20 Comments so far

1. Jeanne on May 6, 2008 7:46 pm

   Hello,
   I think I like your first question better- the one in the title: Does junk food create junk thoughts… I know it does for me. It’s not just foggy thinking, it’s junk. Certain “foods,” (perhaps better qualified as things eaten rather than “food”) do make my attitude really sour and combatitive. Some make me blue. Some even give me nightmares. Am I alone in these reactions?
   I know lots of folks have problems with artificial colors or other additives, but I’m talking about whole foods, like milk or chocolate, both of which I no longer eat.
   Jeanne SDR

2. Kevin Gianni on May 6, 2008 8:12 pm

   Now that you mention it, Jeanne, I kind of like the first question too…

   You’re not alone in the nightmares or being sour and combative. Usually if I have anything that doesn’t jive well with my system, those are the two things that happen first.

   Nama Shoyu is one of the things that makes that happen with me.

   Kev

3. linda on May 6, 2008 8:17 pm

   i live neat a beautiful beach on the gulf of
   mexico. wonderful white sand and emerald blue waters. i guess everything people take to the beach could be considered junk food.. we take green drinks, nuts, water, and what ever other snack that is vegan and gluten free.
   we watch most of the public never take their trash to the multi garbage containers. i always wonder who they think will pick up their beer, coke or water containers..
   also dirty diapers, uneaten food and wrappers
   rusty chairs they decide they do not want to drag home. they also trash the rest rooms
   and flush diapers and other objects that clog the toilets. i am not sure itis junk food eaters but non caring, let someone else do it.
   and the cigarette buts are also always just stuck in the sand……no animals are allowed on the beach but we even see people disobey the law and take thier dogs and never pick up thier waste they leave behind……
   most folks like us get exhausted picking up their trash because if you dare tell them they forgot their trash you either get a dirty look or dirty words so it is easier to pick it up yourself.

4. Trisha on May 6, 2008 9:52 pm

   It’s funny to see junk food trash laying around the streets in your video. Our family never eats out of paper bags from drive-thru’s. My son watched the video too and asked what the burger carton was. We eat at home on re-usable dishes or occasionally in restaurants that use real dishes. Even when we travel, we pack food in re-usable containers. I got a real laugh last week when my 11-year-old son showed up with a pack of gum from Grandma and tried to open it in front of me. It had one of those tabs to zip open the top. My son struggled and struggled with it because he had never opened a pack of gum and didn’t know how to use the tab. He’s eleven!! I was shocked but proud that he is leading a different kind of life. He chewed a piece of the gum but then forgot about the pack and hasn’t had any more. It’s nice to know that we’re treading more lightly on the earth than some others, but we can probably do even better.

5. Irene on May 6, 2008 9:56 pm

   I live in the country. After winter is over, my neighbor or I will spend an hour picking up trash. Once someone threw a McDonald’s bag full of trash into my neighbor’s yard. They returned looking for the bag. They indicated it was an accident, and their house keys might be in the bag. My neighbors informed them she had accidentally burned their trash! Needless to say, she had a few other words to say to them about throwing trash into her yard.

6. jeanne on May 6, 2008 10:28 pm

   “A healthy mind in a healthy body.”

   Let us enjoy good health, overflowing with energy and let us adopt simple nourishment based on fruits, vegetables, seeds and nuts, not forgetting wild and medicinal plants full of vitamins and vitals elements that nature generously gives.

   Jeanne Nicolier “I have been a gardener over ten years and have a passion for the vegetable kingdom, mostly wild plants.”

   Our state of health is the result of our feelings, our thoughts, our acts, our food and of our lifestyle…
   “The active and conscious collaboration of the mind with the body contributes to well being”
   E. Swedenborg.

   Through a reflection on our eating habits, a contacting with the surrounding nature, the preparation of frugal meals for base of fruits, flowers, vegetables and germinated cereal and their associations,

   COME AND SHARE TOGETHER IN THIS HOLISTIC ADVENTURE.

