Taylor - CUT THE CHEMICALS COOKBOOK

Cut the Chemicals Cookbook

By Bec Taylor

Cut the Chemicals Cookbook
By Bec Taylor
Copyright 2013 by Rebecca Taylor
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Disclaimer

The information given is not intended as medical advice and is not for the purpose of diagnosing, treating, curing or preventing any disease. Always consult with your doctor for possible underlying illness. Before beginning dietary investigation, consult a dietician with an interest in food intolerance. Information is drawn from scientific literature, web research, group forums and personal enquiry, while all care is taken, information is not warranted as accurate. No liability will be assumed for ways in which the information presented in the text is applied or interpreted, or for any loss, damage, or injury incurred by relying on information contained herein.

Cover Design: Anthony Boulton
Editing: Anna Jackson
Photography: Graeme Passmore

ISBN: 978-0-9925982-8-0

Published by ASJ Publishing
www.asjpublishing.com

Spreading the word ... chemicals in food is absurd!

With 90 Recipes and ideas to help you cook your family artificial additive & preservative free foods.

Dedicated to my children

Oscar, Amlie, Sutton & Wesley

This book derives from the information I have personally researched.

The information is supplied in good faith and should not replace the advice of your nutritionist or health professional. Always seek medical advice before embarking on a new diet.

The aim of this book is to investigate the qualities of additives and preservatives in food only. It is not a comprehensive guide to all chemicals that exist in the food supply. No other nutritional information is supplied regarding the products and recipes mentioned.

This book offers advice on foods that are free of artificial additives, preservatives, colours and flavours only. For advice on gluten free, dairy free, low sugar, low fat, diabetic or any other dietary products and recipes please consult your health professional.

At the time of publication all products listed were current and their ingredients checked to the best of our ability as being additive and preservative free.

The information supplied by the companies has been provided by their labels and public information alone. Continue to check the labels periodically, as companies have been known to change their ingredients at a moments notice.

Most importantly, no food manufacturer has endorsed or sponsored this book and its research. There has been no incentive given to the Cut the Chemicals Team to recommend one product over another.

Essentially, this book is written by one caregiver for another. We felt it was important to get the message across- your familys life can be better and there are foods that can help you achieve that!

You know you want to do it! You know you need to do it!

You want to cut the chemicals from your and your familys diet, but you just dont know how to do it!

You suspect that every time your children come home from a birthday party, the food there is whats causing the complete meltdown theyre having now.

You believe you should start cutting the junk food out because its healthier not to eat it, but it all seems so overwhelming. Lets face it-a hot dog is a lot more appealing to a 5 year old than a tofu burger!

The fact is you wouldnt be looking at this cookbook if you didnt already believe that chemicals in our foods are hurting our families. And you would be right!

Foods are nothing like what they were when our parents were younger or even when we were younger, and they cant possibly stay on those shelves in that pretty packaging, not going mouldy without some chemical intervention.

But youre thinking that its all just too hard, and that you need a chemistry degree just to understand the ingredients label.

Well, not anymore!

Im here to tell you-it doesnt have to be that way and I will show you how. The Cut the Chemicals Team and I have already done the hard work for you!

Follow this book, buy the products recommended, cook the recipes included and you will start seeing changes in your familys health and behavior within days. Starting with something as simple as changing your bread!

I guarantee it!

This cookbook and guide will walk you through the very steps that my family took to quickly and easily change our foods for the better.

Its not hard, it doesnt take a lot of effort, its cheap, quick and most importantly your family will not feel like they are missing out on all the good stuff.

So read on to see how you can start today!

Bec Taylor

So why should you buy this cookbook from me? What could my qualifications be in recommending this lifestyle change to you?

In my opinion, experience accounts for everything, and we have had some experiences. Very succinctly, here is my familys experience that will help you decide whether or not my opinion really does count.

Just like any regular mum, I thought I was feeding my children healthy, nutritious food that would help them grow and thrive. In fact, I was feeding them the kinds of foods I grew up on and well, didnt I grow up fit and healthy?

However, I was wrong. My five year old daughter was floundering. She didnt have the relaxed happy-go-lucky nature of her older brother, in fact, she was quite the opposite. Interest in reading did not come naturally, and her defiant attitude had us all in a spin.

Does any of this sound familiar?

Firstly, she was hard to rouse in the morning. In fact, if you let her, she would sleep till lunchtime! When she did wake, she was grumpy and grizzly, would argue about breakfast, school uniform, hair brushing and then it only went downhill from there.

Tummy aches after meals, short temperedness and tears over nothing. Then there was the anxiety over new situations and sibling squabbles, and the inevitable fight to get her to bed each night.

She was itchy, had pale skin, dark circles under her eyes and acted lethargic. Ive heard some people calling it brain fog.

My daughter had started primary school and it wasnt the stellar start to academia that we were hoping for.

She had little interest in books and was scared of things like school plays and sports.

It baffled us, as her overall attitude towards school was excellent and when she wasnt acting like a three year old, she was the most intelligent, insightful, kind little girl you could hope to meet.

So why did we still need time outs and reward lists?

The need to seek answers for such behaviour came because of two events. Easter school holidays were approaching and I knew there was no way I could go through another school break like the one we had at Christmas-someone wasnt going to make it out the other side alive!

The second event was the most worrying of all. It occurred when my 5 year old precious child announced to me, while she was having a particularly low moment that she wanted to die! I was horrified! I knew that it was surely not normal for a 5 year old to be depressed and suicidal.