The new year doesn't mean you need to make big resolutions you can't keep. Give yourself small goals that you can accomplish without a major change in your usual routine. Enough small changes will eventually add up to big change and a healthier you.
- Buy organic produce now. Yes, organic produce costs more, but in the long run, it will be way cheaper than medical bills down the road. Chemically grown and treated foods may not visibly hurt you now, but they can wreak a silent war that can leave you prone to a whole host of diseases later in life. Prevention with healthy foods begins now!
- Eat out less. Even cutting one meal a week away from your kitchen can cut costs and your exposure to unhealthy food choices. If you don't have time in the morning to prepare a lunch, make several meals over the weekend and freeze them for use later in the week so you have a variety of choices of already prepared foods.
- Make one day or just one dinner a week meat free.
- Substitute gluten free pasta or bread.
- Switch to organic, grass fed cow milk or cut cow milk out all together and switch to organic coconut, almond, rice, or soy milk. Better yet, get a high powered blender like a Blendtec or Vitamix and make your own nut milks.
- Get a juicer and/or blender. Start your mornings with juice or a smoothie.
- Get a dehydrator to make your own granola, chips, and fruit roll ups or to dry your garden herbs.
- Check out this list for 5 Packaged Foods You Never Need to Buy Again by Jane Mountain
