HEALTHY EATING:  Overview  |  Nutrition Labels  |  Health Resource Links

Confused about nutrition? Join the club! It can be difficult to navigate all of the nutrition messages out there. It seems like everyday there is a new “superfood” splashed across our headlines and our grocery aisles. Today chocolate is good for you, tomorrow it might not be! All of this mis-information can be pretty overwhelming.

When it comes to healthy eating, it is important to remember one thing: it’s just food!

Eating should be simple: good food in, healthy energy out! So at Choices, we feel that it’s time to get back to basics: good natural foods prepared with love. Take time to create healthy meals for you and your family. Plan ahead and make a big batch of foods that you can save for a busy weeknight. Pre-prep veggies and fruit so that the easiest choice is also the healthiest!

When it comes to filling your shopping cart, ignore the headlines and claims and tap back in to your intuition. When we listen to our bodies they let us know what we need most. It makes sense that a gorgeous salad filled with local veggies will nourish us more than a fast food fix. But intuitive eating goes beyond logic. Dreading the cold morning that awaits? A warm bowl of oatmeal will keep you going as you head outside. Feeling sluggish? Make an energizing salad with lots of fresh veggies. Stress munching? The crunch of baby carrots will help you dispel that nervous energy without derailing your eating plan. Deadlines overwhelming you? Ground yourself with a hearty vegetable stew when you get home.

Consider these pages your basic nutrition survival kit: our label reading primer helps you navigate food packages, including a few tips you might not expect. Eating well with Canada’s food guide provides a basic overview of a healthy diet: note what’s missing – over processed, lifeless foods. We also have put together a list of credible sources of nutrition and health information on the web – no more hype…just good sense.

Still have questions? Ask the Choices Dietitian, Desiree Nielsen, RD(t), at nutrition@choicesmarket.com.