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Time for the next three steps in the Baby Steps in the Kitchen Series! If you have missed the first two, go back and read part 1 and part 2!
7. Replace white flour and white flour products with healthier alternatives (whole wheat, spelt, etc.)
8. Choose healthier oils
9. Try making your own chicken stock instead of buying broth or bouillon cubes, and your own soups!
Okay, so, why these three steps? Good question! Read on for more information!
White flour is basically a non-food. It is stripped of nearly all its nutrients when the hull is removed from the kernal. Most of us know that white flour isn't good for us for all of these reasons, because health experts are constantly asking us to switch to whole-grain alternatives. Right now, I'm going to tell you the same thing: get some whole grains! Buy brown rice instead of white (and NO instant!), whole grain bread, and whole grain flours to bake with. Spelt is an even better option for some -- lower in gluten and generally less "messed with." It can be found at many health food stores and before we went grain-free, I used only spelt flour in my baking for a long time. There will be more steps about grains later, but for right now, just switch to whole grains! Simple, easily available at any grocery store, and not too expensive!
Oils -- Good fats are essential in your diet. I've written two posts about fats so far, so I'm not going to write about why you need them here in detail. People use oil for a lot of things, too, like frying, in many boxed mixes (we'll talk about those later), baking from scratch, putting on bread, dressing salads, etc. Hydrogenated oils and even most liquid vegetable oils are not good for you, so you should limit your consumption. Replace them with healthy oils. These, too, are generally affordable ($4 - $5 for a pound of butter on up to $20 for a jar of coconut oil or bottle of really good olive oil) and easy to find. They're also very nutrient-dense. If you aren't sure of ways to use all these new fats, you'll want to check out my "30-Day Eat More Fat Challenge," starting on March 1st! (Only 2 more days to register!!)
Chicken stock is a wonderful food. Fresh, homemade chicken stock, that is. Canned broths (and canned soups) and bouillon cubes are NOT good. They're mostly made of salt and MSG so that they're "meat flavored" but contain little to no actual meat. (That's why you can get vegetarian "chicken" flavored broth.) These are highly processed, and we've already talked about avoiding MSG or other packaged food ingredients. And although there may be brands out there that are acceptable, be wary of any brand that says "natural flavors," "hydrolyzed" "autolyzed" etc. -- this is MSG too. But, it's so easy to avoid if you just make your own! Buy a whole chicken or turkey, or buy bones (thighs, backs, necks are great -- feet are even better if you can find them! I haven't tried that yet). Put the bones in a large stock pot (at least 8 quarts; 16 is even better) and fill with water. Add vegetable scraps -- onion ends, carrot peels, celery pieces, etc. -- and arguably, a little apple cider vinegar (I tried it once or twice and it didn't make a difference for me, but some swear by it) and turn it on low. Then walk away, for about 24 hours. You'll come back to a big pot of rich, golden broth. This broth is full of calcium and other minerals, it makes great soups and gravies and lots of other food, freezes well, is very healing, and more. It's a wonderful, all-purpose food, and it couldn't be simpler or cheaper to make. A quart of good-quality stock in the store would cost you $2 - $5, depending on brand. At home you can make a whole gallon (or more) for that much! Stock is so wonderful, I could write an entire post about it. This is a small change that is easy, will bring a ton of extra nutrition to your diet, and actually SAVES you money! Why not do it?
What are your next three steps, if you're further along? How are you doing on these? How have your changes been going over the last couple of weeks? Is there anything else you'd like to see in this series?
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Baby Steps in Personal Care
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The Baby Steps series is SO popular, I decided to do all of the kitchen posts on Saturdays, and do the other series on Tuesdays instead of doing zhealth News Tuesdays! So on the next several Tuesdays, look for posts on personal care, the medicine cabinet, green cleaning, and possibly more. What else would you like to see?
Here are the first three baby steps in personal care:
1) Replace toothpaste with a fluoride-free version (especially for kids)
2) Replace deodorant with aluminum-free version or abandon it
3) Switch to natural facial cleanser
Why those?
