VIDEOS! :) Thanks, Youtube.

I started researching Youtube videos and found some really cool links and trailers for movies that look groundbreaking and like they could possibly be the changing force in this nation. The Youtube link (below) gave me some facts about the average American’s diet and I was grossed out to think that only 1/6 of what we eat are fruits and vegetables, especially since Michael Pollan states that plants ought to make up the majority of our diets. It also made me proud that I was boycotting soda.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zvoyn2DTiw&feature=related

Also, in light of recent events, (Obama passing his health care bill), I implore this nation to prevent the problems rather than spend tons of money on fixing our “chronic malnutrition.” Health shouldn’t be an afterthought to taste.

This movie looks amazing and offers some information as to why this is such an issue in the nation and the choice we all have as consumers. Trailer for Food Matters:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4DOQ6Xhqss&NR=1

They also go over the poison we give ourselves when we try to “fix” the problems we’ve so often created ourselves. 106,000 deaths from pharmaceuticals every year in the US is disgusting and just... wrong!

We’re watching this movie, called Food Inc. in class soon and I can’t wait. This is the trailer, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqQVll-MP3I&feature=related . It discusses how there is this hard veil between the American consumer (eater) and the producers (not farmers so much as factory workers).

I also found this video, which was intriguing, and I believe this man has some very valid points to be taken into serious account. Why not milk? Check it out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMHvMAUDHj4&NR=1 I know, as many others probably know too, that when I’m sick, milk multiplies my phlegm tremendously. Is it still doing that when I’m not sick? Why would I subject myself to drinking a liquid phlegm factory?

Empecé mi investigación y encontré enlances para videos poderosos de Youtube, avances de películas y información sobre la industría (en inglés, lo siento). Este me dio datos sobre la dieta del Americano tipo (solo 1/6 de lo que comemos cada día está plantas (frutas y vegetables) y Michael Pollan dice que nuestras dietas deben consistir en su mayor parte de las plantas!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zvoyn2DTiw&feature=related También este video no promueve soda, y es ánimo bueno para mi. J

Además, con el nuevo proyecto de ley sobre asistencia médica de Obama, imploro este nación para evitar los problemas de comida mal. Cambiemos las raíces, no solo combatir las síntomas! No debemos pensar de la salud después de sabor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4DOQ6Xhqss&NR=1 Tenemos un elección como consumidors. Este video habla acerca de nuestra dependencia de drogas para arreglar los problemas… y drogas no pueden fijar todo (al contrario, 106.000 personas mueren cada año en los ee.uu. de fármacos).

En clase, vamos a mirar la película, Food Inc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqQVll-MP3I&feature=related. Lo discute el velo entre de la gente y los fabricantes (la industria de comida y su secretos). No puedo esperar para verlo!

Este video fascinante, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMHvMAUDHj4&NR=1 lucha contra leche (una machina de flema) y expone que hay otras maneras de beber intelligentemente.

One of the few pictures from failblog.org that aren't funny.

I like this picture because it's just so blunt and true. If kids are eating fast food and their proper nutritional needs are not being met, they will be fat. Child obesity is directly correlated to disease and often is accompanied by unhappiness. Children should not have rolls on their arms. They should be playing outside and eating blueberries, you know?

Me gusta esta foto por que está desafilado y tiene mucha razón. Si los niños están comiendo comda rapida y sus necessitos nutritivos no están cumplidos, serán gordos. La obesidad de niños tiene un correlación directo con enfermedad evitable y muchas veces, la infelicidad en la vida. Estes chicos jovenes no deben llevar brazos con doblez grandes. Ellos deben jugar en el sol (con protección, claro) y comer arándanos, no?

