The way we eat these days...

In needing to lower blood pressure and manage cholesterol I took notice of the way we have been eating since my chemo treatments ended and I've noticed where we as a family are eating even better since then.

For a long time now we've been using http://www.bobsredmill.com/ Bob's Red Mill products. Usually we mostly only used his buttermilk pancake mix. We have collectively been buying better cold cereals like http://www.momsbestnaturals.com/ Mom's best.

Although those products only cover breakfast we have made improvements for other meals as well, my wife has been making REAL mashed potatoes and her own spaghetti sauce on and off for years. We've added more salads and in those salads we've added more spinach. We've added more fish and try to avoid red meat as much as possible. My daughter wants to make her own salad dressing. (will be looking for that recipe soon)...we also only use Real Maple Syrup.

We have cut out soda and I switched to drinking seltzer when I want soda, but I have also been drinking more water. Recently my wife has started using the slow cooker and has made her own home made stew and chili. She has started adding Flax Seed to everything.

We have also switched from white rice and white flour to brown rice and wheat flour, we've also added more raw vegetables and fruit on a near daily basis.

Now we are looking for recipes for making our own bread. She has also tweaked a recipe for home made granola bars using only rolled oats, honey, butter and chocolate chips. She has been making these granola bars for at least a year now.

The cause for most of these changes partly evolved from wanting to avoid HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) which is in EVERYTHING!!! and now with my BP and cholesterol issues in the spot light we have adapted to small changes that will improve all of our health. (the kids haven't even noticed the subtle food changes which is great)

We expect to use more of Bob's Red Mill products for other meals where ever possible.


** On another side note...just weighed myself on the Wii fit board and discovered I have lost 6 lbs since I saw my PCP for my physical just 2 weeks ago.

According to the Wii I weighed 256.6 on May 11th... today I weigh 240.7

Dr K wants me in the 230's when I go back in November, and today I set a goal for 10 lbs by my birthday (10/16) ...I plan on getting below 230 by then.

At this rate that shouldn't be a problem.


"Let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food" -Hippocrates


"Eat to live, don't live to eat" -Anonymous


Be Well
Scott