Fluoride is dangerous to your health, especially if swallowed (and especially for kids!!). It is not necessary to help your teeth. Many natural toothpastes are made without it. Some of these can be found for about the same price as the typical national brands, so it's not an expensive switch. It's not a big change in your routine, either, so it's an easy first step.
Deodorant (specifically antiperspirant) is dangerous because of the aluminum. The aluminum (which your body does not ever need) blocks your sweat glands. This is how your body cools off and releases toxins. If it cannot detox, then these toxins build up in the lymph nodes (as does the aluminum). For this reason, antiperspirant has been said to cause breast cancer. Your body needs to be able to release these toxins. So, it is better to use a simple, non-aluminum deodorant that helps mask odors, or really, nothing at all. This may be a big idea to swallow (most natural deodorant brands do still contain aluminum, by the way), but it is a really, really important one. Decreasing and eventually eliminating your exposure to heavy metals is critical to gaining optimal health. Cost remains minimal here, and the overall savings on health care could be huge!
Natural facial cleanser is an easy switch. You're looking for something that doesn't contain sodium lauryl sulfate, polysorbate-80, or any of the other dangerous chemicals. Castile-soap based cleansers are a great option (that is, only vegetable oils in the soap, essential oils for fragrance are okay too). There are several great options out there, which actually work better. I've found that using a natural cleanser has eliminated my need for additional facial stuff (masks, pimple cream, etc.) and my skin is much smoother and less red. Cost is minimal here too (and cheaper if you don't need to buy the extra stuff!) and a very simple change.
What are your top 3 steps, if you have already made changes? Can you make these changes work in your routine?
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The Baby Steps series is SO popular, I decided to do all of the kitchen posts on Saturdays, and do the other series on Tuesdays instead of doing zhealth News Tuesdays! So on the next several Tuesdays, look for posts on personal care, the medicine cabinet, green cleaning, and possibly more. What else would you like to see?
Here are the first three baby steps in personal care:
1) Replace toothpaste with a fluoride-free version (especially for kids)
2) Replace deodorant with aluminum-free version or abandon it
3) Switch to natural facial cleanser
Why those?
Fluoride is dangerous to your health, especially if swallowed (and especially for kids!!). It is not necessary to help your teeth. Many natural toothpastes are made without it. Some of these can be found for about the same price as the typical national brands, so it's not an expensive switch. It's not a big change in your routine, either, so it's an easy first step.
Deodorant (specifically antiperspirant) is dangerous because of the aluminum. The aluminum (which your body does not ever need) blocks your sweat glands. This is how your body cools off and releases toxins. If it cannot detox, then these toxins build up in the lymph nodes (as does the aluminum). For this reason, antiperspirant has been said to cause breast cancer. Your body needs to be able to release these toxins. So, it is better to use a simple, non-aluminum deodorant that helps mask odors, or really, nothing at all. This may be a big idea to swallow (most natural deodorant brands do still contain aluminum, by the way), but it is a really, really important one. Decreasing and eventually eliminating your exposure to heavy metals is critical to gaining optimal health. Cost remains minimal here, and the overall savings on health care could be huge!
Natural facial cleanser is an easy switch. You're looking for something that doesn't contain sodium lauryl sulfate, polysorbate-80, or any of the other dangerous chemicals. Castile-soap based cleansers are a great option (that is, only vegetable oils in the soap, essential oils for fragrance are okay too). There are several great options out there, which actually work better. I've found that using a natural cleanser has eliminated my need for additional facial stuff (masks, pimple cream, etc.) and my skin is much smoother and less red. Cost is minimal here too (and cheaper if you don't need to buy the extra stuff!) and a very simple change.
What are your top 3 steps, if you have already made changes? Can you make these changes work in your routine?
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Saturday, February 20, 2010
Baby Steps in the Kitchen, Part 2
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Time for the next three Baby Steps in the Kitchen! I've decided to do all the kitchen posts on Saturdays because I have a feeling that kitchen baby steps are going to be the most popular. On Tuesdays I'll be doing the other Baby Steps posts (personal care, cleaning products, etc.). Look for the first one in the personal care series coming up this Tuesday!!
