Monday, May 03, 2010

Non-Paleo problems, eating local and organic

I ate a bunch more "Open Meals" (non-Paleo) than I would have liked to this week and totally noticed some very concrete changes in my health:

1. I broke out in acne on my face.
2. My blood sugars have been all over the place: a consistently higher fasting blood glucose, more highs and lows. On Saturday night I almost hit 400 (normal = 83-90 mg/dL) after eating 1.5 corn tamales at our local Mexican restaurant: non-Paleo ingredients in these included corn, cheese, salt, and sour cream.
3. I don't feel as healthy as usual.

I'm hopeful that I can get back on track this week.

I also just discovered a great website for finding local, organic food that is actually a lot less expensive than buying it at a local grocery store (or a place like Vitamin Cottage or Whole Foods): http://www.localharvest.org/

Reading The Omnivore's Dilemma has really re-sparked my desire to buy organic somehow, and I am hopeful that this is a viable solution. I'd really like to go Paleo and organic. The local CSA that one of my co-workers grows for only charges $249 for a 20-week share (that comes out to only $12.45/week for local, organically grown food!).

-Andi

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