Diabetes and Meat Consumption

There is quite a bit to learn about food and the system that delivers it to us. It is clear that much of what is in our food is not healthy for us. Lots of attention has been given to this in terms of diet its relationship to health. Specifically, individual food choice as a method to address diet related diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and obesity.

 It is also becoming clearer that health and food consumption is not just one aspect of a healthy diet.  A healthy diet must include food is that is produced in a manner that is health promoting. The following article give you a clue that we are eating much more than we know.

http://motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2011/07/are-pesticides-giving-you-diabetes

Graffiti and Grub’s Co-Founder LaDonna Redmond published in “The Nation”

In the September 21st issue of The Nation (article also available online), LaDonna Redmond says that to change our food system and to engage a broader audience, food-justice activists need to change their language:

“There are many Americans who have the resources to buy healthy food and still are denied access to it. This denial of access has created “food deserts,” a term I despise but use for the sake of argument. The trouble with the term “food deserts” is that it describes lack in a way that indicates that the solution is outside of the community labeled a desert…”

for more of her essay, entitled “Food is Freedom”, click here.