O' Naturale

It was brought to my attention that today's children are developing faster than we did and probably ten times our ancestors.  No, this was not told to me by some hippie organic freak that is trying to prove an agenda and wanting to save the earth.  It was shoved right up my nose when my 15 year old daughter, who was 14 at the time, was asked out by a 25 year old boy at the gym right in front of me!!  I realized that I had a problem.  I was suspicious about the issue the more I looked at her at toyed with the idea of trying to cut out foods with hormones and chemicals.  I had no idea what it all meant but I thought that it was worth some looking into.  

Apparently, as I looked through some of my products in my cabinets and refrigerator, that there are more chemicals and things that I can not pronounce in my food than I am comfortable with.  My friend and coworker Tonya, had brought up the fact that she was looking at the ingredients to jarred peppers and noticed that it had yellow dye #5.  Why?????  What was the point in adding that to jalapeno peppers?  They are fine the color they were made and for what purpose would we need to add a dye? it does not preserve the peppers.  It doesn't enhance their flavor.  It was added for no reason just to add something to the product.  More is not always better.  I want less.  

So.... this blog is probably going to lead to several more blogs.  I am going to start my research on natural foods, hormones, GMO, chemicals, and all those things that I can not pronounce and that I don't want to feed my children or myself.  I want them to grow up big and strong and not with the risks of cancer and other illnesses.  I hope that as I learn I can share that information with all 3 of the people that read my blog :))).