Step Away From The Super Market

Yesterday I talked about the labels on the food in the supermarket. Now let's talk about the supermarket itself. Have you been in one lately? I do on occasion go into a supermarket and it is fascinating to me. Everything in the market is strategically placed for your shopping pleasure.

They have a section for produce and a bakery and just about everything else you would need to feed your family. Not only are there hundreds of items, there is duplication of the many items as they carry more than one brand in each category. So much to choose from, I hardly know where to start.

In my youth I worked in a supermarket and I was in the back room many times throughout the day. To be completely honest I will have to refrain from telling you what I saw during my time there. Some things are better left unsaid. What I can say is that these ,"back rooms" as they're called, are breading grounds for things not so nice. Our food typically travels 1,500 miles and then could sit in these "back rooms" for a time and are handled by many people, so by the time it gets to you it is depleted of nutrients.

So the next time you're in your supermarket check out the items in the produce, don't think about the chemicals that were sprayed on them or don't think about it traveling miles to get to you. When your in the bakery buying your goods, don't think about the Gluten that is in virtually every item or the sugar content of the sweets. I know some of you are not Gluten sensitive...yet. Gluten is fast becoming a huge issue in this country due to the food we eat. Gluten symptoms might not show up for years.

Now your heading towards the deli or the dairy section. These seem pretty safe except that you have many people handling your deli items. Are their work stations sanitary? The dairy puts the oldest dates up front so that is why you always see someone taking the milk or cottage cheese from the back. Is the plastic safe that the milk or cottage cheese comes in? What about the eggs and cheese? Lots of questions that we often don't think about, but we should.

We haven't even been into the middle isles yet. That is where all the goodies are. All the canned goods with the can lining filled with dangerous toxins. All the processed food loaded with sugar and fat and artificial flavoring, which is more chemicals. Name an item that is free of GMOs, they do exist, but they are becoming rare. It is difficult to walk through a supermarket today without thinking about everything that can harm you in that building.

We are in a crisis in this country and if we don't get a hold of it then we have only ourselves to blame. Each one of us has the ability to change what is not working. Our food supply is not working...you know it and I know it. That is why I am doing something about it. Take the "7 Day Challenge" and make a statement to yourself that you can change if you put your mind to it. YOU CAN DO IT!!! Step away from the supermarket for ONE WHOLE WEEK! Get that feeling of not being dependent on that store. It is liberating, trust me, I know.