You can Eat Your Chocolate Cake and Enjoy it too! -without the weight gain and guilt.

Imagine a child's birthday party complete with balloons, games, presents, a bunch of 6 year old kids screaming with delight and a big chocolate cake covered in butter icing and little sugar candies shaped liked trucks. Something like that, you know the party, you were there once or maybe you are a parent and have been to one recently. Now comes cake time. The kids are all excited and big eyed, already on a sugar high, the parents have their cameras rolling and everyone starts singing. It's all about fun, joy and living life. Then the cake gets cut and plated. Then the plates of cake get passed around. The kids grab them and dig in without a second thought. They eat every bite of cake on the plate. Their only thought is "mmmm, yummy, good cake". Then when the 6 year old kids finish off the last bite of cake they put the plate down and race off to the next thing to enjoy. They had their cake and enjoyed it too and then they moved on. Kids are really good at living in the moment.

Now picture the moms in the room and watch as that cake gets passed around to them. Some of them take it with thanks and others ask for a smaller piece. Most of them, not all, look at the cake and think "mmmmm, looks tasty, but it is so full of fat and calories. I didn't get any exercise today, I really don't deserve this. I really shouldn't. Well I will just have a bite, that's not so bad." Then she takes a bite and for the first moment she enjoys it thinking, "mmm, yum this is really good cake." Then the moment is lost and she changes her thought to "Oh but it is too good, it really must be bad for me. I should really stop eating it. It is going right to my thighs. I'm so bad, but it is so good and I just can't stop. I am so weak, I have no willpower..." She finishes the cake and puts down the plate. Instead of moving on and enjoying what is happening in the new moment, like the fun the kids are having, she starts thinking again, "oh boy, I really shouldn't have eaten that cake, I can't believe I ate the whole thing (it was actually just a piece). I am so weak, such a failure. No wonder no one loves me..." Her thoughts go from chocolate cake to the real void that she is trying to fill, love for herself. All of this from a simple, innocent piece of cake. Notice the words that she used; shouldn't, don't deserve, weak, no willpower... and think abut what those words represent.

You can Eat Your Chocolate Cake and Enjoy it too! -without the weight gain and guilt. The way is to understand what eating and thinking those thoughts does to your body. When you think a negative thought your body goes into stress mode. When you are thinking a lot of negative thoughts and going into guilt mode your body will end up very stressed. When your body is stressed it's physical response is to send out hormones from the adrenal glands to deal with the stress. Stored sugars are released and pumped through your blood, energy is sent to the heart, lungs and extremities and the digestive system goes into sleep mode. The reason your body does this is because it is prioritizing functions needed to deal with stress. Your body recognizes a stress signal as a "fight or flight" situation and responds accordingly. All of these actions your body takes gives you the ability to literally fight or run for your life. This is your bodies mechanism to respond to a serious 911 situation like running out of a burning building or defending yourself against an intruder. This is a very important and life saving response, it is an incredible thing that our bodies do for us. It gives us what we need to get out, and fast. The problem is that when all the energy is taken away from the digestive system and it is being shut down, it is very difficult to digest food. That is when we get bloated, feel sick to our stomach and gain weight. The hormones being released by the adrenal glands along with that extra stored sugar being released will end up causing more fat storage because they are not being burned off. When you are running for your life you are burning fuel, when you are eating cake you are not.

The stress response takes place whether the stress is real or perceived. A life or death situation is a real stress. Our reaction to a situation or the way we perceive a situation that is not life or death is a choice. A bit hard for our ego to take but it is true, we have a choice as to how we react in any given situation. The beauty is that we can always change our reactions. Even if the thought starts as "I shouldn't eat this cake" we have the power to change the thought to. "I am enjoying every bite of this cake." Then we have to make that thought a reality so that we are truly enjoying and not just pretending. That takes practice and repetition.

Try this, the next time you sit down to eat, really taste your food. Take a bite and put all of your awareness into it. Notice each flavour, texture and everything else it has to offer. How does it taste to you? Are you really enjoying it or are you simply eating it because it is there and you have to eat to live. Or are you eating it because you know it will give you quick energy or fill an emotional void? Eating mindfully will change the way you see food and it will change the way you digest it. The way you eat is as important as what you eat.

If you are in a place of emotional stress and are reaching for food to fix it, pause. Just for a moment to take a few deep breaths. Close your eyes and imagine a laughing baby, and that can only bring happy thoughts. We can only think one thought at a time so keep moving back to good ones. Practice that, it will get easier and quicker in time. Then once you feel good and happy have a piece of the cake and enjoy every bite. Food is about enjoyment not just nourishment and definitely not guilt. Getting th guilt out and the joy in takes more than willpower, it takes support and accountability.

