Healthy eating starts by buying healthy, and the art is in know what to pop into your shopping basket.
 
Mealtimes start at the supermarket, and if you know the nutrition facts, you can buy right. Reading food labels is a great way to help you make healthier eating choices.
 
Reading food labels can help enhance your wise food choices and go a long way to contributing to a healthy diet.               
 
If you have a hard time understanding food labels, do let your doctor know. Your physician can help you better understand and also may suggest simple ways to avoid certain ingredients and substitute with healthier options.
 
Become Best Friends’ With Food Labels!
 
This ingredient list will help you identify what is in the food or product.
 
The ingredients are listed in descending order by quantity, meaning that the first item on the list is the dominant ingredient, and so forth.
 
Watch out for labels that list sugar, refined flour or processed grains as top ingredients.
 
Instead opt for products that show healthy ingredients such as whole-wheat flour, soy, oats, fibre-items, natural sugar or monounsaturated fats, such as olive, canola or peanut oils.