A Garden as Health Insurance

This is a small head of broccoli from last year's garden.

Could raising some of your own food qualify as health insurance? If you raise the right stuff, and don't hurt yourself, probably. Most of the really early stuff is cruciferous (broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale), and the whole cole family is really good for you. Sulfurophanes (from broccoli) have anti-cancer properties.

 I read today that " health care" takes up 16.7% of our national budget- not government spending, but GDP. It is due to take up more than 20% by 2018. Are we really THAT sick? Is that much medication really necessary? I knew a woman who lived well into her 80s, who said that she never went to a doctor, except to have a baby delivered, for most of her adult life. I daresay most of my ancestors, living on farms many miles from large cities, could say something similar. They raised food for themselves, and worked physically hard all their lives. Maybe we should do more of the same.