What to Eat?

With so many diets, food philosophies, nutritional science protocols, food plans, health books and nutrition programs telling you the best way to eat it is difficult to figure out just what to eat. you can find conflicting information on pretty much any diet out there whether it's the high protein/low carb, vegetarian, vegan, raw, blood-type, elimination, fruitarian... The list goes on and on and every time you think you have found the best way to eat some new info comes out telling you it's wrong and here is something better.

We have gone from a balanced diet of plant and animal foods that are grown and raised naturally and ethically to a diet diet of processed food. Nutrition science has broken down food into macro and micro nutrients, anti-oxidants, phyto-nutrients, omegas... Instead of eating the freshest piece of fruit you can get you are forced to question each piece of fruit as to whether it is good or bad for you and your specific nutritional needs. That is a lot of work and it takes out the joy of eating.

Eating is really about nourishing the body with a variety of fresh, whole foods prepared with joy and simplicity. When deciding what to eat the question should not be what are the nutrients in this food and does it follow the rules of the diet I am on. The question should be, is this food fresh, whole, tasty looking and adding variety to my diet.

It's simple really, just eat fresh, whole food that stimulates your appetite, creative cooking mind and senses. With all those diets out there take what sounds good, what works with your body and what appeals to your mind. Here are my guidelines for a healthy and tasty diet. Note that the word diet has been mutilated to mean what to eat to lose weight. Diet really means what we eat every day.

1. Eat fresh and in season produce. As local as possible and organic or free of chemical sprays (pesticides, herbicides, etc.). Support your local farmers when you can and grow something of your own. Even if that is just a window box of herbs or lettuce.
2. Stay out of the box. Avoid packaged foods as much as possible and when you buy packaged look at the ingredients and choose wisely. Shop the perimeter; it's tried and true.
3. Buy grains, nuts, seeds and dried beans in bulk. Soak grains and beans before cooking. Get free directions here with your feedback for my upcoming cookbook, thanks.
4. Use extra-virgin and expeller pressed organic oils.
5. Eat meat from an organic butcher and in moderation.
6. Eat organic and raw dairy products, raw cheese is easily found in stores. Buy non-homogenized yogurt Jersey Land or Saugeen Again, in moderation
7. Prepare foods fresh and simply. With healthy and tasty recipes
8. Eat a variety of foods, expand your horizons and try new veggies and grains.
9. Cook some food and eat some food raw. Eat more raw veggies in the spring and summer. Eat more cooked veggies in the fall and winter.
10. Relax when you eat and when you think about eating.

Go back to the basics and start enjoying food instead of pondering nutrition science. Eat slowly, with joy and with others. Go back to when food was a healthy part of culture and was more than something we did to fill up and indulge. Go back to food being for a time to take time, to enjoy our senses, the company of others and to relax and savour the good stuff.

I would love to share my other recipes, tips and favourite quotes with you. Check them out here.

Canned Food- What's in the lining?

Almost all tin can linings contain BPA. Bisphenol-A has been all over the news, internet and peoples minds in the last few years and, more so, recently because of it's endocrine disrupting and carcinogenic potential.

Besides avoiding certain plastics it is also known that the linings in cans that contain food have BPA. Up until now I thought that this was unavoidable in any canned food, even organic. Although I limit the amount of canned food I use, I do use some. I cook dried beans and freeze them for the same convenience of canned and I freeze local tasty tomatoes in the summer. I don't seem to freeze enough tomatoes though so I end up buying canned ones and sometimes I haven't planned out my frozen bean stock so I buy canned. Those along with some fish are really the only canned foods that I tend to use. I found this article that lists 3 companies that use cans that have BPA free linings, yay! One of the companies is Eden foods. Their beans are canned in BPA free cans but their tomatoes are not. The acidic nature of tomatoes makes it impossible to use the BPA free lining. So that is unfortunate about the tomatoes, I am just going to try harder to freeze and can my own next year. The 2 other companies are unknown to me and are US based fish canners. Personally I think it is better to buy fresh fish locally and to really limit consumption of it. If you would like to read the article you can get it here. The biggest thing for me is that I will now only buy Eden brand canned beans when I need beans in a hurry.

A Letter to Obama

I just wanted to pass this along to you in case you haven't seen it. It's a great article from a series of articles in The New York Times. It's the food issue, which provides plenty of worthwhile reading. Even though this article addresses the US, it is very relevant to us Canadians.

