I often check out other people’s carts for their food choices. This gives me a good idea of what the rest of the world is looking to cook. I recently witnessed a family shopping at the grocery store. This family had a cart loaded with chicken legs, chicken breading supplies, oil, many packages of bacon, some kind of red meat and one small bag of collard greens. Now, with the exception of the small bag of collard greens, everything was in a very large bulk size. Granted, I am in the south and these are southern food choices. But this family is filling their bodies with the lowest nutrient food options the store had to offer. I wasn’t merely feeling haughty about this fact. I felt incredible sadness. There was an overweight toddler sitting in the front of the cart. This child, without any input of his own, was already on a path to obesity, disease and lowered quality of life. Simply because of the food choices of his parents.
What these parents were doing right however, was making efforts to cook their meals at home. I see too many people who rely on the food industry to cook their meals for them. So this is my post to implore you to do some fresh cooking at home!
Every time you rely on the food industry or restaurant industry to provide your meals, you put your future health in the hands of strangers. Are you really ok with that? Would you tell a stranger to make a major health decision for you? Would you pass your kids off to a stranger to take to the doctor to make a major decision on their health? Probably not!
Learning new cooking, baking or preparation techniques are powerful tools! The family I mentioned earlier could learn some more healthful ways to get some of the taste of their old favorite dishes without compromising their health. Take a look at books with cooking how to instructions. Check out some new videos. We should never stop learning. Considering how many meals we will put into our bodies over our lifetimes, improving on our food preparation skills is a noble venture. C’mon people, show your loved ones you care about them. Cooking a fresh meal that is also nourishing and disease fighting is one of the best things you can do for your family.
