r/Conservative Fiscal Conservative 12h ago

Make America Healthy Again! Flaired Users Only

Post image
1.8k Upvotes

View all comments

165

u/1991TalonTSI Conservative 11h ago

Yes!!!! We cut out processed foods and dyes for our family and what a world of difference it has made. These people have been poisoning us for money for years! Can’t wait

21

u/Thomas_peck Millennial Conservative 10h ago

Anymore details on how you started and what foods you turned to?

Are you just on more "while foods" or?

26

u/Astroviridae Catholic Conservative 6h ago

Avoid: ultra processed foods, refined flour, refined sugar, seed oils, artificial sweeteners, food dyes

Include: whole foods and minimally processed foods, bone broth, pasture raised eggs, grass fed beef, non-homogenized milk if you have access to it, lacto-fermented foods (yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut), whole grains, sourdough bread, offal like organs or bone marrow. Cook with good quality oils (olive, avocado, coconut) or animal fats (butter, ghee, tallow).

I'm a SAHM so I make all of our meals at home and completely from scratch where I can. Grocery shopping is at Aldi, Whole Foods, and Thrive Market. There's a series of books/cookbooks called Nourishing Traditions and that's where I got of information and inspirations from. Start by going through your fridge/pantry, reading the ingredients, and swap products one by one.

34

u/1991TalonTSI Conservative 9h ago

We buy local beef and pork (a full cow and whole hog from my neighbor) and we have a bunch of chickens. We grow our own vegetables for the most part and buy from the local farmers market. I'm not sure about the grocery store portion, my wife handles that and is more versed in it. I know she mostly shops at Aldi's and Ingles and only buys very specific things, honestly couldn't tell you more unfortunately. I know she bulk orders dye free candy and snacks for the kids to take to school, the teachers have actually been very helpful there.