Phase 2 Your Kitchen

Wasting food isn't a good idea.  There are very few things that I'd recommend just throwing out, but there are many things you might have that you should simply never buy any more of.  You should warn members of your family that certain foods will become a thing of the past as soon as they run out.  However, don't make it a gloomy speech.  They'll readily get on board when you advise them that the family diet is going to become more natural, not less tasty or consciously calorie restricted.  You will be replacing your normal options with natural options, not depriving yourselves.
 
Things to Throw Away
 
If you have any of the following in your kitchen, you should throw it away now, because it is either just poison, or has already turned bad, but you just don't know it because of misinformation:
  • liquid vegetable oil that has been unsealed and unrefrigerated for more than 2 weeks
  • artificial sweeteners with aspartame or saccharine
  • anything that contains aspartame or saccharine
  • unfermented and precipitated soy products such as soy milk, non dairy creamer, soy pudding, and like products.  Check the labels on things, as some places where they sneak in unfermented soy may surprise you.
Things to Not Buy Anymore
 
These things you shouldn't throw away, but should be used mindfully until they run out, and then not be bought again:
  • hydrogenated vegetable oils including but not limited to general vegetable oil, shortening, corn oil, canola oil, rapeseed oil, safflower oil, or things containing them
  • white sugar, brown sugar, "raw" sugar, corn syrup, denatured white fructose, or things containing them - White sugar (sucrose) is something you should only get when you can't find or afford better granulated natural sugars, and need some for a recipe.  Treat it like a chemical, not like a food.
  • table salt, or other refined salts
  • pre-made or processed foods like pot noodles, frozen dinners, cakes, cookies, and the like
Things to Use Mindfully
 
These things you should take care about using in the future.  You don't necessarily have to absolutely eliminate them, but you should be using less of them over time.
  • white flour, rice, or other non whole grains - They should always be fermented.
  • any kind of vegetable oils - They should be used sparingly or with meat dishes.
  • any white salt - If you have some sea salt left, you can use it to kill snails or something.  No need to throw it out.  If you can't find gray salt, or if it's insanely expensive in your area, sea salt or "plain salt" is a decent last resort.  The latter is easy to find in certain areas, and it's clumpy because it is without the extra stuff that makes other refined salts free flowing.
  • fermented soy products - Only fermented soy products are safe to eat, but they should be naturally done instead of spiked with artificial flavors and colors so the manufacturers could take a shortcut.  Get the real thing.  If you have had any thyroid problems though, you may want to avoid soy completely.
Remember, these are guidelines, not really rules as yet.  A few things should be considered when clearing out your kitchen, and one of them is expense.  Another is practicality.  There are some places where many key natural foods are insanely expensive.  Part of the reason for this is because they are low demand and have to be bought in smaller lots.  It's also partly because they aren't subsidized, and are vulnerable to normal market forces.  In time, you will learn to "go with the flow" of nature and the market, but for now just use what there is.  How you eat is about to change anyway, and you will likely be spending less on groceries overall.

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