Hi Miz Judy & Mel,
It`s always good to hear from you. Mike Martin has given a good answer about avocados.
Along "What to eat lines", I would like to pass on some simple basic thoughts about somethings that have crept up into our foods these last few decades through chemicals in foods. Many of our young people have never known what it is to eat good, tasty, wholesome food. After World War Two, the chemical and pharmaceutical companies ran rampart and added everything to our foods. Somewhere I read that over 600 chemicals have been added to our food since WW II. This has changed the eating habits of Americans and have deprived our children and young people of the joy of eating healthy foods. Today, "fast foods" like Mc Donalds, KFC, Donut shops, "All You Can Eat Places", etc., have become our way of life.These foods are overcooked, full of bad fats, and are loaded with hydrogenated oils. Only by eating organic foods or preparing foods ourselves can we actually eat and taste good wholesome foods. This is a dilemma and one reasons we are so overweight and ill, as a people and
nation. Reversal of our eating style and food preparation, currently laced with unhealthy fats, must be done or we will get worse. We have to get back to eating nutritious foods or we will get weaker and will come down with all kinds of diseases. Dr. Budwig is a shining light and can help us through this complicated food maze by offering sound advice on what to eat, and with her Flaxseed Oil/ Quark( cottage cheese/yoghurt) protocol.
Dr. Budwig`s book "The Oil-Protein Diet Cookbook" lists a wide variety of many good food preparations. Her protocol is a preventive one, excellent for someone who wants to continue to be healthy or wants to regain good health. We would do well by sticking to what she re- commends and by understanding the why`s and wherefor`s.She is deadly against the "hydrogenated oils" found in most foods today. Hydrogenation does wonders for longer shelf life of food in supermarkets, but destroys human health, and, leads to many degenerative diseases or to premature death. Our children, as well as all adults, will suffer. Avoidance of all "hydrogenated oils or partially hydrogenated oils "is best. It means a big change in eating life style for most Americans and people who eat packaged or canned foods or who eat out often in rstaurants. Preparing our own food in a healthy way, when possible, is rewarding in taste and better health.
Of course, we also have to be aware of new dangers and to adjust our eating habits to cope with the recently develped unlabeled GMO (Genetically modified organisms) as in soy, potatoes, corn, peas, tomatoes, etc., and for the harmful Monsanto hormone found in unlabeled USA milk. Dr.Budwig recommends only organic foods and food sources. We all know that times are changing for the worse in the food area with all the added synthetic chemicals that destroy good nutrients and cause great harm to the body. Dr. Budwig also emphazises avoiding and counter-balancing unhealthy fats. Everytime I re-read her books, I learn more and get reminded of what`s good.
For instance, she talks about good fats: " The fats in Flaxseed (i.e.): the electron-rich fats, which attract protein through their electrical potential, become water soluble when they combine with the 'good proteins' , as are present in Quark". [cottage cheese/yoghurt]. She continues, " They prevent the pathological isolation of fats and promote the secretion of mucous in all organs and mucous membranes. They load the energy supply necessary for the impulses that regulate heart activity. They attract oxygen and create oxygen reserves, which are equally importantant to the athlete as well as the convalescent." "The Oil-Protein Diet Cookbook"p 177.
These simple statements and her protocol focused on what we should be eating. Good luck and keep sending in your intersting questions and comments. They are very thought provoking and most welcomed. All the best, Mike Cinelli