Don't accept face value...

Oh, they're a tricky bunch.
Putting those shiny badges on the front of their boxes.
Littering the front of their packages with 'healthy' banners.
Claiming their food is 'fat free', or high in fiber, or 100% whole grain.
For a minute it might be safe to believe that the food companies
are looking out for us and our health.
But only for a minute. That is about how long it takes to turn
the package over and see how good the food really is.
The hidden preservatives, the 100% whole grain actually contains
enriched flour as well as high fructose corn syrup.
No wonder so many give up on eating healthy. The food industry
makes it almost impossible to do so.
I'm sorry to say that the only person who is going to really care about
what goes in your mouth is you (and me too:).
Don't trust the front of a food package, their is little to no truth on the front,
and if there is truth, it is something that many already know.
Like the fact that candy corns are fat free,
or that Peanut butter is low in carbohydrates.
But seeing that badge or that banner triggers something in our brains
to believe that it is a little healthier than the choice that has
no banners or badges at all.
Here is a tip: next time you go to the grocery store, look at all the badges
and banners and see how many are in red, orange, or yellow (or all three).
These colors are the same ones that fast food restaurants use to trick your
brain to believe that you 'need' to have their food.
But if you can trick your brain to be colorblind, you can see the real truth behind
these once thought 'healthy' foods.