30 Days to Healthy Living
Prep Week - Know Your Foods
In addition to reducing inflammation and fueling our bodies with nutrients, another goal of the 30 Day is to reduce exposure from toxins. One way to do this is by paying attention to the foods we eat.
Organic
Organic fruits and veggies contain 40% more antioxidants than their conventional counterparts. Organic is all free from pesticides and herbicides (look for round green or white USDA Organic label on the front of all foods if your budget allows).
How do you spot the difference?? Usually pretty easy...labeling on the shelves, the USDA organic logo and the actual sticker ON the produce.
Whole Foods
Whole Foods grow on trees or from the ground.
Ask yourself, "was this food ALIVE?
No Processed Food
Processed Foods contain loads of additives, preservatives, artificial flavors/sweeteners/colors (think chemicals).
Free-Range, Cage-Free, Grass-Fed & Wild-Caught
"Free range" applies to poultry and means your chicken or turkey was allowed to roam as it was intended in open space
(not confined).
Look for "cage-free" eggs. This means your egg-laying hen was also free-range and vegetarian fed.
"Grass fed and finished" applies to your beef. This ensures your cattle was fed as it was intended to live - allowed to roam freely and eat on the pasture. Most US cattle are fed a GMO CORN diet to fatten them up (for the $$) and you are getting a high fat, high chemical result. As well, all conventional meats are LOADED with added hormones and antibiotics
Look for wild-caught fish, not farmed, to get your full nutrients, minerals and healthy fats.