What’s More Likely to “Kill” Us and/or Our Children

(Ron D. Garrett) #1

I’ve seen many of the same people who “crow” on and on about issues that affect children feed their children and their entire family that matter complete meals full of crap. I’m not speaking of people who can’t afford good food either…I’m talking about the rank and file who CAN afford food but choose to fill their families plates with junk because it’s easier than taking a few minutes to prepare real food.

Now I’ll get “Ron, I don’t have time. Ron, you don’t know how it is. Ron, I don’t have the money, etc” BUT let me tell you something. I’ve had a hard life ESPECIALLY growing up so those excuses fall on deaf ears with me. I can come into the most impoverished home and IF the family is willing I can show them how to not only survive but THRIVE on real food that costs the same or in most cases even less than what they are paying for the junk that is leading them down the road to nutritional death…I’ve done it…and the people who I’ve helped (I know that you’re watching this) can attest that IF you are truly wanting to change and IF you will “dig in” you CAN DO IT!

Will the adjustment be easy? Probably not ESPECIALLY since like drugs these high sugar, high carb, highly processed foods are very addictive and much like an addict to drugs there is an adjustment period BUT I and others are living proof that it can be done.

If you don’t think that these foods are addictive I challenge you to stop eating them for two weeks…the very thought of not having sugar, carbs, soda, sweet tea, etc., is a nightmare for most people EVEN for those that have weaned themselves off of the stuff like me (at times)…THIS is (in my education as a “drug” advocate while in the Army) is the very definition of an addiction or at the least a serial abuser.

Unlike drugs for MOST people this does NOT mean that you can never have those foods ever again but UNTIL the addictive behavior is corrected through “real food eating” and weaning the body off of them the struggle WILL be real yet there are many avenues and MUCH more educative material that can be found now to help all who want to try to heal their bodies through eating real food.

I know that this sounds a little “preachy”…SO WHAT? I’m in the business of telling the truth and it’s up to the reader to either receive it, realize that it’s not relevant to them or their lifestyle, or move on and continue life as is. Simply put…IF you don’t have an issue or you disagree move on BUT IF you are suffering from health issues, or you family has a history of one of the many metabolic health issues such as diabetes, heart disease, obesity, etc., and IF you have a desire to try to “stick around” for your family and friends for as long as possible lifewise then it would be a prudent move to at least investigate the possibility of utilizing real food to heal the body instead of simply going to the doctor and getting a “pill” (as Pres Obama said…still mad at him for that statement) as that is not the solution and is only a temporary fix.

Economically what I’m saying makes more sense also SINCE a family’s medical costs would dramatically be reduced and the burden. To prove my point I’m always amazed at the outrage in the country right now at the “cost of insulin” while I’m over here shouting to the top of my lungs that the cost of insulin for almost EVERY diabetic would be reduced NOT by legislation or by the philanthropy of drug entities BUT by simply by the diabetic cutting out sugar and other carbs.

This sounds simple and it is since drastically reducing sugar in the body reduces the need for insulin and over time the body will adjust and IF the regimen is sustained over a period of time the need for insulin can greatly be reduced OR as it has for millions around the world be reduced to zero since the person has literally become nutritionally non-diabetic and as long as they follow the lifestyle there is little to no need for insulin…I’m living proof…and my “doctor” who for years insisted that my diabetes was “incurable” and would be with me forever is and has remained floored that for almost three years now after being diabetic or pre-diabetic for almost 15 years and on numerous medications NOW have remained in a non-diabetic state and EVERY marker for my health has drastically improved to the point that my bloodwork is not akin to a 52 year old but to that of my former 25 year old self though there are still a few underlying issues that remain due to my 49 years of eating the standard American diet (SAD) so IF one of these causes my mortality to falter it would be from the 49 years of eating crap and NOT due to the keto lifestyle that saved me from sure death (I was literally dying before keto).

WOW…didn’t mean to be so wordy but this really hit me so be blessed and IF you are willing I and others are willing to help you with resources to help and all you have to do is put the work in to reclaim you and your family’s health. In the beginning it won’t be easy BUT IF you stay the course I promise that you won’t regret it!

Peace and blessings from the Father!

Ron “Big Black” Garrett

(Susan) #2

I love that post, Ron, that is great =). Keto on!!

(bulkbiker) #3

Banning both might be even better though?

(Susan) #4

Agreed =).

(Bob M) #5

But processed food won’t take your first grader from you. You won’t put them on the bus, and never see them again.

