The Whole Wheat

• Breakfast: coffee (black), oatmeal with almond butter, dried cranberries, milk, and protein powder
• Lunch: Homemade 7-grain bread and tarragon egg salad
• Snack: clementine*, radishes*
• Dinner: Trader Joe’s water crackers, local Camembert cheese, baked potato*, broccoli, cheddar cheese, shredded chicken, red wine
• Dessert: almonds, 1/2 apple

*from CSA box (organic local grown farm delivery box)

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“According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the amount Americans spend on food as a percentage of disposable income has fallen from 15.4 percent in 1980 to 10.8 percent in 2004. But while we’ve spent less money on food, our waistlines have expanded. The obesity rate, after hovering around 15 percent from 1960 to 1980, surged to 31 percent in the last 25 years, USDA figures show. The percentage of overweight children tripled in the same time period. Meanwhile, incidence of type II diabetes, a diet-related condition with a host of health-related complications, leapt 41 percent from 1997 to 2004.”

Source: Grist Blog: I’m Hatin’ It.

Day 10 – one-third of the way to my goal. I realize seeing food consumption posted is a bit dull – and certainly not the long term goal of this website. I’m just trying to show that a HFCS free diet can still be very varied and interesting. So bear with me for 20 more days please.

• Breakfast: coffee (black), oatmeal with almond butter, dried cranberries, milk, and protein powder
• Snack: clementine
• Lunch: leftover homemade pizza
• Dinner: crust-less “quiche” with spinach, mushrooms, bacon, chicken, leeks & ricotta, red wine
• Dessert: chocolate