Friday, January 11, 2013

Hungry


How many of you had New Year’s resolution that included: weight loss, eating better, getting healthy? I hope that your everyday resolution includes being healthy.  This week at Complete Wellness Chiropractic we watched a great film called “Hungry for Change.”  This is a great movie for anyone who does not know a lot about how bad processed foods can be and about making those healthy changes at the grocery store.  I would highly recommend that you watch this film; you can stream it from Netflix. 

Health and weight loss really starts with your hands, and what you put into your mouth.  Everything you put into your body, should be of something your body needs, otherwise it will turn into fat and toxins, causing dis-ease. 

When you are at the grocery store, do you read food labels, or do you assume just because the front of the box states it is healthy you trust that source? If you don’t read food labels – start reading them! Don’t trust those marketing labels stating that it is healthy.  Here are a few tips and pointers for those beginner food label readers:

·         If you can’t pronounce the word, it is not good for you

·         The less ingredients the better!

·         The first ingredient listed on the label is the ingredient that is used the most in that food, stay away from things such as: High fructose corn syrup, sugar, sugar, and sugar!

·         Do not buy anything with “Natural Flavors” – what are these natural flavors? They are lab derived flavorings with nothing natural about them to make the food taste good

·         Do not buy “fat-free” or “reduced fat” etc… There is a lot of chemicals in these ingredients such as found in artificial sweeteners: sucralose and aspartame

·         Avoid MSG (monosodium glutamate), there are many names that MSG can be hidden under, here are some commonly found names:
o   Autolyzed yeast
o   maltodextrin
o   sodium caseinate
o   hydrolyzed protiens

MSG is a neurotoxin related to weight gain, headaches, fatigue and depression just to name a few.  Here is a great article by Dr. Mercola if you would like to know more about the dangers in MSG, and more common foods it is found in.  http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/04/21/msg-is-this-silent-killer-lurking-in-your-kitchen-cabinets.aspx

All in all, what I want you to get out of this blog is to be informed.  Don’t let those monopoly marketing companies decide what is healthy for you (they want you to eat their product so they make money) – find out for yourself.  Start reading those food labels! BETTER YET, don’t eat only food that has labels; eat real food like fresh fruits and veggies (organic when you can).  We know these are healthy for you, as Mother Nature intended them to be. 

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