Farm Fresh Food Can Spur Weight Loss

Hey BALANCE folks! There is a new farmers market in Oakton, at the Unitarian Church on Hunters Mill Road.

It is Saturdays, from 10-2pm. They have organic coffee, the best Amish pasture raised chicken (melts in your mouth!) and our favorite, Piedmontese beef.

A Piedmontese breed of cow is the leanest steer in the world, they are imported from Italy. The guy that sells it, his company is called Angelic Beef. And it is out of this world. Every cut was as tender as a filet mignon. I had a skirt steak the other night and with nothing but a little salt and pepper, it was delicious. Because of the humane way these cows are raised, you can cook the beef rare or medium rare with no fear of pathogens. In fact, lean meats are better served that way. And weight loss? I know of one woman who lost 70 lbs by switching to grass-fed meats! Definitely do try it!

Get to know these farmers, they are using organic and traditional farming methods and the quality of their food is superior nutritionally to anything you can buy at the store.

This is also a fun way to live, getting to know our local farmers, supporting them with buying power, helping them to build a strong local farm economy. Wouldn't you rather see farms dotting the countryside than more urban sprawl?

Smartmarkets.org runs this market, and they have others all over, many of them open in the spring, but check out their website for more of their locations!

PHOTO: Kimberly and author of REAL FOOD, Nina Planck at the Oakton Farmers Market