Path to All Natural

[Challenging Road Ahead]

Slowly, but surely we're converting the consumables in our home to have less and less chemicals and artificial additives. First and foremost, we removed MSG from our daily diet, then sodium nitrite a couple years ago. Then it was the lessening of high fructose corn syrup. Now begins the removal of artificial colorings.

The challenge is inherent from the get-go. Any packaged food or drink from just about any grocery store will have at least one of these things. Without the time and freedom to make every single meal we eat from scratch this feat of all-natural eating will prove difficult. Until we live our lives at our dream homestead we'll be fighting against these problems for as long as we shop. In the meantime we can at least curb how much artificial ingredients we eat.

Nothing unnatural here

Trying the fluoride-free route

Bread products are notorious for additives

Survival Foods - Let Down

Saw this in the store the other day and thought, "Alright! I totally want to do a review on that!" Unfortunately my paranoia about ingredients kept me from buying it. One of the things I avoid more than anything else is MSG and let me tell you it's getting harder and harder to do so. Most often labeled by its full name: Monosodium Glutamate, it's a "flavor enhancer" and thickening agent. But it's also incredibly bad for you. Then again what isn't bad for you in the everyday U.S. diet?
Anyway, it was just a bummer and let down because I was actually kind of excited about this because it looked pretty good and a little different from the usual canned stuff I see.

Well... back to the search I suppose...

(Also see: Food Storage - Purchasing Habits)