Small changes with your food add up to big results! Remember, you don’t have to make all of these swaps. Pick your favorites and upgrade the ones that work for you and your budget.
Many of these swaps will help you cut back on high fructose corn syrup, added sugar, additives, preservatives, vegetable oils etc and transition to more simple ingredient brands. Of course focusing on whole foods first will help your health and weight loss journey even more but I know it’s also nice to have some of these convenient and delicious foods in rotation!
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Healthy Upgrades to Make this Summer
Heinz Ketchup (high fructose corn syrup) —> Primal Kitchen Ketchup (no added sugar)
Commercial Sodas (high fructose corn syrup) —> Ollipop or Zevia (simple ingredients) or Poppi
Lays Chips (vegetable oil) —> Boulder Avocado Oil Chips or Siete Chips
Hellman’s May (soybean oil, additives) —> Chosen Food Mayo (avocado oil) or Primal Kitchen Mayo
Popsicle Fruit Pops (high fructose corn syrup) —> Goodpop Fruit Pops (real fruit juice) or DeeBee’s Organic SuperFruit Pops
Scary Meyer Hot Dogs (corn syrup, additives) —> Grass-fed Teton Hot Dogs
Sweet Baby Rays (high fructose corn syrup, 16g added sugar) —> Stubbs BBQ Sauce (4g added sugar) or Primal Kitchen BBQ Sauce
Hidden Valley Ranch (vegetable oil, additives) —> Primal Kitchen Ranch (avocado oil)
Favorite Day Ice Cream (high fructose corn syrup) —> Haagen-Daz (simple ingredients)
Kraft Singles (filler ingredients) —> Organic Valley Cheese (organic dairy + simple ingredients)
Kings Hawaiian Rolls (0g fiber, 8g sugar) —> Dave’s Killer Bread (3g fiber, 5g sugar)
Welche’s Fruit Snacks —> That’s it Fruit Bars or Fruit Roll Bear or Pure Organic Bars
Honey Graham Crackers —> Simple Mills Sweet Thins
Skinny Pop Popcorn —> Lesser Evil Popcorn
Healthier Hot Dog Brands:
Applegate Hot Dogs
Teton Hot Dogs
Organic Valley Hot Dogs
Fork in the road hot dogs.
Whole Food Summer Snack Ideas
Fresh Fruit (watermelon, pineapple, apples, bananas, berries, etc)
Veggies and Guacamole
Lightly Salted Seeds
Lightly Salted Nuts
Peanut Butter and Celery
Hard Boiled Eggs
Frozen Fruit to use in a smoothie or protein shake!
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