What's In A Name???

So why "Food for Thought?" Simply because that's what I think about so much these days. But not because I'm hungry or anything. I think about food, and our food supply, because over the last couple years I have become more aware of what's in it, where it's coming from, and just how bad it's become.

How did this journey begin?  Well about 2 years ago my husband decided that he was going to try Sari Mellman's Nutritional Program for Applied Immunology - I know it's a mouth full.  When first described the program to me I was quite skeptical, but the more I learned about the it the more intrigued I became.

It starts with a blood draw. -- When I've told people that they all ask if it's the "Blood Type Diet."  No it isn't. -- They take your blood and test it against a series of foods.  Then they return a list those foods your system reacts to along with a list of foods you should be able to eat with out problem, and on what day you can try them.  Are you confused yet?

Think of it like this.  When you start a baby eating solid foods you give them one thing, say peas.  After that first day of eating the peas you wait a couple days to see if the baby has any kind of reaction to them  If they don't then you know they can keep eating the peas.  If they do, you don't give them the peas again.

Just by being on this program I think about food every day, because even seasonings need to be introduced one at a time. Processed foods, forget it!!!  Because this diet is so individualized, every single ingredient needs to be "challenged" before it can be eaten on a regular basis.  Oh, and another thing about this progam... they suggest, wherever possible, to eat organic, because the chemicals (pesticides, herbicides, insecticides) need to be "challenged" too.   If I wasn't a label reader before, I certainly am now.

Okay, fast forward to last spring.  I was talking to my dentist about, I don't even remember.  (Probably something about corn.) He told me to go look on YouTube for videos about Monsanto.  So I did.  Boy did that freak me out.  What I started learning about GM/GE (Genetically Modified/Genetically Engineered) foods made me so upset.

Over the last few months I've read a lot on the internet, "Liked" several pages on Facebook, read some books and even watched videos & DVDs all about GMO foods that we, as a society, are eating and don't even know it.  Our wonderful U.S. government is allowing big agro businesses use us as guinnea pigs in their food experiements.

That in a nutshell is why I've been thinking about food so much.  And that is why I've decided to name this blog "Food For Thought: What This Momma Is Thinking"