Saturday, May 3, 2014

Health in my Belly Button

This is what's been going on in my head lately.  I think I want to feed my family better foods.  I do a lot of my baking and cooking from scratch.  We are years away from the old standby, Hamburger Helper, but I'm still providing some junk for us to munch down.  Back before Christmas I bought some coconut flour (I'm not even sure it is still good) and decided I'd better use it.  I looked up some recipes-- cookies of course, because coconut flour would surely make delicious cookies, right?  I stumbled into the blogs of people who looked like regular ol' people, but were militant in their baking regimens.  Frightening. 
Right now all things gluten have a bad name, with wheat at the forefront.  I recently read about how the soy industry ruined the coconut oil industry by proclaiming it the froo-ets of the devil, sure to give you a heart attack just by imbibing.  It was a measured ploy by one group to denounce and usurp another group's standing.  Is this what is happening to wheat? 
You probably know my stance on organic foods.  One of the most irritating things to me is the insistence that organic farmers are in it for the health of their customers.  That they alone care what goes on our tables.  Hogwash.
Here's my concern with the current trend of wheat bashing:
D&C 89:
14 All grain is ordained for the use of man and of beasts, to be the staff of life, not only for man but for the beasts of the field, and the fowls of heaven, and all wild animals that run or creep on the earth;
15  And these hath God made for the use of man only in times of famine and excess of hunger.
16  All grain is good for the food of man; as also the fruit of the vine; that which yieldeth fruit, whether in the ground or above the ground--
17  Nevertheless, wheat for man, and corn for the ox, and oats for the horse, and rye for the fowls and for swine, and for all beasts of the field and barley for all useful animals, and for mild drinks, as also other grain.
18  And all saints who remember to keep and do these sayings, walking in obedience to the commandments, shall receive health in their navel and marrow to their bones;
I kind of think that barring some kind of actual intolerance or disease like Celiac's, God said that we are supposed to eat wheat as the staff of our life.  Ya da, ya da, grain now is different than grain then... whatever.  They also thought that coffee and tobacco and wine were pretty awesome, too and that bathing brought on disease.  Heavenly Father's advice/commands are timeless. 
I think I need to put more whole grains into our diet and perhaps cut back on that delicious, delicious meat since we are clearly not excessively hungry.  Maybe I need to pull out my Grandma's cookbook and research other ways that women used to cook completely from scratch.  I'm not sure I'm ready to give up wholly the beauty that is processed flour and sugar, but stepping away from it would be beneficial. 
That's what I think.
 

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