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What Used to Be...

October 07, 2009 01:32 PM EDT

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Health wise, what used to be good is now bad. What used to be bad is now good. It's hard to keep up.

From Well-Known Health Tips That No Longer Apply

Margarine was invented in a laboratory by a chemist in 1813. By the 1960s, when cholesterol became a bad word, doctors were recommending margarine over butter because it was naturally cholesterol free. A few years ago, however, it became apparent that margarine's trans-fat not only raises bad cholesterol but also lowers good cholesterol.

What doesn't change is the fact that fresh foods are the best for us. And there are certain vitamins and minerals and herbal supplements that we all do need for good health. That makes sense. God made this wonderful world. Don't you think He would have provided the best foods and ways for us to stay nourished? Just saying.

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Sheryl L. Oct 7, 2009, 1:54pm EDT

I went back to real butter. I let a quarter soften. There is nothing better on seasoned italian bread. I like the everything bread as its topped with about anything you can think of to top bread. I am getting back to eating fresh foods and love my veggies. Of course, I have to add a pat of that butter lol.

Marilyn M. Oct 7, 2009, 3:24pm EDT

I love everything bread too. It has to be good for you, right? With all those seeds and things on it?

Sheryl L. Oct 7, 2009, 3:43pm EDT

Well it tastes good for me lol.

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Amber C. Oct 7, 2009, 2:31pm EDT

Sort of like eggs. Good then bad. Now good again.

Marilyn M. Oct 7, 2009, 3:25pm EDT

Yep, like eggs. Remember back when farmers used to eat 6 eggs each morning and bacon - before going out to work the fields? Perhaps it was the exercise the kept their cholesterol low?

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Kevin E. Oct 7, 2009, 4:50pm EDT

I agree with you with this caveat organically grown fresh fruit and vegetables. I am convinced that the herbicide and pesticides that we ingest are affecting us big time.

Marilyn M. Oct 8, 2009, 3:00am EDT

I think you're right, Kevin. For a while when my son was little, there was talk about how sugar and dyes were making our kids misbehave. Then "they" decided it wasn't so. But there were parents who decided to look into that further, and they discovered on their own that if they made sure their kids' diets did not include processed foods and preservatives, too much sugar and dyes, that their so-called ADHD problems disappeared.

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