Starting With A Commitment to Better Health and Fitness

For several years I have researched nutrition in relation with the Standard American Diet (SAD.)  I have watched horrific documentaries outlining the poor nutrition found within SAD.  I have downloaded e-books with more detail than I could really grasp.  I have read dozens of books written by scientists, nutritionists, therapists, personal trainers, and even talk show hosts.  And I have read pages and pages worth of information on blogs, websites and the like.  While all may differ in the minutia, all agree that the SAD is creating an unhealthy and unfit populace.  And that is probably an understatement. 

Armed with this information, and finally secure in my own approach, I want to share what I've learned and the recipes I have adapted that will allow me to feed my family healthy food.  And I'll share any other tips I can related to becoming fit.  I'll have to tap into my personal trainer hubby for his insights. 

It's not easy to take a stand against the SAD.  We are living in a world flooded with the foods that hurt us.  I say that as if all of the stuff in food packaging is even worthy of the title 'food.'  Much of it is edible garbage, stuff that our bodies can't even digest.  And if we take a bite of it at a company party or church social, we seem to crave it for days.

I smile when I remember the scene in 'Parental Guidance' when Arty (Billy Crystal) buys an ice cream cake for his organically-raised grandkids.  Pre-Teen granddaughter Harper takes a bite and becomes so excited by the sugar rush that she climbs up onto the counter and eats it by the handfuls.  Her two brothers have already lost control and are covered in the gooey mess, running through the kitchen wildly.  Harper yells at her mother in anger, "You lied to me!  Yogurt does not taste like ice cream!"  She's right.  There is no comparison.  She's never had a sugar buzz like that before on yogurt. 


How do live in a world craving tasty but empty calories which leave us without energy or desire to exercise? 

We can learn to love whole nutritious foods so that it is easy to pass up the junk food in the SAD.  We can learn to love the feeling of our healthy bodies moving and exercising. 

Diagram from organikrecords.com