Food Quality Choices

Question 1

What is more important to read on food labels?

Answer 1

It’s more important to read the list of ingredients for chemical food additives, not calories. Increasing food quality is another key to balancing blood sugar and improving health.

Question 2

What is a good visual for a client who needs to shift to better food quality?

Answer 2

The image of a spectrum where on one end sits the low quality foods and on the opposite end sit the high quality foods, such as organic, locally, and seasonally grown by local sources.
The goal would be to gradually make a shift to the right side of the spectrum over time.

Question 3

What are four simple guidelines to keeping food choice shifts simple?

Answer 3

1. Reading food labels and choosing foods that have a shorter list of ingredients
2. Choose to buy organic and non-gmo when possible
3. Phase IN to Phase OUT - crowding out processed with natural, organic, high quality
4. Create a Magic Plate that builds in flexibility, having a simple way to measure protein, and eating up to a place of satisfaction (75% full, not stuffed)