Healthy Ideas Symbols Make Resolutions Easier
Okay, admit it. I’m not the only one who’s committed to exercising and eating healthier in the new year?
While I’ve managed to get on a great workout routine, my eating habits could really use some help! For the most part I try to eat prepacked organic and fresh produce. I stay away from hormone injected meat and eggs, but I have to admit. I’m not religious about this and I often cross over into fat and sugar forbidden territory.
Most of the time it’s when I’m shopping with kids and they’re all chattering about this food or that box and grabbing things off the shelf. Who has time to read labels? So I cave. If only there was a way to make my food choices easier. A way I could make healthy choices without reading every label.
You’d like that also. Well, keep reading. There is a way thanks to Stop & Shop and Mom Central for alerting me to this great new program.
Stop & Shop’s Healthy Ideas symbols are already rolling out in some cities across the country and will be in all Stop & Shop stores soon.
“What are they and why are you so excited about them?” you ask.
From what I’ve gathered so far, Healthy Idea symbols are placed on 3000+ items items in their grocery stores including fruits and vegetables to help moms/dads and any health conscious person choose more nutritious foods. By taking into account the calories, fat, cholesterol, and sodium content, Healthy Ideas developed criteria that evaluated foods based on the FDA and USDA guidelines. In addition, they also made sure every Healthy Ideas food has at least 10% of the daily recommended amount of one nutrient, such as Calcium or Vitamin C.
Why go to all this trouble? They say “to make it easy for you to shop for healthy foods without reading all the labels.” Isn’t that what every busy, health concious person wants!
Click here for the complete Healthy Ideas criteria and for more on the program.
Their site also gives simple item swap ideas for your favorite recipes so you can make them with fewer calories and with healthier ingredients. The only complaint I have is there’s not a store near me! 🙁
