Comments on: Millennium Development Goals: global hunger and undernutrition http://chewbear.beforebreakfast.net/2010/02/03/hunger-undernutrition/ Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:42:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Layla http://chewbear.beforebreakfast.net/2010/02/03/hunger-undernutrition/comment-page-1/#comment-441 Layla Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:35:04 +0000 http://chewbear.beforebreakfast.net/?p=1413#comment-441 I also think that minerals like magnesium or zinc are often overlooked! Many people in 'modern world' may have deficiencies and not know about it! The thing with nutrition is that it's often very individual, things that work for a 50+ male may not be the same as for a 20-30 female. There are tons of books out there, some with completely conflicting advice what to eat! (and many are helped by them anyway!) It's important everyone finds own nutritional 'best' program, it may be different even for relatives. Then it's also lifestyle, levels of stress, environmental factors... Some things are generally acknowledged and some can be very specific for everyone. I also think that minerals like magnesium or zinc are often overlooked! Many people in ‘modern world’ may have deficiencies and not know about it!

The thing with nutrition is that it’s often very individual, things that work for a 50+ male may not be the same as for a 20-30 female.
There are tons of books out there, some with completely conflicting advice what to eat! (and many are helped by them anyway!) It’s important everyone finds own nutritional ‘best’ program, it may be different even for relatives.
Then it’s also lifestyle, levels of stress, environmental factors…
Some things are generally acknowledged and some can be very specific for everyone.

]]> By: Layla http://chewbear.beforebreakfast.net/2010/02/03/hunger-undernutrition/comment-page-1/#comment-440 Layla Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:28:23 +0000 http://chewbear.beforebreakfast.net/?p=1413#comment-440 I think that in US, a lot of people have turned to gardening and grow-your-own-food already! (Including Mrs Obama and Oprah as ilustrious examples!) Some lawns have been turned into gardens etc. In Slovenia, food in supermarkets is still too cheap, and even many farmers here don't garden or have pigs etc! It's 'cheaper' to buy! (iffy food, like beans from Argentina, China garlic...) Some farmers are too old, their kids work in offices all day, don't have the wish to garden.. I had no joy for gardening either until I watched the movie about Monsanto, and read in a health food store magazine how the only way you know what you eat is if you grow it. Those two were really big eye-openers. So last year I started my 'apprenticeship' as a gardener, and it was surprisingly a lot of fun! (A lot of hard work too, when I cursed Monsanto with every shovel, lol!) My Dad turned to healthy food after big problems with rheumatism, he read books and educated himself, doctors didn't tell him much! Our whole family started to eat healthier back then, even though Mom, Sis & I were very sceptical at first! Mom saw it worked too, for her rheumatism!) And I was allergic to food additives before anyway! If doctors started inspiring people about this more, it would be waay better! Big pharmaceutic companies still have interests in just pushing their products though - both toxic farming chemicals and then meds!! (Like Bayer, selling aspirins and cotton -cides!) I don't know how forbidden chemicals in EU can still be sold in India? Grassroots efforts and alerting/lobbying politicians to change legislations might be the answer-? Monsanto is going to try to sell their GMO food everywhere, they've bought many seeds companies too, farmers worldwide already had big problems over that! (So I'm learning to grow my own food, including how to make own seeds, just in case!:) I think that in US, a lot of people have turned to gardening and grow-your-own-food already! (Including Mrs Obama and Oprah as ilustrious examples!) Some lawns have been turned into gardens etc.
In Slovenia, food in supermarkets is still too cheap, and even many farmers here don’t garden or have pigs etc! It’s ‘cheaper’ to buy! (iffy food, like beans from Argentina, China garlic…) Some farmers are too old, their kids work in offices all day, don’t have the wish to garden.. I had no joy for gardening either until I watched the movie about Monsanto, and read in a health food store magazine how the only way you know what you eat is if you grow it. Those two were really big eye-openers. So last year I started my ‘apprenticeship’ as a gardener, and it was surprisingly a lot of fun! (A lot of hard work too, when I cursed Monsanto with every shovel, lol!)
My Dad turned to healthy food after big problems with rheumatism, he read books and educated himself, doctors didn’t tell him much! Our whole family started to eat healthier back then, even though Mom, Sis & I were very sceptical at first! Mom saw it worked too, for her rheumatism!)
And I was allergic to food additives before anyway!
If doctors started inspiring people about this more, it would be waay better!
Big pharmaceutic companies still have interests in just pushing their products though – both toxic farming chemicals and then meds!! (Like Bayer, selling aspirins and cotton -cides!) I don’t know how forbidden chemicals in EU can still be sold in India?
Grassroots efforts and alerting/lobbying politicians to change legislations might be the answer-?
Monsanto is going to try to sell their GMO food everywhere, they’ve bought many seeds companies too, farmers worldwide already had big problems over that! (So I’m learning to grow my own food, including how to make own seeds, just in case!:)

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