Are you fixing the plumbing, or building a mansion? Part 2 of 2
At church Sunday, someone was making an announcement about a care center that wants us to bring them snacks for the mentally handicapped residents: “The care center staff said they want HEALTHY treats, like fruit snacks and Gushers.” I don’t know what Gushers are, but the fact that they have a brand name is a [...]
6 Comments • Continue Reading →Weston Price Foundation versus The China Study
A yahoo group I belong to, “Natural LDS Women,” is having a debate about the “science” of the Weston Price Foundation, versus The China Study.” A recent poster said that with scientific “facts” so conflicting, you really just have to pray about it and go with your gut. “LDS” means Mormon (my religion), and in [...]
40 Comments • Continue Reading →My thoughts after Educ. Week: stand up in a sit-down world, part 4 of 5
I listened to this presentation for an hour by a very nice and apparently very poorly educated woman who very frankly has no business telling anyone what their diet should be. I love formal education and am often impressed by doctorate degrees. But sometimes a PhD is worthless when the person who earned it [...]
13 Comments • Continue Reading →I am teaching a 12 Steps class in July, and final comments on the Word of Wisdom
On Friday, July 17, from 6:30 to 8:30 at Classic Books and Gifts in Lehi, I have been asked to teach a 12 Steps to Whole Foods class. Here’s the link to sign up: http://classicbooksandgifts.ning.com/events/12-steps-to-whole-food-eating I have taken some time off of teaching classes but am getting back into it, with my new book [...]
19 Comments • Continue Reading →being a CONSCIOUS plant eater
Yesterday, wow, I sort of mindlessly posted on my Facebook page (find me as Robyn Openshaw-Pay or GreenSmoothieGirl) a group called “No More Blood On My Plate.” Wow. The response that followed could only be described as a war. I didn’t even participate in the discussion. (The whole conversation was just NOT. [...]
10 Comments • Continue Reading →the rest of the Word of Wisdom
Here’s the rest of the body of scripture known as the Word of Wisdom. Tomorrow I’ll comment on my theory about why the scripture doesn’t talk about soft drinks, sugar, refined foods, etc. (beyond the obvious fact that the scripture predates the invention of those ”foods”). And I’ll comment on some of the [...]
12 Comments • Continue Reading →more on the Word of Wisdom
I have this secret little hobby at church. I love to hear the lessons on this scripture, the Word of Wisdom, and mentally collect all the ways that, almost invariably, the teacher or people in the class find ways to rationalize their way out of having to actually adhere to those last two verses. [...]
35 Comments • Continue Reading →does God intend for us to eat whole foods?
Today at church, they taught my favorite lesson, on “The Word of Wisdom” (7 million LDS people in the U.S. had this lesson today). Mormons have a scripture (Doctrine & Covenants 89) revealed in 1833 that is all about what we should and shouldn’t eat. Consider that this was almost 200 years ago, [...]
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