Welcome @WildflowerFarm and Kudos to your lifestyle!
Not easy, but I imagine very rewarding in the end. It is funny how prolongued exposure to clean food changes the body permanently... I noticed that with sweets, for the life of it, I can not eat the stuff I had as a kid anymore, I feel the industrial sugar immediately. US chocolate I couldn't even have eaten as a child lol. People complain about EU-Rules for many reasons, but it protects not too badly from the worst excesses of corporate greed.
Again, welcome!
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WildflowerFarm
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Yeh it changes the body.... Had NO idea when I came back that after every meal I would be headed to the er in the car or ambulance often semi conscious or not even. My lips and tongue, hands, feet, and throat swollen beyond recognition, rash all over my body. If I was lucky I would reach the hospital or some medical professional while still conscious clasping my throat pale turning blue and desperately trying to inhale air. I am deathly allergic to whatever is in our food here. My situation is extremely unusual. Most people who react to this kind of thing have just mild discomfort of some kind. Not me. I am at risk of death. So it sux.
As for sugar, I too have pretty much cut it out of my diet completely. At least the processed sh!t. We have maple trees. I tap them. Boil the sap down into sugar and syrup. Also, we keep bees. So most sugar comes from those 2 unprocessed sources if they are in my diet. You might have better luck trying these sources for sweetness. That is unless you have some medical condition that makes taking in sugar in any form a nono.
Thank you for the kind welcome. Nice to meet you.
As for sugar, I too have pretty much cut it out of my diet completely. At least the processed sh!t. We have maple trees. I tap them. Boil the sap down into sugar and syrup. Also, we keep bees. So most sugar comes from those 2 unprocessed sources if they are in my diet. You might have better luck trying these sources for sweetness. That is unless you have some medical condition that makes taking in sugar in any form a nono.
Thank you for the kind welcome. Nice to meet you.