I Thought I Was Protecting Us

I used to read every label twice. Organic everything. Glass bottles only. I thought if I controlled enough variables, I could keep us safe. Then I learned about the arsenic. In apple juice. The one thing I gave my kids without guilt. I'd been so careful about sugar, about additives, about everything I could see. But the poison was invisible. Natural. Already in the soil before the apples even grew. I spent three years measuring tablespoons and checking ingredient lists. None of it mattered. The thing I thought was pure wasn't. Now I pour the juice anyway. Because perfect doesn't exist. Because I can't test every sip. Because sometimes protecting them means letting go of the illusion that I ever had control. #CleanEatingAnxiety #ControlIsExhausting #FoodFear #Health #Diet