...in three easy steps!
1. eat organic food.
2. savor organic food.
3. LOVE organic food.
and i have to thank the Main Market for beginning this love affair. it has only been open this year and i, honestly, have been putting off going there since i took the tour and got a student membership three or four months ago. my laziness only kept me from the joy that is locally grown and/or organic foods.
i went last week to buy a whole chicken. unfortunately, they were out of the herbs that i wanted to stuff the chicken with. so i chose butternut squash ravioli and tomato sauce, with a side of asparagus. all organic. all from within the pacific northwest. and i realized how amazingly FRESH everything tasted. i wouldn't say it tasted "better" than other foods (but then again, there hasn't been many foods that i have met that i didn't scarf down lovingly), but the freshness factor was what hit me, like a slap in the forehead, telling me "you CAN eat foods that don't have chemicals and hormones...and high fructose corn syrup! (sidenote: Main Market does not well a single item with high fructose corn syrup; this makes label reading MUCH easier as you know that that vile stuff will not be in anything)
with my goal of getting more healthy and losing weight, i think eating organic can only be a win/win situation for me. there are conflicting sources out there on whether organic food helps with weight loss/weight maintenance. i tend to lean towards those who say it does help, simply because you are making your body healthier and, therefore, your body functions better which can only lead to it burning calories more efficiently. but then again, i am admittedly biased.
and maybe you can chalk this up to a placebo effect, but i felt better after eating that meal of raviolis and asparagus (and drinking my all-natural tangerine sparkling juice...best stuff EVER!). i felt....clean.
i won't say that i will ONLY eat organic foods. that's highly unrealistic life-wise and money-wise. but i will make an effort MUCH more than i was before. because feeling great is my goal.
oh, just so everyone is aware, Main Market has an AMAZING selection of beers and wines made in Washington and Northern Idaho. that right there should be enough for you to at least go check the place out. support your local industry!!
