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Healthy Supermarket Guide

By DS Staff

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Use these tips to make healthier choices as you navigate through those aisles. Plan Ahead: Plan your meals for the week and make a shopping list. Only purchase what is on your list and never, ever go grocery shopping when you’re hungry. Shop the Perimeter: Buy most of your food from the outer aisles where […]"

Healthy Supermarket Guide

Use these tips to make healthier choices as you navigate through those aisles.


  1. Plan Ahead:

    shoppinglistPlan your meals for the week and make a shopping list. Only purchase what is on your list and never, ever go grocery shopping when you’re hungry.

  1. Shop the Perimeter:

    SuperMarket_khobar_2016_AA-7Buy most of your food from the outer aisles where fresh foods like fruits, vegetables, meat, fish and dairy are often kept.

  1. Buy Readily Available Produce:

    vgetable-aisleLet’s face it, kale is very difficult to find. Luckily, you can get a ton of nutrients from more readily available vegetables such as romaine lettuce and parsley.

  1. Buy Organic:

    vegChoose organic as they have no pesticides, no hormones and are non-GMO (genetically-modified organisms). When unable, stick to foods on the clean 15 list (least contaminated with pesticides) and avoid the dirty dozen (most contaminated).

  1. Limit Processed Foods:

    Bread-48Highly-processed foods are stripped of nutrients and high in calories and artificial ingredients. These include white breads and pastas, breakfast cereals, chips and cookies. Go for minimally-processed foods like whole-grain bread and canned goods that don’t have added salt, sugar or preservatives.

  1. Always Read Labels:

    nutrition-label-01Ignore everything on the package except the food label and ingredient list. If the ingredients are a paragraph long you know the product is likely not very healthy. Rule of thumb: avoid ingredients that you can’t pronounce and wouldn’t cook with yourself.

  1. Ingredients to Stay Away From:

    unhealthy-ingredientsIf you come across any of these ingredients in packaged foods, don’t buy it: High fructose corn syrup, aspartame, MSG (monosodium glutamate), agave nectar, hydrogenated/partially hydrogenated oils, carrageenan and food dyes.

Where to Buy What:

I frequent a variety of places that each offer their own specialties:


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