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A: One bite at a time.
So, how do you think a real food journey begins? One bite at a time! Chances are at some point or another you've plunged headfirst into a diet overhaul only to find yourself overwhelmed and frustrated within a couple short weeks--and most likely you ended up undoing a lot of the changes you were able to make. It's not easy to turn your diet around. After all, in many cases we're reversing lifelong habits. Trying to change everything overnight can suck the life right out of you if you're not careful.
My real food journey has been a long and bumpy one. I started out shunning hydrogenated oil about ten years ago. Avoiding high fructose corn syrup came a couple years after that. These are small changes, yes, but ultimately it's what got me started on my real food journey and I'm sure just doing these two things benefited the health of my whole family to some extent even when other aspects of our diet weren't so great. These little changes began to snowball and eventually my diet was completely changed. It just didn't happen overnight.
The point is: you have to start somewhere. And wherever that is, start there. Don't worry about everything you should be doing, just focus on what you can do.
The first two steps I mentioned above are an enormous improvement on the SAD diet. No, they aren't everything, not even close. But they are a decent stepping stone if someone has no clue where to start. I mean, high fructose corn syrup is one tough cookie. If everyone vowed to ban this ingredient from their diet, I bet the entire food industry would be in one heck of an upheaval. In case you aren't so sure about how bad HFCS really is, check out this awesome interview between Kelly the Kitchen Kop and Tom Naughton (yes, Fat Head
himself) about the dangers of high fructose corn syrup. Watch this video to learn about Kelly the Kitchen Kop's "food conversion" and how she started feeding her family better:
Of course, there's way more to real food living than hydrogenated oils and high fructose corn syrup. If you're a real food newbie, you might want to check out the Real Food for Rookies E-Course.
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And above all, remember:
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
So take that step today!
This post is part of Monday Mania hosted by The Healthy Home Economist!
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