Re: OT - Hungry for Change

[Guest guest]

OOH, thanks much.

I'll check this out.

Melody

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> I presume that people here sprout due to some amount of concern for their

health and the food they eat. So I thought you guys might be interested in this

video. I finally had time to watch it last night; it's free to watch online

until/through March 31. It's 1 1/2 hours long. Nothing to do with sprouting

itself, though in the second half there's a picture of sprouts as they very

briefly talk about good bacteria for your gut - LOL.

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> http://www.hungryforchange.tv/online-premiere

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> And I apologize if this group is where I originally heard about this video.

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> Andresa

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[Guest guest]

Andresa,

Thanks for this. It was quite interesting.

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OT - Hungry for Change

I presume that people here sprout due to some amount of concern for their

health and the food they eat. So I thought you guys might be interested in this

video. I finally had time to watch it last night; it's free to watch online

until/through March 31. It's 1 1/2 hours long. Nothing to do with sprouting

itself, though in the second half there's a picture of sprouts as they very

briefly talk about good bacteria for your gut - LOL.

http://www.hungryforchange.tv/online-premiere

And I apologize if this group is where I originally heard about this video.

Andresa

[Guest guest]

Mine was a fingerling banana, and I had very few little wee bananas, but it was

fun to grow. I don't use soapy water as a pesticide...I use pepper spray that I

make from hot peppers that I grow-just a bit blended up in water and put in a

spray bottle does the trick quite well. I actually prefer to let the bugs do as

bugs are meant to-they don't eat much, and are usually good pollinators, lol.

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> > I think there is more to learn than I could possibly learn in my lifetime. 

I used to be a fast learner but not anymore.  I'll be doing well if I eat more

greens and sprout and grow some veggies on a small scale.  Homemade pickles I

can try.  But I doubt I will change all  my habits.   I want to try some

green smoothies if I can handle it.  This seems complicated to me.  I don't

even cook much anymore but not in a good way as I try to get takeout that is not

too horrible for me, but I am beginning to think that might not be possible

too.  Thanks for the information.  Do you use a yogurt maker or just have it

on a counter or in a bread maker that makes yogurt?   WoW!

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> > From: <berrywell@>

> > To: sproutpeople

> > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 8:30 PM

> > Subject: Re: OT - Hungry for Change

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> > Homemade yogurt can vary quite a bit, depending on the starter culture, how

long it is processed, and the type of milk used. Yes, I have my own cows...but

since I live in the city limits and do NOT know one end of a cow from another, I

pay a farmer to keep and tend my cows for me. I am not ONE BIT concerned about

the " bacteria " from my cows-he cleans their udders well before milking them,

which is far more than can be said for commercial milking operations. Raw milk

is indeed hard to come buy-me buying my own cows was the ONLY way I could get

it, but after a life of no dairy, then trying the raw milk from a friend, I knew

that I HAD to find a source, no matter what. Most people who are " lactose

intolerant " are really just reacting to the steroids, growth hormones,

antibiotics and other stuff in commercial milk-very few people would have any

problem with raw milk, since it contains ALL of the enzymes needed to digest

itself. Pasteurization only came

> > around when milk became sold commercially-most people used to have and milk

their own cows, with very few incidents, if any. For those that simply cannot

find raw milk, I at the least recommend organic milk, not the ultrapasteurized

stuff. Yes, you can use any percentage of milk to make yogurt, it will just be

thicker or thinner depending on the type of milk used. For greek style yogurt,

you triple strain the FINISHED yogurt through cheese cloth or unbleached filters

to get it thick and cheese like. Kefir is a drink made by using special kefir

grains to innoculate milk into a fermented drink, much like yogurt only

thinner-nice and tart, slightly effervescent.

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[Guest guest]

Changing my diet changed my life! I THOUGHT I was eating healthy all of my

life, until I realized that pesticides on the " healthy " veggies I was eating

were outweighing the benefits, and the medications in the " healthy " milk I was

drinking were toxic, etc. I was so sick and crippled for years, until the light

bulb went on and I changed EVERYTHING! I get so frustrated with people who

complain how sick they are, how crappy they feel, all wanting a magic pill from

the doctor to fix their ailments, and when you dare to suggest what they are

eating might be the problem, they laugh at you, or say " I don't have any

problems with food " ....uh, DUH...but you complain about constant stomach

trouble, skin rashes, headaches, etc., but think you have no problem with food??

Or worse, they will " give up " something for a day, then say " oh, I gave up XXX

and it didn't help " , without giving it a chance. To me, 2 minutes pleasure of

eating something isn't worth being layed up for days or battling a constant

ailment!

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> I watched it earlier this afternoon too, Melody. What they discussed was no

> surprise to me - the food industry is not providing food as much as it is

> providing a product that is harmful, addictive, and essentially a non-food,

> chemically laden substance that the American public has been duped into

> buying, as much due to their own lack of interest and knowledge, as it is

> the fault of the food industry.

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> At least the word is spreading a bit and films like this can make a big

> difference. Plant based diets, whole foods, sprouts, etc. - all of these can

> turn around our diseased nation and create health and vitality. People just

> need to want to change. Hopefully, this film will help to start a bit of

> that. And if not, then, no problem - *we* still know how to do our sprouts

> and eat healthy!

