You don’t have to be a kid to benefit from these 10 essential lessons that will guide you in choosing healthier, tastier foods:
- Choose meat, poultry and dairy products with no added hormones or antibiotics. Read the label carefully, or choose organics to be sure.
- Fish around for safer, more sustainable seafood. Know the source.Ask about mercury content. When choosing farm raised, look for no added hormones or antibiotics.
- Trade hydrogenated oils and trans fats for healthier fats, including olives, nuts and nut butters, avocados, seeds, eggs and certain types of fish.
- Favor fresh fruits and veggies, particularly organics, and eat a rainbow of colors. When you need a shortcut, choose frozen over canned.
- Skip the artificial colors, flavors, preservatives and sweeteners. Savor the taste of unadulterated real foods.
- Lighten up on refined sugar. Satisfy a sweet tooth with fresh or dried fruit or sweeteners like agave, honey, maple syrup, pureed fruit and other natural, unrefined alternatives.
- Avoid high-fructose corn syrup You may be surprised where you find it, so always check the label.
- Go for whole grains instead of white flour. You’ll get more fiber, and in many cases more protein and essential vitamins.
- Say no to genetically modified organisms when you can. The easiest way to avoid them is to choose organic.
- Nix the nitrates and nitrites added to meats. Whole Foods Market offers meats with no added nitrates or nitrites.
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