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We are a little extreme, to put it lightly, but we are proud to say that plastic is out of our home! For years now there has been an ongoing argument about BPA or bisphenol A, the chemical that makes plastic hard and shatterproof. It is said that BPA leaches from your plastic containers into your beverage or food. As a result of digesting the chemical scientist report that small amounts of BPA could be linked to health and developmental problems. Those problems include early puberty, changes in the prostate gland and behavioral changes found in animal studies that warranted "some concern" for exposure to fetuses, infants and children. (Wall Street Journal, MELANIE TROTTMAN, 6/11/08) I know, I know the FDA say it is safe, but we won't even go there... If you're not going to try to go without plastic, at least consider alternatives. Look for BPA free plastic, don't heat food or beverages in plastic. We use glass or stainless steel containers. Foogo sippy cups, SIGG bottles, and Klean Kateen are among my favorites. You can find all of these at www.reusablebags.com. When possible we remove food from there plastic containers and store them in glass. We have found they last longer! If I send my kids to school with a warm up, such as soup, pasta or left overs from the night before for their lunch I put it in a glass bowl that has a BPA free lid.
If we want a change, we need to start with what we are putting into our bodies and that means what we eat, drink, breath, read, and hear. Be the change! Right?!!!
Free Range should be our right to think free, choose natural and promote good healthy bodies.

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A girl friend came to stay with me recently and she was helping me put away my groceries. She laughed out loud as she pulled the organic lunch meat out of the bag. "What?" I asked a little puzzled. She replied with a question, “Why do you by organic lunch meat? Everything in your green bags are either organic, free range, natural, fresh stuff or locally grown. I mean, come on, right down to the salami? Doesn’t this cost a lot of money?”
My response to her went something like this: Yes, it does cost more to eat healthy. And why is that? Have you ever thought about what is lunch meat? Did those animals eat pesticides? Were they healthy before they were killed and now I am ingesting them? Is my lunch meat filled with preservatives so it will last an abnormal amount of time? What does all of that do to my body, brain, and children? On top of that, it has been proven that when we open that package of lunch meat the lunch meat can have Listeria on it. So now we could also be eating a sprayed on virus that kills the bacteria growing on our lunch meat.
I mean, come on, you need to think about this. Right down to your salami!
Free Range should be our right to think free, choose natural and promote good healthy bodies.