Whole foods...

I have been reading everything that I can get my hands on lately about food. Specifically, the things in our food that are killing us all slowly.  High fructose corn syrup, artificial sweeteners, fillers, chemicals, dyes and the list goes on, and on.  The more I read about this stuff, the more outraged I get that we are being sold such poison.  Parents are feeding their children toxins and they don't even know it.  Toxins that will shorten their own children's lives.

For myself, I wonder how much this garbage has contributed to my health problems.  I can't help but think that had I been eating healthy, whole foods my entire life I would have never gotten Graves disease.  Therefore, Chris and I have been making the shift.  It is a big, difficult shift to make.  The first part of the process was our choice in grocery stores.  After dabbling with Trader Joe's for a few years, we finally made the plunge and switched to shopping there (and a bit at Whole Foods) rather than at our regular grocery store (Ralph's).  We're eating much more simply with meats, fruits, veggies and dairy.  I still eat too much bread, and I am still having weak moments when we go out, but it is a start.

The other huge benefit has been on our wallet.  I had no idea that we could save this much money.  5 very full bags of groceries, including 2 bottles of wine, for $110?  That is outrageously, ridiculously, awesome.

So far, so good, I just have to keep working to get my baser urges under control.  But, even if I'm cheating a little bit, at least I'm doing it with foods that aren't chock full of plastic chemicals and toxins.

~Jenn