What's in What You Eat?It is said you are what you eat, from your head to your feet. So why not know… What's in what you eat?

I am going to try to start a new segment called “Paleo in Seattle” featuring restaurants, grocery stores, and other relavent places in the city. They’ll be listed in the pages to your right with a more in depth discussion and hopefully pictures as a blog post.

As always, feel free to submit any places to check out.

Here’s how it will work:

Taste: Scale of 10 (Even if it is nutritious, it still needs to taste good)
1-4: Unappealing
5-7: Moderate
8-10: Delicious

Nutrition: Scale of 10 (Just how Paleo friendly is it?)
1-4: Cheat meal
5-7: Ok once in a while
8-10: Very paleo friendly

Filling: Scale of 10 (Will you be hungry after the meal?)
1-4: Very light
5-7: Satisfied
8-10: Full

Price:
$: $10 or less entree
$$: $15 or less entree
$$$: $20 or less entree

Overal Value: Based on the above, how good it is for Paleo
1-4: Look elsewhere
5-7: Fine
8-10: A favorite

Many local citizens of Seattle have likely seen, shopped, or at least heard of the Rising Sun Farms produce market located on 65th and 15th Ave. N.E.

From the design of the place, it very much resembles that of a farmers market which also implies that it has the same quality as such. Another thing you may notice is the ridiculously cheap prices. How is this possible? I asked an employee.

It turns out Rising Sun Farms has absolutely zero quality standards and their only focus is providing produce as cheap as possible. The employee said they stock hardly any organic items and would bet that most of the products are sprayed with pesticides and likely are genetically modified.

If your concern is cheap fruits and vegetables, this may be a place for you. If you are looking for local, sustainable, organic, pure produce, I would suggest looking elsewhere (the place is located 2 blocks away from Whole Foods and 5 minutes from the Saturday University Farmer’s Market).