ML> half her pizazz... it must be due to her living off the land of their
 ML> farm... home raised cows, hogs, chickens, and vegatables... nothing
 ML> commercial until probably 25 to 30 years ago, for the most part... my
 ML> g'father passed only 13 - 15 years back and that due to meds the
 ML> doctors told him he needed... i look at my g'mother and at what
 ML> she/they consumed and i just can't believe that doctors have it all
 ML> down correctly... fatback, bacon, sausage, chitlins, eggs, whole
 ML> unpasturized milk, homemade butter and sour cream, fruits off the
 ML> trees, fresh butcherd beef, lamb... gimme a break! that's all there was
 ML> and she is no exception... i actually miss hog killin' time :(

 NB> I think the real difference is the chemicals used in producing
 NB> food.  Their home-produced food probably had less hormones and
 NB> antibiotics ingested, and less chemicals sprayed upon than most of
 NB> what we get in the stores.  And certainly less preservatives and
 NB> additives added in when being put away for the winter, etc.   To
 NB> say nothing of getting a natural immunity to most bugs from a
 NB> constant (probably low-level at that) exposure to them.

exactly my point! and to think that the dr's and scientists think they can
recreate what nature has done already and they'll make it better...
riiiight...

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