In case you missed the first three Baby Steps, check it out here! Then come back and read this one. :)
Now, here are my "4, 5, and 6" steps to healthier eating:
4) Replace white sugar with healthier alternatives (sucanat, raw honey, rapidura)
5) Get rid of aluminum cookware
6) Buy good milk, or milk substitute (coconut milk)
Why these?
White sugar is in ALL our food (that doesn't contain high fructose corn syrup, that is). It's in all the cakes, candies, cereals.... We eat WAY too much sugar, in general. Think about the recipes you bake at home -- many quick bread and cake recipes call for 2 cups of sugar! This much is just not necessary (did you know that in a lot of recipes, you can simply reduce the sugar by up to half without replacing it with anything and the recipe will still turn out well?), and white sugar is completely devoid of nutrients. It's awful, awful stuff. But right now I'm not going to ask you to cut sugar out of your diet -- yet. Instead, reach for a healthier alternative. Real maple syrup, raw honey, and sucanat are the best options. Rapidura is also very good. Turbinado sugar is not bad. Blackstrap molasses are good, but of course have a strong, unique flavor. When you're buying sugar next time, select a different variety. Try putting honey in your tea, maple syrup in your coffee. Use Rapidura or sucanat for baking (and if you remember, use a little less!). You'll feel better for it.
Aluminum is a huge problem. It's a metal that we don't need in our bodies at all, and which can cause serious health problems over time. When we use it for cookware, the metal leaches into our food and gets into our body. Most people who have some aluminum cookware also have cookware that isn't aluminum, and cookware that doesn't contain aluminum is easy to obtain. (It's also a good idea to get rid of any cookware that is coated with Teflon, but we'll get to that later.) We recently threw out a couple of pans that were bad, but most of our cookware was safe. OLD cookware is what you need to look out for now.
Milk is a big problem, in modern times. Unfortunately, it's all pasteurized (a process that was invented to purify beer and other alcohol, NOT milk) and homogenized (which breaks down the fat molecules into a size and shape that our body doesn't recognize). The factory farmed dairy cows are also very sick, given hormones (that is slowly changing), poor diet, and the milk they produce is unhealthy to begin with (which is why it needs pasteurized). Something else to consider is that calcium in this milk is not really useable by the body, so the argument "but you have to drink milk to get calcium!" is really moot. However, there are other options. You can buy milk that is non-homogenized, low-temp pasteurized, and grass-fed. Raw milk is even better (but not easy to obtain in many areas). Raw milk can be obtained by purchasing a share in a herd of cows, or by purchasing it for "pet use." These are common now. One caution: many brands of organic milk are "ultrapasteurized," which is even worse for you -- don't buy that! If you don't want to or can't buy good cow's milk, goat milk or coconut milk are very good options. We use coconut milk, which contains medium-chain fatty acids and a lot of great nutrients.
Those are my next three baby steps! Right now I have 24, so expect this series to continue for at least another 6 weeks.
What are your next three steps? Have you started on any of these? What do you think?
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Time for the next three Baby Steps in the Kitchen! I've decided to do all the kitchen posts on Saturdays because I have a feeling that kitchen baby steps are going to be the most popular. On Tuesdays I'll be doing the other Baby Steps posts (personal care, cleaning products, etc.). Look for the first one in the personal care series coming up this Tuesday!!
In case you missed the first three Baby Steps, check it out here! Then come back and read this one. :)
Now, here are my "4, 5, and 6" steps to healthier eating:
4) Replace white sugar with healthier alternatives (sucanat, raw honey, rapidura)
5) Get rid of aluminum cookware
6) Buy good milk, or milk substitute (coconut milk)
Why these?
