MIND YOUR FOOD CHAIN

It’s true, “you are what you eat,” and that logic applies to the entire healthy food chain, so mind your diet. One very important and often overlooked factor of our wellbeing is the health of the plants and animals we consume. It’s important to consider the methods used to grow or raise our food and also the process used to get that food into our hands, so mind your food.

When it comes to cost, nutritional value, and taste, shorter healthy food chains are superior to longer ones. The harder it is for you to imagine your potential food as a living organism and how it got into your hands, the less likely it is to be a healthy choice, so mind your diet. And the grub with the shortest food chains are found at your local farmer’s market, where you get to interact directly with the good people who are growing your food. Even with whole foods – such as pears, carrots, beets, and lettuce – it’s much easier to imagine the healthy food chain via a farmer’s market than it is through a super market. With that said, the process of making most packaged foods with strange chemical ingredients is near impossible to visualize – which is a good reason to stay away and mind your food!