Read the article here. If you don't want to read the entire, somewhat lengthy article, here are a some points from this sun vs. fossil fuel stand that I found interesting and think everyone should be aware of. My thoughts too.

• The way we eat creates more greenhouse gases than any other industry. (page 1)
• The way we eat has a direct impact on the health care system. The poorer the diet the greater chance of poor health and therefore the greater weight on the health care system. (page 1)
• Our current food system produces cheap calories (high in health depleting fat and sugar and low in health giving nutrients) in abundance making them an attractive option. (page 2)
• Healthy, traditional farming practices can be used in large scale farms and not only create healthier people but also create a healthier world. (page 4)
• Yes producing meat and dairy in humane and natural ways will raise the price of the end product. Organic, grass fed beef does cost more than conventional, dollars that is. That price raise will encourage many to consume less of the now over consumed animal products. Less meat consumption is a health benefit to the over eater. (page 5)
• Much of what is grown as food is not consumed as food. If this land was actually producing healthy food, crop yield would not be a problem. (page 5)
• Much of so-called food crops are being used for fuel. "But while there are alternatives to oil, there are no alternatives to food."-Michael Pollan. Yep, that's right. (page 6)
• Pollans calls for a definition of food because 'junk food' is not really food. I always say that there are no good foods or bad foods. There are, however, things that are called food that I don't consider food. These are synthesized, chemical things that even though they are marketed as food have no place in our bodies. They are unidentifiable objects to our bodies and therefore harmful to our health. (page 7)
• Change can really be made by teaching children. Get them while they are young. Provide a healthy example by starting with yourself because they do what we do not what we say, right? (page 8)
• Finally Michael Pollan suggests that The White House leads by example. That the presidential family eats local, organic, at the dinner table, minus meat one day per week and digs up some grass to start a garden. Brilliant! (page 9)

Read the article here.

Agave Update

If you didn't see the comment posted below please take a look at this link, which has an interview with an agave producer. Also here is the FAQ from Madahava. I was happy to receive this information that helps to clarify some things. I am still looking more into this and I am waiting for a response from Wilderness Family about their agave.

Like anything, there are 2 opinions and 2 sets of research. The best thing is, as always, do what feels right to you. I now feel that it is safe to consume moderate amounts of agave, if the agave is processed naturally and does not have the super-high, 90% content of fructose. Both Madahava and Wilderness Family are around 70-75% fructose. I realize that in my last post I was unsure of this; I needed more information to feel safe and still need a bit more confirmation, which I am looking for. My doubt came because when I consume more agave than I should I do feel adverse affects and my blood sugar does go up. But with anything too much is not good, even healthy foods. I hope this starts to clear some things up. I definitely advise using agave and any other sweetener in moderation and to use only high quality, organic and raw agave like Wilderness Family. Please post your thoughts and any other information that you have found.

Agave: Healthy or NOT?

Is agave nectar dangerous to your health? You may have already come across the many articles about the truth behind agave nectar.The basics of these articles is that agave is highly processed and is not as natural as we are led to believe. Also some, not all, agave is cut with high-fructose corn syrup, yikes! We are led to believe that fructose is the natural sugar in fruit and that because it is low-glycemic it is safe and better for us than sugar. Well apparently fructose is fructose and the fructose in high-fructose corn syrup is the same as the fructose in agave nectar. Yikes! I was led to believe that the fructose in agave is natural and therefore different from the fructose in high-fructose corn syrup. It is apparently the same. Please read the full article on agave: Agave Nectar, the High Fructose Health Food Fraud by Rami Nagel, author of Healing Our Children. I do suggest reading it with a grain of salt and deciding for yourself what you believe. It makes me second guess my use of agave. I also suggest that you read about the patent processing of agave and photos of how agave is made. Not all agave is processed like this, Wilderness Family has a different process. But beyond the processing I am pretty convinced that we should not be consuming processed fructose and that even the so-called raw and pure agave nectar may not be a healthy choice because they are still un-natural fructose. Fructose is just one of many components in fruit, it is not the main sweetener and is different from processed fructose. A small amount of fructose may not be harmful but I am having a hard time finding any conclusive evidence either way. Any concentrated sweetener can cause harm when overused so always use in moderation. That includes, honey, maple syrup, cane juice, etc. I was convinced that agave was a great alternative to sugar as were many other practitioners and health seekers. It was the ideal answer for those with candida, diabetes, sugar sensitivity and children. I no longer feel that way and want you to be informed as well. Until I can find conclusive evidence of an agave that is naturally processed and safe I will not be using it or recommending it.

