October Unprocessed 2011

Are you ready to start your October Unprocessed 2011? Tomorrow it starts and I think it will be fun! I am going to use my definition of processed foods as reported in my post on the session I went to on "Fresh Look at Processed Foods". I plan to avoid the "ready-to-eat" and the "prepared" processed foods only and eat the "combination" and "minimally" processed foods. That makes a lot more sense to me. But if you want more details, read the food blog that I got this from.

http://www.eatingrules.com/2010/09/defining-unprocessed/

He did it last year, too, and went into great depth on explaining what he thinks is "processed". Basically, if you can't make it in your kitchen, then its "processed". I think that's reasonable, except sugar is a processed food so not even homemade cookies, etc., unless you use honey or agave syrup as the sweetener. I will tell people to go ahead and eat "junk" food if its homemade, just to give people a break without feeling guilty. But for October Unprocessed 2011, this is a No - No. The website also looks at labels to determine if its processed such as some breads are too processed with all the stabilizers added, etc. Also, a good idea. Basically, if it has an ingredient in it that you can't pronounce or you don't keep it in your pantry, then it's processed. Bread is a good example. It is a "combination" processed food which I would allow, but some breads have so many additives (words you can't pronounce and don't keep in your pantry) that it would too processed. (The food industry is great at ruining perfectly wholesome foods) I think reading the ingredients is a good idea and avoid those that are too processed.

With Halloween coming up...this will be tricky!

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