[Sca-cooks] The dangers of synthetic dyes

[Sue Clemenger]

They also ate preserved foods--pickled, dried, sugared, whatever.
--maire, who lives in a climate that doesn't permit fresh local produce 
about 6 months out of the year, unless there's a greenhouse or two 
involved....(but I *do* like to buy locally-produced stuff when I 
can...farmers' market's open for the season now, woo-hoo!)

kingstaste at mindspring.com wrote:

> You know, the more I study nutrition and natural foods, the more I see the
> benefits of a medieval diet.  Another MD who's books I respect quite a bit
> (Dr. Elson Haas), has a title called "Staying Healthy With The Seasons",
> which basically says to rotate your diet around throughout the year, eating
> seasonaly fresh produce and meats only.  That way, you don't become reactive
> to foods because you are eating them every single day (like wheat, corn,
> soy, eggs, dairy, sugar, etc.).
> I says to myself 'Duh! How many times have I taught that in medieval food
> classes - they didn't have supermarkets bringing them foods from all over
> the world, they ate what was fresh, local, and in season'.
> Christianna
>