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Healthy Food Shopping - a few tips




By James Hunaban

We all have to go grocery shopping, and ok, it can be a bit of a chore, and not that easy to find the healthiest foods in the store. But it is worth putting in a bit of extra effort, as you may as well come away from the store with a bag full of healthy food, rather than a bag full of rubbish. Hopefully the tips below will help you in this endeavor just a bit.

1. First and foremost, do not go food shopping on an empty stomach.

2. Always choose whole grain breads, cereals, and rolls. No white bread, please.

3. If you need chicken, opt for the skinless pieces and turkey with no skin on it.

4. If you go for the TV dinner type of frozen meal, make sure they are low in fat, and also low in sodium and cholesterol too.

5. Try and make sure you read the labels and look for the word "hydrogenated", the higher on the list you see this term, the more of the unhealthy fatty acids the food will contain.

6. Have a look at calcium fortified orange juice, especially if you or your family does not consume many dairy products.

7. Always try to include some fruit on your shopping list. Obvious, I know, but it still merits a mention.

Make a start and follow the above tips when out grocery shopping and it should help you to avoid some of the less healthy food on the grocery stores shelves. It really is just as easy to choose healthy, low fat, nutritional foodstuffs as it is to choose the bad alternative. Trust me, you will feel better for it.

Of course we now have a fantastic resource called the internet. So, go seek out the wealth of information regarding healthy diets that is available. There is a very true saying "you are what you eat" just think about that as you're browsing the aisles, and you won't go far wrong.
 
 
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James Hunaban is the owner of http://healthy-diet.jims-info.com/ and http://healthy-eating.jims-info.com/ sites full of Healthy Diet information.

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