"Healthy" Foods

   Take a walk down the snack isle of your local supermarket.  You see bright, colorful boxes.  The phrases ‘fat- free’ and ‘sugarless’ race through your mind. Your mouth starts to water and the temptation grows.  But do these manufacturers really care about your health, or just want to sell their product?

   The most popular tag on these “health foods” is fat-free.  But the words fat-free is just another word for high sugar.  Lacking in one area, such as fat, is made up in other areas, such as sugar.

   These labels are not exactly for your health.  The company making the product just wants to make money, and make you believe you are making healthy choices.

   A fool-proof way to make sure the foods you are eating are somewhat healthy, is to check the ingredients under Nutrition Facts.  Any ingredients you do not recognize, or cannot pronounce, you probably do not want to put into your body.                                                                                  Many “edible” chemicals are put into cereals to preserve the freshness.  If your wonder why your favorite TV dinners can stay so long in the freezer, thank salt.  In these freezer foods, salt is used as a preservative and it shows in the sodium count.

   Next time you are taking a stroll down your the snack isle and thoes “fat-free” cookies are making your mouth water, keeps these tips in mind.