Comments on: Reading Food Labels

By: Enriched and Fortified Foods | Melissa Wood, ND

Enriched and Fortified Foods | Melissa Wood, ND — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:37:20 +0000

[...] Obviously, if your diet is consisting of a lot of packaged and processed foods, if you’re shopping down the isles of the grocery store instead of on the outside of the store (where the fruits, vegetables and lean meats are located), you’re missing valuable nutrition from your diet and are likely on toxic overload. Processed and packaged foods are detrimental to our health. They don’t contain the necessary nutrients to keep our body in good working order. Most of the patients I see are on a mostly processed and packaged food diet, which is why they are looking for some natural health care! When these types of foods are routinely eaten, nutritional deficiencies and imbalances within the body will occur. This processed food diet can result in a lot of health symptoms: allergies, headaches, blood sugar imbalances, ADD/ADHD type of symptoms, digestion problems, fatigue, joint pain, sleep problems and stress. That’s quite a list! Remember the golden rule: if it comes in a bag or a box and you got it from the isles of the grocery store, chances are that it’s processed and has little value to sustain a superb level of health. Remember to shop on the outside of the grocery store and if you do need to get a few things within the isles of the grocery store, be sure to read your labels! [...]

By: Are You Eating Mercury Unknowingly? | Stay Healthy and Well

Are You Eating Mercury Unknowingly? | Stay Healthy and Well — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:17:32 +0000

[...] other health problems, NOW mercury toxicity has been linked to it. Please do yourself a favor and start reading food labels and please avoid any product that has High Fructose Corn [...]

By: Whole Food vs. Synthetic Supplements | Stay Healthy and Well

Whole Food vs. Synthetic Supplements | Stay Healthy and Well — Sat, 23 May 2009 11:24:06 +0000

[...] your body and supplements are no different than anything else. In one of my prior articles, “Reading Food Labels”, we discussed the importance of reading the labels on the foods you’re eating, but it’s [...]