Why Food Labels Are Important [and how to understand them!]

Well & Worthy Life | A Podcast for Midlife Women

Episode Overview

We’ve been misguided when it comes to reading food labels. In this episode, Jen Smiley is joining me sharing why food labels are important to understand for your overall health! Jen is an expert food coach and has created Wake Up and Read the Labels out of her own health journey. In this episode, we hope to bring a little awareness to everyone who's listening and help somebody else be able to eat the foods they love and finally feel good!

Questions Answered

• Why food labels are important to understand to guide your overall health?
• What is the number one ingredient to get rid of when starting to clean out your pantry and fridge?
• What’s a good first step when trying to eat cleaner?
• How to clean up your morning routine to avoid bloating and set your morning up well?
• Where to look to find the cleaner brands in the grocery store?
• What is the most surprising discovery when people learn how to look at labels?

Action Items

• Check out Jen's Free Morning Guide to learn the 3 most common foods that are killing energy and ruining our days.
• Follow Jen on Instagram for daily inspiration on how to eat clean and understand what's in the common foods we eat.
• Start with your morning routine and look at the labels for your go-to items. For any that have ingredients you can’t pronounce, find a healthier swap.

Key Moments in the Conversation

[10:37] We have been taught that these things are healthy when in fact they're not. The most important message here is there's always a swap.

[15:51] America is sick. Our food is toxic and people are now dying slow and living short instead of living long and dying short.

[19:06] We've been taught the wrong way and it's only failing us and getting us deeper, sicker, and more inflamed. It’s time to take three steps back, reevaluate and do something different if we want to feel different.

[31:29} A lot of people don't even realize how great they can feel until they start cleaning up what they're eating.

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