I buy raw milk - both girls drink it and we use it almost exclusively, altho there is only one store that still sells it. (You can also have it delivered from a couple dairies, but the store is very close to home :whoopie: ) Also buy grass-fed beef, organic eggs from free-roaming local chickens. Raw honey, etc.
We try to buy mostly organic and local. Luckily, I live in an area that makes this a priority and we have several good options. Co-ops, grocers, farmer's markets, etc. My hubbie says, if you have the money - spend it where it counts: on our health. Still, we are fortunate that many things aren't that much more in this area.
However, I must confess I am a terrible cook and like boxed products.
I know, I know, but at least they are organic boxed products without trans fats, and I try to add fresh veggies TO the mixes (!) Also do a lot of steamed veggies and potatoes.
We only give DD's the vaccines necessary for school. No flu shots. They get lots of exercise (dancers) and go outside whenever possible.
I finally got rid of my Mexican coke habit:ignore: No, really! I started out drinking WAY too much coke on a daily basis as an adult mostly for the pep. Don't like coffee. Eventually, they started carrying Mexican coke with pure cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup... This was a vast improvement, but, of course, I still drank 4-5 a day. Yikes!!! I quit when I wanted to get pregnant, but ended up needing it to combat morning sickness - only for me it was constant sickness. After that, kept on drinking until last year. Decided to quit. I am now a serious tea drinker. Just can't go soley water, as I like to taste flavor. I occasionally drink various water additives (greens-to-go, Emergen-C, etc.) and other flavored water drinks. I do try and drink at least one tall glass of water daily. I also occasionally drink milk. Still, getting rid of soda was huge for me!! Needless to say, my DD's never get soda. One doesn't like it, except for root-beer and the occasional sprite at parties. The other younger one (my sugar hound) would drink it if it was available.
I'm not a food-Nazi, altho my DH can be a bit of one. Then he'll bring home donuts from work - saying "they were going to throw these away." Somehow, for him if it's free, it's ok, but if you pay for it, it better be organic.
Eating out, we'll try to choose Thai or Chinese or something relatively healthy, but again, we're not sticklers about it, and even eat fast food, which is probably contrary to everything else we do. To me, most things in moderation.. try to make more good choices than bad, but some stuff tastes great and isn't healthy. So what!
Getting back on topic. Our food is so far removed from what it should be, and things like mad-cow disease makes this clear. My understanding is that it is mostly due to the unnatural food they eat. One cow in California is another wake-up call. Look what happened when people found out about pink slime! Once consumers are educated, the system starts getting forced to change. Look at how they've realised the profit that can be made by going organic. Problem is labelling rules and oversight allows big corps. to call it one thing when it isn't really. Hate those chicken commercials where they try to say it's local chickens with a certain label. Yet those particular "local" chicken farms are all owned and run by a very big corp. Those commercials run in several states. Hmmmmm....
All this GM stuff has been shown to have some serious side effects and issues they don't think about when they start manipulating genes so much. I worry about our bees dying off.
Sorry, today must be my soapbox day. I'll try to rein in....
