Week 24 Challenge: Understand Your Ingredients Week!

Welcome to Week 24 of Our 52-Week Challenge. This week, we’re diving into the world of nutrition with “Understand Your Ingredients Week.” It’s a fantastic opportunity to take a moment every day to read labels and explore the ingredients in your food, supplements, teas, and beverages.

Curiosity Counts: Discovering What’s in Your Food

Don’t feel pressured; just take this week to satisfy your curiosity about what you’re consuming. If you’re homeschooling or simply enjoy learning alongside your kids, get them involved! Have them read the labels to you, note down ingredients, practice spelling, and discuss their meanings. It’s a wonderful way to engage their minds and show them how much they learn daily.

The Benefits of Specific Nutrients

Focus on the benefits of specific nutrients by researching the roles of various vitamins, herbs, and minerals that you find on labels. This will help you make informed decisions about your diet and enhance your knowledge.

Fun Family Discussions Around Ingredients

As for how I see this week unfolding in our household, I anticipate that Peter will find himself drawn to one-item ingredients—like ashwagandha in the ashwagandha tea that we all love—sparking some interesting discussions. Claire might start asking questions about some processed foods we enjoy—like those delicious organic cinnamon rolls!

Dad will surely be our go-to source for all the fun facts during our late-night kitchen discussions, and I’ll be here to share insights from my own research, allowing for some great comparisons with what we discover together.

Your Weekly Goal: Research and Explore

What’s your goal? Try researching 1-2 ingredients a day, and by the end of the week, you will be familiar with 7-14+ ingredients from the items you are already consuming!

Have an Informative and Fun Week!

Happy ingredient exploring!

Sincerely,
Ashley