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for Healthy Eating page. …………
Click here for information on
nutrition basic to the practice of Nutritional Therapy. …………
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Holistic Health Resource Guide from the 2007 …………
Provocative
Quotes for Advocates and Educators …………
NatureFinder.net ………… The Blood Moon On the Blood Moon, may we say a heartfelt prayer
for all the animals that are being raised in inhumane conditions.
May we give great thanks for the farmers and ranchers who treat their animals
with respect and honor and who care deeply for their welfare. May we take the time to seek out sources of
animal foods that are raised with respect for the environment, for our
health, and for the well-being of the animals themselves. May there come a day when factory farms
have been replaced with small-scale, integrated, holistic family farms where
all living things are recognized as the gifts that they surely are. May there be a day when Americans have
acquired the adult knowledge that all life is dependent upon all other life
in an endless circle of giving and receiving, birth and death, growth and
decay, rebirth and regeneration. May
we find ourselves humble as we contemplate the miracle of life, and of the
Life that transcends death. That would make our ancestors proud. Full Moon Feast –
Jessica Prentice, 2006, p.225 The Snow Moon On the Snow Moon, may we keep in our hearts a
vision of a group of villagers laboring together, singing a song while they
keep their hands moving. May we feel inspired to experiment in our
cooking—to try something new and to use all six of our senses to guide us
through the process. May we feel the
sense of freedom and power that comes from being able to provide for ourselves. May we
find the time to put up a batch of sauerkraut, bake a loaf of bread, or
culture some yogurt.
And may we welcome the coming winter, knowing that even if the ground
is covered with now or ice, we will be well fed in all ways. Full Moon Feast –
Jessica Prentice, 2006, p.251 The Moon of Long Nights On the Moon of Long Nights, may we begin to be a
little more comfortable with the dark, and the mystery it symbolizes. May we remember to sleep, and to rest, to
dream, and to talk to the Divine. May we remember that there is no such thing
as human perfection, and show humility in the presence of all the things that
surpass understanding. May we remember that both illness and
difference can be gifts, or can carry within them gifts of very great measure. Let us not
be too arrogant to accept the gift, or to offer the giver a place at our
table. And may that table be full of
nourishing foods, with plenty to share.
Full Moon Feast –
Jessica Prentice, 2006, p. 277. The Wolf Moon On the Wolf Moon, may we find ways to keep the
metaphorical wolf from our door without driving the literal wolf into extinction. May we
celebrate wildness in all its forms, including its presence in our own
indigenous souls.
As we look carefully at the natural environments that we depend upon
for our survival, may we make wise choices about how to use the precious
gifts that Earth offers us. May we
begin to rebuild the village, to create community, and to nurture a place in
our hearts for all the creatures of God’s green Earth. May we be blessed with the great fruitfulness
that comes with true frugality, and may it serve us well for many – many,
many, many – generations yet to come. Full Moon Feast –
Jessica Prentice, 2006, p. 297. |
Index of Nutrition information
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also learning. Teach what you need to learn.” ……….. This
is as far as I’ve gotten. Please
check back as I update this site. There
is a lot more on the way. ……….. Diagnosis of Deficiencies Diets Around
The World And Through Time Fertility and
Reproductive Health GAPS – Gut and
Psychology Syndrome Hormones and hormone disruption Nutrients and Nutritional Contents of Foods Nutrition and Physical
Degeneration by Weston A. Price, DDS …………
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The Hunger Moon On the Hunger Moon, I send out a prayer that our
food system may begin to shift some of its energy from offering us quantity
to offering us quality. May we
acknowledge that there is a time of purification and hunger and want, and yet
be comforted with the knowledge that spring will soon be here, that the Earth
will flower again, and the abundance of the harvest will follow behind. May we be full of gratitude to the Earth
that feeds us.
May we remember that after the Hunger Moon comes the Sap Moon, and
that is sweet consolation indeed. Full
Moon Feast – Jessica Prentice, 2006, 2006, p.17. The Sap Moon On the Sap Moon, may we all be reminded of our
enduring connection to the trees and plants of landscapes that are part of
our planet’s web of life and cultural heritage. May we hold in our hearts all those whose
lives and communities were devastated by slavery. May we give thanks for sap, which is to
plants what blood is to animals and water is to earth – that liquid movement
of life, growth, and return. May we
all be blessed with the sweetness of life, and may we sometimes find it
somewhere other than dessert! Full Moon Feast
by Jessica Prentice, 2006, p.42. The Egg Moon On the Egg Moon, I say a prayer for all the
chickens living in confinement. May we
humans see the errors of our ways and dismantle the egg factories in favor of
free-range, integrated, ecological farms.
