Comments on: What is the 100 Mile Diet?

By: The Gracious Pantry

The Gracious Pantry — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:24:22 +0000

There is something to be said for eating only what’s in season. It allows our bodies to fall into a natural rhythm that is usually off balance in our society.

I ran into something similar living in Germany. While I was there, I ate lots of cheese, drank full fat milk, had tons of bread and even a few desserts. I lived there for 8 1/2 months with this same diet every day.

I came home and had not gained a single pound. I was exactly the same weight, only I felt far more satisfied by the food I had been eating. I didn’t feel the need to binge during those months abroad.

I’m sure chemicals play a part in our obesity problem here in the states. I mean, we drink growth hormones in our milk like it’s going out of style. Cows aren’t the only ones “growing” from these hormones. Who knows what else they are spraying on our food!

And now with all the liver problems coming to the surface from genetically altered foods, it’s no wonder we can’t get ahead. But then, there’s a lot of money to be made off of unhealthy people. It makes one pause to wonder…

By: Clove

Clove — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:18:08 +0000

Jennifer- love the 100 mile diet idea. The participants could have also lost weight due to the higher dairy intake. Studies are now showing people are naturally less hungry with the more dairy products they consume.

Lora- we also have a full garden which we love and supplement by going to our local nursery’s produce stand. We get a flat of berries each week, some to eat and the rest to freeze for winter. In August it will be peaches and nectarines. We love to make fruit smoothies all winter. We also blanch and freeze our veggies or puree and freeze for soup bases. This way we are better stocked for winter.

Angie- we recently got in touch with a local organic pork grower and I can’t believe the difference in the taste! Well worth every penny.

By: Angie

Angie — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:32:14 +0000

Barbara Kingsolver’s book, “Animal Vegetable Miracle” is a great read on eating local fare. Barbara and her family, who live on a farm in Virginia, committed to raising as much of their own food as possible and eating local for a year. I highly recommend this inspirational book.

By: JenniferM

JenniferM — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:52:52 +0000

Hi Lora, thanks for leaving a comment!

Yes, I think winters would hold us up to and make things incredibly difficult and…inconvenient. We live in rural Appalachia, in the mountains and have some pretty harsh winters too, and while I intend to can a lot of veggies from our garden this year (including onions of all things!), we would still have to purchase fruit from somewhere and other veggies like carrots and things like that. Now, my father-in-law has a farm and he grows things like blackberries and blueberries and we always freeze some of those to use in the winter, but I’d still need fresh fruit and most definitely some bananas and strawberries!

By: Lora

Lora — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:58:51 +0000

I think this sounds like a great summer activity. We have a full garden and visit the local farmer’s market once or twice a week to supplement. I noticed that there is a dairy farm and a pork farm represented in the market too. I will visit their stands and see what they have to offer.

This would be very hard for us in the winter as we live in the midwest. Winters, no matter how much food I put away from the garden, still require purchasing veggies and fruits from out of state.

I will talk w/ hubby and see what he thinks.

By: JenniferM

JenniferM — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:55:46 +0000

Joan, thanks for commenting! I know that whipping cream thing floored me! And the cheeses too. The only thing I can figure out is that the milk was fresh, raw milk and the cheese and cream would be the same. No preservatives or additives, nothing in them to ensure they’ll last 4 months on the shelf/in the fridge (that’s what cheese from the store will last now – 4 months…good grief…I remember when it would only last a week!) and no hormones or steroids.

That’s an interesting point about the food allergies too, definitely something to think about!

By: Joan

Joan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:22:45 +0000

I find it interesting that the family lost weight even with whipping cream as a “food group”. It goes with something that I talked to my husband about–I am 50+ and I don’t remember people having all of the food allergies that it seems they have today. I wonder if eating locally wouldn’t clear up food allergies, also. The local air, soil,water, etc. would all be somewhat in tune with your body (I have known people that have to take their home water with them on trips or they get sick). Just wondering…