My original idea with this entry had been to expand from the FSA report comment from my last blog into the benefits of organic farming for developing countries and then explaining the philosophy of biodynamic farming. But I got sidetracked by my research, hence the delay in publishing this entry – my apologies for making…
The FSA (Food Standard Agency) released a report last week, the basis of which was to compare the nutritional benefits of organic food compared to conventional food. The conclusion of the report was that there was little difference in nutritional value between the two and hence no nutritional benefit in eating organic food. As you…
So it seems that we’re eating too much omega-6 and the oils with the highest omega-6 ratios are corn, soy and sunflower oils. This means we need to cut down on the quantity of these oils we consume so we should be looking at the ingredients of the processed food we eat! [It should be…
I heard a program on the ABC radio the other day regarding aging. One person they interviewed was a 50 year old man who believed that by eating a controlled low calorie diet he could avoid all the new diseases of civilization. He ate only 1600 calories per day and avoided all wheat and processed…
We all know how much hysteria the health of the earth is causing around the world. All the talk about reducing global emissions, the guilt trips to make you reduce your personal carbon foot print, the threat of rising sea levels – I used to find it all quite scary… First we were told to…
Returning to Perth, Australia after spending so many years in the USA and the UK is quite a change with regard to this new way of life. Actually it’s quite a challenge – especially in regard to the choice and selection of organic fruit and vegetables available in the local supermarket (or lack of…). We’ve…