Friday, November 29, 2013

NaBloPoMoNoProFoNo #29: Thoughts on no processed food November

Well, NoProFoNo is coming to an end tomorrow.  Some thoughts on eating no processed food for a month...

OK, let's be honest, I cheated a bit.  I ate sugar probably every day, I decided that the gelatin and corn starch in my yogurt weren't worth giving up yogurt for, I decided that restaurants don't count, etcetera.

THAT SAID, I think the most important thing that happened was I got in the habit of reading labels at the grocery store, and that was actually pretty fascinating.  I also made some hard and fast rules about things I won't compromise on -- no artificial colors, no creepy preservatives, no corn syrup, no getting duped by things with all-natural hippie-dippie packaging that contain one or all of the above. 

So pretty much, as long as you can read labels and have a modicum of self-control at the grocery store, you can have a lifestyle of eating real food only* (*with a few exceptions), which I am happy with.  

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