Yesterday I was at a friend's home and she showed me the label of a muffin product that she thought was healthy. On the box, it read,"healthier than eating an apple," which in itself is a warning. As we read the label, there were countless ingredients that were barely readable, another big warning.
These foods can make us sick!
I take my children food shopping as often as possible because this is the best way they can learn how to eat foods that make their bodies strong.
Here are the 3 simplest rules to reading ingredients:
1. Stay away from foods with labels that say "high fructose corn syrup" and "trans fat" because those ingredients are poison.
2. If the ingredient list is long or if there are ingredients with names they are unable to read, there's probably a lot of chemical additives in the product, which means they could be risking their health by eating it.
3. Ingredients are listed on the label according to quantity, so if corn syrup is the first item, chances are that is not a healthy food.
What do you look for when reading a label?
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