I told you how I was brought up on natural foods. Then I brought my children up on natural foods but changed to having wholemeal instead of white flour and bread, and also brown rice instead of white rice.

My youngest daughter is giving her baby organic baby food. By providing organic baby food, she is protecting her baby from the side affects of all the chemicals that are used in food these days. He is such a healthy baby.

All my daughters are growing some organically grown fruit and vegetables. They have so much more flavour than the commercially grown varieties. And not having the chemicals in them or on them they are much better for you.

My eldest daughter has found that her eldest son behaves so much better on a gluten free diet. It has been found that children with autism are much better on a gluten free diet. Gluten is a problem in a lot of people these days.

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When I started having children, I decided I would use natural foods, and supplements where necessary. Even though my Mum used white flour for everything, I had found, after reading Adele Davis’s Book, Let’s Have Healthy Children, that using wholemeal was much healthier than white products.

I made my own bread. But I had to start off with white flour with a small percentage of wholemeal, then gradually increase the wholemeal until we were having 100% wholemeal. That was because my husband had been brought up on white bread and didn’t want to change, so I made the change gradually.

My pancakes were very nutritious. They were made with wholemeal flour, bran, wheatgerm, eggs, mollasses and milk. They were very filling but also healthy. My children loved the health damper I used to make them for afternoon tea after school. It had mixed dried fruit, wholemeal self raising flour, nutmeg and cinnamon and water.

I was introduced to natural health at a young age. My parents, as most parents of that era, very rarely bought fast foods. In fact, the name “Fast Foods” hadn’t even been heard of then. Fish and chips wrapped up in newspaper was something we might have occasionaly on a Friday.

My dad was a keen gardener and always had a vegetable garden, as well as flower gardens and a herb garden. He used compost on the gardens, and everything he grew was strong and healthy. The flavour of the food was pretty amazing, when compared with the shop bought fresh fruit and vegies we buy now. We had chooks, which meant fresh eggs. No chemicals for them, they were fed well, and the eggs tasted good.

We only had chicken at Christmas time, and meat the rest of the year. When I bought a biodynamic chicken a few years ago, it brought back memories of when I was young and lovely Christmas dinners of chicken and turkey. So much flavour!

Natural health is the only way to go. Natural foods, unprocessed, might mean more work but it sure is worth it.