A couple weeks ago I ran into a family that the Mom, Mrs. J, has MS. A few years ago she let me borrow Montell Williams book on MS which I read but I was not ready to do the "holistic thing" at that time so I wasn't sure. Mrs. J, was trying some of what was recommended about diet and nutrition as she couldn't handle the MS medication. The medication definitely can do some crazy stuff to you. Well, a few years later, and here I was talking to them about the importance of diet with your MS. They could not agree more as they are working on slowly changing their diet. Well, they recommended two things to me to look at: Jamie Oliver & the Food Revolution and the documentary "Food Matters". Just in the few moments I spoke to them, reminded me of how God has put people in our lives to encourage us, teach us and share with us. We just have to be open to recieving it.
I went home from that and remembered I had a cookbook by Jamie Oliver in my cabinet, which I confess was a wedding present and I had never used it these past 5 years!!. That day I opened the cookbook and was impressed by the easiness of most recipes and how they include a variety of produce. Well I had just gotten my box of produce from my CSA Be Wise Ranch and it had fennel in it. Fennel, what? I had no clue how to make something good out of fennel--it just smelled like yucky black licorice to me. But I made it in Jamie Oliver's Pan Roasted Summer Salmon dish and LOVED it! So I vowed to try at least 1 new Jamie Oliver recipe a week. So 5 years later, an un-used wedding gift is bringing joy to my home with some delicious healthy recipes.
Also to mention is Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution. Supposedly it is supporting getting healthy food back into our school system and keeping the cost low. I'll be checking out the series as it airs on ABC.
links to Jamie Oliver:
http://www.jamieoliver.com/
http://www.jamieoliver.com/us/foundation/jamies-food-revolution/recipes
The other suggestion this family made was to watch "Food Matters". Wow is all I can say. It is definitely thought provoking about our food supply, disease, vitamins, and raw foods. I must say that after watching it I am trying to make breakfast my "raw" food meal by having a smoothie with some veggies in it. It's actually tasty and good for you too! Also I did talk to my allergist about the documentary and he said he has seen the Vitamin C treatment for cancer work in patients that have come to the Center for Advanced Medicine. Definitely something worth thinking about.
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