They think that is real food?
This morning I went to a health fair for my yoga studio, The Yoga Place. I rolled out my yoga mat and practiced Sun Salutations, some challenging arm balances and a few wraps. I also threw in Warrior poses and Tree pose, as well as seated and laying down twists. And visitors to my booth kept me busy, so it wasn’t just me hanging out doing yoga by myself!
When I left the health fair, they were handing out a lunch for the exhibitors so I grabbed one. The mozz cheese stick I had as a snack was long gone and I was feeling faint, although that might have also been from being an extrovert for two hours (it’s hard!).
The point of the lunch (which they also handed out to the visitors too, I think) was to point out how much better it was (less calories and less money!) than eating fast food. The lunch consisted of:
- carrot sticks
- mozzarella cheese stick
- apple
- bagel
- peanut butter
Sounds decent, right?
Wrong!
OK, I’ll concede I have nothing against carrot sticks, mozz cheese sticks (obviously) and apples. But the bagel is simply sugar (and possibly contained soy lecithin) without proper preparation of the grains. And I really had high hopes for the peanut butter, but it contained fully hydrogenated vegetable oils. So it’s a very bad fat.
This post isn’t about how healthy I eat–I don’t make perfect choices, nor do I aim for perfection. I’m just concerned… there were so many people at the health fair, and now they think that is “healthy?” It’s only going to add to chronic disease!
A healthier snack lunch:
- carrot sticks
- mozzarella cheese stick
- apple
- real peanut butter
- celery
- organic meat sticks (without harmful additives)