SC - Re: sca-flavor substitutes

[Christine A Seelye-King]

>I think the South African lifestyle is very much less inclined towards
>processed foods than the American one seems to be - a lot of people cook
>habitually with fresh ingredients.

As do I more and more, and believe you me, I'm seeing health problems clear up
because of it.. it takes as much time to undo something like this as it does
to do it unfortunately.

> I can really think of very...few people who I know in any context who
actually have >serious allergy problems - certainly nothing like the "three of
my friends are allergic >to woolly mammoths" scenarios which so many list
members report.

Yes, and the Japanese didn't have nearly the report levels of "Western
Diseases" even twenty years ago that they do now. Isn't modern life wonderful?
  
>  Fascinating comparison, but also rather alarming - given that I've noticed
>  an increase just in personal experience in my mild hayfever reaction over
>  the last ten years, I think we will not be long in developing the allergies
>  which a modern technological lifestyle is heir to.  Nothing for it.  Run
for
>  the hills!!

Local foods, and local honey especially. Whenever possible.

Corwyn
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