How Can I Do Healthy Grocery Shopping?
Grocery shopping is something everybody has to do at one time or another. Choosing the right foods can be difficult. So lets go over some tips that can help make things easier for you.
1. NEVER go grocery shopping on an empty stomach. This can really hurt your cause, especially when you are trying to shop healthy.
2. Look for canned fruits and tuna that are packed in water, not oil or even syrup.
3. Look at the nutritional labels of your foods. See if you see the words “hydrogenated” or even “partially hydrogenated”. The sooner you see them appear on the list, the higher the amount of unhealthy trans fatty acids are in the food.
4. Avoid buying turkey with the skin still on it, and if you are looking to buy chicken, buy a chicken breast meal instead.
5. When you are looking for frozen dinners, try and pick the ones that are not just low in fat, but low in cholesterol and sodium too.
6. If you arn’t getting enough dairy products in your daily intake, then pick up some calcium fortified orange juice.
7. Make sure to try and get whole grain breads, cereals, and rolls.
8. Try some cantaloupe. You can get a days worth of Vitamin C and beta carotene from just half a melon.
9. Don’t be fooled into grabbing yogurt that is covered with nuts or raisins. Most of the time the coating is made of sugar and is partially hydrogenated oils.
10. Make sure to treat yourself a little bit, not too much. Pick up some low fat treats for yourself, like pretzels, ginger snaps, and even angel food cake.
If you follow the tips above while your grocery shopping, you can steer clear of the bad foods and get the ones that you truly need. There is a wide variety of healthy foods at the grocery store, just it takes some will power to get yourself past the bad foods and make your way to the good food.