Furthermore, a lot of the damage done by processed food is reversible. Death by guns is not.

#6

I totally agree about the importance of feeding our children well but “guns vs obesity” is a false dichotomy.

#7

As a teenager, I think processed food should definitely be less accessible to children in school, and I think school menus should be re-thought, but the thing is, healthy food is subjective. Sure, lots of high school students might grab a cheeseburger for a meal, but imagine if they banned cheeseburgers and they implemented what is taught in Canada’s newest food guide, a low fat, low meat, but mostly unprocessed diet. I don’t think either should be banned, but it could go either way.

(Ken) #8

Socialism is responsible for 100 million deaths during the 20th Century. Throw in Ancel Keys and you have arguably two of the most lethal forces in Human History.

(Katie) #9

The complete loss of biodiversity combined with the total loss of inspects, (1/3 worldwide are already missing) the result of continued heating of the planet. Add in the loss of the oceans…which are already becoming too toxic for aquatic life…and for us as food. Now add the dragonburps from the arctic methane releases.

First will come higher and higher food prices…with greater crop failures worldwide. Mass movement of people. The millions now will dwarf the hundreds of millions in the near future…Probably won’t effect U.S.A. deeply for another 10 years. Then…?

This is how the world ends…not with a bang, but a whimper.

(Katie) #10

I am really bothered by people who throw around words they have not thought through…

Socialism. Do you mean the dictatorships under Stalin … etc? That was nothing more than a shower mad dictator with a large dose of paranoia. Socialism is with us every day…that road you drive on was built by socialism…(otherwise you would have to bring you own road). And with the sewer/water systems…etc. socialism is the collective good implemented by government, Like Medicare. Like having a hospital that you can go to even if you have no insurance.

What is going on in Venezuela is again…a crazy dictator destroying his country…same way hitler destroyed his country…first by destroying the economy.

Let’s look at Sweden… socialism has been at work there for decades…Norway, modern day German, etc. by ever measure, socialism produces more happy people.

Finally…start thinking for yourself.

(Ken) #11

Before this thread goes “Off the Rails”, we should perhaps limit it to known and proven killers rather than fantastical predictions that are based on apocalyptic socio-political and religious beliefs. Especially since the solutions offered for the vast majority of these perceived issues is the very ideology that caused the genocide of the 20th Century.

(Bob M) #12

What should happen is that people who think they know what you should eat, should get out of the schools. When my kids can’t get full fat milk, but can get fat free, sugared chocolate milk, that’s a problem. When there are “meatless Mondays” in k-4 schools, that’s a problem. (Luckily, they don’t HAVE to eat like this on Mondays…at least right now.) And when they come home and tell me that the fat on popcorn or in our food is bad, and I have to tell them that’s unsupported by scientific evidence, that’s bad.

If people WANT to eat vegan, vegetarian, carnivore, low carb, paleo, whatever, I have no problem with that. I have an issue when the kids HAVE to eat a certain way (low fat, for instance). Get all requirements out of the schools.

(Ken) #13

True. What we’re really talking about is Totalitarianism. The self proclaimed Socialists and Communists were not anything like what they proclaimed themselves to be. Once you remove the protections on individual freedom it’s only a matter of time before oppression begins.

Gee, thanks for your suggesting I start thinking for myself. But what you really mean is I should start thinking like you, so I’'ll pass.

(Ron D. Garrett) #14

Thank you!

(Ron D. Garrett) #15

The meme is a tool for the post. Nothing political and if read closely the entire post is not about gun control so since people took it out of context and refuse to focus on WHAT I wrote taking note that the post WASN’T focusing on “that” issue I removed those words and hopefully the people who want to focus on the true tenant of this argument can do so. This is what is wrong with our world today. We so easily allow ourselves to become distracted from a salient point by politics etc. so please…this post WAS NOT meant to focus on “that” issue and is much bigger in my heart than that. It is intended to focus on the issue that we worry about various issues that “might kill” people when the one that is killing the most is staring at us right in the face yet we fail to deal with it either through ignorance, apathy, miseducation, or as it this post devolved into…distraction via political views.

I’m moving on and will delete further comments referring to “that issue”.

(Joey) #16

The idea of banning things we choose to eat is an abysmally miserable idea.

I’d be disappointed if anyone who hangs out on this forum - as folks who often find themselves on the receiving end of so much disinformation and resistance regarding what’s healthy and what’s not - would ever seriously support having government bans on foods having been rejected by those “in-the-know.”