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What
I've Learned About Food and Peace
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In
1991 Rose Lord decided to change her eating
habits to a more "natural" diet and set out
to learn all she could about her anticipated new
lifestyle. Her first question was "What
really is a natural diet?" She had no idea
as to the controversial nature of that question Nor
did she anticipate that her dietary decision would
change her entire life. As the author's own
story unfolds she shares with the reader the vital
information she gathered along the way about the
relationship between the food we eat and the degree of
peace in our lives.
243 Pages
27
Recipes
Nutrient/Food
Element Guide
valuable
resources
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THE
BOOK
What
I've Learned About Food and Peace
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Excerpts
"For
the sake of our quality of life, for the sake of
future generations and for the sake of the planet,
mankind needs to make a correction in the way we are
doing things. Many people have realized this and one
by one, or family by family, they are making that
correction. A conscious shift in the way we look at
food can be the catalyst for attitudinal changes that
will bring greater peace, understanding and
contentment into our lives."
"Lack of education in the science of nutrition
and the willingness to put this important aspect of
our lives into the hands of other people may be the
single greatest threat to our personal and societal
health. Although this subject is given cursory
attention in our children's primary education, it is
not considered nearly as important as math, English,
history or the other sciences. It's kind of
mind-boggling when one considers how much of what we
learn in many of those other subjects never plays a
role in our lives beyond the "final'" test
and how what we eat affects our lives every day for
the rest of our lives."
"That thorough research should be done and that
the public should have access to the results and be
informed of what they are buying - these do not seem
like unreasonable demands. Unfortunately it is
estimated that 70% of the processed food in this
country already contains bio-engineered ingredients
such as transgenic corn and soybeans and we have no
way of knowing whether those ingredients are in the
products we are buying."
"Why must we sit by and allow those who hunger
for power to ignore the needs of the many; those with
insatiable appetites to ignore the damage they inflict
upon our earthly home; those whose intellect and
curiosity blind them to the destructive potential of
their pursuits to threaten the very existence of life
as we know it?"
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THE
AUTHOR
Rose
Lord, is a wife, mother of three grown sons,
grandmother and nurse. She has been studying the
relationship between food and peace since 1991.
In
an effort to spread around the information she was
gathering, Rose began teaching classes in Eating
Peacefully at the local community college and
other sites. She also published the monthly
newsletter, Cornucopia News for two years.
That newsletter was combined with two other
newsletters to become Food for Peace and (R)evolution,
a quarterly publication. Dozens of recipes and
interesting articles from Cornucopia News can
be accessed at (www.food4peace.com).
The current edition of Food for Peace and (R)evolution
can be viewed by going to the School of Life website (www.schooloflife.org)
and clicking onto Spiritual Food for the New Millenium
and then onto Current Newsletter.
Rose
has also been deeply involved in the peace movement
since September 11, 2001. She is co-founder of
Global Coalition for Peace, a non-profit, 501 (c)(3)
corporation that is working to bring unity to the
grassroots peace movement and to provide a means of
communication for the peace-seeking people of the
world. To learn more about Global Coalition for Peace
please visit www.globalcoalitionforpeace.net
Please
also visit www.cornucopiacafe.com
to learn
about Rose's all-natural baking mix.
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Suggestions for
a Healthier and More Peaceful Diet
Remember
that everything you eat was once a living thing.
Consider where it has come from and what has been done to
it. Then decide
whether you really want to eat it.
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Eat
unprocessed, fresh, organic and seasonal foods whenever
possible.
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As
much as possible, eat locally-grown food from small,
privately-owned, organic farms, thereby assuring its
freshness and supporting the farmers in your area who are
trying to provide the best possible food.
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Avoid
eating animal food but, if you or your family members are
not quite ready to give it up entirely, make sure it has
been produced by humane and organic methods.
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Know
what your body needs and eat a sufficient supply of all the
nutrients.
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Eat
a wide variety of foods, including color, texture and taste
but avoid overly stimulating food and drink.
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In
all things practice moderation. Do not eat or drink too much
of any one foodstuff.
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Keep
your menus simple and easy to prepare.
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Finally,
purchase a vegetarian cookbook or a book on becoming
vegetarian and embark
on an exciting and gratifying adventure.
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| You
Do What You Eat: Can an all-natural, vegetarian diet
reduce crime and anti-social behavior? Read about recent
scientific validation of the connection between food
and behavior. |
| We
would like to start a dialogue about the food/peace connection.
If you have comments, questions or suggestions that you
would like to share please contact me, Rose Lord, at rose@food4peace.com.
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| For more information about the book and
where to get it go to www.foodandpeace.com
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| Coming Soon:
Satya and the Bugaboos - the first of
a series of children's books that use the storytelling format to
teach them about nonviolent problem solving. |
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