(A line from the song 'Nutrition' by The Dead Milkmen.)
I sing this song on every grocery trip.
I try to eat right. I really do, but if ever there were an enigma wrapped in a mystery it is 'good nutrition'.
We've gone from this:
To this:
To this:
According to this, I should eat a lot of grains. Eating a lot of grains exposes me to gluten. Should I avoid gluten? How do I know if I should avoid gluten? I've heard rumors of gluten being linked to autism, but I don't really know if that's true, because I've also heard that gluten isn't linked to autism.
Besides that, I've also heard that carbs are bad.
Ok, I'll eat a lot of vegetables. Does it matter if they come frozen, in a bag, covered in a "cheese flavored sauce"? What is that, really? My kids really dig on the "cheese flavored sauce", but I don't think it's good for them. However, they won't eat broccoli with out it. The canned vegetables are full of sodium so buy frozen ones. Without "cheese flavored sauce" or "butter flavored sauce". Unless you want the kids to eat them.
Protein. Meat, cheese, and nuts. Grass fed beef is best, but have you seen the price of that stuff? Would you like your ground beef with or without pink slime? That chicken you're eating lived an absolutely miserable existence. Don't you feel terrible about that? I would, but I can't afford to eat the happy, free range chickens or eggs. I've adopted a 'don't ask, don't tell' relationship with my meat.
Then there is the ubiquitous evil, high fructose corn syrup. This is one I do try in earnest to avoid. It isn't easy! I'm an avid label reader. This works great at home, but not while dining out. Unfortunately, being a busy working mom means we eat out more than we should, and we eat a lot of 'convenience' foods.
With every meal I think to myself, "Ok, I may have lost this battle, but in the long run, I'll probably lose the whole war as well."
Bon appetit!
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