Eating the good shit

I enjoy feeding myself, in fact i enjoy feeding myself a lot. I never used to think about what i was eating when i was younger, hell a trip to the hostess outlet wasnt a treat it was a bi-monthly occurance. I used to keep at least two boxes of hostess snack cakes in the trunk of my car at all times...just in case. Now i cant stand to eat that crap. Do you remember tiger tails? I used to loooove those, so much raspberry and coconutty goodness surrounding a twinkie, oh yes hostess you hit a home run with those. But things have changed, i like to think that my tastebuds have grown up. Ive seriously cut down on the amount of sugar that i put in my body but it wasnt really a concious effort, it just kind of happened. I blame this mysterious phenom on my new found grown up taste buds. The same taste buds that i have started to pay more attention to. by slowing down and really tasting what i eat i have learned to really enjoy food. Artificial flavors no longer rock my world, sorry hostess. I have really been making a concious effort to buy good food, organic, preservative free, no artificial crap and honestly, things taste better. I didnt think there would be a difference in organic versus non organic but now if you were to give me a sample i could tell you which was which in a heartbeat. Organic has flavor! Good flavor at that, you can really tell the biggest difference when it comes to fruit. My new favorite fruit to eat used to be something i didnt like, blueberries. I have never been a big fan of them until I tried organic blueberries, now i cant get enough of the little scrumptious morsels. Strawberries and apples are another of my favorites. Have you ever stopped to really savor a strawberry? I didnt until i started buying the organic ones and oh boy, they are fantastic! Nothing artificial about them. A fresh strawberry that has not been chemically treated has so much flavor you actually want to slow down and enjoy it. Which is how i have come to believe that my tastebuds have grown up. Artificial flavors are not delicious like a fresh flavor is, they are big fat let downs. After making a concious effort to taste, not just eat, but really taste my food i feel like ive learned a lot about how food makes me feel. I really dont like the artificial tastes, i prefer the fresh ones any day. Now im not suggesting you go out and buy only organic, lets be honest...its expensive, but there are some foods that you may want to consider making the switch on. I live by one rule of thumb when im shopping for produce, if you eat the skin then buy organic. I would like to challenge you to really slow down the next time you are eating and really think about the food you are putting into your body. How does it taste, do you really like it or are you only eating it because youve always liked it and think you still do. I cant go back to eating tiger tails, i wish i could because they used to make my tastebuds so happy, now they just annoy them with their artificial fake flavors. Food prude? Probably, but its helped me cut out a lot of unnessesary, unflavored foods from my diet. I like my new tastebuds, they are on my side as i learn how food makes me feel. All this talk about organic produce has given me an uncontrallable urge to go hug a tree, now if youll excuse me.