TheDoctorsTV and Organic Food Myths: Liz Has Lost Her Perspective
Liz is now Editor-in-Chief of Rachael Ray’s magazine and she shared three Organic Food Lies and Myths with the audience on TheDoctorsTV show today.
I must say that in my opinion, Liz has lost her perspective…
TheDoctorsTV Show and Liz on Organic Food Myths
Labeling of milk cartons is no absolute assurance of the quality of the milk that is unregulated by the appropriate agencies and organizations. You cannot trust every bottle or jug of milk you see in the average big box grocery stores. Many of the dairies pool their milk from a number of ranchers and the quality varies widely. If you want to be certain that you are not getting any hormones, anti-biotics, synthetic chemicals, or agricultural by-products in your milk; then you really DO have to buy ORGANIC milk from people you know that you can trust to be honest.
Liz is naive when it comes to labeling and pricing structures with the ploys that some companies use to fool the consumer into a false sense of security. It happens every day and in more than just the dairy industry. But we’ve seen it happen all too often among those ranchers who want to sell their milk from inferior cows and inferior practices on their dairy farms or ranches.
Price should not be the primary consideration when purchasing milk. Your health depends upon your due diligence. By the way, you would be better served to choose soy milk, rice milk, coconut milk, almond milk, or even goat milk INSTEAD of cow’s milk for your health and wellness. Have you forgotten about ‘prions’? Then again, there are many toxins and chemicals used in the feed for cattle that contaminate the milk in ways that are inconceivable to the average consumer.
As for you, you must decide what level of risk you are willing to live with or die for…
I only consume Organic dairy products from butter to cheese to sour cream to yogurt, but then I have had the ability to test all of these products for years to know the full story. I can only advise you that your careful choices of dairy products will make a profound difference in your health.
Furthermore, Liz should compare apples with apples and oranges with oranges when it comes to her Myth about buying Organic whole grains, pasta, and bread. She should include cereal in this mix… She thinks that it is more relevant to buy whole grain foods rather than organic brands to save money. She is confused and mixing her metaphors and the meaning of this concept!
Liz…when a whole grain is milled to make flour, it is no longer a whole grain. It is flour. Period…end of story. \
Liz…when a whole grain is processed to become pasta or cereal, it is no longer a whole grain. Period…end of story.
There is a profound difference between Organic Whole Grains and milled flour, cereals, and pasta. The nutritional value is forever changed once that whole grain is processed in any way whatsoever. No one, no matter whether one edits a magazine or appears on television, can win this debate.
Have these doctors and Liz forgotten what constitutes a Whole Grain? Oat Groats, millet, rye, wheat berries, barley, and other grains that are in their ‘whole’ state are in tact and have not been processed except to have been harvested from the fields. I used to prepare one Whole Grain dish every day in my Natural Foods restaurant and that NEVER included pasta, bread, or cereal. Only Whole Grains are whole grains…
I hope that you are intelligent enough to discern the difference and realize that Liz has lost her perspective…
In addition to preparing whole grain dishes, there is a place for Organic pasta, cereal, and bread; but they should be eaten in moderation or else you are going to affect the function of your lymphatic system, digestive system, and immune system among other parts of your body. Bread, cereal, and pasta taste much better when they come from organic sources. It’s also important to vary your grains, instead of relying upon wheat as the primary grain for these processed food items. Rice, buckwheat, corn, and other grains make excellent pasta, breads, and cereals.
The third Organic Food Myth or lie that Liz discussed was about cage-free eggs. She did make a good point here, but she gave an incomplete explanation for the audience. While regulatory agencies don’t always monitor producers claims on eggs, you are going to face the same thing that you did with cow’s milk. You have to conduct your own due diligence to be certain that the source of eggs you choose is healthy.
While cage-free claims do not guarantee that the chickens go outside or eat properly, this is an issue that goes beyond the obvious. There are producers who inject eggs with anti-biotics and claim that their chickens are not fed anti-=biotic, thus getting around the subtleties of the Law an confusing consumers as a result. If you are in doubt about the way the chickens are treated that are the source of your eggs, go to the ranch or farm and see for yourself.
If those chickens are not free-ranging birds who have the run of the fields and land to find their own natural food sources on the ground by pecking what is alive in the soil; then you have to wonder if the quality of the eggs is good enough for you. Do you want to ensure that you don’t set yourself up for developing cancerous tumors or other health risks that come from keeping chickens confined to lay eggs in most commercial enterprises.
Know your Producer…
Free-range chickens and eggs are the ‘real deal’ that taste better and are superior in a number of ways. The same goes for your meats from animals whether they are domestic or exotic. Turkey, chicken, beef, pork, fish, and other creatures in the wild are healthy while those that are kept in cages, kept in big barns, kept in tanks, kept in stalls, or any other unnatural agricultural methods are suspect. It’s important not to risk your health for the sake of saving a few pennies. I heartily recommend that you get what you pay for! If it costs you an extra quarter, it’s usually worth it in the long run…
Then we could talk about the bio-energetic nature of the foods that are organically-grown versus the foods that are grown using commercial agricultural practices that the USDA finds acceptable. We don’t even find the certifications of the USDA suitable for organic products. They have failed and compromised the consumer in oh, so many ways!
All in all, when you carefully select organic whole foods over processed foods that are questionable; you are going to feel a substantial difference in your health and your pocketbook will be just fine.