I am going back to the basics, the unrefined (or very little processing), which is what most of my suggestions are. Even these sweeteners need to be consumed in moderation. Cut back the amount of sugar in your recipes; they are usually super sweet and don't need to be. Use one third to half the amount of blended dates or maple syrup and cut the liquid by 1/5th in your baking recipes.

1. Raw honey from a local bee keeper Phil Ellis. Know where your honey comes from. Many bee keepers will feed their bees sugar in order to produce honey in the winter. Make sure the bees are treated well. We need healthy bees! Honey is best eaten raw, try blended dates or maple syrup for baking.
2. Dates. Soak them and blend them for making raw desserts, sweetening yogurt and baking with. Also fruit like bananas for baking and apple sauce.
3. Grade C or dark maple syrup. It is processed with heat but is not chemically altered. Organic only to avoid formaldehyde used in processing non-organic maple syrup.
4. Sucanat or Rapundra sugar, muscovado sugar, organic jaggery or dehydrated cane juice. Good for baking. Very little processing; it is basically heated. Organic again; for your protection and the farmers protection. Although I don't think there is non-organic sucanat.
5. Raw stevia; not the refined white stuff. If you have candida and cannot tolerate any concentrated sweeteners.

Other resources and articles that I have looked at in order to find the truth about agave are: A quick video explanation at Renegade Health

The Truth about Agave Syrup: Not as Healthy as You May Think by John Kohler

Agave provokes a bitter debate as a sweetener By Fitness Reporter and Julie Deardorff Health Some interesting comments at this post Understanding sugars

What noted author Sally Fallon, M.A. says about sugar "SUGAR AND HEART DISEASE Most fat in our bodies and in the food we eat is in the form of triglycerides (three fatty acid chains attached to a glycerol molecule). Elevated triglycerides in the blood have been positively linked to proneness to heart disease but these triglycerides do not come directly from dietary fats: they are made in the liver from any excess sugars that have not been completely burned. The source of these excess sugars is any food containing carbohydrates, but particularly refined sugar and processed carbohydrates. Refined sugar and other refined products were virtually unknown in the human diet before 1600 and never used in great quantities before the present century. In 1821 the average sugar intake in America was 10 pounds per person per year; today it is 170 pounds per person per year. As the consumption of sugar has increased so have all civilized diseases. We need foods that are whole, not skeletonized and denatured. Sugar, especially sucrose and fructose has been shown to shorten life in numerous animal experiments. Excessive use of sugar is associated with a rise in blood cholesterol, rise in triglycerides, increase in adhesiveness of the blood platelets, increase in blood insulin levels, etc. Numerous studies have positively correlated sugar consumption with heart disease. These results are far more positive than any of the studies linking heart disease and saturated fats. Moderate use of natural sweeteners is found in many traditional societies. We therefore recommended you satisfy your sweet tooth by eating fully ripened fruit in season and a limited use of natural sweeteners high in vitamins and minerals such as raw honey, dehydrated cane sugar juice (Sucanat) and maple syrup. Avoid all refined sugars including table sugar, brown sugar, corn syrup, fructose and large amounts of fruit juice." Source

I will continue the research and update you if I find anything new. I have contacted a distributor of agave to see what they know and can find out about Wilderness Family agave, which is a company that I believe in. That being said I don't know if there is any good agave if it is all fructose from inulin (more on inulin later). I am sticking with local and unprocessed honey for now. I will be changing my past recipes too.

Please use this information to decide for yourself and feel free to post your thoughts and anything you have discovered. Happy Thoughts and Good Eats, Marissa

Bill C-51

I have been asked by some friends and clients why I haven't commented on Bill C-51 yet. My answer is that I don't want to come out of fear and anger; that is what I have experienced around me with people that have heard of this Bill. If we fear, which is a natural reaction, we will not progress. On Tuesday evening I listened to more than 30 people express their concern, fears and hope over a proposal for a wellness based, addiction recovery centre in my community. The reading was passed unanimously by council. The reason it was passed was because the stories of success, hope, caring, compassion outweighed those of fear and anger. Concerns were addressed with knowledge, experience and compassion. That is what wins. So I ask that you take a look at this Bill with understanding and compassion and you address it by sending your stories of success, caring, hope and compassion to parliament. Help them understand why it is so important for you to walk into a store and have the freedom to purchase the products that help you live your life to it's healthiest potential.

