Organic living

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We're a family who use to live the standard Aussie diet, we are now a vegan, gluten free, sugar and yeast free organic, clean eating family! It can be done! It just starts with 1 step! As my hubby says to my eldest, you can't eat an elephant all at once you gotta take one bite at a time... Then she will shriek at the thought of eating an elephant lol! I use to be someone who if I was going to start a diet would eat something bad then go stuff it and eat bad for the rest of the day! When I was transitioning I would eat the bad thing and stop and eat healthy for the rest of the day even if I stuffed up again I just looked at the food as what healthier things have I eaten that day! If you haven't watch 'food inc' 'food matters' 'hungry for change' and a great book is 'creating healthy children' when you have run out of an item in the pantry, go buy that item in organic next time. If you haven't read the labels on the items you buy, ask questions, call the manufactures, start making things from scratch, finding ways to 'copy cat' that favorite cafe cake but make it healthier and taste better... Every step counts! All changes even so small make a big difference! Xx



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Lucy Alys (July '06)
Minnie Audrey (July '09)
Pippi Violet (oct '11)

^^ Those are some great docos, there are also great blogs out there like the wellness warrior

Whilst I have been a vegetarian for 18 years, I only went organic (everything including pantry items like pasta or bread etc) 4 years ago. I haven't looked back. Hubby, who was a former junk addict (Maccas, candy etc) argued with me at first about the jump in our weekly food budget but he has long since come around (he is a meat eater, but we buy organic/biodynamic/grass fed free range meat, dairy and eggs.) At the end of the day, what we want most is to have a long and healthy life, and therefore it makes sense to invest in our health through our food. We budgeted in other areas so that we could buy pure food. It makes a difference.
Just the other week hubby went out for Chinese food with a friend and got a massive migraine, turns out the food had MSG, because he hadn't consumed MSG in so long it affected him immediately. Some people make fun of me when I say I only buy organic, so to show them why, I got a can of RAID (insect pesticide) and sprayed strawberry with it and then gave it to them. Do you think they ate it? NO, and I only sprayed it once with supermarket grade pesticide.

Since eating organic we have found that our skin looks great, we rarely get sick (in 4 years I have been sick twice, once was during pregnancy) and we just feel better.
When I was pregnant, i was determined more than ever to make sure that I did everything possible to ensure I built a fantastic body for my daughter, and as a breastfeeding mum, I continue to do my best to make sure she gets the best nutrition and as little toxins/pesticides/hormones as possible. I want her to have a long and healthy life and I believe the food we eat plays a HUGE part in that.

Even though I am not vegan (I eat eggs from my dads rescued chooks and occasionally honey) I am considering giving my daughter a wholesome food diet that doesn't include meat, dairy or refined sugar. At least until she is old enough to do her own research and decide what she wants to put into her body. I am hoping if I start her on a clean, extremely healthy diet she will form good eating habits and have a preference for healthy foods that increase her vitality. That aside, preservatives, additives, pesticides etc WILL NOT ever be a part of my family's diet again.