| Choosing the right healthy food to eat should | | | | 3. What is the sodium content? I include this because it |
| encompass many factors. Three important healthy | | | | is such an overlooked aspect of todays healthy food |
| food to eat factors are the following: | | | | to eat decision making process. High sodium has alot |
| 1. Does it promote health gain and not weight gain. This | | | | of negative health benefits. Too often one will think |
| may seem obvious, but it can be tricky. People | | | | they are choosing a healthy food to eat without |
| sometimes make pizza and claim it's a healthy food to | | | | realizing the sodium content is actually through the roof. |
| eat, by simply tossing on some vegetables. But the | | | | An example of this can be bread. Many breads on the |
| pizza most likely will have a large amount of calories, | | | | market which are being promoted as a healthy food |
| will contain white flour, and cheese. Even though your | | | | to eat actually contain high sodium levels. There is a |
| getting nutrition from the vegetables, the overall effect | | | | brand named Ezekial which is one of the lowest |
| leans towards a negative due to the other fat gaining | | | | sodium breads available. Also canned fruit and |
| ingredients. | | | | vegetables that you may believe to be a healthy food |
| 2. Is it organic? Fruits and vegetables are always best | | | | to eat is often loaded with sodium from the solution |
| to obtain by organic means, but this is mainly focused | | | | needed to preserve the product. Fresh fruit and |
| on meat products. Claiming a lean chicken breast is a | | | | vegetables are always best. |
| healthy food to eat due to its high protein content and | | | | An added note that any generic sauce you put on |
| minimal fat content is fine but what is the actual quality | | | | your food will most likely add enormous amounts of |
| of the meat? With the horrendous conditions of | | | | sodium to your food, turning it into not a healthy food |
| factory farming and the potential for disease, one | | | | to eat. |
| should really qualify most meat products as a healthy | | | | These are three important factors to aid in your |
| food to eat only if it falls under the umbrella of organic. | | | | search for healthy food to eat. |