   “Eat healthily to go well”

   The workshop that I offer is opened to all. It addresses a global awareness of our eating habits and their direct impact on our environment.

   I offer to compose with you, simple menus, in no time that are balanced. I favour the intake of raw fruits and vegetables.

   LET US ADMIRE THE NATURE AND ITS BEAUTIES, LET US APPRECIATE ITS VIRTUES AND ITS BENEFACTIONS, LET US BE AMAZED BY ITS IMMENSE VARIETY.

7. Dede on May 6, 2008 11:11 pm

   good subject..and one I am fairly passionate about.
   i saw a resturant manager with one of his workers picking up the “junk” trash out of their parking lot the other day.
   It gave me an idea….next time I see a lot of trash around a place of business (the mega stores like Walmart comes to mind) - I think I will volunteer some of my time to them - - if they will match my offer with 2-3 of their employees time - to clean up their parking lots. (Besides - - since I won’t shop at Walmart - - its the least I can do :-))

   Hey - - its worth a try - - besides - - its not called “The Renegade Show” for nothing - right :-). I’ll let ya know how this little plan plays out :-)….Dede

8. Bernadette on May 6, 2008 11:54 pm

   Kevin…you’ve enlightened me. I’d never really thought about it before but I suppose if a person has the mindset to eat healthy foods, which takes a certain amount of effort and conviction, then it will spill over into how they treat the environment as well. Thank you for your insight. Bernadette

9. Janice on May 7, 2008 12:08 am

   Hi Kevin,
   Changing the population to eating healthy is an enormous task, and probably not going to happen any time soon sad to say. So my thought about the junk from junk food is this. Why not address the packaging itself? Maybe start there with the big corporations and producers of this garbage food and maybe the trash left behind will at least be biodegradable???
   I also live on the beautiful Gulf of Mexico, and I at least see people retrieving aluminum cans for recycling. Who cares if their motive is for monetary gain, at least some of it gets recyled. I think the packaging issue needs to be addressed.

10. Denise on May 7, 2008 12:58 am

    I also liked the first question, does junk food create junk thoughts? There are some days that I feel as though I am taking in more herbs and supplements then solid food but I feel better now then I ever remember feeling! I feel like all my channels are open and my body is just humming right along.
    In exactly less then two years I have again revamped how I eat and treat my body due to a year of battling cancer. Mind you I was not what I considered to be unhealthy. I worked out and ran and ate fresh fruits and vegies and took my vitamins and supplements. I have never been really over weight.
    I am about 50 to 70% raw in food now. I never go down the middle isles in the grocery store and I buy 90% organic and no junk food. No tap water, no GMO, MSG, or processed food. I do herbal teas, supplements, wild medicinal herbs, Essential oils, and detoxes. I am not yet a vegetarian but after learning what they do to meat I am pretty much just eating fish or chicken and then only wild fish or organic, natural, free range chicken.
    I have also changed at least 90% of my health and beauty products as well as laundry detergents and cleaning solutions in my home.
    I have done all this in a little over a years time and can not get over the change in how I feel!!! There are foods now that to go back and eat will just make me feel sick!
    jeanne writes about a workshop, could I have more info on where to go to check on that?
    Thanks, Denise

11. Jeanne May on May 7, 2008 1:03 am

    Hi Kevin…

    I tend to think that those whose diet predominantly consists of junk food also have many junk thoughts… and I believe that if you really don’t care about what you put into your body… you most probably won’t care all that much about what think about… and you probably won’t care very much about the environment either.

    What have I done for the environment today? I’ve cleaned up after myself… and actually haven’t eaten anything junky.

    Jeanne
    http://www.goalsnaspirations.com

12. Paula on May 7, 2008 4:10 am

    We have a recyle truck that comes around every 2 wks. They said in the county alone it has increased overhalf. Even though its a path for the kids to walk to school. It has improved. Best of all it free for the truck to pick it up.