Thanks for your care and your help,

Marissa

If you believe that this Bill is not in your best interest please forward this blog to your friends, family members and coworkers. Please help to get the message out to as many Canadians as possible as quickly as possible. At the bottom of this blog are some other ideas on how you can help spread the word. Please make sure to sign this online petition (http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/billc51) when you're done.

On April 8, 2008, Bill C-51 was introduced into the House of Commons by The Canadian Health Minister, The Honourable Tony Clement. Bill C-51 passed its first reading on April 9th. It is now scheduled to go to second reading on May 8, 2008. (To read up on how Bills are passed into Laws, click here)

What is Bill C-51? Bill C-51 will amend the current Food and Drugs Act and will make consequential amendments to other Acts AUTOMATICALLY. Bill C-51 will have a major impact on natural health in Canada and restrict the choices Canadian people have when it comes to their health and choice to purchase health products. Click here to view Bill C-51 on the Canadian Government's website. Here's what Bill C-51 has the ability to do:

• Remove democratic oversight, bypassing elected officials to vote in laws and allow bureaucrats to adopt laws from other countries without our consent.
• Remove 60-70% of all Natural Health Products from Canadian stores. Many others will be available by prescription only.
• Restrict research and development of safe and natural alternatives in favour of high risk drugs.
• Punish Canadians with little or no opportunity for protection or recourse for simply speaking about or giving a natural product without the approval of government. More than 70% of people in Canada use a Natural Health Product. The new law goes so far as to warrant action against a person who would give another person an “unapproved” amount of garlic on the recommendation that it would improve that person’s health.
• Allow inspectors to enter private property without consent, take your property at their discretion, dispose of your property at will, not reimburse you for your losses, seize your bank accounts, charge owners shipping and storage charges for seized property, be empowered to store your property indefinitely, and levy fines up to $5,000,000 and/or 2 years in jail per incident.

How can you help? Forward this email to your friends, family and coworkers (please, no unsolicited email) If you have a blog or personal website, add some content all about Bill C-51 and provide people with information on how they can help (please use any part of this blog) Take a look at this excellent kit for consumers from the CHFA - you can use any of this on your website....or create a link Contact your local MP and let them know that you are against Bill C-51 and you want them to vote against it www.snipurl.com/localmp Write a hand-written letter to Tony Clement stating your views about the Bill - Sample 5 (suitable for a consumer) - Francais Letter to Minister of Health, Download and print copies of postcard. English Francais Talk to your local press (newspapers, magazines, television and radio) Ask the leaders in your community to get involved Sign this ONLINE PETITION

Grocery Shopping for Better Health- How to Avoid GMO Corn

This is my last bit about corn, for now. I want to make sure that I am giving not only the info on why it is best to avoid corn products but also how to avoid them. That's what is really important; the practical and doable information. About one third of the commodity corn (that's the inedible corn I talked about previously) is made into ethanol and the rest goes into our food in one way or another. Neither of these options is a good one; growing corn for ethanol has it's own problems and eating it is not doing us any good. About half of the corn used for food is fed to livestock. The animals eat the tasteless, nutritionally void, genetically modified corn and then we eat them. The rest of the corn is made into high fructose corn syrup as well as other edible corn products. To make things simple here is a list of things to avoid when you go to the grocery store.

Non-organic, grain fed meat

High fructose corn syrup (HFCS)

Corn syrup

Maltodextrin

Dextrose

Sorbitol

Corn oil (used by fast food joints)

Corn starch

Corn meal

Maize

POP

If you are very allergic to corn these products may contain corn:

Glucose

Fructose

Baking powder and confectioners sugar (may have corn starch added)

Starch

Mannitol

Xylitol

Lactic acid

Caramel colour

Vanilla extract (may be sweetened with corn)

Vegetable broth, vegetable gum, vegetable starch etc. (the vegetable may be corn)

When choosing to eat corn in other forms like popcorn, tacos, polenta, tortilla chips, etc choose certified organic to ensure that the corn is not genetically modified and is not sprayed with chemicals. They really load the chemicals onto non-organic corn.

Basically the more you get away from buying prepackaged foods the more questionable ingredients you avoid. Making food from whole and natural ingredients is the best for your body and mind and the planet. Get more ideas with my recipes at http://www.ahealthierme.ca/rahm.htm

Don't let this scare you but do let knowledge change the way you look at food. What is more important than your health? Yes the organic corn may cost more but what good are you if you are getting sick all the time, have no energy and are all stressed out? Eating healthy is vital to being healthy. Please do your best and feed your body with all the goodness it deserves. Think about everything that your body does for you after all. It's truly amazing how the human body works, don't you think it deserves the best we can give it?

