Living with a chronic illness, it is clear that people are more aware of their diet and try to eat foods that have a positive effect on their body. In endometriosis, there are many fad diets - some of which are diametrically opposed to each other - that can be used to hope for results. But do we know what we are doing to ourselves and our environment when we choose the following 'healthy' foods?
1. Halak
Sea fish is healthy - most people think so. But this may not be the case. Most of the fish consumed at home comes from oceanic and inter-oceanic marine fish (tuna, cod), which are taken from long overfished, exploited waters, 90% without ever having spawned. This sad fact leads directly to the extinction of the species. In industrial fisheries, a so-called bottom-scraping net is used, which is huge and is held down by a large iron at the bottom under the water. In the process of fishing, it practically devours the seabed, collecting everything that is there, destroying the wildlife. Not all of it is used: more than half of the fish caught are returned to the water dead.
Marine fish are no healthier than freshwater fish, as most of them contain heavy metals due to pollution. They are somewhat cheaper than domestic carp and more fashionable, but I would argue that they are worth choosing.
2. Meat
Most endometriosis diets - rightly so, I might add - are railing against soy consumption.There is no soy that is not genetically modified, and it also contains plant estrogen, so it is doubly toxic. But do those arguing against soya realise that if they are advocating meat consumption as healthy, they are ingesting an incredible amount of soya?
Soya is cheap, so animal feed is largely made from it. To produce that much soya, a football field's worth of rainforest is cleared every two seconds. The fact that animals for human consumption were raised on genetically modified soya does not have to be indicated on their packaging. You can avoid indirect soy consumption by buying organic meat from organic farmers or by choosing meat from animals that cannot withstand large-scale farming, such as Hungarian grey.
3. Palm oil
Palm oil is the most widely used vegetable oil in the world. Palm oil can be found in half of the food products and in most of the cosmetics.Major users are the margarine companies such as Unilever, Rama, Bertolli, Delma, PALMA Group.Palm oil is also used in the cosmetic industry, in body lotions, soaps, shampoos, hand creams, lipsticks, but also in chocolate and most desserts. Rainforests are deforested to increase production, which contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions and the loss of many plant and animal species (orangutan, elephant, tiger). Orangutans have lost 90% of their habitat in the last two decades! Every day, 7-12 orangutans die due to palm oil extraction. In addition, once an oil palm plantation is planted, no forest ever grows again, because the oil palm produces an inhibitor in its roots that kills all other plants and remains in the soil for decades.In the shop, look at the composition of the goods and see if they contain palm oil. If so, ask yourself: is it worth it?
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