What is real food?
Author Michael Pollen has written a few books on different aspects of the topic. Jamie Oliver took the Food Revolution to Huntington, WV last year and TV had a 10 parts series to showcase the efforts. There is a growing collection of movies on this topic.
The Leake family in North Carolina took a challenge to eat real food for 100 days.
The family successfully completed their hundred days. The record of what they did and how they did it can be viewed on their website: http://www.100daysofrealfood.com/
The offer a challenge to take a 10 day pledge. 100 days too much? Ease into the change.
Benefits of Taking the 10-Day Pledge
Upon completing your goal we predict you will gain the following:
- A first-hand, eye opening experience of how to identify the real food in our processed food world.
- At least one improved health benefit such as having more energy, losing weight, improving regularity, or just feeling healthier overall.
- The realization that some of those pre-packaged processed “food-like substances” don’t even taste that good compared to real food.
- The opportunity to teach your children (if you have them), by example, the healthiest way to eat and enjoy the food mother nature has given us.
- A congratulatory letter and complimentary gift – a silicone wristband debossed with “10 Days of Real Food” which you can wear to make sure all of your friends know what you accomplished!
- The ability to continue on with your life however you chose, but with the new knowledge of how and why to avoid processed foods. Hopefully your 10-day experience will convince you to consider making at least a few changes for life.
What can you eat following the 'real food' challenge?
http://www.100daysofrealfood.com/real-food-defined-a-k-a-the-rules/
What kinds of food would you have for the daily meals?
http://www.100daysofrealfood.com/real-food-resources/
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