I was not raised having a steady diet of fish. It was a rarity but always appreciated when it happened.

I was raised on a farm with your basic meat and potatoes diet. I loved beef and poultry and just about any and all vegetables (except celery, try as I might, I never was able to enjoy it).

Life goes on, I get older and find that many of the foods I enjoyed in my youth are no longer user-friendly.

So, I no longer eat them.

I find that if I eat a small portion occasionally, I am ok.

As I found out earlier this week, the word occasionally is truly key. I had beef liver two days in a row.

Truly a mistake.

I recently listened to a podcast about the value of eating organ meat.

I always enjoyed liver and onions (yes, it can really be a tasty meal) so decided to give it a try.

You can no longer buy it from the butcher’s counter.

It is in the frozen food section of the grocery store.

Since it is frozen you need to prepare the whole package once it is thawed.

I am the only one who likes it, so that means two days in a row of eating beef.

Something I have not done in years.

Suffice to say, day two was not a pleasant experience.

I will not bore you with the details.

It was hours of intense abdominal pain. It still feels like my stomach was forcibly removed, stomped upon, and put back in. Each day it feels a tad better, thank goodness.

Lesson learned. For me, I will only eat meat once a month.

We are all different and need to figure out our own path. We are going to be sharing a side of beef next month from a local farm who has been our neighbor for decades.

We know it has been raised without all the questionable things that are fed to commercially raised cattle.

I will try beef again when it arrives.

There is a good chance it is not the beef but the additives that my body is rebelling against.

I will keep you posted.

Bottom line, listen to your body in your path to cleaning up your diet.

At least for me, it is not worth the pain and suffering of eating foods which I know are reactive.

There are lots of options.

Do not hesitate to take notes in a journal to keep track of your food experience history.

Till next time, Move Well, Stay Healthy, Be Happy and every day identify at least one thing for which you are grateful.

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