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D:
You mentioned organic foods. Is it necessary to have organic?
No,
I do not believe it's necessary. That first six months when I really committed
to change my diet, at that point I was only buying organic about 10% of the
time. I'm a big believer in organic. I'm a big believer in buying locally grown
organic food or even growing your own food.
And
if you don't have any land, get a pot. You don't have to have land. All you
need is a porch and a pot. I'm a big believer in that but reality is...most
people are still not going to do that. A whole lot of people are not willing to
pay the price increment between organic and non-organic. And it was not
necessary for me to get the vast majority of my healing without it.
So
I'm a big believer in organic but even now about 40-50% of what I eat is
organic. And yet it's still been good enough for me to have a seven year
remission without any prescription medication for my psoriasis or allergies.
I
used to be on prescription medication for rosacea. I
don't need that any more. And so...No, the organic has not been essential. Do I
believe it's of value? Yes. Would I encourage someone to do it? Yes, because
especially for meat and dairy and eggs it allows you to get away from
supplemental hormones and supplemental antibiotics and the potential unknown
implications of genetic engineering.
But
is it necessary? That has not been my experience anywhere. The people that I
know that say everything has to be organic, frankly, they remind me of somebody
with an eating disorder. They spend a lot of their time trying to control every
single bite they eat and their food choices are characterized by fear.
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