Food

[dancerjodi]

I've been reading the Real Foods book pretty quickly. I've gotten through dairy, meat, fish and produce and have moved onto the fats chapter.

Do any of you take fish oil supplements? I'm wondering what a good supplier of them is. I don't eat as much fish as I should and Brian doesn't get any beyond the periodic tuna sandwich. The book mentions that there are good and bad suppliers of these in terms of how they are made and how many Omega 3s are in there.

We're still thinking of looking into meat, produce and milk shares somewhere. I want to get through this book and research the options out there (and figure out how it would all impact both our budget and our schedules). I paid $4 for two green organic peppers at Hannaford on Thursday night and when we went to cut them up for the pot of sauce I made yesterday they were bad - what the hell! They didn't have any organic onions that I could find, but I'm less worried about stuff with removable skins. I'm going to hit Russos for some veggies tonight and see if we fare better with them (or perhaps Wilson's in Lexington since its on the way - what do you think?).

Comments

[lsl.livejournal.com]

We get fish oil supplements from Costco (they sell a couple of different brands), but I don't know if tey are good or not. How do you tell??

As far as organic produce goes, we try to buy locally grown stuff as much as possible (hence the farm shares). And in times when it's abundant, we can/freeze/etc... so we have stuff for later. It's cheaper that way and better than having stuff shipped from south america out of season. It doesn't work for everything though. Have you read "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle." by Barbara Kingsolver? Interesting read about her family spending a year eating almost exclusively local food and growing their own.

Fish Oil

[dancer.livejournal.com]

"How do you tell??"

I'm not quite sure. I know that some companies aren't so careful in their processing or where they get the fish from (so you still can end up with the PCBs, mercury and that kind of thing). Synaesthesia responded to my post here with a suggestion of oil that her doctor suggested.

Re: Fish Oil

[avon.livejournal.com]

Fish oil got me through my pregnancy and the PPD that followed. I asked many doctors about what brand to buy and I was told repeatively that it did not matter and they did not have mercury in them. They told me that however fish oil is made, it does not have mercury. This was by several different peds and obs.

FWIW, I generally take the costco brand. It has no effect on my breath and it works very well. I have generally been very impressed with the kirkland brand and the extents to which costco goes to have quality products. (Now, if only we could get them to sell non-CAFO beef.) :p