Thoughts on shopping

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hen I became health conscience and tried to eat

in a healthier manner I found that my trips to the

supermarket taking less time. There were many aisles I never

had to go down. I'd skip the aisles with snacks,

canned foods, sodas and such because there was nothing

there I wanted to take home. So I would get those items

I thought were " healthy " at the time and then spend

the rest of my time over at the health store. I

remember thinking to myself how nice it was that I can

just buy anything in the health store and not worry if

it was good for me or not.<br><br>Now that I'm

trying to eat only raw and living foods I am finding

that I am spending more time in the supermarkets!

That's right. I guess I'm reading too much on this raw

food topic. I was in one of my health stores to buy a

bag of organic almonds for my son and just decided to

walk up and down the aisles and look over the products

on the shelves. You know, with the different

perspective that I have now there is almost nothing I want to

buy in the health store anymore. Unless you happen to

have a really good " health " store that focuses on

providing you with produce, grains and seeds, etc. your

health store might not look much different than a

regular grocery store or pharmacy. Aisle after aisle of

boxed and processed foods-cookies, candies, chips,

power drinks (filled with sugar), protein drinks and

the like. Then of course there are walls full of

vitamin and mineral supplement bottles, and other

concoctions for you to buy so you can avoid what ever ails

you and your family. I wonder whether some of these

health stores really care about selling you healthy food

at all!<br><br>I have yet to find a good store that

sells a wide variety of organic produce. It is nice to

see the larger supermarket chains stocking organic

fruits and vegetables. But I usually find that I have to

visit several of the supermarkets, including an Asian

market, and buy up all the cheaper priced organic produce

I can find before I finally return to the health

store to pay the higher price on foods I couldn't find

elsewhere. Sometimes the supermarkets have even more organic

produce then the health market!<br><br>Since I was doing

more produce shopping for the family I found that I

did better if I picked out a few recipes I or the

wife would make based on what items we currently had

and then go out and buy whatever we needed. It didn't

make sense to me to buy a head of cauliflower or

broccoli just because it was there and not use it right

away. I shop more often this way but I think it is

worth it.<br><br>I also typed up a big shopping list of

items I normally buy for recipes. My idea is to post it

on the fridge and just circle items as we ran out.

Maybe some of you already do this. I also made

notations on the list as to where I would most likely find

the item at the best price. That way it served as a

reminder to look for other items whenever I was in a

particular store. I'll post my shopping list in my next

entry so that others can use it too.<br><br>-OrionsDad