Tips To Shop Healthier Foods
Tips To Shop Healthier Foods
Creating a shopping list can keep you on track. Focus your week’s menus on whole grains, lean meats, wholesome, poultry, and fish, and nutritious ingredients such as fresh and frozen vegetables and fruits.
When shopping for healthy food these tips can help you keep on healthy options:
- Add more fish to your diet.
- Reduce sugary drinks.
- Consume fruits and vegetables daily.
- Use nonfat or low-fat milk and dairy products.
- Prefer vegetable oils, like canola and olive, instead of butter, shortening, or lard.
- Choose whole-grain rather than refined-grain bread, pasta, rice, and cereals.
The items we put in our grocery shopping carts can boost our health and give us a positive attitude toward nutritious food.
Consider buying season fruits
A good recommendation is to find new varieties of fruits and vegetables of season to try. These are usually fresher, retain more nutrients, and are often less expensive than items that are out of season.
If you are lucky to have a farmer’s market nearby, choose their products that might be fresher than what you find in the supermarkets. Their foods retain their nutritional value, which means fruits and vegetables won’t wilt so quickly.
Add more fish into your diet
Salmon and canned tuna are excellent sources of omega 3. Omega-3s have been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease and decrease inflammation. They’re also affordable and convenient.
Sardines are rich in many vitamins. The canned version is easy to find, and it’s actually more nutritious because you’re consuming the entire fish, including bones and skin
For example, you can incorporate some canned salmon into a salad or toss canned tuna into your pasta sauce instead of ground beef, for a healthy, quick, and light main dish.
Other healthy options
Apart from fish, veggies, and fruits on your shopping list, these are great options:
Meat options: Such as lean chicken and turkey (no skin), lean beef, and pork.
Dairy: Nonfat dairy products or low-fat, including yogurt, milk, cheese, and calcium-fortified milk alternatives like soy and almond milk.
Cereals and grains: Pasta, oatmeal, whole-grain bread, quinoa, tortillas, cereals, barley, brown rice, and cracked wheat.
Protein foods: Non-meat choices include peas like black beans, cooked beans, lentils, tofu, chickpeas, seeds, split peas, eggs, and nuts.