tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138066345004363014.post2467822168002290340..comments2023-08-23T02:51:09.010-06:00Comments on Herbs First: Healing @ Home, The Crash CourseKathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383291850873057113noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138066345004363014.post-37318364817616614152013-06-12T12:51:10.956-06:002013-06-12T12:51:10.956-06:00My friend Thomas gave me permission to post his em...My friend Thomas gave me permission to post his email here - he is blind and has a hard time navigating the blog but had much to share about fermented vegetables.<br /><br />Hello Kathryn,<br /><br />How amazing it was to read your most recent HERBS FIRST newsletter about you and your husband attending the work shop over this past week end and how you learned of the importance of eating fermented foods vegetables and the like. You know really --- there are some very simple home food preparations like making fermented vegetables that really do not take all that much time to prepare and over all a family using such fermented foods will have better over all GI tract health for some time to come. <br /><br />As so many other natural healing professional have said in the past: "Good health begins in the colon." I would take that statement just a step further and add that good health and well being starts and continues with a very well tuned digestive system, yes all 20 feet of it and not just the colon or large intestine. Once a person is able to re establish the balance in the digestive system they can experience a more vibrant life style and for the most part would avoid eating "fast foods" entirely<br />because they come to realize that eating whole and raw foods is so much healthier for a person to consume. <br /><br />Oh another historic note here. Some time ago I recall reading an article about German woman who came to the United States after the Second world war and after living in America for a number of years they began to discover an increasing rate of breast cancer issues among them selves. Of course they had no clue as to why the rising rate of cancer was taking place for them. After a time some of those women returned to Germany to visit family, relatives and friends and the discussion of breast cancer came up in some of those conversations and where as the relatives of the women who remained in Germany after the Second World war did not have the same rising incident of breast cancer among them as did the women who immigrated to America. One very important note was the fact that the German American women noted the fact that Sauerkraut was served at almost all of the family meals they ate while in Germany. And of course the sauerkraut was a fermented vegetable and for the most part " made at home". The German American women made note that sauerkraut was rarely served for their meal in America. From what I recall reading once the woman returned from their visit to Germany they started making their own " at home" sauerkraut a notable difference was achieved in their general over all health.<br /><br />Oh my, we have so much to learn about all natural ways to stay very well.<br /><br />Many Blessings,<br />ThomasKathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383291850873057113noreply@blogger.com