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Excerpt Chapter 9: VOCABULARY Most vegetarians first become so for health reasons. ... Others become vegetarians for ethical reasons. ... In 1979 I met Paul, a young man just back from working with the Peace Corps in Afghanistan. He spoke of the health issues, but for him the ethical and environmental issues were more significant. He spoke of "eating the flesh of dead animals." He made me ponder the significance of what I was eating. ... Still others follow the vegetarian path because modern animal husbandry is profoundly destructive to our physical environment. ... LACTO-VEGETARIAN India’s Hindu population is largely lacto-vegetarian. ... Indians generally use unhomogenized, unpasteurized milk, which they boil. ... VEGAN A vegan (it rhymes with "be fun") is a strict vegetarian, who in addition makes no use of animal products. ... RAW FOODS VEGAN A raw foods vegan eats fruit, raw vegetables, nuts, and sprouted seeds and grains. ... Modern-day Essene prophet Edmond Bordeaux Szekely, who died in 1979, divided foods into four categories, biogenic, bioactive, biostatic, and biocidal. (The Chemistry of Youth, The Biogenic Revolution, p. 54.) Biogenic foods are young, sprouted seeds and grains. He says they are brimming with healing power at this stage. ... ORGANIC GARDENING ... It was mid-January of 1996 when I first wrote these words, and there was health parsley, kale, bok choi, fava beans, fennel, mustard greens, and collard greens growing in my garden. ... Some flowers are edible—borage and nasturtiums, for example––, and flowers attract the bugs that eat the bugs that otherwise would eat your vegetables. Don’t believe the propaganda of the petrochemical companies. No pesticides are necessary. ... Make a compost pile: ... Make a worm bin: ... Plants must have minerals to be healthy and produce food that is healthy for you to eat, so add ground up rock to your garden. ... SPROUTING, INDOOR ORGANIC GARDENING, RAW FOODS Even if you live in an apartment, you can grow a garden. Do it indoors by sprouting beans, peas, grains, and seeds right in your kitchen. ... ORGANIZATION: CHEF, COOK’S HELPER, BOTTLE WASHER Cooking is more fun when you get everyone—kids, spouses, and guests––to join in, chopping, mixing, stirring, and sampling the food. ... Start with a clean kitchen and keep it clean throughout the cooking process. ... ... If you give kids the opportunity to learn how to cook, most will quickly take responsibility to cook the food they prefer. STRETCHING, EXERCISE, MEDITATION—FIRST THINGS FIRST ... Dr. Dean Ornish in his Program for Reversing heart Disease ranks meditation and exercise as being as important for good health as dietary change. ... Stretch as soon as you wake up. Gently move every muscle in your body. ... Next, meditate for 20 minutes. After meditating, and if you are a writer, move to the computer and start writing. Write as much as possible in a state of meditation, with your eyes closed if you are a touch typist. ... Then go out and jog or walk around the neighborhood. Do a slow, stretching jog. When it rains, do it anyway, mocking the weather. ... Deal Home Page Goddess Home Page Next Excerpt Copyright © 2007 James Robert Deal. All rights reserved. |