Its Time for a Kitchen Pantry Make Over? Here are 10 reasons why we’re sure its time
Our kitchens are no longer utilized as a labor of love, mom cooking a fresh, breakfast, lunch and dinner throughout the day, nowadays our kitchens are used as speed way, everyone passing through grabbing a quick bite and going about their business. Now let’s touch upon the shopping. Since our society is based on a quick fast and a hurry lifestyle, our foods have become a reflection of that lifestyle.
What is a pantry makeover you ask? It’s an act by which you make a thorough assessment of the items that are housed not only in your kitchen pantry and cabinets but fridge and freezer as well. Have a nutritionist or dietitian measure whether these food items are contributing to a healthier life style or slowly killing you. If they are having a detrimental effect, these practitioners will create a converted shopping list which will stimulate better health.
Here are ten reasons I’m sure its time for a kitchen pantry makeover
- If everyone in your family eats primarily at home and have gained an average of five pounds a month over the last six months.
- if you or a family member has contracted high blood pressure, diabetes or any diet or lifestyle related ailment in the last year and haven’t made any dietary adjustments in your house hold
- If you or family members are catching colds too frequently or staying sick longer than a few days
- If you have children and they are not retaining information when in a learning environment or are constantly bouncing off the walls with hyper uncontrollable disruptive energy at home and school –before you allow the doctor to place them on medication, change their diet for awhile.
- If all or most of your meals are pre pared in the microwave.
- If most of the items that you purchase in the grocery store are purchased in the middle of the store as opposed to the four corners of the store
- If you don’t know the meaning of or have never purchased organic
- If you think drinking soda is better for you and more important for your health than drinking water
- If you constantly fry your meals and reuse the same dark oil over and over again
- If your ideal of grocery shopping is at the corner convenience store or the gas station
If any of the for mention list applies to you, or your family’s lifestyle then its definitely time to set an appointment with me for a kitchen pantry makeover as well as an alternative health program. The obesity rates have reached record proportions especial in the past 10 years. There is now a 1 and 3 chance of our children contracting diabetes before the age of 12. This is a definite call for action on our lives. Remember we have to guard and protect our temples, and it starts and ends with food.