Reading Food Labels

Hello all you beautiful readers! 

It's almost the weekend and most of you that are living on your own or even with your family are about to do grocery shopping this week, I believe so.
Here is an easy guide for you to take on when doing grocery shopping that will help you lose weight and feel superb when buying your groceries.

As I know most of my friends are living on their own overseas, it does become overwhelming when it comes to grocery shopping, so instead of the quick and easy Mac and Cheese you get, here are some trips for you to create your own healthy nutritional meal.

Ignoring Calorie Count: 

Coming from experience, I believe that everyone should skip the calorie count, as calories are not the same as the amount of vitamin and minerals in a product/food. Calorie count can restrict a body from having enough food and nutrients for its daily supply. One Hundred Calorie from Sugar is not the same as one hundred calorie from broccoli, they both provide different needs to the body. One Hundred Calories of broccoli is way more nutritional than sugar.

Some people are so engrossed in counting their calorie that yes, they do lose weight in the beginning but you gain double the weight when you are back on your normal diet as your body functions regain it's usual functions.

Eat food that are healthy for you and give you energy. As long as you have energy and you feel good, calorie count does not matter.

Can't Pronounce It, Don't Eat It. 

A lot of times companies add ingredients into a product to preserve it and some are genetically modified ingredients or even ingredients that are filled with chemicals. A top trick that I learnt from Cassey Ho is that if you can't read it, don't eat it.

When you flip over the package/ product, read the ingredients label, usually the first few ingredients are natural and as you read on you'll realise that there are ingredients you can't even pronounce.

Also try to pick products that are not filled with a bajillion ingredients in them. The less the better.

FAT FREE/SUGAR FREE? 

Many's the time that products produce labels such as "Fat Free", "Sugar Free". However, that is not the case as when it says fat free or sugar free it means an extra dose of chemicals and different weird ingredients that you did not know about.

Usually fat free and sugar free products are what people normally would buy as they think they'd lose weight from that because it does not contain fat or sugar, am I right? However, studies have shown that when people purchase these products, they gain extra weight due to the chemicals and the other ingredients in them.

A Diet Softdrink (Not to be Named) has more sugar than normal can of diet soft drink, Just because it claims it as "Diet" and "Sugar Free" does not mean you should trust it.

Yet again, check the ingredients label always. 

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