Sally Fallon's speech - Page 2

[Leilalu]

Originally Posted by caedmyn

I eat at least a stick of butter a day, and DD eats about half a stick a day. We're both dairy intolerant otherwise (although I can eat some dairy occasionally) and that's about the only source of fat in our diets. I don't feel like it's too much, and I'm sure somebody is using the rest of the skimmed milk And no, we don't buy raw or pastured butter because I can't afford it!

I find I can get away with less drinking milk if I eat more butter. So my body definitely knows I am still getting dairy, and I must be doing something right.

But when I crave fats lately, since I am nursing, I go for the butter. I can't afford butter for all the people in our family that is all grassfed, raw, right now. But I feel I am getting the best butter I can otherwise.

[Leilalu]

I think what it comes down to is this:
Telling anyone in this modern day and age that they should be getting "x amount of ____, _____, and ______" is kind of silly. I mean, sure, there should be basic guidlines- but these need to be tailored to fit individuals and societies.

I think once people have a basic understanding of what is considered healthy, then they should go from there and listen to their bodies. Nutritional needs change every few months with the seasons, with illness, with motherhood...and on and on.

I think the modern sense of community and health and nutrition is so skewed that people still don't recognize a good thing. I think we are coming a long way, but still have a ways yet to go.