White sugar is in ALL our food (that doesn't contain high fructose corn syrup, that is). It's in all the cakes, candies, cereals.... We eat WAY too much sugar, in general. Think about the recipes you bake at home -- many quick bread and cake recipes call for 2 cups of sugar! This much is just not necessary (did you know that in a lot of recipes, you can simply reduce the sugar by up to half without replacing it with anything and the recipe will still turn out well?), and white sugar is completely devoid of nutrients. It's awful, awful stuff. But right now I'm not going to ask you to cut sugar out of your diet -- yet. Instead, reach for a healthier alternative. Real maple syrup, raw honey, and sucanat are the best options. Rapidura is also very good. Turbinado sugar is not bad. Blackstrap molasses are good, but of course have a strong, unique flavor. When you're buying sugar next time, select a different variety. Try putting honey in your tea, maple syrup in your coffee. Use Rapidura or sucanat for baking (and if you remember, use a little less!). You'll feel better for it.
Aluminum is a huge problem. It's a metal that we don't need in our bodies at all, and which can cause serious health problems over time. When we use it for cookware, the metal leaches into our food and gets into our body. Most people who have some aluminum cookware also have cookware that isn't aluminum, and cookware that doesn't contain aluminum is easy to obtain. (It's also a good idea to get rid of any cookware that is coated with Teflon, but we'll get to that later.) We recently threw out a couple of pans that were bad, but most of our cookware was safe. OLD cookware is what you need to look out for now.
Milk is a big problem, in modern times. Unfortunately, it's all pasteurized (a process that was invented to purify beer and other alcohol, NOT milk) and homogenized (which breaks down the fat molecules into a size and shape that our body doesn't recognize). The factory farmed dairy cows are also very sick, given hormones (that is slowly changing), poor diet, and the milk they produce is unhealthy to begin with (which is why it needs pasteurized). Something else to consider is that calcium in this milk is not really useable by the body, so the argument "but you have to drink milk to get calcium!" is really moot. However, there are other options. You can buy milk that is non-homogenized, low-temp pasteurized, and grass-fed. Raw milk is even better (but not easy to obtain in many areas). Raw milk can be obtained by purchasing a share in a herd of cows, or by purchasing it for "pet use." These are common now. One caution: many brands of organic milk are "ultrapasteurized," which is even worse for you -- don't buy that! If you don't want to or can't buy good cow's milk, goat milk or coconut milk are very good options. We use coconut milk, which contains medium-chain fatty acids and a lot of great nutrients.
Those are my next three baby steps! Right now I have 24, so expect this series to continue for at least another 6 weeks.
What are your next three steps? Have you started on any of these? What do you think?
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Saturday, February 13, 2010
Baby Steps in the Kitchen
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Welcome to the first post in the Baby Steps series! This series is intended for all those who want to make changes to their lifestyles but have no idea where to start. For those of you who are farther along in the journey, feel free to leave your ideal "first three steps" in the comment section. I'm sure many will have different opinions about what's most important, so hearing from others would be great too!
With no further adieu (fun word, lol), here are my first three baby steps:
1. Buy organic, pastured eggs (instead of factory-farmed)
2. Buy some organic produce: whatever you can afford from the dirty dozen; starting with whatever you consume the most of (peaches, apples, bell peppers, celery, nectarines, strawberries, cherries, kale, lettuce, grapes, carrots, pears; that is in order of most to least pesticides, but all are high in pesticides)
3. Start reading food labels and pick one "bad" food to avoid (I suggest high fructose corn syrup)
Okay, so, those are totally manageable! Why did I pick those? Let me explain.
Eggs -- Eggs are among the most nutrient-dense foods you can buy for your money. They are cheaper ounce-for-ounce than almost any other nutrient-dense food, even when you buy them at $3 - $4/dozen (which you should expect to pay for really good eggs). They're a fabulous source of good fats, and great for any women who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or might get pregnant. They're great for growing children. They're easy to cook. And at $4 a dozen, you only need to increase your grocery bill a small amount to be able to afford them, so it's a relatively affordable change, even for those on a strict budget. They're also easy to find in many regular grocery stores (I know Kroger, Giant Eagle, and other major chains carry them).
