Ever feel confused or overwhelmed at the grocery store? This Happier & Healthier podcast episode is for you.

This week I’m taking you on a guided tour of the grocery store with tips from my book, The Real Food Grocery Guide, so you can make the healthiest choices in every section of the grocery store.

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Some topic highlights (and time stamps) include:

• 2:50 | why are we so confused about what is healthy? (AKA food politics)
• 7:55 | why you need to quit diet soda, stat
• 11:20 | is organic worth it?
• 12:38 | how to chose which foods to buy organic
• 15:47 | why steel cut and instant oatmeal are not the same – and one can spark weight gain
• 17:58 | why beans are a superfood – especially for weight loss
• 19:00 | why paleo’s restriction of beans may be misguided
• 20:58 | if you can’t digest beans or vegetables well, what to try (Hint: It’s a high quality probiotic!)
• 22:00 | will nuts and seeds make you fat?
• 22:36 | why comparing calories is not the best way to compare foods
• 24:14 | the number one seed you need
• 25:00 | what you need to know and labels to look for before you buy meat or poultry again
• 28:28 | what you need to know if you eat seafood more than twice a week
• 30:38 | how to choose the healthiest eggs
• 32:00| the most important part of a packaged food product
• 33:00 | the unhealthiest oil you need to remove from your diet STAT

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GET THE BOOK

The The Real Food Grocery Guide is on sale on Amazon. (Currently less than $13 bucks!)

Buy the book? Get FREE Bonus guides with purchase: Real Food Brand Picks and Guide to Spices and Superfoods

Love the Book? Leave a Review on Amazon, send a screenshot to info at mariamarlowe dot com, and we’ll send you a free meal plan.  (Here is a post on how to leave an iTunes Review – it only takes a minute or two!).