Healthy Grocery Shopping Tips
A healthy lifestyle starts off with where you are purchasing your groceries for the week. Purchasing healthy food can be tricky due packaging, tricky ingredient lists and an overabundance of options.
The best way to approach healthy grocery shopping is to plan it out for both your health and your finances.
1. Follow Mom’s directions and always grab a snack before heading out
Make sure everyone has a snack before heading to the store, when we are hungry we do way more impulse shopping.
Impulse shopping = processed snacks.
2. Know what you are putting into your cart
Actually read the labels that you are putting into your cart rather than trusting the marketing slogans — whole grain, reduced sodium and fat free can trick you into thinking you are getting healthy ingredients when they are still processed and refined.
A good rule of thumb is the less ingredients listed and the easier to pronounce the ingredients are the better for you it is.
3. Use the self checkout
It is easy to drop things into your cart then place them on the conveyer belt. When you are unloading your cart and scanning each item individually you realize what exactly you are buying and just how much each item is costing you. When you are scanning your own items that is a second chance to put items back.
4. Shop for your fruits & veggies every week
Fruit and veggies are items that should be completely eaten every single week. Fruits and veggies that are stored in the fridge for a week can lose as much as 75% of their vitamin C according to Arizona State University.
5. Use grocery delivery
Deliverr in Regina can help you skip the lines, skip the impulses and can be trusted to always buy the best for your household. You get only what is on your list every time and you have freed up about 1–2 hours for yourself.
6. Plan out your week before going shopping
You need to know when the household will be at home for supper or if the kids need supper packed for them 3 nights this week — these are all things to know before shopping to only buy what you need.
We hope we can help you fight back against the grocery stores to keep your household healthy and maybe try food delivery Regina.
