Food prices: I can't begin to tell you how much food has cost me these last few months. It seems the less a product has in it the more it cost. Is it just me or is there something wrong there? Processed food is out, so I go for the foods that don't come in a box they are fresh foods. The sugar I use is a substitute. It's not the best tasting I have had but believe it or not I never was one to have sugar in cereal or coffee in the morning anyway. Carbonated drinks? Nope I am allergic to them. But I still ended up getting rid of food I have in my home, and replacing it with food that cost twice as much money. Did I get help after emptying my cabinets? Nope. I had to take a different approach to the who idea of eating healthy. If I don't have the money for the food then I guess I wont be eating that day. Or Ill be eating far less than what I am suppose too. Three meals a day is what you are suppose to be eating though. But if I am suppose to be or not. If you don't have the money for it then what are you suppose to do? I about started from scratch on my spices. Most of them I gave away. I had a few processed boxed foods like hamburger helper that went out the door too. My pancake mix, and I always buy one bag 5 pounds of sugar a year. Well I had to get rid of that also. I replaced my spices with just two bottles of Mrs. Dash. I had a cabinet full of spices. Onion salt, garlic salt hamburger seasoning, seasoned salt, just all kinds of stuff. I kept just the herbs. I may run out of food for the month too.
But I guess I am lucky to be able to get what I could for the month. I talked to others that are diabetic and they have it about the same, or worse than I do. Except for cereal they said the foods that are not good for you are cheap as hell. The foods that are good for you are very expensive. If you don't believe me then check it out for yourself. I know wonder people hit the cheap crap today it's the only way you can barely get by feeding yourself and your family. But the thing is families today need all the help they can get, and so do I. So does everyone else that is in my shoes. But I don't plan to hold my breath though. So you think I am sarcastic with my remarks and you think I should just get over it? Well lets see you balance a diabetic diet on the same amount of money for a month that you are spending on that junk food you buy every month. I bet you run out of food too. Don't cheat either if you do try this out. Low carbs, low sugar, no processed foods. Your cola is out also. Hop to it! Let me know too what your experience was like. If you don't want to try that then do this... Shop like you normally do. Now when you get home, divide the food up. One stack a diabetic can eat, the other stack they can't. Imagine what it would be like without that hamburger helper, or that pizza for Friday night. How bout that Bar B Q too! Check the back of those packages, saturated fat is out. sodium is a no no too! Most of those boxes you have there have no less than 100 mgs of salt per serving. And those prepared foods have enough sugar in them to send a diabetic to the emergency room, or running for a extra shot of insulin. Are we having fun yet? I don't think so.
Should we be concerned with the way America eats? Yes. We should be complaining more too. If you want to get down right technical about it, you should complain and then demand that it stop. The only way to a healthy life style is not to eat the junk. But as long as the fast foods offer our children toys in their meals and market to them on TV and then we go to our grocery stores and end up buying food that has enough crap in it... it's a wonder we all aren't dead. Then we will always be known as "USA the junk food capital of the world". No where but in America has such poor practices when it comes to our food. Most of the stuff is not good for you. So as long as we accept it as is. Then the ones making the stuff will keep on making it. It's selling right? When was the last time you read one of those labels on the back of that stuff you buy? I kid you not it shocked me. You may not be dead eating that stuff as of yet. But look at your family, or even yourself, then ask yourself "are you healthy? "Overweight?" "diabetic?" "Risk of diabetes?" "heart in good shape?" "High blood pressure?" Do you know what is causing it if you answered yes to any of these? Are you really even sure you are healthy? The only way to be sure that you are healthy is to stop eating the crap. Did you also know that more and more diseases are being related to being caused by your diet? Do you also realize the food you are feeding your kids today may effect them when they are grown? America can do better. We deserve better, so do our children. The junk in our food needs to go, if not for us, at least for our children.
How to Understand
and Use the Nutrition Facts Label
and Use the Nutrition Facts Label
