Oh, the importance of reading food labels!
Years ago, I got in the habit to start reading food labels on the things I was buying. Paying close attention to the first five ingredients that are listed. This is a dead give away of what the product contains the most of.
I found there were some ingredients that I had no idea how to pronounce, or some ingredients made me wonder what it really was! If I don’t know what I am about to eat, I am probably better off to set it back.
This started my journey in shopping around the perimeter of the grocery stores. Why? Well, because that is where most stores layout their fresh foods and natural produce, leaving the center for processed and boxed items.
Processed foods are not whole foods. The longer the list of ingredients and the longer the shelf life, the further you should stay away.
These are some of the words that should make you put it back on the shelf and send you running (!):
- Artificial (anything)
- High fructose corn syrup
- Artificial sweeteners
- Ammonium sulfate
- Carminic acid
- Sodium benzoate
- Ammonium sulfate (fertilizer)
- Refined grains
- LOW FAT Sugar (there are about 400 different names for sugar…that is a whole other blog!)
- Bleached white flour
- Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil / Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
Things you should eat: Almost anything in the produce section! Fruits! Veggies! Whole Foods!
There’s that saying, “If it is made from a plant, eat it” , “If it is made in a plant, don’t!”
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