and yes, it takes work... and I admit MONEY and some know how.

Well we have seen leading research that suggests one of the multi-facets to obesity is what our lovely food industry puts in our food, as well as our chemical industry puts in our containers. Yes, there is the PRC crowd, so for the moment lets assume that those doing research into hormones have a clue and have found one of the many causes that may lead to silly shit like increased insulin resistance and low thyroid function.

So there are several things I have started doing.

1.- I am now baking my own bread. Still learning... it is an art. Why? You find breads without the usual crap like HFCS... yes, they do exist, but still they are few and far between and less every year. So found some solid recipes and taking the time to do that. Mind you, I think that baking them is not that time consuming... but getting it right in a small oven is a little more challenging than I expected. Still, we now enjoy fresh baked breads.

2.- We, well I cook every day, and I use fresh ingredients, and organic when possible. I know a lot of people do not have time for this.

3.- I also have moved on to going out a lot less than we used to... and we are selective of where we go out, for the most part.

Now I realize that what I am doing is very difficult for many people, There are many reasons and I will list them.

a.- For the working poor, having to work two and even three jobs a day doing this is like asking for the moon. Why we should have HEALTHIER choices available for people who cannot do this, AT PRICES THEY CAN AFFORD.

b.- Americans are far removed from a culture where people know what to do with food. I am serious, now we know that many of the working poor and lower middle class have no clue what to do with basic things like oh carrots and potatoes, as in the raw kind ok. So we may need to have outreach programs to teach the coming generations what mothers used to teach daughters, how to cook.

c.- Mostly I am able to do this since I have the time and the resources... I want this available to all. If indeed BPA is part of the crisis and we know food is engineered to be addictive... then the only way some of this crap will change is by as many of us NOT buying. But to do this people need information and available resources.

Now to the PRC I wish you would just shut up and LISTEN to some of the working poor around these parts that will tell you the following, There is no Whole Foods in the inner city, or for that matter a grocery store. You want to get a fresh anything, you need to take public transportation away from the inner city. Also the working poor do not have the time to do this, or the knowledge, and it is NOT their fault. It is the first time in human history that the thin pretty people are wealthy and the working poor, shall we say surviving poor are obese. That alone should offer a clue but it seems every one of these posts is received with derision by the PRC.

Anyway I am doing what I can to protect my husband, myself and yes, the birds from much of the crap I know is in our food supply... and why I am taking the time to do some things that I know take time. I am not going to judge others for not doing this, but if I am asked how... yes I am willing to tell somebody how to clean a carrot, yes some folks don't know what to do with carrots, or prepare a potato for the stew... or use cheaper cuts of meat for food to be prepared at home. Every little step you can take you do your body a favor...

Oh and the corporations and sadly our government are not on our side... so stop thinking that.