Organic

This article is for those of us concerned with health AND wealth.

 

Last month, a conversation started with a friend, when my newsletter advised we spend an average of $75 for groceries weekly. Given our inflation (and it’s here to stay, folks, probably increasing more before 2022 is over), you’ll want to know where you can save money without sacrificing your health.

 

The conversation with my friend also led to my take on the organic industry. I want you to understand both sides of the argument, so you can make educated decisions for yourself, your family, AND your future.

 

Side note: For those not in my region of Long Island, NY, Wild by Nature is a local health food store owned by King Kullen. It’s a smaller version of Whole Foods, but a little larger than the ma-n-pa varieties found in many towns.

 

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“I shopped at whole foods last week with my husband—our grocery bill came to $280.00!!

 

I know they are more over-priced—how do you keep it down to $75.00!? Are you buying all organic?” 

 

That’s why they call it Whole Paycheck, darling! It’s also why I balance Wild by Nature with other stores, because it’s just too pricey in those stores, for sound reasons (buying power, blah blah). No, we don’t buy 100% organic, for too many reasons to write about (I explain it more in my Edible Holistic 101 class, though). Here are a few major talking points that keep our bill down so low:

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Here’s something I’ve never shared before, to explain this further—my father died of a sudden heart attack at 47, as you know. (I’m now 4 months older than he was, which is surreal…)

What you don’t know is the secondary cause of his heart attack… “DT tremors”. He was again going cold turkey, giving up drinking in an instant. He did this throughout my childhood and young adulthood—each time, putting his body under more and more stress. He’d then pick the bottle and cans when he fell off the wagon, and repeat the detox process every few years.

There’s only so much your body can take when you push and pull it—his heart couldn’t take another round of detox, so he collapsed in the shower and died before the ambulance arrived. He didn’t understand how to kick the habit or how his brain worked, so he did the best he could to fight his addiction.

This shouldn’t be your story, but so many crash DIEts cause a similar outcome. I want you to understand how your brain works, so you can stop whatever your “poison” is and replace it with a healthy habit you love. I want you to stop putting extra stress and pressure on your organs, so they can operate into your 70s, 80s, and 90s, fully functioning, keeping you alert and full of passion. So I’ll discuss habits, skills, identity and so on over the next couple of weeks.

It doesn’t matter that my father’s poison was alcohol… substitute alcohol for a high-fat, lower fiber diet; excessive amounts of meat and dairy; a sugar addiction; or just eating endless supplies of ultra-processed foods. All poisons have the same effect on your body. They just result in different ailments for you than they did for him.