Rich Food Poor Food: The Ultimate Grocery Purchasing System (GPS)
Mira Calton, Jayson Calton, William Davis
Language: English
Pages: 324
ISBN: 0984755179
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Do you get confused while poring over labels at the grocery store, trying to determine the healthiest options? What makes one box of cereal better for you than another, and how are we supposed to decipher the extensive lists of mysterious ingredients on every package, and then determine whether they are safe or toxic to your family's health? With nearly 40,000 items populating the average supermarket today, the Rich Food Poor Food - Grocery Purchasing System (GPS), is a unique guide that steers the consumer through the grocery store aisles, directing them to health enhancing Rich Food options while avoiding health detracting Poor Food ones.
Rich Food, Poor Food is unique in the grocery store guide arena in that rather than rating a particular food using calories, sodium, or fat as the main criteria, it identifies the products that contain wholesome, micronutrient-rich ingredients that health-conscious shoppers are looking for, like wild caught fish, grass-fed beef, raw/organic cheese, organic meats, pastured eggs and dairy, organic produce and sprouted grains, nuts and seeds, while avoiding over 150 common unwanted Poor Food ingredients such as sugar, high fructose corn syrup, refined flour, GMOs, MSG, artificial colors, flavors and sweeteners, pesticides, nitrites/ nitrates, gluten, and chemical preservatives like BHA and BHT.
So while other food swapping grocery guides may give the green light to eating Kellogg's Fruit Loops with Sprinkles, Oscar Mayer Turkey Bologna and Hostess Twinkies based on their lower calories, sodium, and/or fat levels, you won't find these heavily processed, food-like products identified as Rich Food choices in Rich Food, Poor Food. That doesn't mean this guide to micronutrient-sufficient living leads readers to a boring culinary lifestyle. Quite the contrary! The Caltons offer Rich Food choices in every aisle of the store including desserts, snacks, sauces, hot dogs, and other fun foods!
This indispensable grocery store guide raises the bar on food quality as it takes readers on an aisle-by-aisle tour, teaching them how to identify potentially problematic ingredients, while sharing tips on how to lock in a food's nutritional value during preservation and preparation, save money, and make homemade versions of favorite grocery store staples. Regardless of age, dietary preference or current health, Rich Food, Poor Food turns the grocery store and farmer's market into a micronutrient pharmacy--filling the shopping cart with a natural prescription for better health and longevity.
things to avoid. The checklist reminds you of what made our Steer Here products so appealing to us and warns you of Poor Food ingredients. Regardless of where you are shopping, following the Checkout Checklist will make for a successful grocery shopping experience. Make sure to write down the name of the product you have selected in the spaces provided to save you time and energy the next time you hit the aisles. Your Rich Food Road Trip 13 Even with nearly forty thousand items to choose from,
delights may offer similar micronutrient benefits, the probiotic benefits can be greatly different. You hear a lot about the beneficial probiotics in yogurt, but it may surprise you that not all store-bought brands deliver on these promises. All yogurts are made by first adding two types of bacteria to milk, lactobacillus bulgaricus and streptococcus thermophilus. Collectively, these bacteria are known as acidophilus. The yogurts are then heated, which is when yogurt can take two different
cholesterol. Unlike cholesterol, which itself is not dangerous, cholesterol that has been oxidized is far more prone to form plaque in the walls of arteries. CAUTION: When staying at hotels or eating at restaurants, choose fried eggs over scrambled. Restaurants and budget buffets often use these cheap powdered eggs when they aren’t presented whole, such as with scrambled eggs or in recipes calling for eggs. 88 Rich Food, Poor Food ❑ Choose organic eggs or eggs purchased from a farm that
cereal! Remember, the grains and sugars are all carbohydrates, and your body converts all forms of carbohydrates into glucose when you ingest them. Every time sugar and carbohydrates appear on the label, you should recognize that they will increase your blood sugar, which leads to weight gain, insulin resistance, diabetes, and a host of other health conditions. So, let’s revisit this ingredient list using our handy sugar decoder. 178 Rich Food Poor Food Rice (sugar-induced insulin spike),
broccoli spears and cheddar cheese. How about the burger no one finished and some blue cheese? The combinations are endless, and you save money while delivering a breakfast fit for a king (even a busy king, or queen, on the run). Food for Not an egg eater but still in search of a great protein-enriched breakfast? Here are a few other great options to make sure you make the most of your morning meal. 1 GREEK YOGURT. Top 1 cup of organic Greek yogurt with fresh organic berries and sprouted seeds