How to Make Kombucha the Easy Way
For several years I've made presentations to our County commissioners regarding ways to improve our quality of life and the quality of health in our County. One of the interesting things I discovered was that the quality of our food supply is substantially compromised. This loss of nutritional quality is responsible for a lot of suffering. It not only affects our physical health, but our mental and emotional health as well.
There are two main factors: 1) processed foods (and junk foods) and 2) the poor quality of our agricultural soils and products grown on them. Processed foods are substantially devitalized. In this post I just want to address one simple thing that we can do in every neighborhood to reduce one of the most serious and egregious processed food. It’s one “food” that’s responsible for a substantial portion of our collective food budget — soft drinks. Even back in 2004, we produced over 500 cans of soda per person, per year. More than a can a day. Most of these drinks are sweetened with high fructose corn syrup, a well-known health disaster. Some experts say it’s the primary cause of diabetes. (see red column chart)