Musik Chick asked:


I found this article at http://www.newsweek.com/id/161559/page/1
I’ve added my thoughts and opinions into the article so when you see UPPERCASE words in (parenthesis), thats me talking.
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For the last 15 years, Dawn Jackson Blatner has been what’s now called a “flexitarian” or “almost vegetarian.” (CAN YOU SAY OXYMORON?) She eats lots of fruits, vegetables, nuts, barbecued tempeh and veggie burgers with guacamole. But she sometimes indulges in a pork chop or her grandma’s pot roast.

It might seem like being a vegetarian of convenience isn’t particularly inspiring, but a growing number of experts and even some famous foodies are fans. They say that cutting back on meat, rather than abstaining completely, may be a practical compromise that benefits our bodies and our environment.

“It gives you the health benefits of a vegetarian diet without having to follow the strict rules,” (WHY IS IT CONCIDERED STRICKED? YOU CAN EAT JUST BOUT EVERYTHING YOU WANT. EVER HEARD OF MEATLESS MEATS PPL!?!?!) says Blatner, a registered dietitian and author of “The Flexitarian Diet: The Mostly Vegetarian Way to Lose Weight, Be Healthier, Prevent Disease, and Add Years to Your Life” (McGraw-Hill, October 2008). “We know that people live longer and live healthier when they eat vegetarian, but it’s just too darn hard to do it 100 percent of the time.”

Even gourmet food writers, used to nightly courses of filets and pates, are advocating the eat-less-meat movement. In January, Mark Bittman, author of “How to Cook Everything” (Wiley, 1998), is coming out with new book called “Food Matters,” (Simon & Schuster) about how our diet affects global warming and “globesity” (global obesity). Bittman has been very critical of what he calls America’s “meat guzzling” tendencies. “I am an advocate of what I like to think of as a much saner diet—a largely plant-based diet,” he says. A meat-based diet is, he says, “not even close to sustainable.” Last year, Bittman published “How to Cook Everything Vegetarian,” (Wiley, 2007), though he is not a vegetarian himself.

Bittman notes that Americans eat about 200 pounds of meat, poultry and fish a year—twice as much as the global average (YUCK!). He argues that not only is a heavily vegetable diet healthier for us physically, but that it’s also true that the industrial production and processing of grain-fed livestock consumes a huge amount energy and has a negative impact on the environment (NEGATIVE IMPACT!!!).

It’s unclear how many people are official “flexitarian” converts, but nutritionists believe there are a growing number of people who are simply eating fewer meat entrees whether it’s for health, or economic reasons or because there are more good meatless dishes on offer. Think how many Americans regularly eat peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches, pasta, bean burritos and cheese pizzas as their main courses, says Blatner. “I do feel like that is a shocking thing, when you think about how much vegetarian food we eat without even trying.” (THIS IS THE SAME GUY WHO SAID VEGETARIANISM WAS STRICT?!?!)
And while only 2 to 3 percent of Americans are traditional vegetarians, who shun anything that ever had a face, according to the Vegetarian Resource Group, vegetarian foods have become increasingly popular among non-vegetarians. “If you look around at every regular, mainstream grocery store, you have soy milk right next to regular milk, you have veggie burgers in the frozen section, and tubs of tofu sitting there in the produce section,” says Blatner. She suggests that many of those who buy these products may be flextitarians and not even realize it. Even dedicated vegetarians say they are somewhat flexible. A 2003 study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that two out of three vegetarians say they can’t stick to a pure veggie diet all the time (DO YOU THINK THIS IS TRUE?).

Some vegetarian advocates hope that a movement that begins with eating less meat might lead to more people embracing a no-meat, no-fish and no-fowl lifestyle. Vegetarian Resource Group co-director Charles Stahler, calls it a “step in the right direction.” It should also inspire even more restaurants to create veggie options, and more people to realize that it’s “easy to be a vegetarian,” he says. In fact, it already has become a bit easier for gourmet food lovers to find good meatless entrees. Last year a National Restaurant Association survey found that more than 50 percent of chefs rate vegetarian entries among their top 10 trendiest menu items (I THOUGHT THIS WAS INTERESTING).

