Stay connected to the sun....

"Stay connected to the sun...."

Throughout my own journey to wellness I have come across the same question many times while trying to convey the importance of whole foods. "Why would I spend more money and what's so great about organic food?" Honestly the best advice I have is this: stay connected to the sun. I'm going to attempt to explain this in the most comprehensible way that I know how. The sun feeds the grass...The grass feeds the cow...The cow feeds the soil with its waste...The soil feeds the grass that the cow eats that the sun feeds that feeds you. Say that five times fast. Now let's take a glance at conventional farming techniques as it is vastly different than sustainable farming. The chemical feeds the genetically modified corn...The cow eats the corn in a concentration camp of sorts...The cow's waste creates an environmental hazard, due to there being 30,000 cows in one spot causing a toxic wasteland of hormones, antibiotics and steroids...The cow is ill...You eat the cow.

Now cows have an intricate digestive tract that is created to solely flourish on the ingestion of grass. Grass fed by the sun and fed by healthy soil. When functioning in this natural free grazing order of things, the cow remains healthy and thriving. They are in no need of steroids, antibiotics or hormones. When they eat genetically modified corn fed by chemicals they need these treatments to stay alive. It takes a cow free grazing on grass 5 years to reach slaughter weight, it takes a cow fed on conventional western techniques 9 months. By the time they are slaughtered their livers are about 3 times the size they should be and would die very soon if not slaughtered. Why is this important to you? Because if you are eating a sick animal you are setting yourself up to be sick since your body is absorbing the cow.

This applies to any animal you are consuming. You can take this knowledge and also apply it to all fruits and vegetables...it's the same truth. Either what you're eating is being fed by the sun and the earth naturally, or what you're eating is being fertilized by chemicals and unsustainable farming techniques. Do your body a service and reconnect with the sun and disconnect from the chemical. Nothing is more vital than your food. Nothing should hold greater value while you create your budget. If this element in not taken care of correctly we will pay for it in other countless ways. Buying local organic food is an investment in your health, it is the most important investment you can make. I constantly have to remind myself that spending more money on food is my health insurance. I have to "frame" it in the right state of mind. Times are hard for most of us now. But those times can get much more challenging when you add a chronic illness into the mix. And if were eating westernized food, it is truly only a matter of time before we will be confronted by illness.

Everything you order from The Wellness Kitchen respects and follows the guidelines of local organic food. We understand that in the prevention of illness, food is the key ingredient. We also realize that if you are already faced with an illness such as cancer, the best thing you can do is eliminate the toxic intake into your body by the proper use of whole foods. It is our privilege to take care of ourselves and the earth and buying local organic food is accomplishing both. Come see us at The Wellness Kitchen and let's learn together to be good stewards of what has been entrusted to us. And as always, this is Sarah, encouraging you to eat peacefully....