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Hi HD, I don't eat much meat either, there is very little pure food left in the world for sure. Meat is produced in unnatural conditions, extra size and weight created by growth hormones and the diseases caused by the unnatural environment in which livestock are grazed makes the use of antibiotics essential.

If you can get free range eggs from chickens that are allowed to roam, select there own food, have dust baths basically the eggs that were produced by families in their backyards - look at the eggs compared to the commercial eggs produced. Yolks are orange not yellow and when cracked the yolk stays in a tight circle and doesn't spread.

After WWII and England still had rationing the instance of "lifestyle" diseases reduced dramatically. Would seem to be a fair indication that our current diet is causing a lot of problems.

One thing I do is eat fresh, I go to the shop each day buy fresh vegetables and fruit and that is what I eat. I eat a lot of bread, but have found that bakehouse bread is a lot better than commercial bakery bread. I'm surprised that eating like this costs me a lot less than buying pre-packaged, pre-prepared food even the so called "specials".

For me I think food is to provide nutrition not satisfy cravings. With a diet like this which I followed for about 18 months I even stopped smoking as my body senses seemed to be heightened, not sure why.

Nice discussion topic and thanks for the link.

Another great link HD, thank you - don't know where you find them all!!

I haven't become a vegetarian but now that I'm living in the Dom Rep we now that the majority of the food is actually of good quality - quite a bit is exported to the USA. The meat in the UK used to be good quality but I think there are so many pesticides etc. that are now entrenched in the soil it will take decades to make the land 'clean' again.

If we knew about half the things that are in our food then I don't think we'd eat any of it! Or would try to grow our own.

Global warming - yes, another HOT topic. I try to do my bit but we need everyone to do it too!

Again, thanks for the link!

I don't know about that HairDresser! I mean, do I WANT to know what's in the food I eat? I think not. Better safe than sorry, lol.