Some of the great things I learned were these:
Whole, natural foods are so widely available today, and cheaper than buying processed food.
MSG, a food additive to make things taste better and make us want more, is actually killing brain cells *MSG is in SO many things under so many labels: ramen noodles, almost all fast food places, chips, and about a billion other things.
Milk sold at the store comes from hormone injected cows and those things transfer to our bodies. If you do drink milk, try and know where it came from. We luckily have a family cow so our milk isn't injected with a bunch of harmful stuff and the cow is grass-fed.
Sugar is so addictive and is causing so many problems for our kids today. A teacher who banned sugar at her elementary school saw a 15% increase in test scores at her school. That is amazing!
More than anything, I love being educated. I've read these things other places also and have been practicing a lot of them for the past 6 months and have noticed a dramatic difference in my home. These things are affecting our kids and I can't help but talk about it. I believe diet has everything to do with everything. The moods we are in, concentrating, being happy and grateful, our body working correctly, sleeping...
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The key for me is this: health food seemed like something for me that I always thought about doing but it was a whole different realm. How sad is that! That whole, natural food that people have been eating for thousands of years is now WEIRD to us, and processed crap is NORMAL. OK.. that is backwards, but we just don't think about it because we have been led to believe by various organizations and good heck the grocery store aisles that chemically produced food is GOOD for our bodies. Well how is it that we have so many health problems now in our schools/homes: depression, addiction, irritability, hyperactivity, poor digestion, overweight, etc. There is a way to change, and it is not hard. We just need direction and education, and with the internet that is so widely available. I've learned to trust my instinct. I don't need to rely on other people to tell me what is true, and what is not. I can read something, think about it, even test it out.
For example, when I lost my breatmilk, formula to me was the only option, even though I felt deep down it was not good. Instead of just doing it anyway because to me that was the only option, I started researching alternatives. The more I learned, the worse I felt about formula, and the more options I saw. I learned that goat milk is the next closest thing to human milk and is so much easier to digest because the fat molecules are smaller. So I started talking to people that has used goat milk as an alternative, and step by step I got led to a lady right here in my very town that has done this. Now my baby is on raw goat milk and doing excellent! I am no longer fighting the bad feeling I had about formula, I know he is healthy, and I learned a very valuable lesson in trusting my instinct. God is aware of what is happening to the earth, and we need to make better choices if we want to feel better, and teach our children. So do you all think I'm crazy now? It just breaks my heart to see people so unhappy and irritable, when I know that the food we are eating is causing it. Believe me, I've been there. And I do NOT want to go back there. But we just don't know better until we learn. So let's learn! This is something that we can do to help our families be happier.
So tell me: What are some of the things that you have been doing in your home to be healthier? What is the thing that is holding you back from eating healthier?
What can I help you with? I'm no expert, but I've been researching a LOT of information, and would love to help direct you to some great resources. I have great friends and a great family, and live in a great valley. I would like to give back :)
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