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Even if we do take time to flip the package of food around, it’s hard to understand the nutrition facts label or the ingredients list. Many ingredients in packaged food are unpronounceable or ambiguous, leaving us wondering what we’re eating or leading us to give up on reading the list altogether. The ambiguity in the ingredients are parts of the foods that don’t seem necessary in processed foods. Ingredients like abscorbic acid, trisodium phosphate, or the always confusing ‘natural and artificial flavoring.’ We are never taught what exactly any of those things are, and they are hardly ever explained on the packaging, unless we are told that they are put in the food to ‘preserve freshness’ or ‘stabilizing agent.’ We just don’t understand which ingredients on the list they need to eat and what they need to stay away from, because no one has taken the time to teach us.
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If I’m eating the healthy food, why is my stomach still upset? |
Junk food is junk food, even if it’s considered healthy. However, healthy snack foods at the store are better than the crappy food options. Healthy junk food would include: seed bars with honey, trail mix, or Greek yogurt. They may cost more but it’s better for your health. Watch portion size/serving size so that you are not over snacking. And remember to read the ingredient list on the back just to be sure.
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