The Grocery Store Myth: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

The Grocery Store Myth:
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

EXCERPTS FROM THE INTRODUCTION:

The link between diet and health is nothing new. In 432 B.C., Hippocrates, the ‘Father of Medicine,' is credited with saying, "Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food."

Fast forward to the 21st century, with mass-produced groceries that provide less nutrition and more entertainment for your taste buds than in the past. It is no wonder that more people suffer from chronic diseases than ever before. Your challenge is to find out whether the food and drink you consume is good for your health or not, then make the right choices for the health of you and your family. The time has come for medicine to return back to its roots: food.

Poor nutrition is not the only issue. Getting less than we need from food is one problem, getting unpleasant toxic bonuses in food is another. Modern groceries are laced with one dangerous additive after another. The double whammy of poor nutrition combined with toxic chemicals makes the advice of Dr. Elisa Bandera, MD, PhD, most important when deciding what to eat, "…choose wisely."

The challenge now is that every grocery store offers thousands of food choices, with all kinds of ingredients that you must know about so you can choose the best ones for your health. Some become big news, like trans fats, to the extent that government regulators finally require information about them on food labels, and that cities and states are beginning to ban them from restaurants. However, the trans fat content in labels is highly misleading. Other ingredients, such as nitrites and aspartame, are economically so important to food manufacturers that they are kept under the public's radar, leaving a wake of toxic destruction that ruins the health of millions of people every year. There are many foods that add to good nutrition, and then there are the foods that rob you of your own wellbeing. Some toxins are more obvious, such as artificial flavors, colors, sweeteners, and preservatives. However, others are hidden or not so obvious.

The purpose of this book is to help you determine which foods are good for you and which ones to avoid when you go to the grocery store. Some of the most important questions that are answered in this book include:

• What are the most toxic additives that you must avoid and what foods contain them? (Tricks of the food industry keep you in the dark.)
• Which fresh or packaged foods are most nutritious? (Fresh is not always the best.)
• Can any breakfast cereal be good for your health? (Understanding health claims on cereal boxes.)
• Exactly how bad are sodas? (Possibly the cause of more bad health than any other drink in human history.)
• What must you know before buying meat, fish, or poultry? (Big and juicy means hormones and antibiotics.)
• How can you interpret "Nutrition Facts" labels to be sure that you really get what you want? (Missing and misleading information makes this a big challenge.)
• Should you drink milk or not? (Bonus additives from bloated cows, plus the most nutrition-destroying process ever invented.)
• What is the latest on eggs – good or bad? (Eggs may be the best source of pure protein in the entire grocery store, if you make the right choices.)
• Can you snack your way to better health? (Chips and crackers are not your only options.)