Want to improve your health? Look no further than D&C section 89. The 89th section of the Doctrine and Covenants is a great place to start reading about ways to improve your health. A great option is to go lean on the meats (use "sparingly") and bulk up your menu with fruit, vegetables, legumes, beans, and grains. Purchasing your produce at a regular grocery store will not be cost effective. However the Superstition Ranch Market and Pro's Ranch Market are a good place to start. Even the Good Apple in Apache Junction has many good buys on produce.
You will notice that is you switch your menu from highly processed and prepackaged food to homemade healthy recipes that your food budget will diminish as well. Give it a try.
Here are a few sample prices from yesterdays shopping-
Good day at Superstition Ranch
Broccoli crowns 3 lbs for $1.00
Avocado 3 for $1.00
Romaine Lettuce 4 for $1.00
HUGE Golden Honey Dew $0.99
Limes 6 for $1.00
Organic Gala apples $1.39 per pound
Kara from our ward sent me this information about how to tell if produce is organic.
Superstition Ranch doesn't always advertise organic on the sign, you have to take a look at the stickers.
General designation is as follows:Organic produce has a five-digit number beginning with a 9. Organic bananas, for example, would be given the designation of 94011.
Broccoli crowns 3 lbs for $1.00
Avocado 3 for $1.00
Romaine Lettuce 4 for $1.00
HUGE Golden Honey Dew $0.99
Limes 6 for $1.00
Organic Gala apples $1.39 per pound
Kara from our ward sent me this information about how to tell if produce is organic.
Superstition Ranch doesn't always advertise organic on the sign, you have to take a look at the stickers.
General designation is as follows:Organic produce has a five-digit number beginning with a 9. Organic bananas, for example, would be given the designation of 94011.
Conventional produce has a four-digit number beginning with a 3 or 4. Therefore, the number on conventionally grown bananas would be 4011.
Genetically engineered produce also has a five-digit number on the label and begins with an 8. Again, the number on genetically altered bananas would be 84011.
The Superstition Ranch Market (West of Meridian on Main St.) or Pro's Ranch Market in Mesa (Southern & Stapley). Both of these produce markets offer produce at a significant savings. During the summer months the produce is not rotated as frequently so skip any marginal produce.
Although this article is not church approved. It makes some good points about following the Word of Wisdom.
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