I have been going through the process of figuring out how to live healthier. There are several reasons for this. One, as I shared in my last post, is that I am over weight and need to be eating better. Another is that I want to be a good steward of what God has given me. There are many areas to consider in a healthy lifestyle as well.
It's not just about eating more natural and whole foods, which I am trying so hard to do. It is also about the products we use and how we are taking care of the earth God gave us to watch over and subdue. I really think that when God gave is this planet to subdue he didn't mean trash it. He didn't mean take over and kill everything in your path and he certainly didn't mean for us to create substances which slowly kill us. I don't think it is fair to say if I want to be kinder to our environment (and myself) I must be some kind of liberal hippy. Which by the way is what my husband thinks of me.
I have been trying to learn more about how to make my own homemade foods in the most natural state possible, and I have been researching cookware and storage ware that doesn't leach chemicals into my food. I have been trying to find more natural shampoos and lotions, etc. And I am finding that everything is harmful!
Now, I am trying hard not to be such a paranoid weirdo (to quote my husband) about all this, but the more research I do, the more I am convinced there is not much out there that isn't slowly poisoning us. I know that I can't avoid everything. I just want to change some of the things I have control over and know about. Things like my cookware. I don't want to use Teflon anymore. I also know that there could be some leeching from stainless steel. I think I will be buying a cast iron pan soon and am looking for some glass Corning ware pots for the stove top. So far am not having much luck anywhere besides eBay, and the shipping is outrageous!
I also have been trying to cut down on using plastic, both bags and for food prep and storage. There are some really good posts about this over here . I keep forgetting to take my canvas bags shopping so I opt for paper instead. Which by the way, no one knows how to use! The clerks just fill 'em up! Oh man! I have to try to be so patient and I usually just ask to do it myself before they break something. I really wish everyone had handles on their bags like Whole Foods.
More on this later, I have to go start dinner.
I'm making the changes I can too without being a liberal hippie as well :)
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ReplyDeleteMy husband and I are always kind of interested in this sort of thing. It is probably really true that most everything we are exposed to: food, dyes, cleaning products, etc, etc. ARE slowly poisening us. We are NOT liberal hippies by any stretch of the word. LOL
We like to get the magazine Mother Earth News, which I always thought was a leftover hippie magazine and while it does espouse some liberal politicing we enjoy all the articles about safe food and gardening and creative ideas for using what you have instead of buying new.
Take Care,
Trixie