May each one of us find a source for eggs that we can be proud of, so
that we can eat eggs without fear or hesitation, but with relish, pleasure,
and respect. Full Moon Feast –
Jessica Prentice, 2006, p.65 The Milk Moon On the Milk Moon, may we move beyond our petulant
rejection of the things that make us feel vulnerable, and understand that
only when we accept our utter dependency can we know the true meaning of
freedom and power.
May we honor the cow and the Earth and the Great Mother as well as our
own mothers, who brought us into the world with tears and blood and a great
messy thrust toward life. And may we also honor all those
metaphorical mothers—those who may not have suckled us at their own breast,
but who offered us the milk of human kindness. May we find within ourselves the heroism to
seek out all that is yin
and holy and rescue it from the forces of destruction. Maybe if we do that, we will get our own
hearts back. Full Moon Feast –
Jessica Prentice, 2006, p.88. The Moon of Making Fat On the Moon of Making Fat, may we be free of the
oppressive ideal of thinness, as well as the disease of obesity. May adolescent girls be nourished – body
and soul – and know that they, too, are precious. May cultures such as the Lakota and Inuit
thrive and renew, along with the populations of American buffalo on the Full
Moon Feast – Jessica Prentice, 2006, p.113 The Mead Moon On the Mead Moon, may we all honor the great
mystery of life.
May we be open to magic, and be humble enough to admit that there are
things that we do not fully understand and never will. May we seek out thin places, and open our
hearts to the divine. May we
acknowledge that there is more to life than our moralistic notions of right
and wrong.
May we recognize the great “incarnate life-force” and the
“uncontrollable chaotic eruption of nature” that pulses within each of us,
and in every cultural and religious tradition. On the Mead Moon I give thanks for the
masterpiece of alcoholic fermentation, even with all the questions it poses
and leaves unanswered. It is the
mystery itself, after all, that makes life worth
living. Full
Moon Feast – Jessica Prentice, 2006, p.137. [Mead (IPA: ['mid]) is a fermented alcoholic beverage made of honey, water, and yeast.] The Wort Moon On the Wort Moon, may we all begin to develop a
little bit of wort-cunning. May we find a way to tend a small wortyard,
and come to know a few plants that are healing for us. May we watch them flower, smell their
fragrance, taste their leaves. May we
carry on the tradition of wise cultures around the world that have looked to
plants for medicine and healing. May we remember how to drink our gardens –
and brew up a little mischief while we’re at it. Full Moon Feast –
Jessica Prentice, 2006, p.157. [Wort comes from the Middle English wort;
Anglo-Saxon wyrt (<PIE *werad-,
'branch, root'). It is the original English name for 'plant'. It rhymes with "hurt". -- Wikipedia] The Corn Moon On the Corn Moon may we remember how to make
handmade things too beautiful to be resisted, and offer them back to the
divine source of life. May we do this even when we bake bread, or
steam idlis, or fry injera,
or roll tamales.
May we begin to rebuild an agricultural system that respects, honors,
and replenishes the Earth, even as we beg forgiveness for all the ways in
which we act like we own the place.
May we feel wonder for the gift of grain, which through dying is born
again, or else gives its life to us. Full Moon Feast –
Jessica Prentice, 2006, p.181. Salmon Moon And so we sat on a bridge that fords the creek,
and watched, and waited in the silence as the winter rains came down lightly
and gently. We watched for what seemed
like a long time until we saw a bit of commotion in the water upstream, and
watched the turbulence closely until it was right under us. And then they were there—a pair of salmon,
one more red, the other more silver, enormous, sea-sized fish in that
shallow, tiny creek. We only saw them
for a minute, but it was magical, truly magical, to witness the salmon’s
return to Earth, and to death, and to rebirth. And it made me proud of humanity, and so grateful
to all those who have dedicated decades or more of their lives to making it
possible for those salmon to do the thing that makes them salmon, that makes
them sacred, that makes them totem.
May there always be a Moon When the Salmon Return to Earth. Full Moon Feast –
Jessica Prentice, 2006, p.203 |
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