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28 Day Real Food Challenge – Day 1

01 Feb 2010 by happilybarefoot

I’m doing the 28 day real food challenge on Nourished Kitchen.

In the words of my son “Bye, yucky food! You aren’t good for my body!”

I’ve been lying to myself. I’ve been thinking that we were doing really well not buying groceries that we could make on our own and not buying things that make the kids bounce off the walls. The boxes and bags that came out of my cabinets sure do argue that!  Organic suckers are no better than nonorganic ones… they still contain sugar! They still make my kids nuts!)

Admittedly I haven’t hit the fridge yet… but only because the boxes of food I drug out of the pantry was blocking the way to the fridge. I don’t think there is much bad stuff in there, though.

What an eye opener. Thank goodness my husband is on board.

Day #1 Check List:
For today’s assignment make sure to clear your cupboards of the following processed foods as well as anything containing these ingredients:
  • Vegetable Oils: Soybean, Cottonseed, Canola, Corn
  • Sugar: White Sugar, Brown Sugar, Turbinado, Agave Nectar (including “raw”), Sugar in the raw
  • Stevia: white stevia powder, stevia liquid
  • Margarine
  • Shortening (excluding palm shortening)
  • White flour: all-purpose flour, unbleached all-purpose flour, white rice flour,
  • Cornstarch
  • Soy foods: soy sauce, soy flour, soy milk, soy lecithin, isoflavone-enriched foods and supplements
  • Dried Pastas and Noodles
  • Iodized Salt
  • Refined Sea Salt
  • Meat & Dairy Replacements: TVP, veggie burgers, vegan cheeses, sour creams, rice and nut milks, vegan sausages
  • Processed cheeses
  • Skim and Low-fat Dairy: cheese, milk, yogurts etc.
  • Boxed cereals, crackers and cookies
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