Chemicals in FOOD to avoid

It's easier for me to just avoid most processed or prepackaged foods. My grocery buying tends to be limited to meat (CSA direct from the farm), fish, poultry, fresh vegetables and fruits, nuts, seeds and not much else. The few things I buy that are ready made or packaged foods, like salsa, I read labels and try to avoid any that contain anything that isn't easily recognizable as a real food. My almond butter contains "almonds" , my coconut oil contains "coconut oil" and my Tahini lists only "sesame seeds." When buying dairy (butter/cheese) which I do only occasionally, I think it is also important to avoid products made from animals treated with hormones-although that isn't on your list and "they" say hormones given to cattle don't affect the health of persons consuming these animal products-and prefer buying dairy made from grassfed animal sources.

Buying primarily fresh, unpackaged foods helps prevent eyestrain due to reading too many of those teeny tiny type labels.

since reading a few Michel Pollan books, plus reading some David Gillespie and Sarah Wilson ( both Australian, but I think they have a presence in the US), I've been gradually moving towards a Just Eat Real Food approach. Not that I wasn't already, but there have been some really easy switches that I could make. Now that I have BC, it gives me all the more reason to make the next lot of cuts and switches, even for just a tiny drop in risk of recurrence

I don't go crazy over it anymore, but I do tend to go for real food, a la Michael Pollan. I simply can't afford organic meat. Meat is expensive in Greece, even at the supermarket. Organic meat is around 25 euros a kilo (about 15 dollars a pound). Either way, we don't eat a lot of meat. We do eat a fair amount of fish, usually small, fatty fish, like sardines and mackerel. Other than that proper wholegrain bread (NOT from the supermarket) and lots of vegetables. A typical meal for me is about 2 cups of various veggies and a small serving of fish or meat and a slice of bread.

Loving, The only cream (organic or not) I can find that doesnt contain carrageenan is the Whole Foods brand.

Hsant, too bad there's no whole foods near me, the closest one is 20+ minutes away.

SpecialK, the SoDelicious brand is just that, so delicious! Their ice creams are yummy and just as good as regular ice cream.

Trader Joe's almond milk has no carrageenan.

hsant - just looked at the labels and the Lily's brand has both milk fat and soy lecithin - in both the dark and milk varieties, so I probably wouldn't eat them even though they are sweetened with stevia. I do appreciate you thinking of me though! You must know somehow that I do love chocolate - it was really hard to give it up!

loving - I did an elimination diet and when I tried to add dairy back in to see if I was sensitive to it - whoa baby! Major GI upset, not a good thing! I had already eliminated milk for the most part but was still eating cheese and occasional yogurt and sour cream, but can't do it anymore.

All great info. I've changed my diet. My staple dish is bbq lamb chops for my husband and kids almost weekly. It was very hard for me to stop having that, but happy to watch my kids enjoying them.

Hsant, thank you for the tips. Would you share why you prefer white eggs? I thought brown eggs are popular.