Today I read a very enlightening article on Chipotle vs. Moe’s. Even after reading all this sad news on ingredients,  I would still put them in a “better” category (everything on a good-better-best spectrum) compared to fast food, with Chipotle ahead of Moe’s. We should all be AWARE of what we’re eating, even if we don’t agree on which ingredients may be harmful (I did agree with her assessment, btw). And restaurants should definitely make it EASY to know ingredients in their food. That seems like a no-brainer to me. So, I’m passing this along to you guys, so you can be aware of the potential problems with some (ok, many) of the ingredients used at restaurants like these. Do not be discouraged. If you are trying to improve/maintain your health, and you are in a situation like I was recently where this was the only choice for lunch, just cut the (fake/processed/preservative filled) meat out and eat a salad. (I have no problem with pasture raised healthy meats) See if they’ll add fresh avocado if you need some healthy fats. Ask for olive oil and vinegar instead of using their dressings. Use salsa as a dressing. There are some things you can do that will get you by, until you can get to some really great food (usually at home). Salads are almost always a healthier route than highly processed oils and/or fake meat. Some will cry “moderation”, but everyone’s definition of moderation is different, so make sure your definition of moderation truly supports & helps you reach your health goals.  Now, here’s the link:

Food Babe Investigates: Chipotle vs. Moe’s – 100 Days of Real Food.

And here’s my encouragement: eat at home (or from home) as much as you can!  When it’s not possible, educate yourself on what you can do to make the best alternate choices, ie. read my blog, so you’ll know!! Do the best you can, whenever you can, where you are. Heard that today somewhere….

PS: I would like to give Chipotle credit for making some efforts at some level in this whole healthy food thing. Kudos for any attempt at all. Let’s all work hard to do better!

Encouraging Health,

OrganicEater

I finally sat down and wrote out my “services available” portion of the blog, entitled How I Can Help You, and I wanted you (the faithful followers) to know the page is there should you ever need it. I’m finally ready to start implementing a game plan to help others eat more real food. It will be fun, but sometimes it’s out of my comfort zone to tell people what they need to do (I’m much better at listening and writing), so this will be a challenge for me moving into the fall….

Now that summer is winding down, and the kids will be heading back to school, I have about one million OE posts in my head, just waiting to be written and shared with you! Don’t be surprised this fall if you get more than one post in a day!:) I have been reading and watching the most exciting food news ever, and can’t wait to share all the goodness with you OE readers! I will also be at the Whole Foods grand opening (our first!) in Charlotte in a few weeks, so that should be fun! And I am praying all the details work out for a trip to the Natural Foods Expo East in September!! We’ll see! I’m like a kid on Christmas Eve just THINKING about the possibility of going to that!

If you want to keep up with OE more frequently, I am on Instagram almost daily, with pictures of OE foods & recipes and kitchen tips (and sometimes just random stuff). It’s a fast and easy follow there on IG, and fun to look at picture feeds. My Instagram updates are automatically sent to my OE Twitter account and OE Facebook page, so you can find them there too.

Thanks for following my blog and for all your comments and support here! I really appreciate you, more than you will ever know!

Encouraging Health,

Organic Eater