| Healthy grocery shopping is a critical part of eating | | | | and can increase your blood pressure. |
| healthy to lose weight. Choosing healthy foods to | | | | 6. If you aren't consuming enough dairy products |
| eat instead of high fat foods can benefit you in | | | | or they don't agree with you, buy calcium fortified |
| so more ways than just losing weight. | | | | orange juice instead. Getting enough calcium is an |
| Eating healthy can affect the way you look and | | | | important part of eating healthy. |
| feel every minute of every day. When you shop | | | | 7. Buy whole grain breads, cereals, and rolls. |
| for healthy foods to eat, there are a few basic | | | | Healthy breads are whole wheat, pumpernickel or |
| things that can make it a little easier. | | | | seven-grain. Healthy cereal choices are All-Bran, |
| Here are a few healthy grocery shopping tips. | | | | Bran Buds, 100% Bran and Raisin Bran. |
| 1. Never go grocery shopping on an empty | | | | 8. You may want to give cantaloupe a try. With |
| stomach. It's obvious that all food looks better | | | | just 95 calories,half of the melon will provide more |
| when you are hungry. But you can make better | | | | than a day's supply of Vitamin C and |
| choices if you don't shop when you are hungry. | | | | cancer-fighting beta carotene. |
| Another benefit to this is you will spend less. | | | | 9. Don't be tricked into buying yogurt covered by |
| 2. Select canned fruits and tuna that are packed | | | | nuts or raisins, on top because they are normally |
| in water, not oil or syrup. Anything packed in | | | | loaded with sugar and partially hydrogenated oils. |
| water including fruit in its own juice is a much | | | | If you are eating healthy to lose weight, this could |
| healthier choice. | | | | make the difference of you losing weight for the |
| 3. Look at the labels for the words | | | | week or not. |
| "hydrogenated" or "partially hydrogenated". The | | | | 10. Buy low fat snacks and treats, such as |
| earlier you see them appear on the label list, the | | | | pretzels, ginger snaps, and angel food cake. Make |
| higher the amount of unhealthy trans fatty acids | | | | sure you can grab these low fat snacks when |
| the food will contain. | | | | you get the need to munch on something. |
| 4. Don't buy turkey or chicken with the skin on it. | | | | There are many different healthy foods you can |
| If you are eating healthy to lose weight, breast or | | | | buy at the grocery store, and all it takes is |
| white meat is a much healthier food to eat. The | | | | making the right choices to put in your cart. |
| skin is really all fat and not very healthy food to | | | | Healthy grocery shopping can quickly be learned |
| eat. | | | | and become a way of life with you. The reward |
| 5. When you select frozen dinners, select those | | | | is huge because taking weight off becomes easy. |
| that are not only low in fat, but low in sodium and | | | | Copyright © 2006 All Rights Reserved. |
| cholesterol as well. Salt makes you retain water | | | | |