I just bought Eat This Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide: The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution and I cannot put it down! Seriously ... there are things in this book that you need to know about the food you eat and don't. Believe me when I say you will be totally shocked by some of it.
Like me ... I love Twix candybars. I have loved them ever since they hit the shelves and probably eat one to two of them a week. They are one of my rare sweet indulgences. Last night, I found out they are considered one of the worst candy bars you can buy and have the saturated fat equivalent of 11 strips of bacon. Eleven! I love bacon ... but I don't eat eleven strips of it ... ever.
Plus, I am sure you have seen those commercials about high fructose corn syrup on TV. You know ... the ones that tell you that it is made from corn, nutritionally equivalent to sugar and is fine in moderation? Yeah. What they don't tell you, but Eat This Not That! does, is that HFCS has a few advantages over sugar ... 1) it is cheaper to produce, 2) it has a longer shelf life, and 3) it is easier to incorporate into products that never received the sugar treatment before ... like pasta sauce and whole wheat bread. It is in most processed foods ... so eating it in moderation is very hard to do if you eat much food from the center aisles of your supermarket.
So far ... I have learned that a lot of my food choices are making me fat in ways I never imagined. Also there are a lot of foods that I pick thinking they are more nutritious and actually they aren't. They aren't even close ... but food companies package them to make them appear healthier. Example: Healthy Choice Sweet & Sour Chicken. It has almost as much sugar as a Snickers bar!
This book is awesome and I recommend it wholeheartedly. It covers everything from produce, meat, condiments, frozen dinners, to bread and cereals. So, far ... I haven't seen an area not covered. And, I like this book so much that I have added Eat This, Not That! Thousands of Simple Food Swaps that Can Save You 10, 20, 30 Pounds--or More! and Eat This Not That! for Kids!: Be the Leanest, Fittest Family on the Block! to my wishlist. It really is that good.
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