You’re busy. Business is going well. And you’re running all the time! But, we all know you have to eat!

What happens with so many people is they rush from here to there, seldom taking time to focus on their health.

But, with farmers markets springing up everywhere, spring is a great time to take a break, refresh your spirit, refresh your mind… and refresh your dietary habits!

How many fruits and veggies do YOU eat each day?? Did you realize that you should AT LEAST be eating 5 servings per day? Now, I still hear people say, “Oh, I’ll gain weight if I do that!”, but this is totally the opposite. Try it and see!

My challenge for you today is to start increasing your fruit and veggie intake, today! It’s spring; you have no more excuses that there isn’t any produce available. Take a break and hit one of the local farmers markets. And, to introduce you to what it would be like to visit one, along with tips on how to keep that produce fresh once you take it home, check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkTS5CrA34U.

Let’s hear what YOU had to eat, now! I’m off to make my salad for lunch…

Margie

Are you aware of the sustainable food movement? Did you hear that First Lady Michelle Obama started the first White House garden since World War II? This is great news to those trying to spread the message that we need to get back to locally-grown, organic foods if we want to improve health, which could include food safety, allergies/food intolerances, and even obesity.

Many people still aren’t aware that much of our corn and soybeans in the US are genetically modified. And many people aren’t aware that eating these foods may be what is causing the increase in allergies, not to mention other health conditions. What else people may not be aware of is that what makes beef a less-desirable food, today, is the change in how these animals are fed. Feeding cows grain and corn changes the amino acid profile of their proteins, leading to a more saturated, less-healthy protein for humans, thus leading to increased risk for heart disease and stroke. And this isn’t even addressing the antibiotics and other additives we feed these animals to produce more meat, faster.

You can’t run a healthy and thriving business if you aren’t healthy and thriving, yourself. So, consider how you can help the local food trend.

This is where ‘sustainable food’ comes in; growing and eating locally. Although organic food sales have decreased, farmer’s markets are booming. Have you been to one, lately? If not, why not check one out in the next month! That’s my challenge to you.

Margie