Friday, August 17, 2012

I am so confused and frustrated.  I am trying to eat better and healthier and the more I learn the harder it is to easily find food that is healthy, economical and won't turn me into a sea slug or something.  I am talking food additives, fillers, processing and, of course the biggie, GMOs.

I have to go into the grocery store armed w/ lists of ingredients to avoid in order to find food that is good for me.  Isn't this the food service's job?  Why do I have to spend so much time searching in a food store to find REAL FOOD?

Until someone tells me to the contrary, food supplier's care only about their profit, and anything that will put them into a lawsuit...reputation and money.  With so many of them spending millions on keeping us in the dark about some of these foods and additives... Seriously, is there anyone out there I can trust?

Here is where the organic foods area comes in.  They are REGULATED to keep to a STRICT guideline to label them organic.  Organic means no chemical pesticides, fertilizers, frankenseeds, etc.  Sounds awesome right?  REAL FOOD....at a price.  As far as I know the organics area is small, takes a lil longer, and more importantly organic farmers don't get as many government grants, insurances, etc as Big AG does.

So in the short, I have to pay a lot more in order to keep myself from eating creepy things.  I am a student... I have no money.  I want to lose weight, feel better and get rid of this damn depression I've had for 13 years.    Had I known that I have to do everything... maybe I'll just go live in the woods... cause the companies I should trust to help seem to care for nothing but their bottom line.

Like I said, I am incredibly frustrated, and don't know what to do and where to turn.