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A Larger Context For Good Nutrition

Chef Jem continues on the theme of identifying what good nutrition is, the importance of how food is grown and / or raised and nutrient-density.

Date:   5/28/2012 4:27:59 AM   ( 12 mon ) ... viewed 631 times

There is a context wherein really good nutrition exists that is larger than just the science of nutrition. That larger context includes virtually everything else beyond what the public school system has taught us about "nutrition".

For instance - nutrient-density (first introduced at this blog site in my most recent blog post) is largely based on how food is grown and / or raised. We can possibly call that the "agricultural factor". However, not every agricultural site provides nutrient-dense foods. All of the agricultural practices that are used in the food production process largely determine nutrient-density. The most important practices in land-based agriculture are regarding how the soil is cared for.

Fishing is another source for harvesting food, traditionally occurring in natural wild environments of oceans, lakes and/or rivers. Now there also are fish farms, however we are realizing that the fish that are farm-raised are not the same as the fish caught in the traditional aquatic environments. I do not recommend any farmed fish! See:
"Tilapia Has Both Nutritional And Environmental Drawbacks.":
http://www.curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1807075


As I mentioned above - the most important practice in land-based "agricultural factor" is the care of the life and vitality of the soil. This is our primary source of nutrition through land-based foods. It is most essential that our agricultural soils be properly cared for! There are several documentaries out now that can give you a good introduction to the importance of soil as the foundation in the whole food web. I suggest starting with "The Real Dirt On Farmer John".;
http://www.angelicorganics.com/ao/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=148&Itemid=182

Then "One Man, One Cow, One Planet".: http://www.onemanonecow.com/

[Update August 13, 2012 Rudolf Steiner: "... when one speaks of nutrition one has to consider how the foodstuffs are being obtained. It is tremendously important.";
http://wn.rsarchive.org/Lectures/NutHealth/19240802p01.html]


These documentaries also point to another part of the "larger context" of community. It should be noted that the isolated peoples that Dr. Price visited were all sustained in communities. This deserves to be called "the community factor" for good nutrition.. The whole crux of the farm crisis that is so well portrayed in the first half of "The Real Dirt On Farmer John" is transformed by "the community factor".

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September 27, 2012 Also see:
"Rethink All Your Relationships With Corporate Agriculture!"
http://www.curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1990637


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Continuing July, 21, 2012 -

Also to be considered in the "larger context" is the invisible dimensions of the human being.

"The most obvious portion of the human being is the physical body. It is the body composed of minerals of the Earth — Mother Earth, as it is called — an apt metaphor because we receive all of our nutrients from Her to build and sustain our physical body. Those nutrients are composed of lifeless minerals from the Earth that have been organized in various forms, from liquids such as water to plant and animal organisms. Mother Earth rotates on her axis so that we may have the life-giving benefits of the Sun's rays for a certain period each day. We are as dependent upon the Earth as a finger is dependent upon the human being it is attached to — the finger can only live detached from its mother human for a short period of time before it begins to decompose and the minerals and liquids will dissolve, evaporate, and eventually turn to lifeless dust. When a finger is severed from a body, what is it that is lost to the finger? Obviously blood flow, nerve connections, and muscle connections are lost — these can be seen with our normal senses. But something else is lost that is vital to the finger, that gives it sustainable life, and that causes dissolution of its minerals when it is lost. That something is also vital to our entire body and its permanent loss brings death.":
See under: "Chapter 2 The Essential Nature of Mankind":
http://www.doyletics.com/arj/earthlyk.htm

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Continuing - August 21, 2102 -

Especially for parents, teachers and pediatricians:

"... senses are like a form of nutrition to the developing child, especially for the developing brain; and the seemingly incredible idea that organic forces of vitality (or ‘etheric forces’) are becoming released as the developing child develops mental awareness. ":

http://taruna.ac.nz/articles/sensing-the-world-and-ourselves/

Also at taruna: Nutrition in addition to food comes through - "... the sense of Touch, Life, Movement and Balance.
After the ‘physical’ embryology which preceeds physical birth, there is an ‘etheric' embryology that preceeds etheric birth at about the age of seven. In this second embryology occurring between 0-7, the four bodily senses are like an ‘etheric-placental’ nourishment. The brain is an organ which most readily gives up its organic vitality for the purpose of mental development – in fact its whole form and function is like a permanent foetus! This picture explains why there is a variation in brain formation, for it is in proportion to how well it receives the sort of ‘etheric nutrition’ that the four lower senses provide in the early years."

and

"... After years of stigmatising dirt, parents and children have become somewhat afraid of touching things – 33% of children will themselves avoid play for fear of getting dirty. Add to this a world made of and wrapped in plastic. ... it is an example of ‘tactile junk food!’ ... on a tactile level it is all the same, it is all plastic, all the same tactile experience. On a physical nutrition level this would be like feeding a child only on sugar. It can be made to look like all kinds of tempting foods, but in the end it’s just more sugar. There is no bio-diversity of experience on a more profound level."

This underscores my vision for a farm-school for children. The farm not only provides the traditional sources of nutrition it also provides the tactile sensory sources as well.:
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1881780

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September 18, 2012 -

Some further considerations in the "Community Factor" mentioned above.

Before the notion that "dog is man's best friend" everyone know that worms were our best friends. Imagine making friends with worms! Imagine making friends with other life forms that are here to support nutrient-density in our foods. I have a dream for starting a campaign for "Making Best Friends For Life And For Good Health"! Worms are the possible the best soil-builders and therefore they certainly deserve our friendship! Some other life forms that can give us nutrient-dense foods include: Kefir grains, Kombucha scobies, sour-dough starters and others. I wanted to at least note these potential friends here and then see what other things may come to underscore the thoughts that I'm presenting here now.

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