Sometimes it is just that simple.

Health is just as much mental as it is physical. Start with a change of perspective and it just might make a world of difference. 

The food industry is NOT your friend, no matter how nice they seem.

I will start this post with the exact same line: THE FOOD INDUSTRY IS NOT YOUR FRIEND, NO MATTER HOW NICE THEY SEEM. Every business is in the business of making money. Harsh reality but it is true. As much as I give away sessions and try to work with people so that everyone can get the results they want with the budget they have, if I'm not able to pay the bills at the end of the day I have to make changes. In the business of making food, this is doubly true regardless of their customers' health and/or well-being.

Fact #1: Every single food company pays a team just to research ways to make their food addictive. 

No matter the chemical, dye, additive, or preservative, a company will experiment with them all to figure out the combination to make their food taste the absolute best so that you as a consumer will come back and buy the product again. 

Fact #2: America has the most lax laws when it comes to your food.

The FDA is VERY accepting of almost any and all additives being put into food. There are A LOT of things that are put into food in this country that are outlawed in other countries. The list and reasons are shocking. I leave it up to you  to do a little research. I don't want to ruin the surprise. 

Fact #3: Companies will put WHATEVER they can on the label to make you think their product is healthy. 

Let's start with the 'Cholesterol Free' label on a box of crackers. Well let's hope those crackers are cholesterol free because that particular kind of sterol is only found in meat. Sterols are a steroid alcohol that work with fat-soluble vitamins and hormones. Plants have their own kind of sterols as well as fungi.

The next box you see that has the label 'Fat Free' will probably have a little asterisk next to it which will lead your eyes down to the bottom of the box where it clarifies in the tiniest print possibly readable by the human eye that it is considered fat free because it has less than so much fat per serving. Soooooooo there IS fat in that box of whatever? Neat.

The 'Organic' label doesn't mean that everything in that box or bag is organic. In order for the FDA to approve that label the product only has to be majority organic grown, the rest can be whatever they want it to be. What is majority you ask? FDA considers majority to be just 65%. And on this note, is organic really healthier for you? Eh, it just refers to the way it is grown. It's healthier for the earth, certainly. You decide whether the extra nickels are worth it. 

I don't say any of this to try and scare you away from food. Simply put, just slow down at the grocery store and really read what you are putting into your body. You don't have to study it like a textbook just be wary of the label in big bold bright text and pay more attention to the little text at the bottom of the box or the back of the box that has the real information. Look before you eat.