The other day as I loaded up the car from another trip to the grocery store I had an epiphany. The production is heavy! (It wasn’t to this extent—bear with me here). The yield has some nice, solid mass. When you choose a grape, you want a grape that is heavier than it looks. I bought 30 grapes on this particular shopping trip, and they were all heavier than they looked. It takes some muscle to do a load of grapefruit! I also had oranges, apples, bananas, pears, carrots, lettuce, broccoli, yams, squash, etc. You get the idea. It had been a long time since I did a good shopping so I also had some healthy cold cereal that my kids will actually eat on those crazy days when we are in a rush. After warming up the product in the car, that bag of cold cereal almost flew out of my hands as I loaded it with the same gusto.
“You are what you eat” rang loudly through my head. I thought of my children – they are heavier than they seem. They are firm children – not fat – solid. Their cousins weigh a lot less than my kids and I am always amazed when I pick up cousins-they are so light!!
I thought about my children and looked at the food behind my car. It had 85% production. Good, healthy, colourful, firm, tasty produce. This produce is a mainstay of my kids’ meals—and they are healthy kids! In my mind I saw that my children had become synonymous with the grapes I had bought. They are heavier than they look, just like the grapes I so carefully picked out. Every time they eat, they are taking in nutrient-rich food and building strong, healthy bones and muscles. They don’t drink milk or eat a lot of packaged food, and in that moment I committed to doing even better to make sure my kids get the products they need to grow up strong and healthy.
Fruits and vegetables are a mainstay in our household, and kids often ask about their favorites when we go shopping. Just this week my eight-year-old begged for kiwis, while my 6-year-old begged for fresh green beans at the grocery store. You read that right – green beans!! My 3-year-old was so sad that there was no corn on the cob in sight, but this time settled for strawberries.
It doesn’t take long to persuade me to buy her her favorite fruits and vegetables during our weekly shopping—after all, you are what you eat!
Source by Tara Eyre
