Secrets on Shopping for Food

An excerpt taken from a recent interview with Mike Adams, founder of the Consumer Wellness Center and online retailer – Better Life Goods.

There are basically three types of shoppers who go to the grocery store and it is characteristic of how they shop. One type are the people who buy anything without reading the label. So they’re just buying what they think is going to taste good and usually whatever’s been advertised and marketed to them or their children.

The second type is someone who reads the front of the boxes. So they’re looking at the health claims that have been made by the manufacturers of those food products, or that have been approved by the FDA. The type of people who read the back of the boxes, they read the ingredients. They are actually looking at what’s in the food and not what claims are being made on the front.

Then there’s one additional type that’s outside of this whole system and that’s the type that doesn’t buy anything in a box. It’s all fresh produce. So here’s the deal. If you’re a type one person, I guarantee you that you’re going to be diagnosed with cancer someday. You’re going to have diabetes. You’re going to have heart disease. You’re going to have depression and mood disorders. Marriage problems probably will result from that. Life is not going to be very good if you’re a type one shopper. Even if you’re a type two shopper it’s not going to be very good either, but you’re going to be confused. You’re going to think, “Oh. I’m buying healthy foods. Look, this says made with whole grains.” But you didn’t read the back. You didn’t realize it was also made with high fructose corn syrup and refined white flour and it’s only 5% whole grains. Do you see what I mean?

So that’s going to produce some really negative health effects. If you’re a type 3 shopper, then you’re starting to get into health. You’re reading the ingredients. So that’s my number one tip is to start reading the ingredients of products before you buy them and then finally, some day you can get into being a type four shopper, where you’re just buying non-processed foods, fresh produce by the way.