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The grocery store is one of my favorite places, so many fresh produce and beautiful colors. But it’s also one of the most complicated places for someone who is brand new to their journey. Here are 6 tips for making your shopping trips healthier:

Never go on an empty stomach: We’ve all been there, but have you noticed that you spend more and put more junk into your cart when you go hungry? Make it a point to have a meal before you head out to avoid over spending and overindulging.
Read the Labels: And by label I don’t mean the front of the package with all of the sneaky labels. I mean the ingredients and nutrient content.
Avoid the aisles: Not all of the aisles, but most! Why? Your groceries should be 90% fresh produce, the aisles are ridded with boxed foods and junk. You want the majority of your diet to be fresh WHOLE foods that rot relatively quickly.
Start with produce: When you begin to fill up your cart with whole foods, by the time you get to the grains and aisles, you already see a full cart and mentally think you’re almost done.
Make a List: Make a list of everything you need to buy! It cuts time, cost, and random stowaways from making it to the cart.
Go with a water bottle. If by some reason you start to feel hungry, sipping on water can keep the hunger at bay and avoid those crazy items making it into your cart.

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The thing about the food and fitness industry is, marketing and advertising goes farther than science. It’s a sad reality, and is one of the reason so many people are quick to fall for gimmicks, nutrition labeling etc. Just today I went grocery shopping and was baffled at how the industry charges more or hides poison in their labeling. Here were the top 6 offenders that stood out to me today.

Fit and Active brand popcorn versus the generic brand popcorn: Fit and Active brand was almost a dollar more expensive and when you compare the labels…the EXACT same thing. Just because something is labeled fit and active or something along those lines does not necessarily make it any better.
Sugar: A bunch of BS, and WORSE for you! Your brain gets the same stimulation only instead of being natural, it’s synthetic, can mess up insulin regulation, and most are metabolized in to carcinogens…cancer causing agents. Go for REAL sugar, avoid the sugar alcohol. Even in moderation, real sugar is better than fake. Same goes for regular vs diet sodas
Arctic Zero Ice Cream: People love it because it is low calorie, has minimal protein, but just like sugar free labels are ridded with sugar alcohols. Limit sugar alcohols as much as possible (generally anything that ends in “ol” ie. sorbitol, erythritol, maltitol)
Low Fat anything: Your body NEEDS healthy fats. Low fat labels are usually a guise for companies to add sugars and MORE sugar alcohols in order to make the food tastier since removing fat makes food less appetizing. Whole fat is totally OK!
Organic Tostitos: While the ingredients may be “cleaner” they have more sodium and do in my opinion more harm because people consume more of it thinking it’s healthier.
Organic Granola: uhmmmm 36g of sugar per serving and only 8g of protein? what?! READ your labels!! Ideally there will be no added sugar.

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