• Oct. 27, 2006
Timothy's Words

I thought you might be interested in reading the final product:

Timothy’s Words

By Sheila

Brightly coloured packages line the isles, boxes within boxes, laden with protein-rich manufactured snacks.  Bold, glitzy, writing covers the wrapping, proclaiming the healthy proteins within.  Corpulent people wander down the isle; their carts filled with ‘Pop Tarts’ and ‘Shake and Bake’.  They actually believe that the products they are purchasing will help them lose weight, however one would think that these people who have become overweight from eating ‘healthy’ products would have figured out the cause.  No one thinks anymore.

In our bodies, certain amounts of different nutrients are necessary, and protein is one of them, however, our society has been led to believe that they need more of it that is required.  Studies are made of protein ‘diets’, for instance, a punch line from a recent BBC article states “Scientists say a gut hormone could explain why high protein diets can aid weight loss.”[1] The problem is that major authorities such as the scientists mentioned in the quote above are promoting high protein diets which are a leading cause of the world food shortage problem.  Recent statistics show that in 2004, each Canadian individual ate an average of 27.1 kilograms of red meat. [2]  Under-developed countries are severely lacking adequate protein-rich foods, while twice the recommended daily allowance of protein is consumed by North Americans.[3]

Many people understand the dangers of eating too many calories – it is posted in every diet advertisement – but the fear is that the information is not taken to heart.  Understanding what one is doing to their body should be stressed more diligently by authorities.  Corpulent human beings require medical attention to treat their dietary problems; costing taxpayers thousands.  Life expectancy plummets and insurance premiums skyrocket.  Research must be carried out.  What are we putting into our bodies? 

Writing in ‘More With Less’, Doris Janzen Longacre states one of these many problems as such: “Most North Americans have sedentary occupations.  We live in comfort-controlled temperatures.  Our calorie needs are therefore significantly lower than they were several decades ago.  We fail to adjust our eating habits to these conditions.”  It is a sad, but unfortunately true state of events.

In the United States of America, ten or more pounds of grain are consumed by beef cattle per pound of meat produced.  If that grain was fed directly to the humans, there would be much less waste in our society, and plenty of grain to feed everyone.  Meat is important; it contains nutrients that our bodies require.  As long as it is carried out in a humane manner, meat should still continue be manufactured, but on a much smaller scale.[4]

During the refining of white flour, the factories discard the most valuable parts of the wheat kernel: the bran and the germ.  The flour is then artificially ‘enriched’ supposedly adding the necessary nutrients back into the powder, however it is never near the nutrient-rich level that flour made from the entire kernel (Whole Wheat) has.

North Americans are wasting time, energy, and the nutrients that God provided in all things natural by supporting ‘all-for-profit’ food corporations.  Lives are over-complicated by food conveniences including toasters, mixers, blenders, deep-fryers, electric frying pans, food processors, and many more.  What are these instruments for?  They are for the creating of an imbalanced diet that serves only one’s taste buds – not our bodies or our planet.  Timothy’s words explain how it should be quite well: “If we have food and clothing, with these we shall be content.”[5]  Timothy’s food enriches our bodies, souls, minds and society.

Comments

• Oct. 27, 2006
I am having a contest!

Posted by Liz

I am having a contest! Please come to my blog to enter!

~Liz~

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• Oct. 27, 2006
Thanks Liz

Posted by ChristsInstrument

Thanks, but please, if you're going to comment on my post, actually comment, please don't just post other things. I get excited when I see a comment on something I've written. Thanks
Sheila

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• Oct. 27, 2006
Hey!!

Posted by Mariah

That's so true. I'm learning a lot by reading your posts. Thanks for taking the time to write them! A lot of the stuff my family eats is whole wheat. It doesn't get anything else done to it because we buy the wheat and we have our own wheat grinder.

I can't seem to go anywhere without reading about first one kind of a diet then another. You should print you essay out and distribute it. I think a lot of people would learn a lot. Even though I'm not sure if they would want to change. Many people seem to be hooked on sugar and fast-food.

Isn't it great to be homeschooled! It's wonderful!

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