Mother Natures Foods
Have you ever heard the expression "Mother Natures Foods" and wondered what it meant? Well lets begin by looking at the opposite to "Mother Natures Foods" or "Mother Natures Recipes"and why there are so many health problems around the world today. Firstly, there are vast ranges of foods available from our supermarkets today, with many of them containing far too much fat, sugar salt, plus other preservatives which most of us know little about.
The results of which are showing up initially by the number of obese people now walking (or in wheelchairs) our streets. Added to this are the increasing number of diabetics, children with severe dental problems, heart and stroke victims... I think if I did a bit of research, I could make a much longer list but I think you may beginning to understand the picture?
Are some of those so-called 'Innocent' type drinks as pure as they say they are? Just look here and see what the British "Daily Mail" says about the 15 worst sugary drinks in Britain: http://dailym.ai/1iwrSGJ
So can we change? You bet we can!
Fortunately because of my age (78) I lived in London throughout the Second World War. Fortunate, because although we didn't know it at the time, there were no sweets, bottled drinks, or processed foods available to us. We just ate what we could get hold of i.e. "Mother Natures Foods" which were mostly rationed.
Everyone was encouraged to 'Dig For Victory' which meant we turned our back gardens into vegetable patches. The results of which has since been shown to be proven as one of the healthiest periods in Great British history!
Today we are bombarded by the powers that be that we must be eating a mixture at least 5 fruit and vegetables a day and both Ruth and I know that we are definitely doing this and feeling a great deal better for it!
So as for Mother Natures Recipes...
I truly hope that you have seen something within this post to inspire you to begin juicing as soon as you can. My recommendation for the easiest and simple to clean juicing machine has to be either the 'Nutribullet900' or 'Nutribullet600' which also gives you ALL of the extracted juice and fiber.
Some of the best health giving vegetables around are Spinach and Kale but there are lots of people who would just not entertain including it in their normal diets, well guess what my wife & I are not great lovers of these foods either. Now, they are blitzed our onto our juices, we cant even taste them!
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A 1950 school lunch favorite of mine was bread and dripping, for exchange with the kid who had onion sandwiches. Ground leftovers also went down well. We could pick guavas and mangoes in season, or occasional bush tucker on the way to school (1.5 miles barefoot). I remember well all the tastes and smells.
My parents had advised me that times were tough, and that I was part of the solution. Any excess would go to my two younger sisters first. I became adept at fishing in our small river for grunter and perch to cook in clay.
A little tumeric root and a knob of ginger in the blender does wonder for flavors if you are including cabbage, kale, bok choy etc
Go juicing and blending! Your health is your responsibility. Larry
No snow. Seasons hot and wet, and hot and dry on a sugar cane farm in northern Queensland. Thanks for the inquiry: the uphilledness had its moments. Larry
Good article Roger. I love my nutribullet. I would love to get the newest one the nutribullet RX.
Great post, Roger, thank you! And like you said: we can drink the vegetables that we don't care to eat in some very nice mixtures!
I have used nut rivulet for juicing. I find it a little difficult to stick to it but it makes me feel so much better. Thanks for the post. Going to get back to it.
The day after tomorrow is the monthly 'Juice day' in our local community center, I'll be serving self-made juices, this week on a water-oranges base.
1 liter water
1 orange (for fresh juice)
1/8 cucumber in thin slices
fresh basil leaves
fresh mint leaves
put the cucumber slices and the leaves in a bowl, and crush them. this way the flavours come free. Ad the orange juice and the water.
Put the liquid one night in the refrigurator and serve cold.
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Nice post Rog. I am but a lad compared to you at 72 but being born near Birmingham, then the industrial capital of England, I still remember the things our parents had to do to get by after the bombings. Dad whether he liked it or not growing those vegetables in the back garden out of necessity, Mum standing in the shops with coupons to buy food. She needed to buy wisely and make her purchases go a long way. And I think possibly us "seniors" got into the habit of eating the right foods.Good foods. And old habits die hard.
Today is a totally different world. TV advertising, massive supermarkets, everything frozen and ready to chuck in the microwave for and instant feed! What's the world coming too? Bring back the bread and dripping as Allchristie mentioned, it never did us any harm!
Hello Ken, I was born in Birmingham (Kings Norton) but moved to Lewisham, London when I was just 2 years old because as my Dad was in the Royal Scots Guards, he was posted immediately to London to protect the King (That's what he told us anyway :-) )
I really hadn't picked up the Brummie accent at 2 years oldand was soon talking Cockney which has since taken me years to try to get rid of.
p.s. to all my Juicing posts, I only realised this morning that we are both sleeping much better and awaking feeling ready for the day.
Good luck with all you are trying to achieve here at WA Ken,
Roger
p.s. I think yowl foind that oim owlder than yow? :-)
Hi Rog. I'm afraid I'm still a cup of coffee and a smoke guy but I still sleep OK and up by 6.00. I left England in 1968, spent 25 years in New Zealand and now nearly 25 in Australia so my accent has well and truly gone cobber!
Yeah, I bet "Strewth mate" don't sound quite the same with a Brummie accent? :-)
Actually Rog I was born in Solihull. You know the snobby area because it was actually in Warwickshire.
I think you made a wise move Ken. I doubt if you would recognise it now. Certainly, no longer posh or snobby! :-)
I was back in Solihull a couple of years ago. And I've probably been back seven or eight times since I left in 1968. Although it's not the village atmosphere of bygone days there are still some lovely areas in and around Solihull. The big sprawling mansions are still scattered along the Warwick Road although I don't know who's living in them now!