Do you remember learning about what American society was like before the industrial revolution? Long before any modern conveniences and when man really did work from sun up to sun down.
The majority of people were farmers. The fruits and vegetables were grown in the back yard; the hogs, beef and chickens were raised there as well. Bread was made at home; everyone ate butter and drank whole milk. No one ran everyday to keep their weight down and exercise gyms had not even been thought of yet. People ate plenty of real whole foods. They sat all together and ate three full meals a day. .
Convenience foods, packaged foods, and manufactured foods had not yet been invented. In fact, if they had grocery stores there would have been only three aisles: one for produce, one for dairy, and one for meat, fish and poultry. Think about that for a moment. None of the products that currently exist in the center of the grocery store had been invented yet. Today we eat all of those manufactured foods as if they have been around forever. We forget there was a time when people ate real food and cooked it from scratch daily.
It is not my wish to take us back there. I love my dishwasher, washing machine, and the convenience of a big grocery store. I also enjoy potato chips and store bought cookies on occasion. However, it would serve us well to remember how Americans ate back then.
When you go grocery shopping, buy all of your food form the perimeter of the store. Buy fruits and vegetables, whole dairy products and meat, fish and poultry. If it is comes with a list of ingredients it’s a manufactured food. Those extra ingredients were added to put back the flavor that was taken out in the processing and to keep the product on the shelf longer. Those ingredients aren’t necessary for your health.
Eating healthy isn’t difficult. Just use your common sense and pretend the items in the center of the store haven’t been invented yet.
Cooking is easier than you think and you and your family are worth the time and effort it takes.
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