The Good Food Campaign

Perhaps one looks at the past through rose tinted glasses, and I don’t have the data to prove it, only my memory, but I’m sure that when I was a kid in school in the 1960’s there was only one or two kids in my class of 37 (yes 37!) that had Asthma.

Studies have shown that asthma rates in North America have doubled in the last twenty years or so.

Now it seems like every other kid has an inhaler (and many many adults too).

It seems that allergies of all kinds are very much on the increase.

Some blame this on the fact that we increasing live in almost hermetically sealed homes, at a constant temperature, heated in the winter, air-conditioned in the summer, which give dust mites the perfect breeding ground, along with the tendency to wall-to-wall carpeting.

However, eating more fruit and vegetables, and a Mediterranean style diet in general seems to lead to lower rates of asthma and other allergies.

Try eating at least a half dozen servings of fresh fruit and vegetables each day. Also oily fish, such as salmon, mackerel, and sardines, trout and herring twice a week.

Try to reduce the amount of omega-6 fats, found in corn and soy, as well as margarines and processed foods, as there seems to be some evidence that omega-6 can cause inflammation, which can worsen or promote asthma.

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Farmed fish is healthier isn’t it?

Isn’t all that wild fish full of mercury and other nasties?

Well hang on a minute!

Wild fish eat from the ocean, and sure they’re in danger of eating all the crap that gets poured into it by man, but farmed fish are fed a diet of processed pellets, containing hormones, and antibiotics, and even colorants. They also tend to have less of those vital Omegas than wild fish do. Wild fish tends to taste far better too.

The only downside is that it’s usually cheaper. Still next time you’re in the supermarket, you might care to think about what the fish you’re about to eat – because you’re eating more fish these days, instead of red meat aren’t you – might contain.

As always our advice is to be informed. Read the labels. If the labels aren’t clear then ask. If you’re not happy with the answers you get, leave it on the shelf. After all, it’s your body you’re feeding, with whatever your eating has been fed with!

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