Do you read food labels?
If so, are there certain ingredients that you avoid? Reading food labels can be a daunting
task. Attempting to read all of the
words that are difficult to pronounce and an ingredient label that is super
long. This is actually my first clue
that I should not buy the product. My husband and I have also created a list
that makes it easier and faster to put a food product back on the shelf.
The ingredients that we avoid are
Propylene
glycol (like antifreeze)
Monosodium
glutamate (hidden under other names such as autolyzed and hydrolyzed)
Red Dye
(actually all food dyes)
High
Fructose Corn Syrup
Trans
Fat (hidden in the ingredient label as hydrogenated)
Interesterified
Fat (worse than trans fat)
This is not an all-inclusive list, however it does make
scanning a label a lot quicker. If we
see these ingredients, we simply put the item back on the shelf and search for
another product. Eventually it becomes
easier to shop because you know which products and brands that have the
ingredients in that you are okay with buying.
Just be careful because sometimes the ingredients do change.
The reason why we avoid these food is because they are not
good for your body. They are artificially
made and have side effects. In fact,
over the years as we have consistently read food labels, we buy less in the
grocery store and prepare our food from scratch at home. It is time well invested for our family’s
health. We spend our evenings and
mornings prepping foods and we utilize our crock pots. It is not uncommon for us to have a crock pot
cooking food through the night to pack for our lunches in the morning. We then have a second crock pot that we put
on a timer to cook throughout the day that has our dinner in it.
It is time well invested.
Time invested on our health.
Dr. Pam Tomaszycki, D.C.
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