Spring Cleaning for Your Pantry

Last week was the first week of the 3-Week Wellness Challenge at Franson Family Chiropractic and the focus was on FUEL - the foods we put in our bodies. In honor of spring we started the week with some Spring Cleaning; cleaning the accumulated junk - and junk foods - out of our cabinets and our refrigerators to make room for a full selection of healthy food options. 

To successfully improve the quality of what you eat, remember the Law of Propinquity: your surroundings have a tremendous influence on you by making specific choices either easier or harder to do.  In other words, if you buy it and keep it in the house, you’ll eat it! So don’t buy it in the first place.

The first step is to actively remove all of the unhealthy food choices in your house so you have room to fit all of the good things you are going to be stocking your shelves with – and to make sure all that bad stuff doesn’t end up inside of you!

Ground Rules to Follow:

• Eliminate processed foods,
• Buy animal products from sources that allow the animals to live in as close to their natural state as possible (free-range, cage-free, grass-fed, etc.),
• Choose organic when possible,
• Strive to consume whole plant foods as the basis of your diet,
• And consume your meals in a relaxed setting, eating no more than you need to maintain your ideal weight and activity level. 

Remember, food is for sustenance, not for entertainment purposes; however, the best food choices can do both perfectly. 

Shopping for healthy real foods in today’s grocery stores can be overwhelming and confusing so we finished first week of the 3-Week Wellness Challenge with a doctor-led tour of Whole Foods Market in Swampscott.  Patients joined the FFC Doctors to learn what they should and should not be adding to their shopping basket. It was a great finish to an awesome week and we’re excited for the second week of the Wellness Challenge when our focus will be on AIR – how you move.