Chapter 18
Ten Surprising Foods to Leave at the Grocery Store
In This Chapter
Staying away from diet sodas, frozen entrees, and other unhealthy foods
Avoiding genetically modified products
Choosing truly healthy alternatives to supposedly healthy foods
Unless you grow your own vegetables and raise your own livestock, the grocery store is where you make primary food decisions for you and your family. Though most people recognize the junk-food quality of obvious high-sugar foods like candy and ice cream, many unhealthy items are available in the stores that you may erroneously think of as healthier alternatives. This chapter explains ten of these foods that, on the surface, may appear to be healthy choices, but in reality are not. When you come across these foods in the grocery store, keep walking!
If you’re interested in making a complete dietary overhaul to all-natural foods, check out Eating Clean For Dummies, by Dr. Jonathan Wright and Linda Larsen (Wiley).
Diet Soda
Diet sodas are sugar-free and calorie-free, so they must be a healthier alternative to sugared soda pop, right? Wrong.
Diet drinks are artificially sweetened with aspartame (NutraSweet), a chemical that causes brain ...
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