A Simple Wife and Mom

Here are some of the resources to learn about the food we eat. Netflix documentaries 1. Food Matters 2. Forks over Knifes 3. Human Experiment 4. Vegucated 5. Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead  (free online) 6. Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead 2 7. The Beautiful Truth 8. Hungry For Change 9. Fed Up 10. GMO OMG 11. Food Inc. 12. Chew on this Ted Talks Non-netflix documentaries 13. Super Juice Me (free online) 14. Beautiful Truth (free online)

Lot of us want to use the right products but do not have enough time to look into what will the right products for us. Here I compile some of the products I use. Food We completely stopped buying processed food to avoid chemicals and preservatives and artificial dyes. All our produce is organic, non-gmo. Personal Care Products We started using more all natural organic shampoo (shikakai), soap  , toothpaste , acne mask , moisturizer (jojoba oil and aloe vera), oil for massage for baby, sanitizer during travel, bug repeller during travel , essential oils (learning more about them). Got some epsom salt bath crystals. Shower Products Though we added a chlorine water filter to our shower, we are still in the process of buying the right shower curtain. Its a process and we are evolving. Sanitation Products We started buying all green products to clean up our kitchen, bathroom and glass. It is a big relief to see that we are becoming more holistic day by day. Why infuse our...

Non-Stick Free Learning about the disadvantages of non-stick, we completely eliminated its use from our home a year back. We were experimenting with ceramic, iron and ended with mostly stainless steel cookware. For a Tawa we use iron and others mostly steel. For electric rice cooker, we use the stainless steel like this which made a lot of sense. The previous one always needs replacement every year as the non stick coating keeps disappearing. We love this as this is life long. I love the steel so much. Respect to steel grew when my mom showed me all the steel utensils she got from her mom. These just go from generations to generations with no issues like leaching into the food. Plastic Free All of the tupperware we use is currently steel. There is a lot of issues with using plastic. And putting them in dishwasher is toxic. After learning that most of the BPA free containers also contain BPA in kids bottles, etc, we completely eliminated plastic so much that I recently bought stai...

Though we were converting to organic food a bit during my pregnancy, we were not very serious about it. If any fruit or vegetable did not have thick skin, we thought organic food makes sense as the pesticides only affect the skin. We didn't know much about genetically modified foods (GMO's). After a couple of documentaries like GMO OMG in Netflix, and another health issues we thought going organic is cheaper in the long run. Also with a baby, we do not want to eat anything harmful. The only reason that is stopping us from going organic is the cost which really didn't make sense after the hospital costs. So now we are completely organic. No GMO's. At first we bought organic processed foods, but now, we are mostly free of processed food, all we buy is produce - fruits and vegetables only. And of-course grains, lentils, legumes, beans, corn, nuts, etc. All organic. Except for my kid, we are dairy free too except for yoghurt. I tend to notice in my baby, whenever I gi...