Simple Stuff

When shopping for groceries, namely snacks, it often seems we are bombarded by colorfully created packaging strapped with health benefits and of course, convenience. Many of these items, though claiming to be healthy, don't really seem like they would normally. Are they? Well, I guess "healthy" is a relative term in this case, because even too much of one type of healthy food can create imbalances in your diet, etc. But let's keep it simple here and just compare a few concepts. First, I don't care how "natural" your Natural Chee-tos are, there is no Chee-tos tree with cheese curls hanging from the branches, are there? Think about it for a moment. Even all of these enriched, fortified foods we see aren't as healthy being pumped with vitamins than the fruits and vegetables that naturally contain the same vitamins are. Let's talk about rice cakes for a moment. The perfectly round, somewhat stale textured cakes are healthy, right? Well, if you look at the Quaker label's ingredients, you aren't really sure what you're eating. It's still packed with 3+ syllable chemicals and a long list of ingredients. I thought they were just rice, right? Now let's take a look at a competitor: Lundburg Organic Rice cakes (Wild Rice flavor): Ingredients: Organic whole grain brown rice, organic wild rice, sea salt. Yep. That's it. And we can all identify all three ingredients! I get excited in the store when I see items containing few, natural whole food ingredients, and when your body experiences more natural foods, even snacks, you will too! I encourage you to take a look at what you've been snacking on. Buy more simple snacks, and shop around the perimeter of the grocery store for fruits, veggies, and other produce, too! No labels there, and that's the best stuff! So, keep the ingredients simple, and the closer you are to eating more foods picked from the earth, the better off you will be surely! Have a great day, everyone, and thanks for reading!