Thank you Beth for featuring Chris in this weeks substack. I appreciate the effort of those who grow the food and those who purchase the home grown products. Having events like Chris’s helps educate the public in the possibilities of a food secure future. Until our national,state and local governments recognize the importance that a healthy society depends on a healthy soil, our country will continue down the path of unsustainability.
I am grateful that you acknowledged: Not everyone can afford "good food," meaning nutritious food; not everyone has access to nutritious food, including transportation; not everyone has an in-home kitchen equipped to store, cook, and serve fresh, nutritious food.
Those who have gone through the detailed, everything-that-goes-into-your-mouth logging process, including prescribed and over-the-counter medications, of an elimination diet firstly KNOW, within 6weeks or so, the anti-inflammatory benefits of "good" food. Unfortunately far too many medical schools don't require enough nutrition courses to pass on that information to their students. Very few of those already in healthcare know the benefits.
Congress knows even less. Our food pyramids have historically been influenced by the Department of Agriculture ... which also determines supplemental nutritional benefits.
Medicare only considers nutritional counseling and coaching benefits for those with diabetes. Not for arthritis. Not for autoimmune conditions like Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Congress is not responsible, or has abdicated responsibility, for the details of Medicare coverage. What is included in Medicaid coverage, and who is included in Medicaid, is a mystery to most of us.
It is unconscionable that the United States makes living a healthy life nearly impossible for so many. Happy Thanksgiving.
Thank you Beth for featuring Chris in this weeks substack. I appreciate the effort of those who grow the food and those who purchase the home grown products. Having events like Chris’s helps educate the public in the possibilities of a food secure future. Until our national,state and local governments recognize the importance that a healthy society depends on a healthy soil, our country will continue down the path of unsustainability.
Amen!
I am grateful that you acknowledged: Not everyone can afford "good food," meaning nutritious food; not everyone has access to nutritious food, including transportation; not everyone has an in-home kitchen equipped to store, cook, and serve fresh, nutritious food.
Those who have gone through the detailed, everything-that-goes-into-your-mouth logging process, including prescribed and over-the-counter medications, of an elimination diet firstly KNOW, within 6weeks or so, the anti-inflammatory benefits of "good" food. Unfortunately far too many medical schools don't require enough nutrition courses to pass on that information to their students. Very few of those already in healthcare know the benefits.
Congress knows even less. Our food pyramids have historically been influenced by the Department of Agriculture ... which also determines supplemental nutritional benefits.
Medicare only considers nutritional counseling and coaching benefits for those with diabetes. Not for arthritis. Not for autoimmune conditions like Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Congress is not responsible, or has abdicated responsibility, for the details of Medicare coverage. What is included in Medicaid coverage, and who is included in Medicaid, is a mystery to most of us.
It is unconscionable that the United States makes living a healthy life nearly impossible for so many. Happy Thanksgiving.
Thanks for sharing -- especially the links. Great to see all the local Iowa (small business) producers!