I am very close to the "makers diet" which stresses eating clean. no boxed or canned anything. ALL our food is made from scratch, from organic or local sources and is a nice diet. It took some getting used to. My DD has celiac and we were gluten free here for a long time, this was long before it was popular, and you had to figure it all out on your won.

I am very happy with my diet and notice quickly when I have strayed from it. No high fructose corn syrup, no MSG, no preservatives... I do have an emergency pantry incase of God knows what that would make me worry, because its all canned, and preserved, but that is what is going to last in an emergency. Its hard to cook from fresh and scratch if we cant get out of the house.

I have noticed I feel better when on it, and I feel bad when I cheat. Splenda gives me an instant mind blowing headache. I just dont see how folks can eat that stuff. Ick!