Organic Produce -- Pesticides aren't good for us. Most of us know that (some deny it!). So reducing our exposure to pesticides is obviously a good thing. Many people tend to eat a lot of, say, lettuce and apples too. Replacing a few of these items with organic versions is doable because you won't even notice the difference when you're eating it. Also, the prices on many of these items (like apples) are about the same whether you're buying conventional or organic (apples are around $1/lb here regardless). Organic produce is easy to find, reasonably priced in a lot of cases, and barely a noticeable switch. In fact, what most say they notice most is how much better the food tastes!
Food labels -- Sometimes, we don't want to know what's in stuff. Especially if we're sure it's not good for us but it tastes so good. I used to love eating the Frito-Lay jalapeno cheese dip, Reese's peanut butter cups, and Chef Boyardee Ravioli. Oh...it was great! But then I started reading the ingredients and over a period of months, I decided that it really was not worth it to buy and consume those "non-food" items. It was hard to let go...but I haven't had any of those things in over 6 months now. (Just so you don't think I don't get it!) Once you start reading, you'll feel like EVERYTHING is bad. But relax. Choose just one food item that you want to avoid. I suggest high fructose corn syrup because it's been linked to everything from being overweight, diabetes, to hyperactivity. Mercury has been found in it, too. You can replace a lot of common food items (like ketchup) with organic versions, so they won't contain HFCS. There is even soda and tomato sauce and the like that you can find without it, so you don't have to change your eating habits much, and store brands of these items (like at Whole Foods) can be about the same price as many national brands. Another good food item to choose to avoid would be MSG, which might be a little easier because it's not in as many foods and is equally bad. But right now, just pick ONE.
Those are the first three baby steps! Are they doable for you? If you're further along in your real food journey, do you agree with these? If not, what are YOUR first three baby steps?
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**This post has been entered in Things I Love Thursday at The Diaper Diaries and Finer Things Fridays at Amy's Finer Things!**
Welcome to the first post in the Baby Steps series! This series is intended for all those who want to make changes to their lifestyles but have no idea where to start. For those of you who are farther along in the journey, feel free to leave your ideal "first three steps" in the comment section. I'm sure many will have different opinions about what's most important, so hearing from others would be great too!
With no further adieu (fun word, lol), here are my first three baby steps:
1. Buy organic, pastured eggs (instead of factory-farmed)
2. Buy some organic produce: whatever you can afford from the dirty dozen; starting with whatever you consume the most of (peaches, apples, bell peppers, celery, nectarines, strawberries, cherries, kale, lettuce, grapes, carrots, pears; that is in order of most to least pesticides, but all are high in pesticides)
3. Start reading food labels and pick one "bad" food to avoid (I suggest high fructose corn syrup)
Okay, so, those are totally manageable! Why did I pick those? Let me explain.
Eggs -- Eggs are among the most nutrient-dense foods you can buy for your money. They are cheaper ounce-for-ounce than almost any other nutrient-dense food, even when you buy them at $3 - $4/dozen (which you should expect to pay for really good eggs). They're a fabulous source of good fats, and great for any women who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or might get pregnant. They're great for growing children. They're easy to cook. And at $4 a dozen, you only need to increase your grocery bill a small amount to be able to afford them, so it's a relatively affordable change, even for those on a strict budget. They're also easy to find in many regular grocery stores (I know Kroger, Giant Eagle, and other major chains carry them).
Organic Produce -- Pesticides aren't good for us. Most of us know that (some deny it!). So reducing our exposure to pesticides is obviously a good thing. Many people tend to eat a lot of, say, lettuce and apples too. Replacing a few of these items with organic versions is doable because you won't even notice the difference when you're eating it. Also, the prices on many of these items (like apples) are about the same whether you're buying conventional or organic (apples are around $1/lb here regardless). Organic produce is easy to find, reasonably priced in a lot of cases, and barely a noticeable switch. In fact, what most say they notice most is how much better the food tastes!
