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Just Try It!

Let me tell you a story about my lunch today...
Once upon a time, there was a little girl, and she was a picky eater. She didn't like fruit. She never dared try an avocado. She thought sweet potato fries were so weird and gross.
Then she grew up, got married and had babies. Out of the blue, she began having all kinds of crazy symptoms. The not so good doctor said, "Eat what you want, here's some pills." That didn't work or fix anything. Then, along came a very good and smart doctor who actually cared, and said "Actually, it does matter what you eat. Let's do some tests and figure what your body wants and doesn't want."  As it turned out, most of what the girl (now woman) was eating was actually making her sick. "Now what?!" she thought, "I can't eat anything!" But she was wrong. There was alot she could eat...but most of it was stuff she "didn't like" or had never tried. That was scary. But, being sick was also scary. So the woman decided to be brave and start eating things like avocados, sweet potatoes and maybe even a little fruit, if it was in a smoothie. She began to realize that most food wasn't bad or scary, and if it was, it was pretty easy to spit it out and never eat it again. She also realized that eating differently was helping her to not feel sick. And the more she healed, the braver she got about trying foods and she actually began to crave the new healthy foods. Amazing!
True story about me.
Eating healthy might seem hard at first. But after awhile, your body will adapt and actually prefer to eat healthy, nutritious food. It just takes a little time to detox the sugar and chemicals and for your taste buds to change. But, if you stick with it, it will happen, and you will not have to suffer through eating things you hate because you will have changed your mind (and tastebuds) about them and actually crave them.
If I'm serving a food my kids don't like, I make them eat one bite anyway; it can actually take like 14 times of trying a new food for your body to accept it, so don't give up on something completely if you don't like it the first time.
Because trust me, you don't want to miss out on avocados and sweet potato fries :)

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