In just a few generations we have lost so much... my great grandparents were making healthly bone broth soups, eating goose, duck and so many other great things for you.

Now somewhere in a room the food processing industry and the health industry are laughing all the way to the bank, with a quick stop to buy influence and power in DC. One the way back, grants to universities facilitate their 'education'.

I agree....I try to avoid as much of the processed food as possible. Do I still eat them yes but I make an effort not to. In CT you can still find farmers markets. My mom raises chickens it started as just something to do (now that her kids are all adults), but now she has over 50 birds and does fresh eggs everyday. I haven't bought eggs in over a year and her's are the best tasting i've had. My brother also plants a 3 acre property across the street (no pesticide use) from my parents and grows cucumbers, tomato, squash, peppers, and sweet corn. My wife and I take as much fresh produce was we can and we make home made baby food for our 7 month with it (saves money and we know whats in it). While this isn't available for everyone I take advantage of it as much as possible. There is a noticeable different in the quality. It becomes difficult in winter months but she does canning to preserve as much as she can.

Here is some interesting watching its gets a little doom and gloom but it makes some pretty compelling points.

The Future of Food
http://www.hulu.com/watch/67878

You are lucky.. I think raw milk is legal to buy up in CT too... sounds like you are well informed. If more people are educated about what real food is, the demand will increase at those farmers markets.

The old saying, an apple a day keeps the Dr. away is completely true. The key is to eat the whole apple, most importantly the seeds. They are very high in b17. b17 is a natural form of cyanide.. don't let that scare you, it's nature's anti-cancer. It's a ph balancer and blood cleanser. But don't just eat the apple seeds alone, eat the whole apple with them.

Here's a list of other foods high in b17
http://www.vitaminb17.org/

Well today is my last day of our 7 week biggest looser contest at work. I have only been one of the few to take it serious. Weigh in is in the morning. Several other guys talking about flushing their systems an quick loss methods to try to catch up and win the money. I think I am going to win but don't know for sure until then. Having the fun of jury duty today. Going to just drink water all day just to see if I can maybe knock off one more pound. I'll share final results Friday.

Good luck, let us know how it goes.

Does anyone else have a bad habit? I am trying to kick soda. I don't drink coffee so I've had a Mt. Dew every morning for the past 10 years. I used to need a Dr Pep in the afternoon but I kicked that habit... so finally the Mt Dew throwback is available which uses real sugar in the soda instead of corn syrup which better but I need to get off the stuff.

So Tues and Thurs I'm drinking my apple cider vinegar concoction instead of soda in the morning... man, I am really jonesing for a Mt. Dew right now!!!

I drank dr pepper 2-3 times a day before I started this. First two weeks killed me but now i don't even miss them. I've had 4 in the last 7 weeks.

I'm all good except beer :thumbsup:

I give it up for a month once a year or so, but I love a cold one.

It's not quite as bad as they make out, here's an article on alcohol
Apoligies about the muscley blokes all over the article, T-nation add stupid images to all the articles

I have all kinds:

choc chip cookies

sweet tea

coke -maybe one every other day

and lots of others but i do it in moderation.

But I am definitely aware of it and control it. But I like to enjoy life and I run 30-40 miles a week and work out, so i can handle it.

get to a sauna or find a way to sweat it out real hard tomorrow morning and youll lose some water weight too.

for me thats the most realistic way...
cutting out thing you enjoy completely will cause you to eventually back step(hard)
and drinking apple cider vinegar as opposed to dew seems like a fail waiting to happen...but then again i f-in HATE apple cider vinegar!;) just thinking about the smell makes me sick. luckily for me i have always been a water/tea drinker even as a kid , never been crazy about anything carbonated...

for me i know i will fail if i cut out junk foods completely... so Ive learned ways to just make them a lil better for you... so if im at work and i want fries and fingers i just bake it all, and taste wise its really not that much different,when i crave chicken wings i just have grilled chicken and cut it up and toss it in buffalo sauce... but even with those i only do it once a week.

i totally agree with my team driver senor akes, as i see it all the time that when people go fully extreme INSTANTLY the chances that they will give up or back step are pretty high. i cant even imagine the number of Americans that probably have the P90x or insanity DVDs under their TV that only the first months is even opened. lol