Your Food Environment Matters
If you’re like most Americans, the never-ending stream of ultra-processed, highly palatable foods that define our modern food supply have hijacked your taste buds. And it is no wonder – 71% of the foods available in the grocery store are ultra-processed, typically with added fats, sugars, sodium, and chemical flavor additives that readily stimulate the parts of our brains that create cravings and food addiction. Thus why this Healthy Costco Foods List is so valuable!
What’s more, the food industry invests heavily in employing teams of scientists to guide them in producing processed foods that don’t readily fill us up (because the more you eat the more money they make) AND that take sinful advantage of our palate’s innate love of sweet and fatty foods. Yes, they purposely dial in flavor to create what they call the bliss point: the point at which the addictive powers of a food crescendo.
But have no fear! Fortunately, our sense of taste is highly malleable. This means that your taste buds can be coaxed into loving the simple and less intense flavor profiles typical of the healthiest foods: Mother Nature’s disease-busting foods, like vegetables, fruits, beans and whole grains. And the Healthy Costco foods I am sharing are perfect for giving your taste buds a healthy makeover.
If you make a commitment to incorporate a few key practices into your daily diet (taking advantage of this list is a great start), you too can reach the “ultimate goal” of healthy eating as a way of life. In time, I know from experience that you will truly crave and seek out super-healthy real foods like leafy greens, beans, dark chocolate, and berries, and simultaneously lose your desire for sweets and the other processed foods we now know trash our health.
A Healthier Your Awaits
Dr. Ann is a best-selling author, physician, and highly sought motivational speaker in the areas of nutrition and healthy living. She received her undergraduate degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition from Clemson University and her medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina, where she received numerous academic honors and graduated as valedictorian of her class. With her formal training in both nutrition and medicine, along with extensive “hands on” experience as a wife, mother of 4, and expert in the kitchen, Dr. Ann has distinguished herself as a one-of-a-kind “real world” nutrition and wellness authority.
Dr. Ann is the author of six books including her best-selling, award winning Eat Right for Life series. She has been featured in many national media outlets including the Dr. Oz show, Oprah and Friends Radio, Time Magazine, USA Weekend, NPR, and Prevention Magazine, amongst many others. Hundreds of businesses, including some of the country’s most prestigious medical centers have used her books to guide their employees to better health. With her online Healthy Living School®, and her e-courses, she is taking her unmatched ability to inspire and educate to even greater heights.