I just started (literally, just, about 5 minutes ago) an on-line program by Jordan Rubin to become a Biblical Health Coach. He was teaching that of the 150,000+ plants available to eat each day, Americans typically eat about 3 a day. (Ketchup, lettuce, and french fries). Native peoples in good health can eat about 300 kinds a year.
A trap in any diet, healthy or not, is becoming stuck in a food rut. Even for us, we have quickly settled on the fruits and veggies we do like, know where to find, and what is easy to prepare. So i am going to challenge myself to continue to expand our eating horizons and not get in a rut.
Today we had:
Blueberries
Raspberries
Strawberries
Oranges
Grapefruit
Salad (about 5 lettuces)
Corn (in chips)
Almonds
Dates
Coconut
In total (I will just focus on fruits and veggies) we all averaged about 10-12 different fruits.
I'll keep tabs on how that changes thruout the week. It's good to eat a variety each day, but also each week/month. We can't just eat the same 12 all month. This is also a good way to eat seasonally. For instance, we have really been eating a lot of grapefruit this month since they are in season. I think the season is almost done but a new main fruit should be cropping up out in CA any day now! It's oK to eat on a monthly rotation with the seasons. The more in-season the produce is, the healthier it is for us! Just don't get stuck in that apple/carrot rut all year!
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Hey Sarah,
ReplyDeleteJust checking in to see how things are going. Tayton has been having some weird things going on with him lately- food allergy thing I think. The last four weeks, about the middle of the week, he gets this puking thing. Well, I found out this morning that part of that was the fact that the school was still giving him fruit coctail which has pears and he's allergic to anything with pears- pear concentrate,etc. But yesterday he had peaches-so I figured the peaches were likely the light syrup type which has pear concentrate, but it didn't. So now I'm totally confused. Maybe he's allergic to peaches now too! Sheesh! We don't try alot of new things for this very reason. He's soooo sensitive to fruits and veggies. For a long time, he couldn't have any veggie or fruit with a skin because he lacked the enzyme to break it down. He's come a long way with that at least, but this week has me stumped. I know it's not the flu cause once he pukes, he's totally fine. I hate to bring him to the ped and have them poke and prod for something I figure out.
Anyway;-) Oh, found out today that Katia doesn't need surgery on her back- no tethered cord-PTL! Take care Sarah!