Keeping it real

Nina Planck, author of Real Food, grew up on a farm. Her parents raised her and her siblings on an unwavering diet of raw dairy, fruits and vegetables, and unprocessed meats and grains. But as an adult she was influenced by nutritional fads that went against everything she was taught. She tried vegan, soy and low-fat diets until she found her way back to the real food she was raised on. Even as a pregnant mother she is bucking the system by eating all the real foods she can, including raw milk, raw egg yolks, and raw beef.

Pick up her book and learn why you can indulge in what you’ve loved all along – real butter, cheese and animal fats. You can also check out where to buy real foods on Nina’s website, including the Real Food markets she has created in London and New York.

An excerpt from Nina's book:
I gave up dairy foods to avoid saturated fat and cholesterol and because they were said to be indigestible and allergenic. It was soy milk for me. Later, when I was working with small dairies at the farmers’ markets in London, I began to wonder about the bad reputation of milk, cream, butter, and cheese. Our customers were snapping up whole milk and raw milk cheeses. As I began to eat real dairy again, it was easy to see why. Soy milk tastes nothing like the real thing. In cooking, butter is irreplaceable. As for cheese, I had barely begun to discover the most complex and diverse form of the remarkably pliable milk. -Real Food, Nina Planck, 2006.

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Comments

[Green Valley Las Vegas]

Could be a great book, I'm checking it out!

Based on what you have said, they have lived a healthy life in the farm. Fresh foods over fast foods, if you ask me. :)