Real Food! Questions I had, and the answers I found.

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Questions I asked when I first heard about Real Food; and the answers I have learned:


Well, isn't all food real? 

In a simple sense, No!. Not in today's world of fast, prepackaged, convenience food. Many – if not all- of the fast foods you can buy that are ready to heat and eat, or microwavable, or boxed are processed for long term shelf life are NOT wholesome real food. In order to sell conveniently packaged food, factories over-process, and  many of the nutrients and flavor is lost in the process! This causes manufacturers to replace what should have been naturally been there with artificial, chemical, or synthetic alternates for flavor, texture, and appearance.  To then top these all off with preservatives, added sweeteners, and more chemicals: ie. Fake food.

How can you tell if all that has been put in? 

Read the label. Use a Simple rule of thumb is: if you cannot recognize the ingredient, your body cannot either. If you cannot pronounce the ingredient, your body cannot process it. Simple ingredients do not require help to understand. 

Then what's Real Food?

Real Food is bought Fresh. Raw. Whole. Uncooked. Local.
Real Food actually nourishes your body; fuels the body and maintains the body.  
Real food comes from nature: it’s grown or raised from some plant or animal that was alive.  All vegies, all fruits, all nuts & seeds, beans, whole grains, eggs, meat (not factory processed- but whole cuts from pastured animals like pastured chickens or range beef or wild fish.) Organic is best, the more natural you can purchase it the better. Milk and dairy are fine (as long as they have not been factory over processed like Velveeta.) The list goes on and on. No boxes. Less convenience foods. More REAL food.

Why bother? 

This is your decision; a choice. A change in awareness, a motivation to care, and a step in the right direction. For many it comes down to A simple choice of eating more healthy now; or paying for costly health care later -because you chose convenient quick over nutritious. Every real food choice is a small step in the right direction. It can be done in small baby steps, doesn’t have to be all at once. 

I am never able to finish a diet, why should I try this?

It’s a choice… It’s not a diet!  It is not a fad! It's not a program to break, or a resolution to forget. It's just learning to make better choices. In small steps.

Choosing Real Food is truly is not hard, or overly difficult. It is a choice to make when at the store- a healthier option.  It’s simply a way – a lifestyle - to become aware of more healthy options for yourself and your family. 

The more aware you are of fake foods, and the amount of chemicals put into convenience foods, the more you will WANT to make better choices for yourself. 

Make better choices. Choose real. Real Food!

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Homemade yogurt Yummmmm!

I was a bit apprehensive- then I asked myself, why are you doing this? Isn't spending a couple of dollars at the store for the pre-made yogurt more convenient? The answer is yes, Simply, YES!...except, lately I haven't been happy with the store bought. Too much sugar. Too runny, and tooo little effect on my gut.  More and more, I am becoming aware of labels, and quality, and basic ingredients and WHY having the live bacteria in a yogurt culture viable is so important for gut health.
I'm not old, but I'm not in the best shape- I notice if things are not working! The more I learn about eating real food, and eliminating the preservatives, and the fake of fast convenience foods- the more I know this is better for me- better for my family, and fun! So I had my answer, and motivation to stop being lazy and give something new a try! Amazing! results! I am so happy with my first batch! I just know...This is going to be a hit!
I got a Euro Cuisine Yogurt Maker, and a Cultures for Health Traditional FlavorYogurt Starter to use. My initial cost is going to pay off in just 1 or 2 batches!
This first batch I used 2% milk, and I am impressed! I am going to bump it up next batch to whole milk. (I wish I had a goat- I have read goats milk is fantastic!) Any way from this one batch I can make up to 7 more! And I still have 7 more culture packets beyond that- we are looking at 49 batches before I need to re-buy cultures...

 I tilted one of the 7 jars to show you how thick it was- tilted, and  still didn't pour after I grabbed camera! 2 jars are a tiny bit thinner- so I poured them in a coffee filter to strain and the result comes out super thick! I am impressed! by the time I finish using just this first 7 batches I will almost have my money back in savings, no artificial ingredients, additives or preservatives- and viable probiotic cultures growing for everyone's gut health.... Took me a half hour yesterday morning to sterilize the jars and heat the milk, after that the yogurt maker does the rest- set it aside and wait 8-10 hours, cap the jars and put them in the fridge! Soooooo simple!
Add honey, add fruit. Add granola, oats, nuts, seeds- whatever! Be happy! Yay!!!!
I am having success. Hope this helps! :) Come summer I think this will be great for frozen yogurt bars! And the more I learn! The better it will be! There is a whole host of things plain yogurt is good for! Yayyyyy!!!  LOL :)