Implementing Diet Changes Part 1

Changing our diet seemed like the most logical place to start for a couple "Seeking Pure Living".

The most important and easiest changes we thought we could make was to add in more fresh vegetables and fruits. Ideally, to eat as many of them as we could in their raw state.

So we are not wasteful, we are using up our store bought, bottled salad dressings for the time being to eat with some of our veggies. But once those are gone you can bet I'm going to look up healthier alternatives.

The easiest way we have found to get more raw fruits and veggies into our diet is to make smoothies! Spinach or Kale can easily be hidden in fruit smoothies, so you get all their nutrients but with a fruity taste. The natural sugars in the fruits are enough so that there is no need to add any type of sweetener, but if you do need a little more sweet then try adding some honey. I have fun making all sorts of different combinations and recommend you try it out for yourself.

Don't be scared to try other ingredients in your smoothies, depending on what type of taste you are going for. I have experimented with almonds, flax seed, maca powder, chia seeds, oats, vanilla extract and goji berries.

So, Step 1 in changing your diet for the better is as easy as adding in more fruits and vegetables. They are full of vitamins and minerals, the fiber content will keep your fuller for longer and loading up with good and nutritious calories and fats will make you less likely to grab for something that just has no nutritional value.

Check back for more ideas on adding in raw fruits and vegetables and for smoothie recipes!

Welcome!

I am on a quest to create a healthier and more pure lifestyle for my husband and I, especially as we work towards expanding our family.

After dealing with a miscarriage last year and subsequent difficulties with conceiving again, we have decided to try to detox our diets and our home.

I'm a beginner at all of this, which begs the question, why isn't this the way the general public lives if it really is a healthier life? In all of the research I've been doing over the past few months, I believe that companies and people seek the easiest, most convenient ways to do things and sacrifice health and well-being for it.

As someone dealing with endocrine system/hormonal imbalances (will address in a future post) and a husband with terrible asthma and high cholesterol, I can't help but wonder how food and toxins in everyday things we encounter have attributed to our health problems.

I will be blogging about all of the great ideas I have found from others willing to share and I have decided to implement into our house.

So what can you expect to see here?

1. Diet Changes - eating real foods and learning new and better ingredients to use
2. Natural Body Care - using toxic free products on our skin
3. Natural Cleaning Products - DIY products for a toxic free home

This is definitely a journey and a process. We also feel it is important for us not to waste things we already have because we are on a budget (who isn't??). So as we finish up bottles of harsher cleaners, detergents or soaps, they will be replaced with not only more eco-friendly but people-friendly products. As nice as it would be to just start from scratch, we aren't able to do that and will try to concentrate on specific areas as they come up. This will also help the process to seem less overwhelming and can help me spread out my research.

I hope you will enjoy Seeking Pure Living along with me!