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Core/Conditioning Training’s 4 Healthy Shopping Tips:
- Shop the perimeter of the grocery store, where fresh foods like fruits, vegetables, dairy, meat, and fish are usually located. Avoid the center aisles where junk foods lurk.
- Choose “real” foods, such as 100% fruit juice or 100% whole-grain items with as little processing and as few additives as possible.
- Stay clear of foods with cartoons on the label that are targeted to children. If you don’t want your kids eating junk foods, don’t have them in the house.
- Avoiding foods that contain more than five ingredients, artificial ingredients, or ingredients you can’t pronounce.
GROCERY LIST:
- Produce: Spend the most time in the produce section, and choose a rainbow of colorful fruits and vegetables.
- Breads, Cereals, and Pasta: Choose the least processed foods that are made from whole grains. For example, regular oatmeal is preferable to instant oatmeal. But even instant oatmeal is a whole grain, and a good choice.
When choosing whole-grain cereals, aim for at least 4 grams of fiber per serving, and the less sugar, the better.
Choose whole-wheat bread and pastas and brown rice.
- Meat, Fish, and Poultry: Salmon, Chicken, Top Sirloin or Tenderloin.
- Dairy: You want three servings a day, so go for milk, yogurt and cheese
- Frozen Foods: Frozen fruits and vegetables are a great, economical way to eat healthy. Look for steam-in-bag vegetables and frozen dark berries.
- Canned Foods: Keep a variety of canned vegetables, fruits, and beans on hand to toss into soups, salads or pasta or as side dishes. Tuna packed in water, low-fat soups, nut butters, olive and canola oils, and assorted vinegars should be in every healthy pantry.
Common Question: Should you Choose Only Organic?
Organic foods are a great option, but hey may not be the most economical choice.
You get the same nutritional benefits with fewer pesticides with organics, but eating plenty of produce is more important than choosing organic foods.
If you can peel the skin off (i.e. banana, melons etc–skip the organic and save some $)
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