Read Labels, Shop Smarter

How will I know what to buy?  

How can I make sense of all the labels and advertising?

Some of the foods I eat and ingredients I cook with are not that healthy.  What can I substitute for these?


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Core Principles & Activities 


Key Concepts


This first video is the complete session recorded live from our virtual class on October 5, 2021. 

The subsequent videos were specifically recorded and edited, covering the same material.  Take your pick on what works best for you!

Feel free to watch the videos on YouTube, where you can speed us up! To do so click on the YouTube logo in the bottom right of the videos.  You might need to copy and paste the link. 


Have Label Reading Guide Handy!





Featured Recipe for this Session



Have you noticed that for certain foods you don’t seem to have any control?  

Then you want to do the worksheet: Consider those Cravings!


Watch, Read and Do!

Have Label Reading Guide Handy!


Resources for the following video:

You may want to download these to have handy during the video:

Selected Slides from this video 

(you may not want to print these, since they will use a lot of ink!)

5-Day Menu Plan




Pick some of the meals from the video or the

PCRM 21-Day Meal Plan to try as part of your goals for this week!



Expand Your Understanding!


Reading Nutrition Labels and Food Packaging: Four Tips for Savvy Shopping

Consider Meal Prepping!




Optional Reading:

Plant-Friendly Grocery Store Tour Article

You're Not the Only One Confused by Food Labels

Keeping Your Produce Fresh: Storage Tips 

Follow the 5-to-1 Rule for Packaged Foods

How to Maximize Savings on a Plant-Based Diet


Additional helpful information is available at: www.TheLifestyleDoc.us

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If you have any questions, please contact us!


Are you ready for health?

Lifestyle Medicine

at 

Memorial Health System

serving Marietta, Ohio 

and the surrounding region!

 

Email: ddrozek@mhsystem.org

Office: 740-592-4229

FAX: 740-592-4010


© David Drozek 2014