Articles on Organic Food and Healthy Living

This site is specially designed to give you more detailed information than could be presented in Valerie Austin’s  magazine articles (in Hot Gossip and Natural Awakenings. We will also be adding earlier interviews and articles to the site so you don't miss any information or reviews of organic restaurants.

Valerie Austin (Pictured Left)

My articles are intended to support the the pioneers,  who are reducing their profits to bring you 'REAL' food

I don't begrudge restaurants their profits if I am served decent food, but often that’s not what happens.  You wouldn't think of paying for a leather coat and accept a plastic one instead, but you go into restaurants and get chemically adjusted food that is seriously damaging your health instead of 'REAL' food. Real food has a special title now it is so rare. This title does not include the new false confidence words that restaurants and cafes are hiding behind like natural, low fat or low sugar but not 'ORGANIC'. If your outlet doesn’t have organic on the menu then it is unlikely to have it. Many servers or owners will say that they try to buy as much organic as they can, don't take that. They are business people

 and are pretending to serve healthy food, or don't know any better.

So, who am I to question the wisdom of the food industry that so eagerly gobble up millions of pounds of profit everyday while providing you with the cheapest ingredients possible dressed up in a cocktail of chemicals and preservatives, topped with an advertising campaign that would put the cigarette companies to shame.

All this so the supermarkets have shelf life. There are no free lunches in this life, if you want cheap food and months of shelf life you are risking an early death.

I have a cup of milk from Starbucks that I forgot about. It is one month and it still smells and tastes fine. I am leaving it in their to see how long it will last. I had some non-organic oranges for show last year and again forgot about them. It was 6 months before I threw them out and they still looked and felt as good as new.

Read on to see the websites and information that may shock you. It did me.

You can read my articles on organic in Natural Awakenings Magazine, published in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and www.hotgossip.co.uk

August 2006: Updates 

MODERN DAY QUACKS

They look sophisticated and can use the latest gadget in technology but many are little better than the old fashioned quacks. Their 'cures' don’t work but are very lucrative.

I attended the three day Allergy exhibition in London England  where there were hundreds of stands that had set up shop to cater for this new market.  It was.. (for more click HERE)

BAN THE KILLERS IN OUR FOOD!

Three of Britain’s large supermarkets have just agreed to eliminate trans fats from their brand name foods. When will American Supermarkets follow suit? Why are these ‘killer’ fats still in our food long after they have been proven to cause obesity and heart disease? Experts estimate that 60 people a day die due to trans fats.  I believe this is only the tip of the iceberg.

When I was asked to write a column about healthy eating.. (For more click HERE)

July 2006:  3 New Updates

Organic food isn’t just good for you:  It’s one of the best forms of preventative medicine. This article, explains how. (Reproduced from Natural Awakenings Magazine, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (PDF format) Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4

Even the British Aristocracy, who should know better, don’t eat healthy! (PDF format)  Click HERE

More about healthy eating and a quick and easy (but healthy) recipe. (PDF format) Click HERE

 

6 June:  Organic eating in Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale is typical of most US cities, and the good news is, if you look hard enough, there are places out there serving good, wholesome, organic food.  For more click HERE

5 June:  Healthy eating needn't be time consuming:

Here are some ideas on how you can eat fully organic: For ideas on how to find ingredients and a meal by meal list of recipes, click HERE.
 

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