On eating organic

Two years ago, if you had told me that I would buy something, just one thing, organic... I would have laughed at you.

One year ago, if you would have said that the majority {90%} of the food that was in our home was organic, I would have said no way.

You see, before having my child, I was very much against the word. You know, ORGANIC. Whenever I heard the word, whenever I saw the food, I would just cringe. Why, I would ask? Why were people so obssessed with organic, and why on earth were the falling for it.

The organic spell. The trick. The hoax. They were falling for the peer pressure, the media, and all the crap that everyone was feeding into them about the food, or lets say, poison that they are putting into
their bodies.

I recall even saying that I would NEVER be one of those people.

My thing was... we've been eating this food for years. I''ve turned out fine. Health wise? Probably more than fine. I can maybe count on one hand how many times I had been sick all m life. So poison? Psh, I don't believe it. Not fooling me.

And then my daughter came around. My precious beautiful daughter. And Andrew and I started to watch what we ate as far as "health" is concerned. I had always watched what I ate, but I think we were just much more conscious about it. We wanted to eat healthy so that we were doing what was best for our bodies as well as our daughter.

And then when my daughter was of age to start introducing her to real human food, the research began. I was so focused on what was in her food. What I was giving her and to me, I wanted nothing but the best.

So from the beginning, I made all her food. And most of her food that I had bought to make it was organic. Anything that I could find that said Organic on it, I bought it.

And so when she turned 1 and we transitioned her from breastmilk to cow's milk, I automatically started her on organic, grass-fed cow's milk. No questions asked.

But here we were, Andrew and myself, still drinking regular skim cow's milk.

And one day it hit me... why aren't we doing it as well? The organic thing. Why am I not as concerned about whether or not it was organic if we were consuming it?

That's when things changed. Slowly the "regular" food was running out was quickly replaced with organic. Organic milk. Organic bread. Organic eggs. Organic vegetables and fruit. Organic cereal. Organic oatmeal. Organic yogurt. And the list goes on and on.

And now I sit here today, and I am proud of these changes. Really happy for my family, and excited for this new lifestyle that we have incorporated into our home.

Do I think it's best and only way? I'm not sure. Do we go crazy about what we eat outside of our home? Not at all. Do we splurge and treat ourselves to a yummy non-organic treat from time to time? Why yes, we're only human. And will I ever read those crazy-health-nut-books that tell you that everything you eat is basically going to kill you? No, no thank you.

But am I happy with the decision I have made for my family? Absolutely.

Hands down, it is one of the best decisions I have ever made for our family.
One of the most expensive...

But definitely one of the best.