How would you like an arranged marriage?

What's your gut reaction to that question?  Does it sound good?  What if I told you that your future spouse is really great and you're going to have a great time?  I bet you still aren't convinced.  Would you like the details about this person, or better yet, would you like to choose the person for yourself?

So why do so many people buy packaged food at the grocery store without even looking at the ingredients?  I've seen people buy boxes of total crap and when I ask why they would eat it they say "But it says it's low-fat!" or "It has the heart-healthy symbol on it."

Wow, that's all it takes?  Then why can't I just say you're going to have a great marriage and hook you up with some person you know nothing about?  The reason is because you know that going into that relationship you want choice, and you want to know the details.  I suggest that divorce is a solution to a failing marriage but the crap you put into your body may be carried around with you for much longer than you'll have to wait to get divorced.

I now recommend this as the first change to your diet:  Know what your diet actually is.  It isn't "Chicken-Beak Flavored Wheaty Bits", it's all the consituent parts.  And in that made-up example, it's not the chicken beaks that are the probelm.  It's the wheat flour, the hydrogenated oil, the high fructose corn syrup, and a myriad of additives, preservatives, and nasty chemicals.  Step one in making a change is to just become aware of what you're actually putting in your body.

The next step may be to choose what to eliminate.  I recommend you ditch wheat, sugar, high fructose corn syrup, and hydrogenated oil in one step.  And I believe once you realize how much of that crap you're eating you'll feel motivated to do that.  But first just realize it.

Start now.  Forget the front of the box, read the ingredients.  In time, as you care more about what you put into your body you'll find that less and less of your food will come from a box because it won't meet your requirements to be food. 

Eventually, you may get to quit reading labels, but that day will only occur when you are eating real food.  Buy a steak, grill it.  Buy some veggies, cook them too.  Nothing came from a box, and there were no labels that you even needed to read.  You may have a few things that still have a label, such as the jar of coconut oil or stick of butter, but most of what you eat shouldn't need an ingredients list.

Try it.  You'll be shocked at what you find, and it just might be an easy first step towards changing your diet and thus your life.