The one thing on my mothers’ mind is the lack of healthy supermarket foods, especially since she is a nutritionist and very particular about healthy foods. But with newer, processed, ready to eat goodies; from chips to pizzas, cereals and drinks, can there ever be any place solely as a healthy supermarket foods haven? Well, as ironical as it may seem, if you just slow down and think it through, out of the few million things that lay in the first hundred rows does offer healthy foods. You just have to look closely!

The first thing in case you want to look for healthy supermarket foods is to ensure you do your grocery shopping with an aim in mind. Plan out your shopping spree and follow these simple steps to turn your Obesity aiding supermarket to a healthy supermarket foods paradise!

1. When you chalk out your grocery list, make sure you try and write down as many healthy foods and not their substitutes. Instead of Margarines, pick butter and say, instead of heels, pick running kits!! Ok, kidding here!
2. Seriously now, when picking out any grain based product like Pastas, Cereals etc, choose healthy foods like Whole Grain pastas, Whole grain biscuits and not the ones made from refined flour.
3. Walk the perimeter, not the aisle. Save your aisle walking for your wedding day. Run through the perimeter of the mall, that is where you will generally find healthy supermarket foods like fresh veggies and fruits.
4. Make intelligent protein choices, and pick out healthy foods like chicken and fish rather than red meats. Go for eggs and as a precaution, choose Pasteurized eggs.
5. When choosing dairy products go for low fat milk, diet sodas, low fat cheese and cow millk butter.
6. Choose Herbal Tea, juices as your diet fillers. These are healthy supermarket foods that you can easily overlook.
7. While choosing out of the many choices of instant foods, especially if your working, look for healthy foods. Instead of Frozen Pizzas and pocket sandwiches, pick out healthier options like frozen lean meats, or veggie pies.
8. Though I am personally against canned soups, if you have to go ahead and buy them, look for the ones with zero trans-fats and low content of sodium.
9. For those party TV dinners, choose low fat turkey slices or sliced roast beef. Avoid deep fried junk!
10. Go slow on those desserts and think before you buy the slurp up chocolate mousse. Instead go for low fat cream and fruits, jellies and jams.

As I see it, the top 10 healthy supermarket foods are an easy lot to find if you just do as below:

1. Be slow, systematic and snoopy. Check out all you can. Look deeper till you are satisfied. You don’t have to pay to browse!
2. List it out. Always, always go with a prepared list. Aimless wandering with lead to you buying foodstuff you don’t need.
3. Sniff it…well, not literally. Check the expiry date always. Any of the healthy foods can turn poison if not within the expiry time limit.
4. Go Green! Try and choose organic foods over other kinds.
5. NEVER shop on an empty stomach. The sensory organs will get drawn to the muffin corner and your hands will get drawn towards the chips counter!! STOPPPPP! Have your fill before the entering these portals!

Hope all this helped, a few hints to the other best healthy foods can be checked out at eatthis.menshealth.com

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