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Grocery Shopping for Your Health!

Grocery Shopping for Your Health!. Debra B. Reed, PhD, RD, LD Mindy K. Diller, Nutritional Sciences Graduate Student. Shopping can be confusing. Have a game plan. Know Before You Go…. Customer Benefits & Rewards Websites Nutritional Programs (Stores that encourage health)

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Grocery Shopping for Your Health!

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  1. Grocery Shopping for Your Health! Debra B. Reed, PhD, RD, LD Mindy K. Diller, Nutritional Sciences Graduate Student

  2. Shopping can be confusing

  3. Have a game plan • Know Before You Go…. • Customer Benefits & Rewards • Websites • Nutritional Programs (Stores that encourage health) - Tagging Programs for smart phones and Healthy Number Programs such as Nuval • Make a menu for the week • Shop off a list • Use coupons or Budget Sales ads • Eat before you shop • Leave the kids at home

  4. Retrain your brain • When planning menus, remember national nutrition guidelines to eat more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains • First- Pick Produce, add lots of colors • Next- Protein and Starches/Carbohydrates

  5. Shoppers increase produce purchases by 102% in study conducted by New Mexico State University Processed Foods Fruits and Veggies http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s1690079.shtml?cat=504 video link http://newscenter.nmsu.edu/news/article/?action=show&id=5255 article review

  6. Tips for Success

  7. Is Fresh Produce Best? Fresh is Great • Nutritious (if can be used quickly) • Low Cost, Often on Sale • Convenient, pre-cut • Portable • Fast and Fresh Fixes • Seasonal Variety BUT…Nutrients Degrade • On the counter • In the refrigerator http://www.eatright.org/kids/article.aspx?id=6442462212&terms=Fresh+foods

  8. Benefits of Canned • Nutritious • Low Cost, Often on Sale • Long Shelf Life • Convenient • Portable • Fast Fixes • Variety • Look for: -Low Sodium, No Sugar added, Low Fat, In own juice and Unsweetened

  9. Benefits of Frozen Produce Fruits and veggies chosen for freezing tend to be processed at their peak ripeness with optimal nutrients. • Nutritious • Convenient • Longer shelf life • Year round availability • Fast Fixes • Variety

  10. What’s in your Wallet? • May depend on what's in your in basket. • Healthy foods do not have to be pricey. • Convenient can be healthy • Fresh, Frozen, Canned or Dried

  11. Healthy & Affordable • Whole Grains: Rice, Pasta, Cereal • Fruits & Veggies: Fresh, Frozen, Canned • Proteins (Affordable): Beans, Eggs, Tuna, Tofu • Dairy: Low Fat Milk & Cheese

  12. Money Saving Tips Add nutritious low-cost foods such as vegetables, beans, brown rice, whole grain pastas to chili, soups, casseroles (this adds nutritional value and decreases food cost) Have a ‘meatless’ meal 1 or more days a week

  13. Other resources: http://www.youtube.com/alicehenneman#p/u/5/ALEP8WPv0Jc • 16 Simple Supermarket Tips to Save over $2,000 Yearly • Alice Henneman MS RD with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension in Lancaster County

  14. Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences Department of Nutrition, Hospitality, and Retailing 806-742-3068 Ext. 251

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