Take your vitamins

One of the great things about living in Guatemala is knowing where the majority of our food comes from. If we're having chicken soup for lunch, we know that the chicken was just running around the yard this morning. It can´t get much fresher. All of the food is grown locally and recently - corn comes from fields nearby and we have a variety of fresh, tropical fruit. But one of the challenges to living here is also the lack of variety in things that we had grown accustomed to in the States, specifically vegetables.

Cabbage here is common but it´s rare to see lettuce and so we haven´t had a salad in the traditional sense in quite some time. Sporadically, we have cucumbers, carrots, squash and other vegetables but it´s unpredictable when those will be available. We eat a lot of corn (tortillas with every meal!) and eggs, beans, and rice. The food is delicious, and pretty predictable.

Knowing this, I wrote to my favorite Atlanta health food store, Return to Eden. I shared what Edd and I are doing in Guatemala and asked if they would be willing to sponsor us by providing 6 months of vitamins for each of us while we are here. Peter, Patrick and the other folks at Return to Eden eagerly complied and we are truly grateful to have these vitamins every day.

So take note: if you are living in Atlanta, shop at Return to Eden! They have a helpful staff, all organic produce, lots of supplements AND the best gluten-free food selection in Atlanta. They also offer several health seminars throughout the year. Thank you, Return to Eden, for sponsoring our wellness in Guatemala!