What Did Your Turkey Eat?

By Kelley Herring

Some people say you are what you eat. But, the truth of the matter is, you are what your food ate. That's why I'm hoping the Thanksgiving turkey you'll be eating on Thursday is an organic, pastured bird that was fed no soy.

"Conventional" and even "organic" turkeys almost always eat a grain-based mixture high in soybeans. Many people worry about too much soy in the average American diet, but few equate animal feeds high in soy with the critical issue of a poor omega-6 to omega-3 ratio.

As you know from reading ETR, omega-3 fatty acids are essential for maintaining good health. They also help prevent most major "diseases of Westernization"... including diabetes, cancer, and heart disease.

Pastured turkeys subsist on a natural diet (grass, insects, etc.), so they have a better fatty acid ratio. And that results in healthier, more nutritious birds.

Here are some sources to look into:

• texasgrassfedbeef.com

• grassfedtraditions.com

• weathertopfarm.com

[Ed. Note: Kelley Herring is the founder and CEO of Healing Gourmet (www.healinggourmet.com) and the creator of Healing Gourmet's Personalized Nutrition Software.]

It's Fun to Know: Networking, Pilgrim Style

If your ancestors were at the first Thanksgiving, they were in good company. Here's a short list of famous folks who claim Pilgrim ancestry: George W. Bush, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Ulysses S. Grant.

(Source: Ancestry.com)

Word to the Wise: Bon Ton

The "bon ton" (bahn TAHN) is fashionable society. The term is derived from the French for "good tone."

Example (as used by Stanley Kauffmann in the New Republic): "Here, braving the bon ton of New York in the early 1900s, he seemed uncomfortable throughout, as if he had been invited to an Edith Wharton party for which he was not suitably dressed."

Michael Masterson

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