13. Alissa Benjamin on May 7, 2008 10:59 am

    Hi Kevin,
    I think junk in produces junk out…in mind, body and spirit. I am a product designer and I reduce or try to eliminate as much packaging as possible, also try to make our products with out phthalates, lead or mercury. Personally I do not buy items in packaging, always bring my own bag and use glass mason jars instead of the disposable water bottle. I figure if each person does what they can in there own circle than we will have a smaller foot print on this earth.

    Alissa

14. Bernadette on May 7, 2008 11:08 am

    In the town I live in, in Ontario, we seem to be the pilot project for a lot of different experiments. We are a University town and just the right size for many of the studies. One of the latest pilot projects was the 3 tier system for garbage collection in which we were required to separate all of our garbage throughout the house into blue, green and clear bags. Blue is for recycling…glass, tins, plastic, styrofoam, etc. Green is for composting material, and clear is for everthing else. I was surprised that it went as well as it did and people actually took the time to separate their garbage. It was successful and has now been adopted by many other cities in Ontario. Even after the groans, I think the majority of people are still environmentally conscientious, and given direction, they will do what needs to be done to help the environment…especially if it is for their children.

15. marlene on May 7, 2008 12:03 pm

    Since I have been eating more raw foods and been paying attention to how I feel when I eat healthy, I also have been more conscious about the environment. So yes, I do think if you eat junk food you are more apt to not care about the junk put in the environment.

16. Dede on May 7, 2008 12:35 pm

    The cool thing is that the reverse can be true as well - a passion for a “no junk” environment can lead to “no junk” thoughts/habits which can lead to “no junk” eating.
    Best of all - the result is the same (a “no junk” environment, eating or thoughts/habits) ….regardless of the order in which you acquired them.
    dede

17. Debbie Lee on May 7, 2008 2:07 pm

    I love ya’lls show. I have been watching for a few weeks now and I am addicted waiting on the next email.
    The trash has always bothered me but I never realized how it is all junk.
    We adopted 2 mile highway here in Texas and you would not realize how many trash bags we have after picking up garbage. If everybody volunteered 2 mile or even a mile it would keep you from throwing out even a toothpick, LOL.
    Also, I agree with the way junk food makes you feel. When I eat alot of sugar I am very depressed and grumpy. I don’t know if I ever had nightmares from it.
    One more idea, they have a volunteer thing you sign up for trash clean up on beaches. You can look on internet. I don,t remember websight.

18. M. on May 7, 2008 3:53 pm

    Hey! I saw the video on junk on the street! Your so right. I hate the junk too. Every time I walk out of my house there’s something new in my yard I don’t want. It would be a big plus for cigarette smokers to put their cigarette butts in the trash, because animals of any kind could get sick from them, and end up throwing up on my sidewalk and lawn for me to have to clean up. You said it clearly about the junk!

19. ida margrethe on May 8, 2008 7:00 pm

    I feel the same way, kevin! when im at home (rarely unfortunatly) I walk along a 3km strech that goes around my house pickin up litter. i live 15min outside of town, and theres not much traffic around where i live, but i was surprised how much litter there were -usually plastic bottles, sigarette butts and stupid fastfood stuff. so i resycled what i could and felt that the beautiful place i live at became a little bit more beautiful.
    one time i told my best mate to come around and help me pick litter, he wasnt too happy but helped me out anyway :]
    - why do people STILL throw stuff out their car window????

20. Ginger on May 9, 2008 3:18 pm

    I think that all the really bad hazardous, nuclear etc. stuff should all be compacted and sent on regularly scheduled one way rocket trips to the sun to vaporize. No reason to keep it here on earth. I wish I could patent that idea. People are already spending money for leisure trips into space. We should just get rid of the garbage for once and for all instead of wasting money on stuff like war.