What I Eat (Summer)

 I believe that in order to bring balance back to your immune system you must live, act, speak and think in a way that feels right and brings peace to you. If you worry about pollution and air quality, how can you justify eating apples in the summer when they are being shipped in from New Zealand? If you believe that every person deserves love than how can you ever use your words to bestow hatred on another? If you believe that your body will be better balanced by eating foods that are growing and surviving in the same environment as you, than how can you ignore those foods and eat foods grown across the country? These are just a few of my demons that I've wrestled with and have now accepted and am working on in my life.

I am really getting into eating locally and seasonally. It just feels right to me. It doesn't feel right to go to the store and buy avocados from California, bananas from Central America, apples from New Zealand, lamb chops from New Zealand, fish from Alaska, etc. (I'm in D.C.).

That being said, I still purchase my therapeutic foods, which are from tropical regions and other places far away. I feel that this is okay because if I couldn't have my noni juice, I would be in a very bad mood every day :)

Sauteed Chicken Livers for Pate

Seasonal Local Foods that I am Eating (local to Virginia):

I shop for these at the farmer's markets and my family's garden

Summer squash

Cucumber

Berries

Chicken (including chicken liver pate and bone broth)

Tomatoes

Swiss chard

Parsley leaves and root

Beets

Green Beans

Cantaloupe

Pears

Lamb

Goat Kefir and Yogurt

Goat Butter

Walnuts

Herbs such as basil, dill, rosemary, thyme

Dandelion Greens

Wild Blackberries

Cloves

Beef

Peppers

Eggplant

Bee Pollen and Raw Honey

Peaches

Smoothie Ingredients: wild blackberries, strawberries, dandelion greens and buds

Beets in Apple Cider Vinegar

 

Therapeutic Foods  

(that come from far away and that I am still purchasing at the store):
Noni Juice: anti-inflammatory

Hemp and Chia Seeds: omega 3, soothing to the gut

Olive oil: anti-pain, healthy fat

Coconut Oil: anti-fungal, healthy fat

Cashews: mood elevator

Clove: anti-parasite, anti-inflammatory

Cinnamon: blood sugar regulation, anti-inflammatory

Lemons: low sugar fruit and flavoring

and Various Supplements 

(from online sources):

Mangosteen Powder: anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial

Spirulina: energy, protein, anti-inflammatory

Marine Phytoplankton: energy, anti-inflammatory

Camu Berry Powder: anti-viral, vitamin c

Maca Powder: adapatogenic, energy, libido, vitamins and minerals

Walnut Hull Powder (which I could start harvesting from my back yard next year): anti-parasite

Cacao (just for enjoyment purposes): minerals, yum yum yummy.

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