Blog Posts and Articles

I went out of town unexpectedly last week and didn’t get ‘round to rounding up the roundup. Here’s the latest edition of what got us jazzed. Enjoy.

“Our resident microbes also appear to play a critical role in training and modulating our immune system, helping it to accurately distinguish between friend and foe and not go nuts on, well, nuts and all sorts of other potential allergens. Some researchers believe that the alarming increase in autoimmune diseases in the West may owe to a disruption in the ancient relationship between our bodies and their ‘old friends’ — the microbial symbionts with whom we coevolved.”  – Michael Pollan, from this article, Some of My Best Friends are Germs

“If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.” – Thomas Jefferson (posted by Dr. Aviva Romm)

“Our demand for pharmaceuticals, treatments and procedures has us on an unsustainable economic path and netted us last place for health among industrial nations. What if we turned our penchant for making demands of industries around our health to making those demands of our very selves?” – Brian Hedgpeth

“The toxic triad of Big Farming, Big Food, and Big Pharma profits from a nation of sick and fat citizens.” – Dr. Mark Hyman

“Those who are unfamiliar with the intimacies of agricultural production but demonstrate a strong social commitment to farmers, the land, and the quality of food have the right to an influential say over how we grow and process food.” – my friend, Maggie Adamek

“Tofu and green smoothies are not the answer to good health!” – Emily Bartlett

“There’s a big difference between not settling and not starting.” – Seth Godin

“What you eat matters. And guess what? You have complete control! Your choices are influenced by your environment, sure, but nutrition is the thing that you control more than anything else when it comes to health. And it’s the most important. Eat real food, but don’t stress about being perfect. Ditch guilt.” – Todd Dosenberry

“Relax, observe the body you live in, the life you lead, the season, your climate, your likes and dislikes, your level of health, the exercise you do, the yearnings and cravings you experience – and mix them all together in the spirit of experimenting to discover what’s best for you to eat.” – Marc David