Go Shopping at the Farmers Market
Do you ever walk into the supermarket and feel overwhelmed? So many aisles, so tall you have to strain to read the signs to locate the products you want to buy…. Did you know the supermarket layout was especially designed to keep in the store longer and to buy more products than you intended? Did you know they keep the real food separate from the foodlike products? It’s true! Notice the next time you enter your favorite grocery store… processed, packaged foods line up all the center aisles, dominating the store. Meat, eggs and dairy are on the back walls. Ah ha! Yes, you have to walk by all those products just screaming at you “buy me, buy me!”
What can you do? Shop the outside walls of the supermarket and avoid the center. Fresh fruits and veggies are usually near the entrance as they look nice – go their and quickly to the other walls and get out fast! Why? You don’t want to be tempted! In fact, try to avoid the supermarket if you can… hit a farmers market… you won’t find highly processed foods there! You will get food fresh, ripe, nutritious and full of flavor. Imagine eating a tomato that tastes like a tomato! Wow! You will eat foods that are locally grown, not picked early and shipped miles and miles to reach you in some form or fashion…. and you will eat foods in season – giving you the diversity your bodies needs to live at optimal health.
Bottom line: Get in and out of a supermarket as fast as you can. Avoid it if at all possible – shop farmers markets. Don’t shop when you are hungry or the food will leap into your basket and you won’t even know it!
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