That coffee idea was Davis' great solution to getting your kids to hate soda and thus never trying to drink it again. And I remember that Davis said never to use margarine because the factories that make it emit black smoke. The neat thing about her was that she didn't always know the science behind our awful food supply, but she nonetheless understood it is toxic.
"I can't believe it's not butter" ads for margarine in 1970s convinced me (then, a teenager) to NEVER EVER eat fake food. My non-scientific, yet inquisitive brain could not wrap my head around how fake food could be better than the real thing?
Over and over, the govt has condemned eggs, meat, dairy, etc and pushed factory food. 'They' told me I HAD to eat 3 times a day (now they've added 'snacks'). I have naturally 'fasted' (allow my body to rest from digesting food) since I was in my early teens. I've never had a weight problem (except when I self-medicated with alcohol during a difficult divorce, something I am not proud of but grateful for since I now have compassion).
I have not heard of Davis but will look it up. Thank you. And Happy New year to all.
Adele Davis was writing in the 50s and 60s and was popular with the people who were called "health nuts" then. I don't remember what her background was, but she wasn't a research scientist as far as I know. She advised never to eat margarine because the smokestacks at margarine factories had black smoke coming out of them. Those explanations were good enough for me, because like you, I couldn't stuff in my brain that black smoke was an appropriate substance to emit from a margarine factory. I listened to my step mother, an R.N. who also understood that doctors could be just as dumb as a box of hammers
Did your mom pour out the soda in the Coke bottle and replace it with cold black coffee?
🤣No she didn’t do that butt she loved her coffee!
That coffee idea was Davis' great solution to getting your kids to hate soda and thus never trying to drink it again. And I remember that Davis said never to use margarine because the factories that make it emit black smoke. The neat thing about her was that she didn't always know the science behind our awful food supply, but she nonetheless understood it is toxic.
"I can't believe it's not butter" ads for margarine in 1970s convinced me (then, a teenager) to NEVER EVER eat fake food. My non-scientific, yet inquisitive brain could not wrap my head around how fake food could be better than the real thing?
Over and over, the govt has condemned eggs, meat, dairy, etc and pushed factory food. 'They' told me I HAD to eat 3 times a day (now they've added 'snacks'). I have naturally 'fasted' (allow my body to rest from digesting food) since I was in my early teens. I've never had a weight problem (except when I self-medicated with alcohol during a difficult divorce, something I am not proud of but grateful for since I now have compassion).
I have not heard of Davis but will look it up. Thank you. And Happy New year to all.
Adele Davis was writing in the 50s and 60s and was popular with the people who were called "health nuts" then. I don't remember what her background was, but she wasn't a research scientist as far as I know. She advised never to eat margarine because the smokestacks at margarine factories had black smoke coming out of them. Those explanations were good enough for me, because like you, I couldn't stuff in my brain that black smoke was an appropriate substance to emit from a margarine factory. I listened to my step mother, an R.N. who also understood that doctors could be just as dumb as a box of hammers
I wrote my best friends memoir, the size of everything. That was when I first learned about Adele Davis. She was definitely ahead of her time! https://www.amazon.com/dp/0979913519/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_4X6RFBGSH8KX0D0SKNFN?linkCode=ml2&tag=jennamccarthy-20
I'm so grateful for you comments. Thank you so much. I will find her book and read and with glorious bias.
Happy New year, Mary Ann. Again, thank you!
Happy New Year to you also, Sojourner. It’s been fun chatting here, and I hope we can do it again!