Hi. This group sounds like it could be my kind of thing, but I'm not sure.

The idea of eating foods made from unaltered ingredients has a certain appeal to me. I tend to think that a balanced diet should be created by eating foods in the proper proportions, and not by taking unhealthy foods and mucking around with them. I'd also like to hear what other people are doing in light of those ideals, especially since I live in Israel where it's hard to find fat-free, sugar-free anything.

That said, I'm a little worried by the pro-raw milk bit in the group description. Pasteurizing milk prevents some pretty deadly diseases. And I also recognize that specific health issues require flexibility on the nothing-processed ideal.


And dinner was two hard boiled eggs (but only one yolk), two miniature buttermilk biscuits, and some jam.

Hi. I'm Jan. I am in my 60's and need to lose about 20 pounds. But more important to me is that I am putting healthy food into my body. "Do No Harm" is my motto, and we all know that processed food does harm. So, while I won't be drinking raw milk anytime soon, I will look for organic and locally produced foods.

Tonight, I am having crabmeat Louie.....salad with crabmeat, hard boiled egg, and homemade russian dressing. I am on a wheat-free diet, so no bread for me! But I will have dessert.....maybe rhubarb crisp or homemade vanilla ice cream.

Jan

I've been reading a lot about real foods recently and what I love about it is that nothing is off limits. That's right, enjoy butter, full fat cheese, raw milk if that's your thing (personally I like my pasteurized 2%) and your fats! The point is to think about what food was, including sweets, back when your grandma was a kid. The cookie that is homemade from real ingredients has got to be better for you than the cookie with a giant list of chemicals which your body can't process.

Since eating more non-processed foods I have found cravings decrease, things are actually too sweet sometimes, I feel better, and I can eat a hell of a lot of food with lower calories than what I used to eat when buying 'health' foods.