grocery stores are designed with one purpose in mind to get you to spend as
much money as possible from the parking lot to the register grocery shopping is
a rat maze designed to keep you in the store for as long as possible and spend
as much as possible this video will give you a few tips on how to be a successful
healthy grocery shopper tip 1 do not shop when you are hungry make sure to
eat something before you enter the store hunger is one of the strongest driving
forces in life hunger is such a powerful urge that it
can shape the way we see reality a 2015 study showed that hungry shoppers spend
70% more than shoppers who just ate so if you don't want to return home with
three bags of Hot Cheetos make sure your stomach isn't grumbling when you enter
the store tip 2 avoid the aisles grocery stores are designed to keep you
shopping for as long as possible the produce is usually the first thing you
encounter your essential items like eggs and milk are always farthest from the
front and your meat and bread is usually on the other side just about every
supermarket in America has this layout the items you throw in your cart will
get less and less healthy the longer you remain inside the aisles are where the
unhealthiest processed foods are sugary cereals frozen pizza soda chips beer
snacks candy and ice cream the registers are also packed with sweet impulse
temptations but unless you're a kleptomaniac you can't avoid the
register so in general if you just do a lap around the perimeter of the store
you will avoid the pitfalls of junk food tip 3
make a list shopping lists are great for helping you save time remember what you
need and stay focused if you enter the store with no plan other than you want
food you'll be subjected to the rat maze if you don't set goals for yourself
other people will tip for buy in bulk part of being a successful shopper is
being a smart shopper buying things in bulk saves money if there are items that
you know you buy repeatedly that don't spoil there are financial benefits to
buying a year supply at once this can save you hundreds if not thousands over
the course of a year tip 5 check the ingredients the less ingredients of food
item has the less processed it is a banana has one ingredient banana a hot
pocket has over 50 most of which are long complicated words that are
intentionally crafted to be misunderstood so as a general healthy
rule tried to stick to foods that have less than five ingredients hopefully
this video helps you save time and money at the grocery store and moves you
closer to a happy healthy life
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