12 Ways to Choose Healthy over Harmful

Every food ingredient you put in your shopping cart is a choice. Every morsel you put into your mouth is also a choice. Why not choose healthy over harmful? Some simple reminders:

INSTEAD OF TRY

White flour bread Pumpernickel, rye or whole-wheat bread

Iceberg lettuce Green leaf, red leaf or romaine lettuce, spinach, arugula

Bologna Hummus (it’s yummy, too!)

Salami or pastrami Hard boiled eggs in pita bread

Regular mayo Low-fat mayo. Better still, no mayo!

Cup of noodles Hearty lentil soup

Soda or ‘fruit’ drinks 100% fruit or vegetable juice

Cupcakes and doughnuts Bran or carrot muffins

Greasy fast-food burgers Veggie burgers

Regular pancakes Buckwheat, rice flour or blue cornmeal pancakes

Frosted cereal Muesli or oatmeal

Three-cheese pasta Herb-and-garlic pasta or whole wheat spaghetti

I’d like to add to this list. For instance, I am never sure if white flour can be successfully replaced with whole wheat flour when baking cakes and pies. Do enlighten!

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Elena T.

1:46AM PDT on May 6, 2013

Thank you :)

May 6
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Natasha S.

7:44PM PDT on May 5, 2013

Thanks!

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Winn A.

11:37AM PDT on Mar 24, 2013

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Fred H.

4:54AM PDT on Mar 24, 2013

Thank you Shubhra, for Sharing this!

Maria B.

1:36PM PDT on Mar 19, 2013

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Melania P.

9:00AM PST on Feb 14, 2013

Thank you, sharing

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LMj S.

1:24AM PDT on Oct 22, 2012

Thank you for sharing.

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Kath P.

5:25AM PDT on Oct 16, 2012

If your grocery cart is filled with the left column items I suggest exchanging one item at a time from the right column. It's going to take awhile to get used to the new tastes and textures but well worth the effort.