Eat Well, Feel Well ; Come Bien, Se Siente Bien

Spring Break! I didn’t go anywhere special for vacations, so I’ve just been taking it easy, cooking eggs in the morning, and sleeping lots. I’ve also made a trip to Down to Earth, one of my favorite stores to buy healthy things. I got some soymilk, couscous, vegan peanut butter, tofu, sweet potato chips (so much better than greasy potato chips!), Greek yogurt, organic macaroni and cheese, pinto beans, gardenburgers (made from vegetables) and soy protein burgers (I plan on trying them both and writing the differences I find). This cost about fifty bucks, which is pretty expensive, but delicious and comes with no guilt about not eating nutritiously! I also got a Down to Earth summer roll, which are these amazing packed white bulbs stuffed with carrots, cucumbers, cold noodles, avocado, and sprouts. I’ve also tried sprouted Ezekiel bread this week too. I don’t ever eat white bread, but I’ve never heard of any type bread that didn’t even have flour in it before (check out this website if you don’t believe me http://mybloodsugar.net/foodforlife.htm )! It wasn’t bad and I ended up getting some at Costco to put with turkey and tomatoes for beach picnics. Another thing that I have learned from my Michael Pollan book is that foods that have been predigested by bacteria or fungi are necessary in a diet because they supply the mandatory nutrient, vitamin B12, which you cannot get from plants. These fermented foods like yogurt, soy sauce, sauerkraut, and sourdough bread most likely also contain probiotics, which aid digestion and the proper functioning of the immune system. As far as meat eating goes, I have adopted rule #23, which states that meat is for special occasions and is a treat. While necessary, no one should over-do meat (especially read meat which can link to heart problems). I am a vegetarian one day a week and then eat meat 3 times a week on the other six days. I usually used to eat meat every single day so this is actually a pretty big change for me. To think, ‘I already had meat, why don’t I skip that today’ is harder than I thought it would be. I love chicken, beef and breakfast meat (bacon, sausage etc.) on a Sunday morning! Alas, things are going well and I’m feeling good with my diet and the beautiful Hawaiian spring!

Vacaciones de primavera! No salí de las islas este año, entonces me estaba relejando, cocinando huevos en las mañanas, y durmiendo mucho. He visitado Down to Earth, mi tienda de comida sano favorito. Compré leche de soja, couscous, mantequilla de maní de vegetariano estricto, tofu, chips de batatas (tan mejores de papas!), yogur Griego, queso y macarrones orgánicos, frijoles pintos, hamburguesas vegetales, y hamburguesas con proteínas sojas (voy a tratar los dos y describir las diferencias). Todo esto cuestó cincuento dólares (un poco caro, pero vale la pena!). Las “summer rolls” de Down to Earth támbien están ricas (tienen zanahorias, pepinos, fideos frios, aguacate, y sprouts. Traté pan se llama Ezekiel este semana y fue interestante! Nunca como pan blanco, pero nunca me he oído de pan sin harina! Me gustaba y ahora tengo mucho para comer a la playa con pavo y tomates. Mi libro de Michael Pollan me dijo que necessito comer comidas que han comido por bacteria u hongo por que estos ofrecen la vitamina B12 que plantas no tienen. Me encantan yogur, masa fermentada, salsa de soja, y chucrut. Estos támbien contiene (muchas veces) probiotics, que ayudan los sistemas de inmunidad y digestivo.Que bueno! Además agregué las cambias de CARNE! Demasiado carne roja puede aumentar problemas de corazón y carne debe ser un regalo especial! Ahora, un día de la semana, no como ningun carne (soy vegetariana) y en los otros seis días solo como carne (de aves, ternera, puerco, etc.) tres veces. Este cambio fue y está tan difícil porque me encanta carne y necessito pensar de cada tiempo como pavo o jamón cuando normalmente no pensaría de estas cosas. Ay, cosas y mi régimen son buenas y hasta el próximo tiempo, besos de Hawai!

Food Cannot Satisfy All Desires

This week of mid-March I am choosing to draw my awareness to not what I eat as much as when I eat and how much I eat. As I have seen in my community service projects, and in general, so much food is wasted everyday. The average waste per person per day in O’ahu is nine pounds of trash (nearly double the national average). That’s crazy and I refuse to contribute that much. This unused food goes to landfills to rot and take up space that this world won’t have forever. Also, we Americans spend a lot of time stuffing ourselves, over consuming and then paying the price in medical problems while other parts of the world have nothing and are starving. That unfairness has always bothered me. So I have selected the following statements from “Food Rules” to focus on. ‘Eat when you are hungry, not when you are bored,’ Eat Slowly (In an effort to eat less), ‘Don’t go back for seconds after a proper portion,’ ‘Stop eating before you are full,’ and ‘Consult your gut’ (because often one’s eyes are truly larger than their stomach). I sincerely just want to bring more attention to how I eat. Changing what you eat is as simple as grabbing one thing over another, but changing my habits are just as important to me, and definitely constitute a large part of this lifestyle revolution.

