The Begining - Groceries and Superfoods by Sequoia Leopold

Groceries - Favorite Fresh Foods

After we were on vacation for a week we came back to a house full of spoiled food...and this was our opportunity to restart and fill the kitchen with highly dense nutritious foods.   Cut out almost all sugars and artificial processed foods.

1.) The only meat I will be eating is fish, and I am trying to take out all other animal products

Challenges -
  It seems that a lot of the foods I eat have animal product in them...Mayo...Egg Beaters (I am going to try egg substitute)
   Everything at restaurants is cooked in butter (have to request olive oil)

2.) Adding in a heavy amount of vegetables and fruit and superfoods

Challenges -
   What are superfoods?   I have gone to a couple websites to try to find out...this is what I found.
   How do I add them to my meals?  I will be experimenting with this!

A Superfood is defined by the level of antioxidants...and that is measured by the ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbency Capacity)...an average antioxidant rich food like blueberries has about 2400 per 100g.  A superfood such as raw Cocoa has about 98,000 ORAC.
These were the top 7 chosen by one website...

1. Chaga Mushroom (110,400) - I like mushrooms so I am gonna try to find this
2. Raw Cacao (98,000) - I love this...I usually buy a chocolate bar that is 85% cocao and have a square every couple days.
3. Goji Berries (25,300) - I can add this to my smoothie
4. Chia Seeds (8,000) - I dont know what these are or how to add them so that will be in the "maybe" pile
5. Acai Berries (5,500) - I love these so I will put them in my smoothie as well
6. Chlorella (5,000) - This is a green algae...I dont know if I will be trying this???  Maybe I can find it in a supplement that I can mix in my smoothie and I wont even know...
7. Camu Camu (3,200) - some sort of bushy tree found in the Amazon with little redish berries...I will find this too and add it to my smoothie. 

(Another site told me about Agave...but said to be careful when buying it cause a lot of brands will refine it and then it is no better the reg fructose sugar.)
Agave Nectar: Agave is a natural sweetener produced from the agave cactus native to Mexico. It is produced at low temperatures to protect its natural enzymes. Agave is low on the glycemic index making it a great sweetener for those with blood sugar issues. 

Blue Green Algae:  I want to try to add this, but I dont know how...If anyone can help me figure out what to put this in to add it to my diet I would love some advise.

There really is an endless amount of information out there about all these products and vitamins so I am going to go slow...I have filled my house right now with fresh and organic greens and fruits and fish.  I will add a multivitamin to my routine and then each day add some kind of superfood.