally failing to get the best possible nutrition because of some weird food phobia or misguidance on what is or isn't healthy for me and little bean.
ok--be logical. there's nothing wrong with eating tons of raw fruits and vegetables, some eggs and seafood, a daily dose of raw dairy, and not ingesting ill-treated grains or processed foods. i can do that.
time to revise the fridge.
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