I was going through past posts and I found this old one, in which I list why I am pursuing an all natural lifestyle. This week I'll revisit this post and next week, will expand it a bit, by adding some additional thoughts you may want to mull over, concerning your own reasons for wanting to go all natural.My why's, won't be your why's- - but as a starting point, I figured I would share what I took out of my own handwritten journal the spring I was married.
Why am I pursuing the all-natural lifestyle? Several reasons.
1. I have been an asthmatic all my life and each year it seems my medication load increases. I'm tired of it. I believe that allergies and asthma can be helped with diet.
2. I have been diagnosed with infertility. I believe that can be helped with diet as well.
3. I struggle with depression. I think caffeine, sugar, and processed foods play into that
4. I believe there is a strong correlation between the growth hormones in our food (milk, beef) and early puberty and health related concerns (despite articles that scoff at this notion)
5. I have read and it just makes sense that raw, natural food is better for us that cooked, processed foods.
6. I also believe there are healing properties in plants and herbs. The American Indians were on to something. God didn't just create plants without purpose. I believe He created them for our (physical) benefit.
7. More reading has made me think as well, that harsh cleaning chemicals are not good for us within our homes---especially in the winter when we're closed up day after day with no fresh air.
8. Things like cloth diapering and making our own laundry detergent will be much cheaper in the end tally.
9. So will making most of our own foods (rather than buying pre-cooked and pre-packaged foods)
10. I want to live simplistically. Going natural will help us do that. We will live on the essentials and learn how to get away from the frills (like Television, toys that beep and talk, fast food and junk food, and every last "new thing" made available to us in the stores).
11. There is something appealing to me about being self-sufficient instead of having to run to Walmart every week to replenish our groceries and supplies.
12. It's a part of my spiritual walk with God. Even if 1 - 10 didn't exist, I would still pursue this path, simply because I feel deeply that God is calling me to it in preparation for the home we hope to start someday for troubled youth and children.
