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Loading...Kick That Chemical Habit – October Unprocessed
When Andrew Wilder challenged people to join him in avoiding processed foods for a month, 415 people took the pledge. That was October 2010. This October, 56 of the original pledgers have signed on again. They have been joined by nearly 2500 more.
It is not too late to take the pledge for 30 days, a week, even a day. The important thing, Wilder insists, is to become more aware of what we put in our bodies and how it affects us.
Wilder defines unprocessed food as, “any food that could be made by a person with reasonable skill in a home kitchen with readily available, whole-food ingredients.” That may sound restrictive to wine and chocolate lovers, but a wander around October Unprocessed 2011 shows how easy it actually is to cut out all those ingredients with unpronounceable names. With so many tips, inspiring guest posts and a regular dose of tasty recipes, the site shrinks the learning curve to manageable size.
Easier Than It Sounds
That learning curve was the biggest hurdle last year’s pledgers faced. Wilder says, “Our culture isn’t designed to help us with eating healthily. Pretty much everything is designed to get us to do the opposite. So we have to unlearn and relearn.”
Time is a factor in busy lives. So is the need for some kitchen skills. Wilder makes both easier by providing recipes for healthy dishes that can be made in a hurry.
Read more: chemicals, fake food, health, junk food, real food, real food challenge
Photo of Andrew Wilder from October Unprocessed
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+ add your ownThis probably would not be too hard for our family as we garden & buy from local producers almost everything anyway. We can, freeze & preserve our own produce. Even the herein mentioned wine, we have several new batches making in the basement now. Much of what sweetener we use is provided by our own honey. We have a hoop house,backyard chickens & collect rainwater. Peanut butter, chocolate, & cheese we still have to buy. I think city apartment dwellers would have a difficult time doing this though as you need a good deal of time, space & equipment (not to mention the work effort) to process a majority of your own foods.
okydoky but whatever one buy or drink there chemical in it.
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I buy individual foods for preparation and keep it simple only; for a emergency i keep canned soup & cheese w/ macaroni around.
A long time ago I started avoiding processed foods and now I find that I don't like them at all anymore. They are out of my life and I certainly don't miss them.
I eat processed food very seldom, usually in an "emergency", and I think I will continue to do so: it is unhealthy to eat processed food as a habit, but it would be even worse to starve because you cannot touch the canned soup!
But am I wrong in thinking that such things as oil, wine or flour are not necessarily processed just because they were have been prepared with a mill or press (which you are not likely to have in your kitchen) and/or stored for a time and in conditions than you could not create at home?
If it's very difficult to do it for a month, just start doing it for a day, then add another day, and another, before you realize it you've been through a week and finally a month goes by easily!
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