Did your Grandparents Have Food Allergies?

Take a look at how the life of a child was so different 100 years ago:

1.  They ate real food, not processed food. - Food came from farms and small markets in the early 1900′s and because food preservatives were not widely used yet, food was fresh.  The food was cooked at home from scratch and was free of pesticides and artificial ingredients.

2.  Because of the lack of processed food, their diets were nutrient dense allowing them to get the nutrition they needed from their food.

3.  Crops were rotated and natural fertilizer was used, which increased the nutritional value of the food.

4.  Babies drank breast milk, which helped built a healthy immune system and reduced allergies.

5.  They were not overweight, so they didn’t diet and play restrictive games with their food intake.  They ate when they were hungry, providing that food was available.

6.  They had active lives and were not couch potatoes.  Television did not exist.

7.  They didn't eat genetically modified food, because it did not exist.

8.  Food was not yet treated with additives such as MSG, artificial flavors and dyes.  There were no antibiotics to prevent the spread of disease in livestock.  They didn't exist, but they were not needed because the livestock were not living on top of each other.  Hormones such as recombinant bovine growth hormone did not exist that increase milk production and brings cattle to market weight more quickly.

9.  The livestock were fed more of what they ate in nature.  Cows and steer were grass fed.  Many people still ate wild game.  Now livestock are fed GMOs.  Even many so called grass fed animals are "grain finished" to fatten them up.

10.  They ate the whole animal that included mineral rich bone broths and organ meats.  Animal bones were saved or bought to make broths and soups, and organ meats always had a special place at the dinner table. These foods were valued for their medicinal properties and never went to waste.

11.  They didn’t go to the doctor when they just felt sick and they almost never took prescription medications. Doctor visits were saved for accidental injuries and life threatening illnesses.  When they got a fever, they waited it out. When they felt sick, they took herbs, ate soups and got lots of rest.

12. They spent lots of time outside in the fresh air, which generally had very little pollution as compared to today.  Our grandparents didn’t have the choice to stay inside and play on their phones, computers and gaming systems. They played the original play-station, the great outdoors.

13.  We are exposed to countless synthetic chemicals that come in contact with our skin.  Dry cleaning solvents in our clothes, synthetic materials that make up those clothes, paraben preservatives in cosmetics and lotions and so on.  They didn't have this exposure.

14. We are exposed to more electromagnetic energy in a day than our ancestors were exposed to in a year.  What are these EMFs doing to us? This is currently a hot topic of debate, but I can tell you that it isn't good.  Exposure from Wi Fi, cell phones, cell phone towers, hair dryers and microwaves are just a part of modern life.

15.  Vaccine exposure is another hotly debated topic.  Our ancestors were maybe vaccinated against smallpox and that was about it.  The CDC currently recommends 40 doses of vaccines before the age of 5.  These vaccines contain many toxins, including mercury, aluminum, formaldehyde, MSG and squalene. 

What do all of these things have to do with food allergies? 

Our modern American diet is greatly lacking in nutritional value.  We are loaded with toxins from the food and water that we consume, to the medications that we take, to the polluted air that we breathe and whatever comes in contact with our skin.  Every cell in our bodies react positively or negatively to what they are exposed to.  Cells make tissues, tissues make organs, organs form organ systems and we are the final result. 

So what portion of the above factors are causing all of these food allergies?  That is also a subject for debate, but I am quite confident that whatever is causing it is a combination of the factors that were mentioned above.

For More Information:

http://butternutrition.com/why-your-grandparents-didnt-have-food-allergies/