Wednesday, December 8, 2010

K.I.S.S.

I participated in a phenomenal class at Santa Monica College in 2001.

The instructor was Vivian Rosenberg, the course was Media Communications.
Lame course description, far from a lame class.

During the course of this class I came to utterly respect and admire Mrs. Rosenberg.
She lead us through a journey of discovery which forever changed the way I experience advertisement, television programing, news reporting, politics and education systems.

In that class 10 years ago she made specific predictions about how these already corrupt institutions and corporations would continue to deteriorate as money,
power and lack for the greater good
took precedence over morality and integrity.

As these predictions have become realities my mind rewinds back to that class in 2001.
This is exactly what happened dear friends when I uploaded these pictures to post!


One media motto is K.I.S.S. standing for Keep It Super Simple OR Keep It Simple Stupid. 
Often times media content is catered to the lowest common denominator, intellectually speaking.

However, if we simply apply that acronym to food consumption, suddenly it 
becomes a 
beacon of much need common sense
Just Keep It Super Simple. 

Pictured above is my girls lunch. Brinley's was packed with her at school.
A very typical looking lunch in our home 
minus green or orange colors, which I like to include most days.

Below is dinner cooking later in the day,
vegetable stir-fry served atop long grain brown rice and pomegranate seeds as a side.


A Simple and Smart Switch to make is to use this:


instead of white sugar, when you can. It's a delicious organic nectar from an Agave plant. 
It has a low glycemic index and is gluten free.

My Mom actually started using it several years ago

I'd have to admit that at the time I thought she was a wee bit overboard with her health ambitions, 
but now Mom I applaud you and we follow in your foot steps!

Instead of having to order it from some random carrier online like Mom had to in the dark ages of Agave, 
you can buy it at virtually any grocery store!

Go HERE to see why you may want to make the switch...
compliments of Duane's online research.
We are impressed by your LESS SUGAR movement Duane!



My cutie pie who delights in her 2 big bowls of oatmeal sweetened with 
Agave every morning...and who is also screaming in her her crib right now 
due to the death of her binki days.

2 comments:

Three Peas said...

My kids love their oatmeal too and I love it b/c it's so simple! I'll have to try that sugar substitute. Thanks again for the gift for Madeline - she loves it!

Ginger said...

Leah, ONCE AGAIN I am WAY impressed with your ability to write in a way that most ANYONE would agree with you by the time they finished reading your post!

I followed the link about sugar. After reading it, I passed it along to friends. What an excellent article. It sent me to this link: http://www.rense.com/general91/20_Worst_Drinks_in_America_2010.pdf How SHOCKING to read the sugar contents of drinks posing to be healthy!!!

Love, Mom