During this time of being restricted to our homes, we have more time to think. Perhaps we think about what we could be doing, or what we would like to be doing. And before you know it, you are thinking about what to eat again.
Yes, food and mealtimes have been a cause of concern for many. What will we eat? Do we have enough food? How do we fix what we have?
Can you relate? Shopping on the outside circle of the grocery store is generally where to find the most nutritional value for the money.
Here’s to saving money while shopping for healthy food,
Lee Jackson
http://www.imagesunlimitedpublishing.com
Author of the soon-to-be-released cookbook:
Healthy to the Core!
All Natural, Low Sugar/No Sugar Apple Recipes for Kids
Today, notice how you feel about your eating. Is it one of those days when you have so much to do you eat whatever is available? Without thinking and not even knowing what you are eating?
It’s just “time to eat” and you sit down, grab your food, a book or the paper, watch TV or check your messages, and go through the motions.
I can relate – but, too late, it’s such a guilty feeling.
Proud of myself. I walked past the pastry department without buying anything. I’ve been trying to tame my sweet tooth of late. After looking at the ingredients, it was much easier to pass on it. Sugar and cellulose.
Do you know that cellulose is really a plant by-product? Like wood dust and wood shavings? Cellulose is an indigestible carbohydrate known as dietary fiber. It’s been a popular food additive. It’s most economical sources come from cotton and wood pulp. Doesn’t that sound appetizing – eating cotton fibers and wood shavings?
Packaged Foods Promise vs Reality (Photo credit: jdurchen)
Are eating from boxes and doing drive-thru’s ruling your family’s mealtime? Does adding an ingredient or two to a package mean you are “cooking“?
For more on this subject of “Is anybody cooking?” and “is this safe and healthy?” see this article:
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/eat-run/2013/04/11/the-power-of-we
It’s time to reclaim our kitchens. Somebody needs to be in charge of mealtime.
What are your thoughts on this?
Lee Jackson
http://www.HealthyKidsEatingTips.com
There is a high-stakes fight over soybeans that goes to the Supreme Court today. Big agribusiness seed giant Monsanto is facing off with a farmer over seeds. Farmers everywhere – are you listening? Do you want a one source seed supply?
See Associated Press article here: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/55854589-68/monsanto-seeds-bowman-farmers.html.csp
This comes from Mercola.com:
“Avoid Sugar and Processed Foods. Sugar impairs the quality of your immune response almost immediately, and as you likely know, a healthy immune system is one of the most important keys to fighting off viruses and other illness. It also can decimate your beneficial bacteria and feed the pathogenic yeast and viruses. Be aware that sugar (typically in the form of high fructose corn syrup) is present in foods you may not suspect, like ketchup and fruit juice. If you are healthy then sugar can be consumed but the LAST thing you should be eating when you are sick is sugar. Avoid it like poison while you are sick.”
This soup is known to help alleviate the symptoms of colds and flu. Others say chicken soup strengths the immune system. We know that good health starts with a well functioning immune system.
Here is an easy recipe from Cooking Around the Calendar with Kids – Holiday and Seasonal Food and Fun by Amy Houts. Yes, even children can make this soup, known as the go-to comfort food.
First of all, people would feel better. They would live longer, be more pain-free, and live a happier life. Degenerative diseases would be vastly decreased. People would have more money to save or spend on other needs.
Health care costs would go way down and millions and millions of dollars would be saved on doctor visits and treatments costs. There would be little or no demand for medical services, cancer clinics, drugs, and related services. Medical services could direct their attention to providing continuing education in well-clinics. This would mean a complete flip-flop to the way we look at health care services.
Vegetable garden (Photo credit: Downing Street)
Today I want to get back to healthy living and start the New Year on a forward-looking note. What we do today, whether it’s our diet, exercise, or other health habits, affects our future. So let’s start with diet – what we eat.
I feel there are some general principles of healthy eating we can follow that will help our children and our families feel better, look better, and learn better.
Here is a review of healthy eating guidelines as a reminder to get you and your family on the right path this year.
