Numerous studies have proven that primitive people, people now living in less primitive surroundings, and various native Indian cultures are healthier and suffer from less disease than any other nationalities.
For example, the mineral content of food grown and prepared by the Indians in Arizona was compared with that of foods supplied by our markets and the mandated by the government under the supervision of a Nutrition and Dietetics Branch established to upgrade Indian health.
According to this study the Indian breads and dishes were enormously higher in calcium, magnesium, zinc and other nutrients.
The Hopi Indians were getting aid from the government programs, yet their health was determinately worse in comparison.
Their food had high contents of white flour, white rice, degerminated cornmeal, and high in hydrogenated fat.
This has been going on wherever Indians get their food from white men.
And it hasn't been without recurrent degeneration of health, as they have seen obesity, tooth decay and diseases like diabetes, once rare, become rampant.
So how do we choose the right foods, if the government is promoting the wrong foods? We are trying our best to achieve a "balanced diet.
" Here is an example of what we must try not to do.
Knowing that most mothers take their children with them, the marketing directors at each store strategically plant booby traps to snare the "buy" which is brought on our children's pleas.
Snack foods yield high profits, and are placed in a prominent location, usually at the front of the store.
This way your children have set the pattern of begging (and usually getting their way) for potato chips, pretzels, filled crackers, sweet crunchies, and candies.
As you near the vegetable counters, you are typically bombarded by rotating stands of more candy, a few toys, and more candy! They are focusing on kids' demands.
Don't forget the toy isle with MORE candy, and candy at the checkout counter.
So what about the rest of the market? When you go to the meat departments, dairy products and other essentials, you are drawn in by carbonated drinks, artificial fruit drinks, cookies, sugar-coated cereals, chewies, and other food frivolities advertised on TV.
In our next article, we will take your groceries home and make a typical meal, showing what vitamins and nutrients you are giving your family on a regular basis.
Our menu will consist of meat and potatoes, cooked carrots, a tossed salad, and bread and butter.
For dessert, a cherry pie served a la mode.
For example, the mineral content of food grown and prepared by the Indians in Arizona was compared with that of foods supplied by our markets and the mandated by the government under the supervision of a Nutrition and Dietetics Branch established to upgrade Indian health.
According to this study the Indian breads and dishes were enormously higher in calcium, magnesium, zinc and other nutrients.
The Hopi Indians were getting aid from the government programs, yet their health was determinately worse in comparison.
Their food had high contents of white flour, white rice, degerminated cornmeal, and high in hydrogenated fat.
This has been going on wherever Indians get their food from white men.
And it hasn't been without recurrent degeneration of health, as they have seen obesity, tooth decay and diseases like diabetes, once rare, become rampant.
So how do we choose the right foods, if the government is promoting the wrong foods? We are trying our best to achieve a "balanced diet.
" Here is an example of what we must try not to do.
Knowing that most mothers take their children with them, the marketing directors at each store strategically plant booby traps to snare the "buy" which is brought on our children's pleas.
Snack foods yield high profits, and are placed in a prominent location, usually at the front of the store.
This way your children have set the pattern of begging (and usually getting their way) for potato chips, pretzels, filled crackers, sweet crunchies, and candies.
As you near the vegetable counters, you are typically bombarded by rotating stands of more candy, a few toys, and more candy! They are focusing on kids' demands.
Don't forget the toy isle with MORE candy, and candy at the checkout counter.
So what about the rest of the market? When you go to the meat departments, dairy products and other essentials, you are drawn in by carbonated drinks, artificial fruit drinks, cookies, sugar-coated cereals, chewies, and other food frivolities advertised on TV.
In our next article, we will take your groceries home and make a typical meal, showing what vitamins and nutrients you are giving your family on a regular basis.
Our menu will consist of meat and potatoes, cooked carrots, a tossed salad, and bread and butter.
For dessert, a cherry pie served a la mode.
SHARE
