The choices we make when we go to the grocery store are life changing, and believe it or not potentially life threatening. Walk down the aisles of a supermarket studying the ingredients in supposedly good food and you will notice the additives, preservatives, HFCS, MSG, and other ingredients added which erode our health...
Head over to the meat counter and you are presented with an array of seemingly good meats and fish, look a little closer and what you may actually be sold is grain fed beef, dyed farmed fish, and poultry pumped full of antibiotics for plumping. And as for the drinks section, well, excluding water it is difficult to class the rest as consumable without serious compromises to our health.
But all isn't lost, you just need the correct shopping strategy!
You will notice that grocery stores pack the inner aisles with all the junk, trapping you in processed food hell. Browse the outer aisles instead, where you will find fresher produce and an abundance of organic, unprocessed foods, such as fruits, vegetables, lean meats and fish. This way your cupboards will be free of unhealthy foods and your choice restricted to paleo friendly snacks.
Another key part of your strategy is to never go to the grocery store on an empty stomach, this will prevent impulse buying and being lured in by sugar laden products.
Avoiding bad foods isn't easy for the untrained eye, and the best way to know what foods to eat and to know what to pick off the shelves at the grocery store is to make a definitive list, and the best way to make a list is to know what to cook.
If you haven't yet armed yourself with a comprehensive resource of paleo friendly recipes, a great place to start is with the Paleo Cookbooks, 300+ recipes with of course a list of ingredients for each meal to use as reference points for your definitive paleo shopping list!
Another key part of your strategy is to never go to the grocery store on an empty stomach, this will prevent impulse buying and being lured in by sugar laden products.
Avoiding bad foods isn't easy for the untrained eye, and the best way to know what foods to eat and to know what to pick off the shelves at the grocery store is to make a definitive list, and the best way to make a list is to know what to cook.
If you haven't yet armed yourself with a comprehensive resource of paleo friendly recipes, a great place to start is with the Paleo Cookbooks, 300+ recipes with of course a list of ingredients for each meal to use as reference points for your definitive paleo shopping list!
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