The Clean Eating Guide: How to Read Food Labels and Avoid Harmful Ingredients

Learn how to decode food labels, identify hidden additives, and make informed choices for a healthier, toxin-free diet.

Welcome to The Clean Eating Guide!

I am so excited to start sharing these holistic guides with you. I am sharing with you YEARS of knowledge, education and personal research that I have acquired to make these informed decisions about my own health and wellness. I will make each guide easy to read and digest. Just as a reminder, each month as a paid subscriber you will receive 2 holistic guides and 2 anti inflammatory, gut healthy meal plans and grocery lists.

Before we jump in, I want to share with you why clean eating is important to me. I struggled with my health for many years. I had debilitating undiagnosed systemic symptoms affecting my quality of life and mental health. I was hopping from one doctor to the next - western and holistic. Until finally, I was diagnosed with chronic lyme disease and toxic mold illness. Through targeted supplementation and changing my diet to a whole food, anti inflammatory diet, I was able to heal my body and put my illness into remission. My health journey is what inspired me to become a Certified Holistic Health Coach too!

Through this major diet change over 7 years ago, I learned so much about the processed food culture we live in and how harmful it really is to us and our planet. The American food industry has become highly politicized, with Big Food, Big Ag, and politicians influencing what fills grocery store shelves. This industrialized system not only compromises public health but also degrades air and water quality, soil health, biodiversity, and contributes to climate change. The Clean Eating Guide aims to provide you with the knowledge to make informed choices about your health and wellness. However, nutrition is just the tip of the iceberg—our food choices have far-reaching consequences. By prioritizing organic, non-GMO produce, shopping local farmers markets, choosing grass-fed and pasture-raised meats, wild-caught seafood, and supporting regenerative farming, we can foster a healthier, more sustainable food system for future generations.

While I absolutely prefer to make my food at home, I live in the same busy and modern world that you do. Sometimes, we need a snack on the go or a premade sweet treat, or a seasoning packet. This guide is to help you navigate the grocery store, decode food labels, and identify hidden toxins in your food so you can make more informed decisions about you and your family’s health.

What to expect in this guide:

1. Ingredients to avoid & why those ingredients are harmful

2. Harmful Ingredients commonly found in diet or health foods

3. AH Health Approved ingredients and natural alternatives

4. 21 most common food labels and what they mean (Pasture raised vs grass fed, NONGMO vs USDA Organic etc)

5. Benefits of eating organic and nongmo

6. Benefits of eating grass fed, pasture raised and wild caught

7. How to grocery shop like a Health Coach

Be sure to bookmark this post so when you’re at the store, you can pull it up easily!

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