It's What's Inside that Counts

I am finishing up my first month {that went fast!} of eating cleanly and focusing my attention on healing my body. For the most part, I have enjoyed it. I used to eat small pieces of chocolate throughout the day, along with a decent amount of other wheaty-sugary-dairy {dairy-y?}  things, and now I never rarely crave them.

We did go on a mini vacation this past week to my home state, which was lovely. The only tough part was having the "right" food available to eat. I packed some, but not enough. I ended up eating too many things on my do not eat or you will die list. It is now time to BUCKLE down now that i'm back home.

On my No-No List:
Dairy
Wheat (Gluten)
Refined Sugars (organic honey is okay, and I've also used organic coconut sugar)
No cold foods or drinks
Nothing processed with any preservatives or chemicals
No coffee, minimal caffeine is okay via green tea

I'm adding one more to my  as much as I possibly can control...

No consumption of GMO foods!!! GMO = Genetically-Modified Organisms

This is a tough one- because pretty much every conventional grocery store food has either GMO corn or soy (in some form). The scary thing is that the US is the only country that is not required to label their products as being produced with GMO ingredients. If this doesn't change, I'm moving to Australia. {a girl can dream, right?}

GMO foods are altered by evil scientists lab technicians who infuse viruses and bacteria into the seeds. This makes them into "super foods"- they are pest resistant even before the use of topical pesticides. But at what cost?

In lab rats, the tests were unbelievable. The rats who consumed the altered foods developed genital abnormalities, had smaller babies, some even became barren all together. Read all about this HERE. 

Let's look at Kellogg's Corn Flakes, {for example}

Corn Flakes are a staple in many households. They are used for breakfast, maybe a quick snack, and if you're like me, you like to use them to coat chicken breasts before oven-baking. This picture is from openfoodfacts.org


Flaked milled corn (most likely GMO), sugar (white, processed), malt (made of GMO corn flour), salt, colour {excuse me?}, BHT {lost me there}, and then added vitamins and minerals.


If there's a better option out there, wouldn't you want it?


Now let's look at Nature's Path Organic brand's Corn Flakes. The pictures below were all taken by me.

I believe those pictures speak for themselves. I am going to do my very best to consume foods the way God intended food. It's just unfortunate that it's not the "normal" grocery store food anymore! Look for items that are all natural {but even All Natural items could still be GMO! So be cautious! Look for the NON-GMO Project icon}, organic, non-GMO...

It's what's inside that counts. It's what's underneath that we can't see that can really effect our lives. Isn't it like that in all aspects of life? Put good in, get good out. This goes for friendships, work, and yes- our diets.