Lucid Nutrition

King Corn, A Conversation with the Filmmaker

"The following clips are from a conversation with filmmaker Curt Ellis brought to us by Cooking Up A Story. It is about his documentary "King Corn", the film that may open eyes across America. Surprisingly, corn is present in some form or another, in almost everything on the American plate. And, none more so, than through the food ingredient "high fructose corn syrup" (HFCS). Is it a good idea to have "HFCS" present in so many of our foods without prior public debate, or adequate science to measure its impact on the long-term health of adults, and especially our children? Should our standard meals be unnaturally skewed toward a corn based diet, in the first place? This interview, along with video clips from the documentary, may not provide the answers here, but it's a good beginning for further thought and reflection."

What do you think? Were you even aware that corn is in just about everything that is processed? That typically means all the food that comes out of a box or a bag or picked up from a drive thru. Everything from the Oreo's, to the spaghetti sauce, to most loaves of bread. You wouldn't pour sugar on spaghetti naturally, would you? So why have so many of our diets become so much sweeter than they used to be? How can we find solutions that make healthy food available to everyone and not just the wealthy?

If you're concerned about the amount of high-fructose corn syrup or other sweeteners in your diet, consider these tips:

• Limit processed foods.
• Avoid foods that contain added sugar.
• Choose fresh fruit rather than fruit juice or fruit-flavored drinks. Even 100 percent fruit juice has a high concentration of sugar.
• Go Raw.
• Go Vegan.
• Don't get your nourishment out of a box.
• Don't get your fix out of a bag.
• Don't expect healthy food from a drive-thru window.
• Do not drink soda.
• Don't allow sweetened beverages to replace milk, especially for children.

More Info:
High Fructose Corn Syrup: Not so Good for the Planet.
Double Danger of High Fructose Corn Syrup.

"We may have to learn again the mystery of the garden: how its external characteristics model the heart itself, and how the soul is a garden enclosed, our own perpetual paradise where we can be refreshed and restored." ~Thomas Moore

"Sicko" Premiere Night

Whether or not you are a fan of Michael Moore's work, you have to admit, his latest film "SiCKO" is doing a pretty darn good job to either enlighten or make those with vested interests sicker. The film will undoubtedly be watched by the majority of the medical community and all the ill people who might afford a movie ticket. It will also be watched by all of it's critics who want to have a voice against the campaign. It is doing an outstanding job of bringing people together regardless of stance to cure the widespread disease of GREED and CORRUPTION and pointing towards the serious need for repair to the current healthcare system.

A Letter From Michael Moore
Friday, June 29th, 2007
Today is the Day for "Sicko" 

Friends,
This is it! Two years in the making! The day that our new film, "Sicko," arrives in theaters all across North America! Click here to see where the nearest one is to you. 

After you go, let me know what you think. Oh, and send us a photo or a video from your cell phone to show us what it looked like at your theater. We'd love to post a photo from each of the 440 movie theaters showing "Sicko."

Hope you enjoy the movie!

Yours,
Michael Moore
mmflint@aol.com

Check Out Mike on T.V.
'NOW' on PBS at 8:30 PM EST/9:30 PM PST
  'Larry King Live' TONIGHT at 9:00 PM ET

Watch the trailer if you have not yet:

Read about the 'Scrubs for Sicko' Campaign, and don't be surprised to see one of the 17,000+ nurses co-hosting at tonights premiere:)

Looking forward to the future

Once we all have the privilege of good healthcare, the next step will be to integrate unconventional methods for medicine. The day will come when physicians provide more natural options for healing rather than sticking to the sometimes cold nature of standard medicine. Doctors will persistently teach various and useful PREVENTION METHODS rather than just attacking immune systems, suppressing symptoms with pills, and destroying our machines. Educational health classes in schools will be taken more seriously and the children of the future will be born into healthier homes and lead sound lives. There will be no tolerance for unnecessary and preventable diseases in the coming days. With the aid of technology, old school healers and conventional doctors will continue to come together to work it all out.

There is hope for the 9 million uninsured children in the U.S.

And whether or not we are directly experiencing the impact of the film, Sicko, we must not continue to blindly feed the vein of GREEDiness inherent in so many of the tobacco industries, slaughterhouse corporations, and fast food industries. Eating crap food and poisoning our precious bodies is a major determinant for illness and drives the need for healthcare to begin with. Far too many of us are dying from preventable diseases based on diet and lifestyle.

And sure, not all the people who work in the sectors: fast-food, tobacco,  pharmaceutical, slaughterhouses, insurance companies, and government agencies aim to cause harm anymore than we aim to harm the ants we step on everyday. Yet, the corruption of a few eventually seeps through and in one way or another trickles down the stream to distract, disturb, and ruin the lives---body, heart, mind, and soul of so many. We are all in this together and we all have personal choices to make in every moment which effects the health of the whole Earth. So for starters, keep your body moving, make time for peaceful reflecting, cut the junk out of your lifestyle, and try eating organic nourishment as much as possible.

I'm joining the crowds energy to watch the movie tonight, if it's not sold out yet:)