| What's in your shopping cart at the grocery store? | | | | they are paying a lot of money to the grocery store |
| Whatever you have in that cart will tell the story of | | | | buying food that makes them fat and sick. They are |
| whether or not you eat healthy foods. | | | | also paying more for health insurance, life insurance |
| It will also reveal how much you and your family are | | | | and medical care. |
| overweight. | | | | But the people with the little cart eat different foods. |
| And the correlation is all too revealing. Here's what | | | | They actually look for quality food and enjoy preparing |
| your cart reveals about you and your eating habits. | | | | it and eating it. |
| Are you pushing one of the giant carts? | | | | They also get exercise, stay slimmer and even |
| Let's see it's full of 40 or so soft drinks, some chips, | | | | prepare their pets' food from scratch as well as their |
| some cookies and other sweets, some TV dinners, | | | | own. |
| some frozen pizzas, all the stuff you need to keep | | | | Their home has some snacks that are prepared from |
| house, paper plates and cups so you don't have to do | | | | healthier ingredients, but their emphasis is on preparing |
| dishes or cook, and a LOT of junk food. | | | | healthy foods and getting great flavors to the table. |
| THAT'S a cart for someone who is overweight, dieting | | | | It's not the grocer's fault you aren't buying good food. |
| all the time and not losing weight. | | | | It's your responsibility to feed yourself and your family. |
| But there is another kind of grocery cart. | | | | The grocery store is going to sell and stock whatever |
| It's a small cart that makes stops at the fruit and | | | | people want to buy. |
| vegetable aisle, shorter stops at the meat and dairy | | | | But why not study nutrition a little. It's really important |
| aisle and then gets the stuff to keep house. It may | | | | for you and your family to eat a healthy diet. Counting |
| wander through the plain frozen fruits and vegetable | | | | calories is not as important as eating really good foods. |
| aisle. Then it goes by tea and coffee, 2 of the great | | | | And they are in the same grocery store where you |
| pleasures of life. | | | | have been buying junk food. |
| And then we all head for check out. | | | | One sure fire way to get kids to eat fruits and |
| Every one always claims that eating organic food | | | | vegetables is to serve them as raw, uncooked snacks. |
| makes the grocery bill higher. But the cost of fresh | | | | The flavors in raw vegetables are milder and friendlier |
| organic fruits, vegetables, dairy and even meats is far | | | | to sensitive palates kids have. And all these things |
| less than a bunch of pre-prepared foods and sweets | | | | have more nutrients than cooked foods have. |
| and soft drinks. | | | | Most people eat way more meat and fat than they |
| That big cart costs some serious money. And sadly, | | | | really need in a healthy diet. But they don't get the |
| there is no good healthy food in it either. There is | | | | other nutrients they need to be healthy. |
| however plenty of empty calories, sugar, fat and salt. | | | | Work harder to see to it that you and yours get all the |
| And the people who are eating that shoddy food are | | | | nutrients you need for a healthy life. WHAT you eat |
| usually overweight and getting fatter every day. And | | | | really matters to good health. |