Health and Nutrition. Everybody is on a journey of learning more about how to feed our bodies and souls. I started reading a couple of books that I found at the library back when my youngest was a baby. The books were Toxic Relief by Dr. Don Colburt and Food Smart by Cheryl Townsley. I began to learn of the importance that nutrition plays in our health. My eyes were open to the fact that many of the foods I considered healthy were actually not feeding my body's cells what they needed. I had a couple of friends who were further down the nutritional trail than I was. They shared what they were learning and let me sample whole food recipes that their families enjoyed.
I remember reading a book by Raymond and Dorothy Moore, trailblazers in the homeschool movement, called Homemade Health: A Family Guide to Nutrition, Exercise, Stress Control and Preventative Medicine. The book mentioned the diseases the chickens we eat have because they are living in conditions that promote disease because of mass production and I couldn't eat poultry for a month. It's really easy to get overwhelmed with all the information out there - what to eat, what not to eat, when to eat it, in what order and so on. It makes one dizzy thinking about all the things needing change because of our poor quality food sources. A friend gave me some words of advice that have encouraged me: Start by changing little things that are easy for your family to accept, then add new things little by little. Being positive as you introduce those changes can make a real difference in how your kids deal with new food choices.
What have you done to provide better nutrition for your family? Please share your knowledge! We can all learn something new that can benefit our families as we continue to move down that road to better health.