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> Thea

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> From: sproutpeople [mailto:sproutpeople ] On

> Behalf Of Melody

> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 9:37 PM

> To: sproutpeople

> Subject: Re: OT - Hungry for Change

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> Well, I just watched Hungry for Change.

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> What an exceptional film. It just makes it abundantly clear that what they

> are selling in the supermarkets is NOT what we should be putting in our

> bodies. All the processed junk. etc. etc.

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> Mcs, Burger King, all the chains should go out of business and schools

> should be teaching (besides reading writing and math), and starting in

> kindergarten, they should have classes in Growing foods, plants, sprouting,

> no sugar, etc. etc.

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> One can only wish!!!

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> Melody

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[Guest guest]

The bugs love me too-have a terrible time with them. I have to do all of my

gardening EARLY in the morning, or the bugs will eat me alive. I put a few

drops of olbas oil on and that helps keep them away, but if I am outside after 2

in the afternoon, they nibble on me like I am candy!

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> Well ants are greedy little creatures, and I don't like to eat after them.  I

thought the whole big bunch of little tiny bananas were so cute.  And the big

huge flower at the bottom of the bunch was somehow sexual looking.  Was

interesting.  I'll have to get your email and send you a photo but I may have

it on my back up drive instead of on here.  I am glad I had them as it was very

interesting.  I guess I am a bit picky about what I eat though as I didn't like

them in and on something I might eat.  There were ants on the stalks. 

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>  The park here is going to spray for them this year.  I have to worry about

my plants and to have them off the ground I guess.   And have to worry about

the weed killer too that they are going to put down.  I rent the lot I live on

and mobile doesn't mean mobile when it is a home, especially an older one.  

If we had to move, we'd lose it all as it can't be moved.  But they are putting

big expensive ones in here so shouldn't have to move unless we can sell.  We

bought cheaply and fix up different things every year to make it better for

us.  Planning next projects now.  Can't physically do them but find someone

who can and do a bit every year.  It is bathroom floor this summer and topped

off with tile, then getting up new wallpaper and a new wall cabinet. 

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>  I have a major problem with the bugs biting me though.  So I am not out in

the yard a lot as they munch on me.  Maybe if I ate better my blood wouldn't be

so very sweet to them.  It must also be near the surface.  Even fruit flies

like to munch on me I think. 

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> Carolyn Wilkerson

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[Guest guest]

You are so right, Melody! My ex hubby is diabetic, and constantly feels " bad " ,

yet when I try to encourage him to give up the crap MAKING him feel bad, he says

" but I love the taste of it " .....so I tell him to shush up fussing about it

then! lol. I LOVE all of your nifty stands and stuff...you are like me,

constantly changing things around to be more efficient-keep at it!

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> I have a diabetic friend who ALWAYS has stomach problems, gas, bloating, this

and that. I once said " Do you think it might be the fact that you eat 2 whole

heads of broccoli or two heads of escarole at one sitting THAT THIS MIGHT BE THE

PROBLEM???

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> Her response was 'Oh I know but I LOVE BROCCOLI AND ESCAROLE.

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> So I think that even though people might KNOW the stuff is either too much of

a good thing, eating too much of it, eating not enough of this or that, well

they just don't care.

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> And P.S. , what did you think of my new greening up stand? I posted a

new thread and nobody came!!!

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> LOL

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> Melody

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[Guest guest]

You are so right, Melody! My ex hubby is diabetic, and constantly feels " bad " ,

yet when I try to encourage him to give up the crap MAKING him feel bad, he says

" but I love the taste of it " .....so I tell him to shush up fussing about it

then! lol. I LOVE all of your nifty stands and stuff...you are like me,

constantly changing things around to be more efficient-keep at it!

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> I have a diabetic friend who ALWAYS has stomach problems, gas, bloating, this

and that. I once said " Do you think it might be the fact that you eat 2 whole

heads of broccoli or two heads of escarole at one sitting THAT THIS MIGHT BE THE

PROBLEM???

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> Her response was 'Oh I know but I LOVE BROCCOLI AND ESCAROLE.

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> So I think that even though people might KNOW the stuff is either too much of

a good thing, eating too much of it, eating not enough of this or that, well

they just don't care.

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> And P.S. , what did you think of my new greening up stand? I posted a

new thread and nobody came!!!

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> LOL

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> Melody

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[Guest guest]

I am a natural red head, but not light skinned-about medium. I USED to be

diabetic, but reversed it completely through diet. Bugs have loved me either

way, so I am not sure being diabetic makes a difference, but BOY, I wish those

pesky things would leave me alone, lol!

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> > light skin? diabetic? trying to figure why. hubby has no bites.

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> > Carolyn Wilkerson

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> > To: sproutpeople

> > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 11:23 PM

> > Subject: Re: OT - Hungry for Change

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> > The bugs love me too-have a terrible time with them. I have to do all of my

gardening EARLY in the morning, or the bugs will eat me alive. I put a few drops

of olbas oil on and that helps keep them away, but if I am outside after 2 in

the afternoon, they nibble on me like I am candy!

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