I'm posting this here because yes the oils really really make a difference and through researching more and more I feel we need to understand the bigger picture with regard to our health - so with oils we also need this information . . .
This is so so so important - please read
Nutrition and Mental Development
Written by Sally Fallon Morell
March 17 2011
Presentation given at Fields of Athenry Farm by
Sally Fallon Morell
June 19, 2010
... Thank you to Elaine Boland of Fields of Athenry Farm for inviting me to address this group today. I am delighted to see so many young women of childbearing age in the audience—our current and future mothers. I have an important message for you young ladies: the entire future of our planet is on your shoulders, and nobody else's. Because if you don't learn the principles of good nutrition, and then take the time and effort to eat properly and feed your children properly, there will not be another generation of human beings, certainly not in the western world.
Our future is in the hands of the young women and future mothers of this world. This fact gives us a whole new way of looking at what's important, and who most needs our support—it is the young women and future mothers. And the role of all the rest of us as parents, siblings, as partners and husbands, as aunts, uncles and grandparents, is to provide whatever support is necessary to these young women, whether it's information, whether it's the food itself, whether it's financial support or emotional support. For example, I love the idea of raw milk grannies--grandmothers being the ones who bring the raw milk every week for their children and grandchildren.
Today we are seeing an epidemic of behavior problems and learning disorders in our children. While treatment of these conditions is very costly for our society—not only in terms of the financial cost, but also in terms of emotional cost—very little attention is focused on diet and nutrition for the treatment—and prevention—of these tragic conditions.
Most discussions on the mental and emotional development of children ignore the fact that the brain is an organ of the body, and just like every other organ of the body, it requires good nutrition. And when we talk about the brain, we also need to talk about the second brain--the small intestine, where digestion and assimilation take place. . . there are just as many nerve cells in the gut as there are in the brain, and most of the nerve cells in the gut connect with the brain.
So, the nutritional requirements of the gut and the brain need to be considered together when we talk about emotional and mental health of our children. And we need to have this conversation very soon because we are facing an incredible crisis, the likes of which we have never seen before in the history of mankind. Some children are damaged so profoundly that they cannot even make emotional contact with their parents and their siblings. . . Today the horrible condition called autism—along with other manifestations of brain starvation such as learning disorders, mental problems, inability to concentrate, behavior problems, violence, addiction and mental retardation—threaten the fabric of our culture.
I am not going to mince words here. These problems are the direct result of the dietary guidelines coming out of the Department of Agriculture since the early 1980s, along with the advertising for industrial fats and oils and the foods made with industrial fats and oils. These problems are the tragic fallout of industrial foods and government guidelines. And now what are we going to do? How do we get back to having normal children, and how do we help the children who have these problems?
(This information is so critical – if you want to learn more go to WestonaPrice.org) --
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