Rebel With a Fork

Not because the bird might fly into the pan and get burned or killed – but because the fumes from your non-stick cookware can kill it.

Seriously, there is a warning on a non-stick pan from a well respected manufacturer -

“*Keep small children away from the stove while you are cooking. Nonstick cookware can emit fumes harmful to birds. Never cook with brids or small pets in or near the kitchen..” 

Anodized cookware is supposed to be safe, but I heard a lot of complaints about handles getting hot and surfaces scratching easily, even though they’re not supposed to, and pans not looking so good after a year.

I have missed my waterless cookware ever since my ex-husband took my waterless cookware in the divorce. Can you believe it? And that stuff costs a left lung.

I was really happy to find this set, and for that price? I had to ask “Whats wrong with it?” I went into the reviews and there was only one negative review from a lady who apparently got a defective one. All of the other reviews were great.

I guess its our lucky day! Woo-Hoo!

Do you ever wonder about some of the crazy stuff going on in our food supply, and at the FDA?

I mean, why on earth would they want to remove supplements, or make it impossible for small farmers to exist?

Why would they push foods and drugs that will make you sick, or even kill you – and totally discredit anything that is naturally heatlhy?

The answer is simple, and very scary.

That way they can control you.

Once you’re in the system, they make the rules. Ask anyone on disability.

I know people who are afraid to do anything to get better because they will mess up the free money.  If someone posts a picture of you having fun on Facebook, you can lose the money.

Can you imagine living like that? Always in fear?

Its going to get worse.

More and more people will get sick every year, and more and more people will depend on the government for their very existence. You behave, or you die.

I don’t know about you, but I’m going to do everything I can to stay out of the system.

Can you believe this? If you want to eat healthy and you are concerned about what you put in your body, you now have a mental disorder called orthorexia nervosa.

I know we’re not normal – but a mental disorder? That’s a bit strong, don’t you think?

Well, that’s the take on it from Mike Adams over at Natural Health (read his post here) . But he always takes things to a radical extreme. If you read the article he references, they make a good point.

There are some people who are so concerned with clean eating that they will starve themselves.  Mike Adams could clearly be suffering from this disorder. If he were to see the foods that we eat, he would shudder. He would call me a healthy eating fraud because I recommend a balanced diet. Imagine that.

Yes, I think we should do everything we can to avoid pesticides, chemicals, GMOs and such. But geez, these people take it way too far – and they are usually misinformed, or have twisted the facts to meet their agenda – exactly what they have accused big industry of doing. Extemism sells I guess.

That’s why we’re Rebels. Login and find something good to eat.  

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Well, I received a follow up email from Senator Durbin that made me feel so loved, protected, and warm and cozy… are you sick yet?

Sorry Dick. The price of my vitamins will go up substantially due to this stupid legislation. And if the FDA hasn’t ‘approved’ a substance, you won’t be able to get it at all. You know all those nutrients where no RDA has been established? Gone folks!

That means -

Grapeseed extract, CoQ10, Seratonin, Lycopene, L-Arginine, St. John’s Wort, and a whole long list of popular supplements will be gone in a flash.

The FDA has been waiting for this ever since they started their vendetta against supplements in the 1950s.

If everyone ate healthy and took supplements, we wouldn’t have much need for big pharma or the FDA, would we?

How many deaths are there from supplements? How many deaths are there from FDA approved medications?

Tell me again Senator what exactly you’re protecting me from…

Yeah, that leaves me feeling so protected. The FDA is the laughing stock of the world.

The only thing the FDA protects is big industry profits. Its apparently true of our Congress too.

I seriously will not vote for anyone who signs this stupid bill. I’m fed up!

I think this election we should vote out pretty much everyone and start over. What do you think?

My daughter got a job closer to her dad’s house for this summer

Well, she’s put on a bit of weight. As a matter of fact, I’ve never seen her this heavy, and it was really bothering her. This weekend, we played and ate, and shopped, and ate, well – you get the idea. When she was going back tonight she said, “I know this sounds crazy, but I lost some of the weight already.”

No, it doesn’t sound crazy at all. Well, not to me because I know how to eat to stay thin and healthy. It will probably sound crazy to you too – at first…

But this has been a continuing cycle for years – she goes to her dad’s and gains weight. She comes home and loses it. And its not like we eat some strange diet. Far from it!

Here’s a snapshot of our weekend –

Saturday morning we had 2 slices of raisin toast, yogurt, and strawberries with orange juice and coffee.

We were playing in the lake, so we didn’t eat lunch. By 3 we were crispy, and hungry. We came up and ate an early dinner of spaghetti, salad, and italian bread – and our vitamins.

We went to the mall and walked around for an hour or so.

We came back and walked the dog, only about a mile this time because we wanted to go out for ice cream.

We went to downtown Antioch for ice cream and walked around town looking at the Dogs on the Chain exhibits while we ate our ice cream. They’re kind of like the cows we had in Chicago years back. Each dog had a different theme.

We came home, showered again – and hit the sack.

Sunday we talked away the morning. For brunch we had scrambled eggs and cheese, (5 eggs and 2 slices of cheese for the 2 of us), 3 Jones natural sausage links each, 2 slices of raisin toast, strawberries, orange juice and coffee.

Then we ran off to the store to get a birthday gift, stopped by a car show, stopped in a antique resale shop. She went off to a friend’s house for a while, and I got caught up on email and got dinner ready.

We had chicken breast, a salad with green leaf lettuce, broccoli, tomatoes, and onions, and a side dish of rice with mushrooms – and our vitamins.

And then she went back home.

The dishes are done, and the rest of the strawberries are cut up and ready for breakfast tomorrow. We can each munch on a couple of oatmeal chocolate chip cookies I made Friday.

And she lost weight. Or at least some of the fat around her middle. We didn’t weigh her before and after.

Could you manage to suffer through a diet like ours?

What if you could lose just a pound a day?

Get going and find out! Login now.

OK, here’s a Rebel Quiz for you – What is this?

Textured soy flour, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (soy bean), salt, natural and artificial flavors, dextrose, FD&C Red#3

Sounds yummy, doesn’t it? Artificially flavored soy.

Total fat – 1g

Sodium, 140mg

Total Carbohydrate, 2g

Dietary fiber less than 1g

Protein, 3g

Really? Protein? From what? Oh, that’s right – soy.

To think I used to eat a lot of this – shudder, shudder.

Any guesses?

Most of the food industries have become monopolized. That means that most of the food you eat is controlled by large corporations whose only interest is in profits.

Thinking about it, that has been true of many industries in this country – and look at the results -

People are fatter, sicker, out of work or unable to make a living wage, government is handing out money not even our great-grandchildren will be able to repay, the environment worsens by the day, and life will only continue to get worse if something isn’t done to stop the monopolization of America.

I know the political posts have not been that popular here. I wish I could report that everything is a bed of roses. But we need for you to step up and say something. If enough of us are talking about it, and adding our voice, we can change things.

Monsanto lost its GMO Alpha Sprouts case last week. That would not have happened if people were not paying attention.

Its critical that we all pay attention.

I just signed a letter to the Department of Justice and USDA today telling them to hold corporations accountable by enforcing antitrust laws as they relate to the food and agricultural sectors. This is an unprecedented opportunity. Will you please join me? Farmers need us to stand with them today for a just and sustainable future for us all.

http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/cms/sign/fight_big_food_dairy/?referring_akid=154.97349.jt2xo1&source=mailto

Thank you!

Now – on to your weekend of great eating! Make sure to login and hit the grilling recipes

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