Grocery Shopping – The Healthy Way!
Grocery Shopping – The Healthy Way
Grocery shopping is certainly something we all have to do and choosing the right foods can be very hard, agree? Below are some tips on grocery shopping – the healthy way. Hopefully this will make is a little easier to choose the right foods during your next visit.
1. Never go grocery shopping on an empty stomach. Make sure you aren’t hungry. (I’ve got to tell you…this is my all time number one rule) If I’m hungry and attempting to food shop, most times a few not-so-good-for-me foods end up in the cart and that’s not a good thing.
2. Select canned fruits and tuna that are packed in water, not oil or syrup.
3. Look at the labels for the words “hydrogenated” or “partially hydrogenated”. The earlier you see them appear on the list, the higher the amount of unhealthy trans fatty acids the food will contain.
4. Try to buy turkey without the skin on it, and buy a chicken breast for your meals, not the darker wings and thighs.
5. When you purchasing frozen dinners, select those that are not only low in fat, but low in sodium and cholesterol as well.
6. Choose calcium fortified orange juice.
7. Go for whole grain breads, cereals, and rolls.
8. Give cantaloupe a try. With just 95 calories, half of the melon will provide more than a day’s supply of Vitamin C and beta carotene.
9. Don’t be tricked into buying yogurt covered by nuts, etc. as the coating is normally made of sugar and partially hydrogenated oils. And always check the fat content.
10. Get some lower fat treats, such as pretzels, ginger snaps, and angel food cake to snack on.
Hopefully, the above tips will help you out a little when grocery shopping. You’ll avoid the bad foods and get more of the healthy foods that you need. There are many different healthy foods at the grocery store, all it takes is the will power to roll right past the bad foods and on to the good ones, especially if you aren’t hungry!
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Grocery shopping is have it’s own fun, i like to do it. I have read your article and fetch some tips from it. I hope those tips will help me to Grocery shopping.
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Here is my second comment so i know the importance of the topic. Grocery Shopping is really very important because it directly affect our health. So selection of Grocery is really very important.
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these are some excellent tips. the key for me has been to stay away from fast food and avoid unhealthy snacks (chip, cookies…etc)
Hey Dave…Thanks! I know…fast food is tough to stay away from
especially when you are so busy but it can be done and if you take the time to do your grocery shopping right (plan it out) you’ll have all the healthy foods you need right in your own kitchen.
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Great shopping tips Brenda. Another one could be ‘leave the kids at home’ (if they’re old enough).
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Oh yeah, that’s a great tip! Not only can kids be distracting at times, they usually beg for the foods that are not so good for us! Been there… So glad my two are grown
And yes, I love them dearly!
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The best idea is probably to make a shopping list before you go to the store. I do it and force myself to stick to it. That, and a lot of discipline, has really helped me lose some weight and live a healthier life.
I agree Dave…healthier living and weight loss do take a lot of discipline… but so worth it!!
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This is a fantastic guide and I will try to follow some of your ideas. The problem is that I do have a tendency for junk food, but will certainly try and balance things out in 2010. Have a great Xmas.
Thank you… have a great holiday as well!
I am trying to lose weight but having trouble on what food to eat. can someone give me a list of healthy foods to buy? thank you
I would do some research on google… maybe “healthy foods to buy for healthy dieting” or even “foods that are healthy and good for you”. See what results come up…there’s a ton of information on the internet!