Courtney Swan

Oh, that condition largely didn't exist 50 years ago. That one really gets me.

Oh, that condition largely didn't exist 50 years ago. That one really gets me.

I would say first and foremost, do an audit of your pantry and just start paying attention and reading ingredient labels. If you can do that one shift and start slowly swapping out a lot of your normal everyday food products that you're buying for ones that are made with real ingredients, you're going to be off to a great start. So I have a really, really simple hack for this.

I would say first and foremost, do an audit of your pantry and just start paying attention and reading ingredient labels. If you can do that one shift and start slowly swapping out a lot of your normal everyday food products that you're buying for ones that are made with real ingredients, you're going to be off to a great start. So I have a really, really simple hack for this.

I would say first and foremost, do an audit of your pantry and just start paying attention and reading ingredient labels. If you can do that one shift and start slowly swapping out a lot of your normal everyday food products that you're buying for ones that are made with real ingredients, you're going to be off to a great start. So I have a really, really simple hack for this.

When you're in the grocery store and you're reading a label, And you see all the ingredients in there. You never want to just look at the front. The front is a billboard for the package. They're just trying to sell it.

When you're in the grocery store and you're reading a label, And you see all the ingredients in there. You never want to just look at the front. The front is a billboard for the package. They're just trying to sell it.

When you're in the grocery store and you're reading a label, And you see all the ingredients in there. You never want to just look at the front. The front is a billboard for the package. They're just trying to sell it.

Yep, and I would say the more health claims they make on the front is usually a really red flag. So you'll learn, here's the thing. The first couple of times you do this, you'll probably spend a couple of hours in the grocery store, sorry.

Yep, and I would say the more health claims they make on the front is usually a really red flag. So you'll learn, here's the thing. The first couple of times you do this, you'll probably spend a couple of hours in the grocery store, sorry.

Yep, and I would say the more health claims they make on the front is usually a really red flag. So you'll learn, here's the thing. The first couple of times you do this, you'll probably spend a couple of hours in the grocery store, sorry.

But you get in a rhythm and then you kind of understand and then you know what foods you like and you kind of start to understand which ones are just the red flag.

But you get in a rhythm and then you kind of understand and then you know what foods you like and you kind of start to understand which ones are just the red flag.

But you get in a rhythm and then you kind of understand and then you know what foods you like and you kind of start to understand which ones are just the red flag.

Exactly. So my rule is if you can read, so read all those ingredients. If you could technically, if you wanted to make this product at home, I'm not saying you have to, but let's say that you were like, okay, if I wanted to make these crackers at home, could I buy every single one of those ingredients in the grocery store? I always use Simple Mills as an example. Simple Mills has rosemary extract.

Exactly. So my rule is if you can read, so read all those ingredients. If you could technically, if you wanted to make this product at home, I'm not saying you have to, but let's say that you were like, okay, if I wanted to make these crackers at home, could I buy every single one of those ingredients in the grocery store? I always use Simple Mills as an example. Simple Mills has rosemary extract.

Exactly. So my rule is if you can read, so read all those ingredients. If you could technically, if you wanted to make this product at home, I'm not saying you have to, but let's say that you were like, okay, if I wanted to make these crackers at home, could I buy every single one of those ingredients in the grocery store? I always use Simple Mills as an example. Simple Mills has rosemary extract.

It's made with almonds, just all whole real foods. You could technically buy every single one of those ingredients in the grocery store and put it in your cart and make those crackers at home if you wanted to.

It's made with almonds, just all whole real foods. You could technically buy every single one of those ingredients in the grocery store and put it in your cart and make those crackers at home if you wanted to.

It's made with almonds, just all whole real foods. You could technically buy every single one of those ingredients in the grocery store and put it in your cart and make those crackers at home if you wanted to.