Esta semana en el medio de Marzo, estoy escogiendo extraer mi consciencia no a que como, pero más cuando como y cuanto como. He visto la basura que acumula cada día con comida (en Oahu para cada persona, hay nueve libras de peso!). Este numero es tan grande y rechazo contribuir tanto desperdicio. Los tiraderos del mundo tienen fondos y todo que no usamos viajan a estes sitios de basura. Nosotros Americans gastan mucho tiempo empacando comida en la boca y pagan el precio con problemas medicos, mientras otras países no tienen nada comida. Este injusticia siempre me ha molestando. Entonces, he elegido algunas afirmaciónes del libro, “Food Rules” para seguir. “Come cuando tienes hambre, no cuando estás abburido,” “Come despacio” (en una esfuerza para comer menos,) “No vuelves para segundos después de una porción bastante,” “Para comiendo antes de eres lleno,” y “Consulta tu cuerpo” (tus ojos a veces están más grandes de tu estómago). En serio, quiero atraer más atención a cómo como. Para cambiar que comes es simple, puedes agarrar una cosa sobre otra, pero para cambier el hábito es muy importante también a mi y constituye una influencía grande a mi revolución del estilo de vida.

Slow Cooking

New additional guideline: No eating food that is called by the same name in every language (example: Whoppers and Doritos), no food that comes to you via car window, no food made in plants, and when shopping, I shall aim to avoid the center of the supermarket, shopping the peripheries. The goals of this week involve eating no fast or junk food, and trying to avoid heavily processed or packaged food. Also, I have added a no-soda rule. Nothing, even if it’s diet, because it’s not as good for you as other drinks, especially water ( I feel I know so many dehydrated people) and is toxic (ever since I heard Coke can dissolve bone in less than a day, I didn’t want it in my stomach). Absolutely no runs to McDonalds or 7-11 shall be tolerated!

Otros reglas adicionales: No como comida que se llama por la misma llamo en cada lengua (ejemplo: Whoppers and Doritios), no comida que llegue a mi por la ventana del coche, no comida hecho en fábricas, y cuando voy de compras, yo trabajaré a evitar el centro del supermercado. Las ganas de esta semana incluyen no comiendo comida rapida, de paquetes ( preparado de plantas). También he aplicado una regla de No-Soda, nada en absoluto (ni siquiera dieto), por que hay otras bebidas mejores. Como agua, conozco tantas personas deshidratados y soda es tóxico (puede disolver un bistec dentro de una día – que repugnante!). Nunca puedo hacer corridos a 7-11 o McDonalds ahora!

March On

Happy March 1^st! So, for the past couple of days I have been very health-conscious and trying to eat better, more natural foods such as salad, soymilk, organic granola, real yogurt, (not the cups with added sugar), lots of fruit, and whole wheat. This week’s guidelines are, “Don’t Eat Anything That Your Great-Grandmother Wouldn’t Recognize As Food, Avoid Food Products Containing Ingredients That No Ordinary Human Would Keep In The Pantry, Avoid Products That Contain High-Fructose Corn Syrup, or Some Form of Sugar (or Sweetener) Listed Among The Top Three Ingredients.” My biggest effort has gone to looking for this sugar; avoiding it, and when the white granules are necessary, choose real cane sugar rather than Splenda (I just can’t drink coffee without two sugars).

Feliz día primero de Marzo! Entonces, para las días pasados, he sido muy consciente de mi salud y tratando comer mejor con comidas naturals como, ensalada, leche de soya, muesli orgánico, yogur real (no los con azúcar contribuido), muchas frutas, y trigo entegral. Los guías para esta semana son, ‘No come algo que su bisabuela no recogería como comida, Esquiva comida que nadie guardaría en la despensa, Esquiva productos que contiene azúcar de maiz, o azúcar en los tres ingredientes primeras.’ Mi esfuerzo más grande ha ido un esculque para azúcar, no come mucho, y cuando necessito tener azúcar, escojo azúcar real de caña, sino Splenda (no puedo beber café sin dos azúcares…)!