Name: 5 Tips for Smart Healthy Grocery Shopping - Avoid the Rat Maze
Uploaded: 2018-07-12T11:46:17.000Z
Duration: 3 min 33 s
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grocery stores are designed with one purpose in mind to get you to spend as

much money as possible from the parking lot to the register grocery shopping is

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a rat maze designed to keep you in the store for as long as possible and spend

as much as possible this video will give you a few tips on how to be a successful

healthy grocery shopper tip 1 do not shop when you are hungry make sure to

eat something before you enter the store hunger is one of the strongest driving

forces in life hunger is such a powerful urge that it

can shape the way we see reality a 2015 study showed that hungry shoppers spend

70% more than shoppers who just ate so if you don't want to return home with

three bags of Hot Cheetos make sure your stomach isn't grumbling when you enter

the store tip 2 avoid the aisles grocery stores are designed to keep you

shopping for as long as possible the produce is usually the first thing you

encounter your essential items like eggs and milk are always farthest from the

front and your meat and bread is usually on the other side just about every

supermarket in America has this layout the items you throw in your cart will

get less and less healthy the longer you remain inside the aisles are where the

unhealthiest processed foods are sugary cereals frozen pizza soda chips beer

snacks candy and ice cream the registers are also packed with sweet impulse

temptations but unless you're a kleptomaniac you can't avoid the

register so in general if you just do a lap around the perimeter of the store

you will avoid the pitfalls of junk food tip 3

make a list shopping lists are great for helping you save time remember what you

need and stay focused if you enter the store with no plan other than you want

food you'll be subjected to the rat maze if you don't set goals for yourself

other people will tip for buy in bulk part of being a successful shopper is

being a smart shopper buying things in bulk saves money if there are items that

you know you buy repeatedly that don't spoil there are financial benefits to

buying a year supply at once this can save you hundreds if not thousands over

the course of a year tip 5 check the ingredients the less ingredients of food

item has the less processed it is a banana has one ingredient banana a hot

pocket has over 50 most of which are long complicated words that are

intentionally crafted to be misunderstood so as a general healthy

rule tried to stick to foods that have less than five ingredients hopefully

this video helps you save time and money at the grocery store and moves you

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