There are as many diet books out there as there are people, so it seems.  There are books out there stating there are no “bad” foods,  eat whatever you want to eat and lose weight, count calories, don’t count calories, and the book “What would Jesus eat?”,  just to name a very few.

Statements are made that our soil is depleted and that food has no nutritional value.  If that statement were true, then nothing would grow.  I do agree that we need to add minerals to the soil when we plant a garden or grow crops.

There is the concern about genetically altered foods and the effect it has on the body.  We have or at least should have concerns about the preservatives and additives added to our foods.  Why is it that the American population seems to be struggling with morbid obesity?   In this section, I will attempt to offer some thoughts, research, and suggestions on nutrition and healthier life styles.

Do you know that the food industry is allowed to add substances to foods that cause cravings?  Think about this, how can the food manufactures make more money?  By selling more food, right?  How can they sell more food?  By having additives that cause cravings.  Preservatives are added to foods to give a  longer shelf life.  Do you remember when a loaf of bread was bought, it had to be eaten in a few days or it would begin to have mold growing on it?  No longer, it will last for weeks now.

I threw out some store bought tomatoes last summer that were getting old.  I noticed that the birds were not eating them.  I had a visitor that day and he remarked, “I wonder what’s wrong with the tomatoes if the birds won’t eat them?”  I no longer buy that brand of tomatoes.  I have noticed the same thing with bread.  If you throw the bread out the birds will not eat it.  I noticed that some bread was thrown into the neighborhood pond to feed the fish and the fish would not eat it.  What do the animals know that we do not know?

In the next posting I will present research addressing some of the concerns stated in this posting.