Shop For Healthy Foods

Posted by Jerry Lopper Jan 5, 2008

If healthy eating and weight control are included in your goals for 2008, avoid the center aisles of your local grocery store. Stick to the perimeter, says Bonnie Axab Powell in the January, 2008 issue of Wired.

Powell indicates that most chain groceries arrange produce, dairy, and meats around the store's periphery. Processed foods and impulse items are clustered in the middle aisles.

Where are foods high in refined sugar? The middle aisles, especially concentrated in cereals and snacks. These also include the highest concentrations of calories by weight, according to Powell.

If you've resolved to eat healthy this year, keep your grocery cart away from the store's mid-section. Instead, load up on produce, low fat dairy, and low fat meats. You'll have an easier time meeting your goals and you'll save money, too.