For years I have struggled with various medical
issues. Issues that could never be explained by medical doctors or
specialists. At the age of 19, I started developing problems. With
the promise of resolution from my doctors, I continued to take various drugs
and antibiotics well into my 20's. At 30 years old, I am still struggling
with the same issues, albeit another set of problems that I believe were
brought on my the endless regime of drugs.
In 2016, I saw a naturopathic doctor and we
really dove into the last ten years of my life. I believe my body
took a toll on account of all the medications I was taking. But
sitting in that office on my first visit to the naturopath, was the beginning
of my journey into taking health into my own hands. It was the first time any
medical professional questioned me about my diet. I’ve always
considered myself to be healthy, but it wasn’t until I was really honest
and conscientious of the food I was eating, did I realize that maybe
I wasn’t as healthy as I thought.
Through the course of the last 18 months, I’ve tried a
couple restricted diets. Restricted in the sense that they didn’t involve foods
I was used to eating or avoiding foods that were once my “go
to”. And while I can’t say I am 100% healed or symptom free of
my health issues, I can say this. Diet has made the biggest impact
on my health in one year, than in 10 years of taking medication. The
food that I put in my body has the power to make me feel better or make me feel
worse.
And so over the last 18 months, I have spent countless
hours researching correlations between food and illness, understanding how to
read labels and ingredient lists. Finding recipes that are healthy,
affordable and easy to make. It was never a chore do to this, in fact, it became
my passion!
Recently, I’ve been researching and reading about the
rampant diseases that are affecting North Americans. We are becoming
fatter and sicker each year. Processed food surrounds us
everywhere… Forget the grocery or convenient stores. You
can’t even shop at a clothing store without being surrounded by chocolate or
soda at the checkout lanes. Think about it. Can you
picture the checkout lane at a Marshalls or JC Penny? Do you
see the Godiva chocolate at the Kohls cash registers? Look behind the cashier
at Best Buy, do you see the gummy candies? Sugar and chemical laced
food is everywhere.
But the problem is.. It’s cheap. Fast food is cheap.
Soda is cheap. Chips are cheap. So if you are on a fixed income, how
the hell do you even attempt to eat healthy?
In the last year, I moved to a very remote, northern
area of Canada, where food cost 3x as much as it does in the south. So I can
fully understand how difficult it is to eat well when you have to stretch your
dollars. And now my passion for healthy food has developed into a
passion for finding AFFORDABLE healthy food choices. So this
blog will be dedicated to sharing exactly that.
It is my sincere hope that I can share what I have
discovered with those of you who may also be in a fixed income situation and
struggling with your health. May this blog help provide advice and ways to
overcome these obstacles. Everyone should be able to make healthy
food choices.
Stay tuned. XoXo
Sara
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