Best and worst breads on the market

Food babe is my number one go to site for learning about ingredients that are not safe for your body.  Recently she did an article about the healthiest breads and worst breads you can buy.  She also has been on CNN talking about Subway and how they put azodicarbonamide (same ingredient in yoga mats and shoe rubber) in all their bread!  In fact, a lot of breads have this nasty ingredient!  I think I will pass on the yoga mat sandwich for now!  Disgusting! 

Before I dive into the healthiest and worst breads I wanted to first talk a little bit about bread. Gluten free food is super popular right now and unless you have a gluten sensitivity you really don't need to avoid gluten.  I think the reason why so many people are buying gluten free foods is because as a society in general we eat way too much wheat.  Bread for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks.  This can be hard on your body over time because grains are hard to digest and your pancreatic enzymes can become overworked.  In general there are too many  chemicals added to breads these days.  Flour can be treated with 60 different chemicals approved by the FDA, including chemical bleach!

Bread ingredients to stay away from

• dough conditioners
• azodicarbonamide
• DATEM
• monoglycerides
• diglycerides
• sodium stearoyl lactylate
• soybean oil/corn oil
• presrvatves
• GMOs
• added sugar
• sucralose
• artificial flavors and coloring

 


 




HEALTHIEST BREADS


 


 my favorite breads!

I love to buy alpine valley organic whole grain bread.  Want to know a little secret?  If you go to the alpine valley factory in Mesa on country club and southern you can buy a loaf of bread for $1 each!  I like to stock up and put them in my freezer.

Ingredients:
Organic Whole Grain Wheat Flour, Organic Wheat Flour, Water, Organic Evaporated Cane Syrup, Organic Honey, Organic Oats, Organic Oat Bran, Organic Cultured Wheat Flour, Organic Vinegar, Sea Salt, Yeast, Wheat Enzymes.


Another favorite of mine is ezekiel bread!  I love their cinammon raisin bread, english muffins, and their 7 grains bread.

 healthy bread list:

Sprouted Grain Breads

• Ezekiel 4:9 Sprouted Grain Bread – Food for Life (all varieties – 7 grains, sesame, genesis, flax, cinnamon raisin, tortillas, muffins)
• Sunseed Bread – Manna
• Banana Walnut Hemp Bread – Manna
• Sprouted Multi-Grain Bread – Rudi’s (contains added sugar)
• Sprouted Wheat Bread – Dave’s Killer Bread (contains added sugar)
• Sprouted Wheat Multi-Grain Bread – Alvarado St. Bakery (contains added sugar)

Gluten-Free Breads

• Buckwheat Bread – Happy Camper’s (contains added sugar)
• Gluten-Free Rice Almond Bread – Food for Life (contains added sugar)
• Gluten-Free Exotic Black Rice Bread – Food for Life (contains added sugar)
• Gluten-Free Super Chia Bread – Nature’s Path (contains added sugar)
• Good Morning Millet Toaster Cakes – Ancient Grains Bakery (contains added sugar)
• Gluten-Free Deli Rye Style Bread – Canyon Bakehouse (contains added sugar)

Ancient Grain Breads

• Gluten-Free Ancient Grains Bread – Manna (contains added sugar)
• Spelt Ancient Grain Bread – Rudi’s (contains added sugar)
• Good Seed Spelt Bread – Dave’s Killer Bread (contains added sugar)

you can read the full article on bread here.

grocery shopping

I wanted to do a post on what my grocery shopping typically looks like.  Each week I go to the superstition farmers market for discounted fruits and vegetables.  I like to buy certain things organic, so I just get the things I want organic from Trader Joe's.  I usually spend around $80-100 per week on groceries for my husband, a toddler, and me.  Yes, this is a lot, but having healthy food for my family is my number one priority.  I don't eat out, maybe once a month and I don't really buy anything extra for myself.  Come find me on instagram at healthy_withsam for daily healthy meals and workouts.

My typical grocery list

Produce

• apples
• bananas
• pears
• organic spinach
• zucchini
• butternut squash
• asparagus 
• tomatoes
• avocado
• cilantro
• green beans
• frozen fruit 
• broccoli
• sweet potatoes

Grains

• ezekiel bread
• ezekiel tortillas
• ezekiel cereal
• whole wheat pasta
• couscous
• quinoa
• oatmeal
• granola

Milk

• unsweetened vanilla almond milk
• organic soy milk

Other

• chia seeds
• flax seed
• greek yogurt
• organic eggs
• extra lean ground turkey
• organic chicken
• salsa
• frozen acai packets (at sprouts)
• sunflower seed butter
• almond butter
• cashews
• almonds
• raisins
• unsweetened coconut
• organic strawberry jam

Costco ( I usually go once a month or once every two months for these items)

•  frozen pineapples 
• organic frozen berries
• quinoa
• brown rice
• whole wheat pasta
• dates
• oatmeal

Trader Joe's (here is what I normally buy at trader joe's)

• ezekiel bread (they have the best price that I have seen)
• ezekiel tortillas
• couscous
• granola (I like the coconut cranberry trader joe's brand kind)
• greek yogurt (organic plain, and sometimes the mango)
• organic strawberry jam
• sunflower butter
• almond butter
• cashews
• almonds
• raisins
• unsweetened coconut
• organic eggs
• organic chicken
• organic soy milk
• unsweetened vanilla almond milk
• hummus (Mediterranean kind)

Here is a peak into my fridge from my grocery trip this week.  I actually bought enough that I won't go shopping for two weeks.  I freeze a lot of fruit and my produce usually lasts around two weeks.  It seems like way too much food for us, but we always end up eating it all.  We eat a ton of produce!  My husband bikes crazy distances every week and needs to eat a ton to refuel.  

Here is a look at what I bought at the superstition farmers market this week.  I always load up on sweet potatoes, any berries on sale, pears, tomatoes, green beens

Some of my trader joe favorites!


almonds
dried mango
almond butter
sunflower seed butter
hummus
corn tortillas
organic spinach
organic plain greek yogurt
mango greek yogurt
coconut cranberry granola
any sliced up veggies that make my life easy!

what I get for Allie:
apple bars
fig bars
raisins
mangos sliced up
spinach tortellini

Holiday gift packages!

I am so excited about my mineral makeup that I have been making.  This past month I did four boutiques and it was a lot of work!  I probably won't do boutiques anymore, it was exhausting.  I'm so excited for my online shop to open up soon!  Right now I am doing four holiday package deals for Christmas.  You can pick up locally (Mesa) or I will deliver for a $5 charge.  I can also ship for a $5 charge.  If you want to sample my colors before buying them email me at luminminerals@gmail.com

First holiday gift package: 3 eyeshadow colors for $10

Second holiday package: any four eyeshadows and one eyeliner (black or cocoa) for $18

Third holiday package: mineral makeup starter package: This includes a foundation, bronzer, and peach blush for $25.  

Fourth holiday package: Foundation, peach blush, bronzer, one eyeliner (cocoa or black), and your choice of any 3 eyeshadows for $45.  Normally $60.

Here is my everyday makeup look.  I am wearing my medium light foundation, bronzer, peachy bliss blush, bronze eyeshadow, black eyeliner, 

makeup ingredients: mica, titanium dioxide, magnesium stearate, iron oxides.  All of my makeup contains only the safest ingredients!  

to sample out any of my makeup colors or purchase please email me at luminminerals@gmail.com 

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