Still, not everyone agrees that it’s a great idea to be mostly vegetarian instead of going whole hog—so to speak. “Given the environmental, cruelty and health impact of a meat-based diet, going vegan is best, going vegetarian is good, and being a flexitarian is like smoking two packs of cigarettes instead of ten, beating one pig down the slaughter ramp instead of two, and pouring a p
If you don’t care about the article, then I don’t bout your response. Grow up and get a life other than leaving comments that waste ppls time! Report you for being an a$$!
haha i know its a ridiculous term, but that was the name of the article, i had nothing to do with it
i see where your going with it, but once again, NOT MY ARTICLE, i did not write it, i found it on msn.com, I just posted it to see what ppl thought, so stop thinking its mine, k?

Keith

Kindred asked:


I have recently opted for a healthier lifestyle for my baby and I, He is 10 months. I have took him off formula and switched to almond milk. i just wanted some advice on it.

should i still be giving him formula or switch completely?

hes bowel movements are not as regular, should i be worried?

what are the pros and cons?

i would like answers from parents who have actually switched their babies to almond milk, not random people who are quick to point out “becareful about nut allergies blah blah blah….” i have done research, so i am aware of what i am doing!!!

thanks in advance

wtf is wrong with breast milk? nothing but he has four teeth and bites me, do you have kids????
Many females in the U.S.are becoming health conscious and learning about the importance of breastfeeding (which is really a natural function for the majority of females, if not all females), which is a very good thing and I applaud every last one of these women.

Breastfeeding is the natural way a baby derives nutrition and bonding (emotional, etheric, psychological, physical, etc.) from its mother. The nipples do not just allow milk to be obtained, but energy as well, as both nipples have chakras. These nipple chakras store all the information a mother has for her baby. Chakras are diskettes of information so a baby receives maternal information from the nipples of the breast as well as nutrition in the form of milk.

It is for this reason synthetic milk (derived from animal milk) should not be given to any child, especially the child of a conscious parent. Mother’s breast milk has EVERY single nutrient a newborn needs.
and requires and no other milk comes close (except for the alternative milks described later on in this article).

It is errant to give a human baby cow’s milk. The first thing that physically develops in a human baby is the brain, whereas the first thing to physically develop in a baby cow is the skeletal structure and system. So why give a human baby cow’s milk? Do you see how crazy and errant this is? Why are you giving your baby milk that is conducive to skeletal development as a biological first priority when your human baby requires milk that is conducive to neurological development as a biological first priority?

Mother’s breast milk is loaded with nutrition: minerals, trace elements, essential fatty acids, amino acids (protein), so-called vitamins and B-vitamins, and most importantly of all: LOVE!

When a baby breastfeeds from day one, it receives COLOSTRUM that helps to boost and fortify the baby’s defense system or so-called “immune” system.
Actually, it is mother’s colostrum that activates the baby’s immune system. Mother’s breast milk has the activating code for the baby’s immune system.

Breastfeeding also helps to strengthen the baby’s aura. When a woman breastfeeds her baby, it strengthens her aura as well as the baby’s aura. In fact, when and while breastfeeding, mother and child actually share the same aura. This is why a woman must keep herself energetically or vibrationally clean and pure so as not to taint her baby’s aura or even her breast milk, as all thought and emotion is chemical and registers a chemical reaction So always keep calm and have positive thoughts and emotions while breastfeeding. Trust me, this is vitally important!
Many babies that breastfeed from a toxic mother can develop jaundice, hepatitis, or colitis predicated upon the emotions that result in these diseases. When a woman stores anger and rage, they will store in the liver (of mother and eventually the baby) and manifest in the baby as jaundice or hepatitis, diseases of the liver. The feeling of not being able to “stomach” something or being “tired of this s-h-i-t!” will store in the intestines of mother and baby and may manifest in the baby as colitis.

Truly, breastfeeding is an art, craft, and science!
Okay, so you have to go back to work or maybe you have breastfeeding problems that prevent you from breastfeeding. So what can you do?

Alternative Milks

You can make healthy and wholesome alternative milks for your baby from Nature’s fruits, seeds, nuts, and grains such as hemp, rice, almonds, oats, cashews, walnuts, banana, coconut, and dates to name a few. Sea moss (or seaweed) is added for nutritional content and a little maple syrup for sweetness.
i DO NOT BUY almond milk, i make my own from scratch
most doctors are not into natural health, they are into drugs/quick fixes
did your baby actually drink almond milk? the woman with the child with a nut allergy…..
i dont agree with cows milk, so my baby will not be drinking that.

i also buy organic almonds

i have chatted to my husband and we have both agreed that i am going to continue expressing my milk for my child for now!!!

Annie