Shopping

For many people shopping is not fun, especially food shopping, and more specifically shopping for “healthy foods” instead of the “quick and easy, ready to eat pre-packaged foods” that have become  staples in so many of our diets.  That alone is enough to make most food shoppers run for the hills, so when a food restriction such as a soy allergy is added to the list full blown panic is sure to follow…quickly!  You can’t put all the blame on the shopper though; our busy life styles are partly to blame.  When you’re working 10+ hours a day, not counting the 2 hours a day of commuting time,  plus driving the kids all over town, and trying to get at least 6 of the 8 recommended hours of sleep, it doesn’t leave much time for cooking let alone shopping for food, and food manufacturers use that to their advantage.  Food advertisement after food advertisement is using our busy “on-the-go” lifestyles as the main pitch for their product, but can you blame them?  They’re in this for one reason, to make money.  It’s our job to decide what’s best for us, not the food manufactures, and it all starts at the grocery store.  So let’s take a peek, shall we?... Read more

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