From the same moment that the babies are being weaned from their mother breast, they start consuming manufactured products. It is true that they are well and scientifically produced and thoroughly tested, but in any way it is the beginning of what our lives are going to be. Later, it comes a much worse period in which children start eating candies, sweets that spoilt their teeth and what is worse, create in them very counterproductive habits.
It is very easy going to the supermarket or to the nearest shop and buying something that is wrapped in a transparent paper and ready to be eaten.
This is the first rule in our path to the Mediterranean diet.
Buy only real food. Mainly fruits, plants, and fish. Try to find real bread, the one made of unrefined (not mock integral) flour. The one that contains the germ of the wheat. The one that our ancestors used to eat. Look, ask, investigate. You’ll find it.
Forget bread containing fat. Any kind of fat, no matter how healthful you may think it is. Most sliced or sandwich bread contains fat and preservatives. Bread is something made with flour, yeast, water and salt (even some have no yeast), period. If it has something else, then it is not bread. It is another product.
You can choose normal white or brown rice, as you want. It won’t make much difference.
Look for adequate natural markets. Vegetables, fruits, fish, eggs, some meat…if you don’t find natural milk (it is normally a problem), then buy skimmed good quality milk. Cheap versions normally contain a higher proportion of whey.
Make yourself the promise of stop buying industrial chips, not homemade French fries and other similar manufactured products, especially those that have been fried.
In the following days, we’ll continue with our tricks to make our food easy and healthy. The assignment for today is identifying real food markets and stop buying manufactured products (I am reluctant to call them “food”).
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