I have decided to adopt a healthier eating lifestyle for me and my family. My eyes are open to how little real food we eat, and how much processed crap we put into our mouths and our stomachs on a weekly basis. I was like most average Americans just trying to get by, and raise a family. I didn't spend much time thinking about what we ate other than will my kids eat this dor dinner? Then our family got a wake-up call of the worst kind.
My father-in-law was diagnosed with Kidney Cancer. I immediately began researching cancer, and the causes of it etc. All my research kept leading me back to what we eat and the chemicals we put into our bodies within those things we eat.
I started reading labels only to realize that half of the things on the label I didn't know what they were and couldn't even pronounce them. What happened to the basics, a few wholesome ingredients that taste good? It is time to make a change I thought, for myself, and my family.
The first step was going to my doctor and getting a full physical. Everything came back normal except for a low vitamin D count. However I can fix that by take a supplement, and even better. by eating food with vitamin D in them.
I'm new to this process of "real food." I've read Michael Pollan's book and I feel like I understand what he was saying, now I need to live it in my own life. My kids are not going to be happy to be without their Kraft Mac & cheese, and their frozen waffles, but I hope that instead of junk food I'll give them the tools for a healthy lifestyle and parents who will be around a long, long time to watch them grow and turn into healthy, active adults.
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