"Outsmart" the supermarket: Tip 4
4. Check the calories.
Are you buying those expensive no-fat products but gaining weight? You've switched to frozen dinners with hardly any fat and eat only no-fat cookies, but your weight hasn't changed? You are not alone. Remember that fat, besides delivering terrific texture for a product, is also a bulking agent. Taking out the fat requires replacing it with another bulking agent. A lot of the time, it's sugar! Check out the ingredients and calorie counts; you might be surprised. You might be better off eating smaller portions of the "regular" version.
Top 10 Ways to Outsmart the "Super" Marketers
- Shop around for cheese
- Pay attention to package sizes
- Don't be fooled by "New" or "New and Improved"
- Check the calories
- Don't trust "tastes great!" claims
- Read the nutritional label (not the brand)
- Think twice about rebates
- Enter contests without buying the product
- Don't believe the scanner
- Don't go shopping when you're hungry or cranky
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