real food!

Will & I have somewhat changed our eating habits lately, partly due to Asher's arrival and also just because. I was motivated by the writings in two books, Real Food and Real Food for Mother and Baby (also includes important foods when trying to conceive). Both of these books are written by Nina Planck. Disclaimer: I know the idea of raw milk can be a little disconcerting to some, we haven't switched to that but I am still researching it. It's also illegal in some states, such as Illinois. :)

The basic idea is that we should be eating "real foods". What are real foods, you ask? The author defines real foods as 2 part. First, they are foods that are old, or that we've been eating for a long time - meat, fish, eggs, fermented soybean and butter (as opposed to margarine, hydrogenated vegetable oil, etc). The 2nd criteria of "real food" is that it is traditional. Traditional means "the way we used to eat them". For example, fruits and veggies are best when they're local and seasonal, (Plank is really big on farmer's markets) grains should be whole, fats and oils should be unrefined.

More....
Real beef is raised on GRASS (not soybeans) and aged properly
Real milk is grass fed, RAW, and unhomogenized with the cream on top
Real eggs come from hens that eat grass, grubs, and bugs (not vegetarian hens)
etc. etc.

The opposite of real foods is industrial foods (processed, from a box, and loaded with crap).

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So, that's just a very basic idea of the idea of Real Food. I highly recommend her books, especially if you are considering getting pregnant. Her book on food for mother and baby has been so helpful in giving me an understanding of what my baby needs in and out of the womb and how to best provide that to him.

You can check out Nina Planck's website at: http://www.ninaplanck.com/

Now, with that said, who ate donuts today for breakfast? MEEEE!!!!!!