So, you may have noticed that I completely skipped over last week's blog post. I have been taking some time to do some major soul searching and consider the best way to communicate my passion for fun and easy healthy living to the masses. To make it up to you, today's post has got it all: it's short, sweet, fun & functional! I'm sharing with you two awesome resources that make healthy grocery shopping a little less overwhelming. I had been planning to install these apps on my phone for awhile now and finally got around to it. Don't wait like I did!
Do you go to the super market with the best of intentions, planning to make healthy choices, brain bursting with nutrition information from magazines, TV segments and friends, only to find yourself completely confused once you're standing in the aisles comparing food labels? Fooducate aims to eliminate that confusion.
Have you ever wandered the aisles of your local supermarket, confused by food labels and nutrition claims, and wondered to yourself "Can't someone just tell me what to buy?" or felt despair at the thought that "I can't figure out what's healthy and not healthy on my own"? If you've been wishing for a personal shopper at the grocery store, someone to sort through your shopping cart and help you determine whether you are making healthy choices, or someone who can offer nutrition advice right in the place where you purchase most of the foods that you bring into your home, you are in luck.
Supermarket Dietitians are a fast-growing subset of the field of Nutrition & Dietetics. Supermarket RDs (Registered Dietitians. Official definition from the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics: "...a food and nutrition expert who has met the minimum academic and professional requirements to qualify for the credential 'RD.'" ) offer a number of services in their stores and communities, including:
So, you may have noticed that I completely skipped over last week's blog post. I have been taking some time to do some major soul searching and consider the best way to communicate my passion for fun and easy healthy living to the masses. To make it up to you, today's post has got it all: it's short, sweet, fun & functional! I'm sharing with you two awesome resources that make healthy grocery shopping a little less overwhelming. I had been planning to install these apps on my phone for awhile now and finally got around to it. Don't wait like I did!
