Dietitian’s advice on making wise food choices at the supermarket
 | Cheryl, lead dietitian at EatatEase has some thoughts and advice on how you can ensure that you make the right food choices when you go to the supermarket. |
Nowadays it seems like we are all faced with huge range of food choices, persuasive advertising targeted at not just kids (we all know our own weaknesses!), and confusing or conflicting nutritional information about what is good for us. So where do you start?
The single most important piece of advice I can offer when going food shopping is to plan ahead, make a shopping list, yes it can be that simple!
Always try not to go shopping on an empty stomach (when you will be more likely to be persuaded to buy things you wouldn’t normally). In other words if we have a rumbling stomach we’ll be more tempted to buy a quick fatty snack to help get by until we can eat something ‘proper’ when we get home.
Learn to read labels properly, this really is a life skill that everyone needs today, it is an essential tool, we all need to be made more aware of what we are eating. Very often there is a lot of advertising on the front of the packet, which can be misleading to say the least. Watch out for nutritional a claim, such as 85% fat free, which still means that it is 15% full of fat.
Good luck and don’t forget if you want more free dietary advice don’t forget to visit www.EatatEase.com there is loads of our advice freely available to all.
Cheryl RD
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