Clean Eating

Since my daughter was born, 2 years ago, I have started to research ways I can feed her the most nutritious foods. Before that, it never occured to me that there is sugar added to almost anything made and how processed our foods our with chemicals. I kept her on breast milk until she was 14 months old, when she started solids I made everything from scratch so she wouldn't have anything out of jars. As she began to get older it started to get easier but I also started to slack a little. I always made sure her dairy products were organic. All in all I would say her diet was around 80% unprocessed. My husband and I on the other hand majorly slacked off in our food choices. About 3 weeks ago I discovered 100 Days of Real Food. Everything changed at that moment. I remembered what my goal was and not only do we need to eat healthy, but we do not need to eat many, if any processed foods. I've also purchased In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. I haven't gotten far into it yet, but I think it will have some interesting facts that will keep me motivated to eat the best quality food available. We are about 85% clean eaters now. Clean Eating is not eating any processed foods. You only eat fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts, local organic meats, etc. We have also switched our dairy products to a great home delivery service from a local farm, Lakeview Farms.  Every Friday morning they deliver us fresh milk, eggs and cheese.  It takes time to switch over to clean eating, but I feel so much better. It is great when my daughter's favorite meal is a boiled egg, avocado, cheese, strawberries and hummus on a whole wheat pita!

I suggest starting with 100 Days of Real Food to find out more.  As I begin to read and research more, I will post my findings here so you can keep your family healthy! It's not just about how our bodies feel now, but how we will fight off disease and sickness later!