Something to think about...

King Corn- Part 2 My Thoughts

Movies that document what is going on with our food and what the future may hold for food security can be a bit daunting. I like to watch them from a different angle. I found King Corn inspiring. To me it says that people are interested in what is going on with their food and are concerned with how food affects their health. Sure it put the reality of food and health out front, which is a bit scary but we need to see this. This can be seen as scary but I choose to see it as inspiring. I have a lot of hope and every time I hear that someone else has changed their health or their perspective on food I am more hopeful. Yes there is a lot of bad stuff that goes on in our society but really there is far more change and good stuff happening. Have you seen all the businesses that are taking a "Green" approach and changing their ways? Sure this is part of marketing and may not always be what it appears, but it does help to create awareness. I would far rather have trends like yoga, eating local, reducing waste and "going green" than the opposite, whatever that may be. Healthy trends are good in my mind.

I guess my point is that we can find good things out of what we are given. When things seem daunting or overwhelming take out what works for you and do your best on whatever level you can. If that means all you can do at this time is cut down your consumption of corn and high fructose corn syrup then start with that. Know that every little change you make is making a difference to not only your health but the health of many others.

Tomorrow I will post part 3, which is How to Grocery Shop for Health. I want to give you some practical tips on how to shop for health. I realize it can be very overwhelming with all the options and conflicting information. I hope that my information can help to simplify things for you.

"King Corn" Movie Review Part One on Corn

I stayed up late after going to a Crystal bowl concert by David Hickey, the guy is amazing. If he is in you area I highly recommend going to his concert. I really wanted to watch the movie so I sat down with my cup of cleansing tea, part of the gentle spring cleanse I am doing, and watched the show. PBS is great because it is commercial free. Gotta love it. I have watched many shows of food, health care and nutrition such as "The Future of Food", "Super Size Me" and Michael Moor's "Sicko" and was ready to see what this one had to offer. It was different, partially because it was done by a couple of college guy, amateur film makers with an idea and curiosity. The show gave the reality of our food. It wasn't about organic food it was about how the majority of our food is grown and processed. Corn is a huge crop, I had not realized the scope of it until I watched this movie. I knew that it was the main crop for feeding cattle and that it is the largest used sweetener but I guess I just didn't really think about how big that is. Corn is something that I shy away from and recommend that cleints avoid it because it is very difficult to digest and is a top allergy food. I only recommend certified organic corn, preferably sprouted and in moderation. This film reminded my why. Having a visual of all the nasty chemicals that get sprayed on the ground and on the crops made the reality of this crop solid in my mind. Most corn is genetically modified (GMO; genetically modified organism) to resist a specific pesticide. If you were to spray this pesticide on a non-GMO crop the crop would die immediately. Pretty gross to think that we consume corn that is coated with pesticides that kill plants and bugs. The other thing is that the corn tastes awful! It was an entertaining moment in the movie when these newbie farmers tasted their corn. These commodity corn crops are not meant to be eaten off the grill with a bit of butter. They are used for animal feed, ethanol and high fructose corn syrup. The corn doesn't have to taste good or have nutritional value. Commodity corn is all about how fast, cheap and how much corn they can grow. I am going to get into more details of corn over the next few days. This is just part one. I will give you all the info you need to avoid corn products and make your life much healthier. High fructose corn syrup is a massive contributor to the type 2 diabetes epidemic. If you want to watch the movie it is playing in Vancouver at http://www.projectingchange.ca/ You can also go to the King Corn Website http://www.kingcorn.net/

King Corn on PBS

I am very excited to tell you about this movie. I have not yet seen it but have heard a lot about it and have been waiting to see it. I guess I could have ordered the DVD but now I don't have to because PBS is showing it. For my readers in Squamish you can watch it on channel 8 KCTS at 10:30 on April 15th, Tuesday. For everyone else get the details here . My mom and her husband saw the movie at the co-op in Nelson and they where very impressed with it. They are organic farmers and they really appreciate good, whole food.

You can get more details about the movie here. This movie is important because it talks about how corn is a massive contributor to the decline in health in North America. High fructose corn syrup is a huge factor in the increase of adult onset diabetes, which is now called type 2 diabetes due to the fact that children are being diagnosed with it more and more. I can't wait to hear what the movie says about this.

I will be writing my comments after I watch the movie so stay tuned...