Is air the only thing we can eat?
Edit: I’m being a bit tongue in cheek with my adjectives re: foods being unsafe as it feels like all the talk around food safety these days is so alarmist and it’s totally working on me. I’m just in a place of being incredibly fed up and feeling like it’s all a bit Sisyphean. Some of these comments have been very helpful at pulling me back from the brink!
Preface with I do have diagnosed PPA and weekly therapy, so take me with a grain of salt: I’ve been down a heavy metals rabbit hole and now feel deep down terrified to give our kids/feed our family, like, anything. Is anyone with me? What are you doing to manage?
Background: All the “better” options I thought I was giving my kids (4,1.5) are now being reported as scary high in metals. Cut out crackers and chips, even though my kids beg for them. I make our own gummy bears with gelatin for protein but now gelatin isn’t safe. We use bone broth for cooking and drinking—that’s not safe. Make my own bread & play dough, get organic pasta, FLOUR isn’t safe. Love sweet potatoes, THOSE AREN’T SAFE. Spinach for iron in smoothies, full of lead. Liver capsules, corrupt. Can’t touch dark chocolate that I love. Like, what am I doing wrong here?