Food labels -- Sometimes, we don't want to know what's in stuff. Especially if we're sure it's not good for us but it tastes so good. I used to love eating the Frito-Lay jalapeno cheese dip, Reese's peanut butter cups, and Chef Boyardee Ravioli. Oh...it was great! But then I started reading the ingredients and over a period of months, I decided that it really was not worth it to buy and consume those "non-food" items. It was hard to let go...but I haven't had any of those things in over 6 months now. (Just so you don't think I don't get it!) Once you start reading, you'll feel like EVERYTHING is bad. But relax. Choose just one food item that you want to avoid. I suggest high fructose corn syrup because it's been linked to everything from being overweight, diabetes, to hyperactivity. Mercury has been found in it, too. You can replace a lot of common food items (like ketchup) with organic versions, so they won't contain HFCS. There is even soda and tomato sauce and the like that you can find without it, so you don't have to change your eating habits much, and store brands of these items (like at Whole Foods) can be about the same price as many national brands. Another good food item to choose to avoid would be MSG, which might be a little easier because it's not in as many foods and is equally bad. But right now, just pick ONE.
Those are the first three baby steps! Are they doable for you? If you're further along in your real food journey, do you agree with these? If not, what are YOUR first three baby steps?
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Saturday, February 6, 2010
Baby Steps Series
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Since some people have expressed interest in making changes to their lifestyles, but they don't seem to know where to start (it is overwhelming!), I'm starting this "baby steps" series. Each Saturday I will discuss some baby steps you can do in different areas of life if you are ready to make changes. I hope some of you will take the challenges along with me!
In each post, I'll give you three baby steps you can try that will make a big difference in your lifestyle. Since I've been doing this stuff for three years (or so), I know that it can take a long time to really make these changes! It's so hard to know where to start. But three small things is not too much to try. Some of the baby steps you may choose to do out of order, and of course it will depend on how important something is to you. For example, I never really wore make up, so stopping entirely to improve my personal care routine and reduce my exposure to chemicals was no big deal to me. But some women feel really naked without their make up and that would be a really HUGE deal! (I'm trying to keep things like this in mind, as well as other potential limitations when I create the baby steps.) I'll also link to other bloggers' sets of baby steps sometimes so that you can get another perspective.
Get ready to change your life! You'll see the following themes (approximately once per month each, except for some special posts):
Baby Steps in the Kitchen
Baby Steps in the Medicine Cabinet
Baby Steps Around the House
Baby Steps in Personal Care
Next Saturday's post is "In the Kitchen." If there are any questions about the baby steps, please feel free to send them in or post them!
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**This post has been entered in Works for Me Wednesdays at We are THAT Family and Things I Love Thursdays at Diaper Diaries!!**
Since some people have expressed interest in making changes to their lifestyles, but they don't seem to know where to start (it is overwhelming!), I'm starting this "baby steps" series. Each Saturday I will discuss some baby steps you can do in different areas of life if you are ready to make changes. I hope some of you will take the challenges along with me!
In each post, I'll give you three baby steps you can try that will make a big difference in your lifestyle. Since I've been doing this stuff for three years (or so), I know that it can take a long time to really make these changes! It's so hard to know where to start. But three small things is not too much to try. Some of the baby steps you may choose to do out of order, and of course it will depend on how important something is to you. For example, I never really wore make up, so stopping entirely to improve my personal care routine and reduce my exposure to chemicals was no big deal to me. But some women feel really naked without their make up and that would be a really HUGE deal! (I'm trying to keep things like this in mind, as well as other potential limitations when I create the baby steps.) I'll also link to other bloggers' sets of baby steps sometimes so that you can get another perspective.
Get ready to change your life! You'll see the following themes (approximately once per month each, except for some special posts):
Baby Steps in the Kitchen
Baby Steps in the Medicine Cabinet
Baby Steps Around the House
Baby Steps in Personal Care
Next Saturday's post is "In the Kitchen." If there are any questions about the baby steps, please feel free to send them in or post them!
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