How I Changed My Life

Ok, so you know how there are those annoying people who tell you how you need to change everything about your life and you are a horrible person if you don't. Especially crazy environmentalists who will get in your face if you forget to recycle. Well those people used to irritate me, until I actually decided to try some of the things that were suggested in a documentary I watched called Foodmatters. Although I still don't like how obnoxious some fanatics can be and I don't think it is the end of the world if you eat a couple of inorganic items now and then, I have made some permanent life changes that I have really started to enjoy. So I decided to start this blog to share my experiences with you all in the hopes that some of you might find some of these changes a good idea and make a few changes yourselves.

So let me make a disclaimer. I am not a scientist. I do not have randomized clinical trials and I cannot report any P values or Cohen's d effect sizes, but what I do have is a case study of myself. Admittingly, I am not an expert in this field; I am not a doctor or a nutritionist. The things I will post here are based on books I have read and some small research I've done. I cannot say that everything I share here will give you the results I have seen, but here's the take home message: what will it hurt? I have never once heard a doctor tell someone they were eating TOO healthy or that clearing your houses of harmful toxins was a bad idea. So let me stress that I do not advocate completely changing every aspect of your life, but there are little things that we can all do every day to improve our health.

Why did I make these changes? My husband, that's right ladies you heard me correctly, my HUSBAND approached me one day and said that we needed to change our eating habits. He was right. When we first got married (only eight months ago) we decided to buy the cheapest food we could find. What we soon came to find, was that although it was good on our wallets, it wasn't particularly good on our health. After Scott (my husband) sparked my interest, I began doing some research and started making small changes into making us a healthier family before we have children.

Before we begin this journey, let me make this clear: after I did my research, I did not go throw out all of my cleaning supplies with harmful chemicals in them, and I didn't throw out all the food we had with processed  and synthetic foods in them. In these economic times that would just be ridiculous. However, once these items needed replaced, if we can afford it, I opted for the healthier, all natural option. Do you think this would be hard for you to do? So did I! But it's not! The great thing about being healthy is that it actually makes your life simpler. Isn't that exciting?! Therefore, every day (or every time I get a change) I will post a meal option or tell you about an easy change I made to make for a healthier life for my family and the environment. So, let's get started shall we?

To get started, I recommend watching the documentary Foodmatters. If you have Netflix, you can watch it online. A book I am currently finding quite interesting is The Healthy Home  by Dr. Myron Wentz and Dave Wentz. I have not read it all the way through yet, but so far it is very educational.

Until next time,
Megan