Cooking Traditional Foods

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1. 1. Nerida Cochrane
   Sep 30th, 2008 at 10:13 pm

   I have been trying to follow a tradition foods type diet for a while now, but since falling pregnant 14 weeks ago, I just can’t have anything else. I need to follow a traditional foods diet or I get so sick and bloated. I have been out a couple of times and had to eat something that I would not normally have and suffered for 2 days after. Following a traditonal foods diet at this time in my life is allowing me to feel a little more normal, have more energy for the work, and my emotions are balanced. I have also found that my blood sugar levels have evened out and I don’t feel the need to be constantly snacking to keep my sugar levels balanced.
2. 2. Peta
   Oct 1st, 2008 at 2:26 am

   Hi,
   I am from Australia and the best example I can give about how traditional foods have changed my life is how I was a vegetarian who had fertility problems. I came across nourishing traditions and began changing my dietary habits. The algerian wedding rice is my favourite dish. I started with Cod Liver Oil and then slowly increased my meat intake as well as raw milk and butter. I ended up having a 9lb 6oz baby boy, who is now two. He is very bright, a great talker and already knows his alphabet, his numbers and is starting to read basic words. We are constantly amazed at his humour and playfulness. He takes his cod liver oil with ease and has a very healthy appetite. we feel truly blessed to be getting to know him. Many thanks - Peta Gilbert
3. 3. Lynnette
   Oct 1st, 2008 at 12:05 pm

   Traditional foods has put me on the road to healing physically, spiritually, and emotionally. I was diagnosed with PCOS and insulin resistance after my first pregnancy. I found myself in the hospital at six months pregnant very sick and confused. My standard glucose testing at six months showed fasting blood sugars in the 500’s. Doctor’s asked me if I was a diabetic or if there was a history of it in my family. The answer to both was no. So I began a series of educational classes about nutrition and I started injecting my self with massive amounts of insulin throughout the day. After Sally Fallon’s help in Nourishing Traditions, I realized just how much the average nutritionist truly knows nothing about nutrition. They think they are qualified because they have a poster of a food pyramid on the wall, but as we all know, it is flawed. I really hope that the efforts of Sally Fallon and others will revolutionize the way people are trained in school, and change the school of thought altogether. It was not until two years after the birth of my son that I received my diagnosis. It was a difficult two years with weight gain, a multitude of symptoms, and severe depression and confusion. I finally made an appointment with the OBGYN because my periods were typically four months apart, extremely painful and heavy, and usually lasted around ten days. Sometimes longer. We talked about my cycles and infertilitly. After some testing and lots of discussion I was told, “You have what we call Polycystic Ovarian Sydrome and Insulin Resistance. Try to loose some weight and it should get better.” I felt lost and confused. I spent a year not knowing how exactly to loose the weight. Everything that I did, did not work. I suffered from extreme fatigue. Exercise seemed impossible. I continued to get no real help from doctors. One told me “You know, I just really don’t know much about this.” And then walked out. So I turned to the bookstore. I bought anything and everything that remotely touched on diabetes, PCOS, insulin resistance, fatigue, nutrition, etc… I was determined to find out the truth. I spent many days and nights reading and taking notes and trying to apply this new found knowledge to my life. It has been a long and difficult journey. But a most rewarding one. I don’t look to food anymore to fill me emotionally. God does that. I look at is a means to nourish my physical body. The weight began to drop. Symptoms began to improve. One of the symptoms that improved was my fertility. I discovered that 4 years after the birth of my son, I was finally pregnant. I was also determined to do it without insulin. I was closely monitored and never needed any insulin. Not one drop. I had a healthy baby girl. The pregnancy was drastically so much better. Four months after I had my daughter, surprise! I was expecting again. I gave birth to another healthy baby girl. I am now down to what I weighed when I was a teenager and had no health problems. All in all I have lost over 80 pounds. I will never go back. The donut is not worth it to me. I make healthy, nutrient-dense deserts. I am so happy that I can pass on nourishing traditions to my three healthy children. I am thankful to all who endeavor to further this cause and educate people.
4. 4. Lynnette
   Oct 2nd, 2008 at 11:15 am

   I failed to mention that my country is USA.
5. 5. Tanya
   Oct 15th, 2008 at 3:57 am

   Eating traditional foods has been part of my life once my partner and I decided to start a family and grow our own food. It was a blessing to find traditional recipes using whole foods and full flavours and not feeling guilty that it was the wrong nutrition for our bodies. My challenge this year though is to change my parents way of eating and introduce them to nutritious traditional foods that they were brought up on but have been brain washed into believing is wrong and will make them fat and cause high cholesterol. I have just come back from spending 3 weeks with them and their diet is terrible and I believe is making them sick. I have committed to sending them simple recipes and ideas and articles on why Traditional Foods are best for them as they are skeptical, so I was delighted when I found this article on the magazine. Thank you for the opportunity.

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