Transform Our Health, One Meal at a Time

Harvest Market’s own Transform Our Health Series will kick off in February.  This year-long challenge will focus on a different aspect of healthy living each month.  Together we will discuss produce, detoxing, allergies, supplements, fitness, elimination diets including sugar, dairy, and grains, plus superfoods, topical and environmental concerns, and fermented foods.  Our goal is to determine what to eat for our best possible health, one meal at a time, and share resources and experience to make lasting lifestyle changes.

 

February’s topic is FATS.  This crucial nutrient for healthy brain, skin, and heart is grossly misaligned in the public arena.  Even well-intentioned natural foods advocates often misconstrue the role of fat in our diets.

Join us Monday, February 20 from 7-9pm to learn why quality fat is crucial in every diet.  What is quality fat and why has fat been villified?  Bob and Rick will lead an informative discussion about the importance to your brain and body of pasturing animals, the role of this key ingredient in total health, the dangers of processing fats industrially, and how to make the best fats choices for your deep, lasting health.  Free.  Please stop by Customer Service, call (302) 234-6779, or email your name with telephone number to harvestmarket7417@gmail.comto sign up.  You can, of course, attend the lecture without signing up to participate in the whole series.

 

Here’s how you can participate in the series and transform your health, one meal at a time:

We’ll post on our blog at the beginning of each month about the topic.  You’ll find the same information in-store: resources beyond the usual rhetoric, and suggestions for easy changes in our daily food choices to improve nutrition quality and inspire deep, lasting health.  There will be in-store events each month to discuss the topic at hand.

What makes this series unique is that we will all make the changes together.  Staff and customers alike will share weekly feedback with April Lea via email, phone, or in person about our experiences making the changes.  We can swap tips, recipes, or food for thought.  All feedback will be shared on our blog and hopefully, in person.  This way, we can learn from one another how the new ventures play out in daily life- what works, what doesn’t, and what to try next.  Along the way we’ll get to know each other as community members with a vested interest in the best possible foods for nourishment and sustainability.

This program is free and there will be rewards for participating customers along the way.  To sign up, please email harvestmarket7417@gmail.com or call us at (302) 234-6779 to provide your name and email address, re: Transform Our Health Series.  All we ask is that participants attend the monthly event whenever possible, and check in weekly to share our experiences.  Experience is, after all, the best teacher.

The first questions to consider and respond to are as follows:

What are your notions about fat in the diet?  Do you avoid it, or seek out plentiful, healthy sources of it?  Looking at your regular food choices, are there any fats you rely on most?  Anything you would like to share about your impressions before exploring the info and resources will be beneficial.  I’ll put it all together into a blog post, using first names only.  Then after the lecture we can talk about how the new information is serving us on a daily basis.  Just keep in touch via email, a few thoughts or ideas is all.  We look forward to meeting you!