Would You Be Able to Eat Only Locally-Grown Food for a Month?
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2011/05/19 22:55:32
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That's the challenge set forth by a group called the NOLA Locavores to New Orleanians -- eat only food grown within a 200-mile radius.
Why?
The locavores want "to raise awareness of the economic, nutritional, cultural and environmental benefits of eating locally sourced food products," as its mission statement says.
A "locavore" is a person who chooses to subsist on locally-grown foods.
"It's good to be aware of where your food comes from," said Lee Stafford, a Central City neighborhood activist. "There's a very common-sense reason to do this. It's better for the local economy; it's better for the local environment; it's fresher and tastes better if it comes from within the reach of the Mississippi Delta."
Many people have no idea where their food comes from and the New Orleans-based group firmly believes that "it's good to be aware of where your food comes from."
What do you think? Could you find and eat only locally-grown food where you live?
Why?
The locavores want "to raise awareness of the economic, nutritional, cultural and environmental benefits of eating locally sourced food products," as its mission statement says.
A "locavore" is a person who chooses to subsist on locally-grown foods.
"It's good to be aware of where your food comes from," said Lee Stafford, a Central City neighborhood activist. "There's a very common-sense reason to do this. It's better for the local economy; it's better for the local environment; it's fresher and tastes better if it comes from within the reach of the Mississippi Delta."
Many people have no idea where their food comes from and the New Orleans-based group firmly believes that "it's good to be aware of where your food comes from."
What do you think? Could you find and eat only locally-grown food where you live?
Read More: http://www.nola.com/food/index.ssf/2011/05/could_y...
Top Opinion
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Hamm0ckjames 2011/05/20 23:54:11Yes
+5We already do,,, Well almost everything,,, We grow most of our veggie's and raise our own beef.
also buying from those who grow the food directly ensures that your not going to knowingly get scammed intentionally by harmful additives.
1 person getting sick can put a farmer out of the business all together , local producers can't afford to screw up on food safety.
most if not all processed foods at the store is BAD for you because of all the additive crap they put in it. Like flavor enhancers which really mean chemicals that make you addicted to food you don't really like but tricked in to liking it by overriding normal body functions.
only time food is suppose to taste good is when your hungry. if your full its suppose to taste horrible. the reason we can taste to begin with is to get us to stop eating when it no longer taste good.
If you don't believe me keep eating your favorite food and don't stop eating its going to be hard overriding the excitotoxins , but i Promise, that even with excitotoxins present, the food will taste bad. Just be ready to barf because your going to be over full to point of bursting. taste would have stopped you sooner without excitotoxins present.
look up excitotoxins
"Excitotoxicity may be involved in spinal cord injury, stroke, traumatic brain injury and neurodegenerative diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) such as multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's disease, alcoholism or alcohol withdrawal and Huntington's disease.[3][4] Other common conditions that cause excessive glutamate concentrations around neurons are hypoglycemia and status epilepticus." Wikipedia
Not much mention of food there.
reason you don't see food mentioned is MSG is not a food its an additive to food
MSG, or Monosodium Glutamate is a salt of the amino acid - Glutamic Acid (glutamate). A salt is the chemical name for a molecule held together by opposite charges. Basically one (mono) sodium atom is "stuck" to the amino acid glutamate.
Glutamate - Protein Building Block and Excitatory Neurotransmitter....
Glutamate is just one of many amino acids used by the body and linked into the chains of protein in the body. However some amino acids are free to float around by themselves as well as being found linked into proteins because they serve vital functions - some are neurotransmitters which carry nerve cell impulses throughout the body. Amino acid neurotransmitters are like chemical messengers carrying news from nerve cell to nerve cell. Some amino acid neurotransmitters like glutamate trigger nerve cells to fire, others like taurine and gamma amino butyric acid tell those firing nerve cells to cease firing. It is a delicate balance. An important balance. Researchers are finding out just what happens when that balance tips. In patients who suffer a stroke, for example, an excess of glutamate in the br...
reason you don't see food mentioned is MSG is not a food its an additive to food
MSG, or Monosodium Glutamate is a salt of the amino acid - Glutamic Acid (glutamate). A salt is the chemical name for a molecule held together by opposite charges. Basically one (mono) sodium atom is "stuck" to the amino acid glutamate.
Glutamate - Protein Building Block and Excitatory Neurotransmitter....
Glutamate is just one of many amino acids used by the body and linked into the chains of protein in the body. However some amino acids are free to float around by themselves as well as being found linked into proteins because they serve vital functions - some are neurotransmitters which carry nerve cell impulses throughout the body. Amino acid neurotransmitters are like chemical messengers carrying news from nerve cell to nerve cell. Some amino acid neurotransmitters like glutamate trigger nerve cells to fire, others like taurine and gamma amino butyric acid tell those firing nerve cells to cease firing. It is a delicate balance. An important balance. Researchers are finding out just what happens when that balance tips. In patients who suffer a stroke, for example, an excess of glutamate in the brain causes the nerve cells to die from overstimulation. Glutamate blocking drugs are being used to prevent some of this damage.
layman terms in regards to food additives: excitotoxicity is the over excitement of the nerves causing them to misfire or burnout and physically change from its normal functions..
this is a real good sight to help understand msg and food this page describes a lot but not all. http://www.msgtruth.org/whati...
Their website is :- Keelhamfarmshop.co.uk
Fresh Vegetables and new additions to the childrens petting area.
There has been so much emphasis in the last few years of tainted food and meat getting into our supermarkets that you can't help but think about its origin about everytime you shop.
But we grow 70% of the nations lemon and limes, and mucho strawberries, in my county. And lots of wine. Wanna trade?
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