Why your grocery list is making you fat

Hey there, it's Mike Geary from http://TruthAboutAbs.com

I was at the grocery store today picking up some ingredients for a
black bean & brown rice with seasoned venison strips dish I was planning to
make, when an interesting thing happened...

I had gone straight to the grocery store after training a couple
clients at the gym. Well, as I was grabbing some frozen veggies, a friendly
lady (who must have seen that I was a fitness coach from my shirt),
asked me my advice on a couple frozen prepared box meals she was picking
out (by the way, those prepared frozen meals are usually highly processed
crap loaded with sodium and other chemicals).

Now I will say that this woman was VERY overweight, and she mentioned
that she has "tried everything" to get rid of all of the excess body fat
and always failed.

Keep in mind I hear about 50 people a day tell me they've "tried
everything" to get in shape. The problem that they don't realize is that
they're trying all of the wrong things...they're trying all of the gimmicks
and fads that are out there instead of just adopting a TRUE healthy
active lifestyle.

Back to the woman in the store...

So we started chatting about her struggles with getting in shape, and I
began scanning her grocery cart. If I can remember, these were some of
the contents she thought were healthy:

*Slim fast shakes (far from healthy...they're actually loaded with high
fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, and a bunch of other
chemicals)

*Fat Free Rice Cakes (ok...despite so many people believing these
pieces of crap are healthy...they really are nothing but pure refined starch
with zero fiber, which basically breaks down immediately into sugar in
your body, spiking insulin and promoting fat storage...doesn't sound
so good anymore, huh)

*Protein bars "Scientifically Slim Body Engineered" or some BS
statement like that (I took a gander at the ingredient list of these so called
"healthy" protein bars and sure enough... hydrogenated oils, high
fructose corn syrup, and enough sugar alcohols to give you diarrhea for a
week!)

*Canned fruit in syrup (I guess she could do worse here...but still,
why not just eat fresh whole fruit which still contains the skins, fiber,
active enzymes, etc, instead of resorting to processed, canned fruit
that's been cooked and loaded with syrup)

*Reduced Sugar Dessert Cakes (ok, so these are loaded with artificial
sweeteners, sugar alcohols, preservatives, and a chemical ingredient
list about 15 lines long)

Do you see what's going on here? This is the same scenario that I see
all the time.

Most people are fooled by what the FRONT OF THE BOX says, leading them
to believe what they are buying is healthy. On all of these items, the
FRONT of the packages had all kinds of great sounding things like "fat
free", "reduced sugar", "high protein", "low cholesterol", "low carb",
etc.

However, the TRUTH is on the BACK OF THE BOX! Ah yes, the ingredient
list and nutrition info is where the real truth is. However, I've
realized that most of the general public doesn't know how to fully understand
the ingredient list and nutrition info, so they rely on the advertising
claims on the front of the package to guide them.

BIG MISTAKE!

If you notice, this woman thought she was doing great with her grocery
shopping and buying all kinds of healthy stuff for her and her family.

In reality, EVERYTHING she was buying was highly processed and full of
chemicals and industrially refined ingredients. No wonder "nothing has
worked" for her to get in shape and lose the body fat... she actually
hasn't been doing anything right. She's been mislead by all of the
confusing marketing and labeling and conflicting nutrition info in the mass
media.

If you want to discover the TRUTH about what it really takes to eat a
truly healthy diet that maximizes your metabolism, brings your hormonal
balance back to normal, reduces cravings, and strips off body fat
faster than you'd believe is possible... it's all found in my Truth about
Six Pack Abs program at http://TruthAboutAbs.com

Here's what some of my readers from all over the globe are saying about
their experiences with this program:

http://truthaboutabs.com/testimonials.html

Have fun and choose wisely on your next grocery store trip!

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you think might enjoy this discussion.

Stay lean,

Mike Geary
Certified Nutrition Specialist
Certified Personal Trainer