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Sciency ago

Its a really difficult transition to make. That's a big part of the reason I was on a fixed diet. I had to find foods that I could get in plastic, and in non-plastic. I relied pretty heavily on farmers market produce, and a local woman that uses mason jars to preserve food she grows among her friends. Meat was nearly impossible to find outside of plastic containers, so I got most of my protein from eggs.

I felt so much better after those three weeks that I have largely stuck with fresh produce. I've always leaned towards a vegetarian diet (out of frugality more than anything), but fresh food in particular is worth the potential price bump. Fresh fruits and veggies are also about the only foods that more or less universally get packaged in paper products. Plus they taste better when they haven't been frozen, for whatever reason.

If you ever give this a try, I'd be really interested to know how it turned out for you. I'm the only person I personally know that's tried it, and I wouldn't mind some more input on my theory!