tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post3272956326342472712..comments2023-10-31T07:23:17.922-04:00Comments on The Theos Project: The System, our food, and healthcareJonathan Erdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04234688186113838474noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-87866106505913448912009-08-25T12:52:26.174-04:002009-08-25T12:52:26.174-04:00"the American way of living that denigrates l..."the American way of living that denigrates life, treating everything around us as economic units that fit into a grand system aimed primarily at productivity and profit."<br /><br />Liked that line. Seems like we have gotten very good at taking everything and turning it into nothing more than a commodity to be bought and sold at the cheapest price. Food, energy, water, people. Nothing is sacred. Even the gospel is treated as little more than a commodity, something to profit off of it's exchange...Like a Mustard Seedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12042371209325559952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-55241774469474794582009-08-25T11:17:34.739-04:002009-08-25T11:17:34.739-04:00Unfortunately I heard a completely absurd "st...Unfortunately I heard a completely absurd "statistic" that healthy foods cost 10x as much as normal foods. Anyone who is currently eating healthy food (at least most of the time :D ) knows this is waaaay off. But that is what the general public will cling to. It seems that people can only contrast a TV dinner and coke from Wmart with wild-caught Salmon with organic green tea grown by Tibetan monks. A simple and money saving way to start being healthier is to quit drinking sodas (including diet) and start drinking water.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13325736366384655111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-79215357548049303882009-08-25T04:54:59.421-04:002009-08-25T04:54:59.421-04:00Two good places to start when considering the topi...Two good places to start when considering the topic of food would be:<br /><br />The Face on Your Plate; The Truth About Food by Jeffrey Masson and A Delicate Balance via:<br /><br />www.adelicatebalance.com.au <br /><br />And yes the primary act of self-responsible health-care begins with what puts in ones mouth. People DO quite literally eat their way to hospital.<br /><br />The corollary being that changing ones diet is the necessary first step in any attempt to heal dis-ease.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com