Organic vegetable boxes with added groceries are supplied by most of the major companies and can help you to avoid 3 of the most common supermarket mistakes.
1: Spending Too Much Time in the Aisles
The aisles of supermarkets, large or small, are full of processed, chemically enhanced foods in too much packaging. The supermarket relies on lulling us into a trance. Everything is designed to get us into that semi-hypnotic state were we wander the aisles collecting what grabs our attention, much as our hunter/gatherer ancestors wandered the woods. Except, of course what they were picking up was rather more natural than anything we’re likely to find! There’s a whole area of psychology devoted to the way we shop and every thing in the supermarket is designed to keep us wandering those aisles for as long as possible. It’s simple really. The longer we are there the more we are likely to buy.
The next one leads on from the first but doesn’t sound like a mistake. We all want to know what we’re eating right? Wrong!
2: Reading the Labels
The eye-catching products in the aisles sport words designed to grab our attention. They are full of claims like “healthy”, “fat-free”, “sugar-free” and “low calorie”. These are simply marketing statements to lure you in. Ah, but we’re too clever to be fooled by those, aren’t we? We turn over and pour over the nutrition statement and the ingredients list.Trouble is we often think that if the calories or fat grams are low or there are a lot of vitamins listed we’re OK. Er, no. Those added vitamins can mean that the food has had most of its goodness stripped during the processing or they may even be there to extend the shelf life not for your benefit at all
3: Buying food that contains transgenics
Products containing corn or soy, may be made from genetically modified or transgenic seeds. It is estimated that up to 90% of all soy grown and up to half of all corn is transgenic. These are not identified as such on most ingredient labels. Whatever the arguments for or against no one knows for sure the consequences of eating GM food.
Our supermarket advice
OK I should be honest here. I hate supermarkets and avoid them if at all possible. If you must go to the supermarket:
- Take a list.
- Set yourself a deadline.
- Check the organic section first
- If there’s anything in the ingredients list you don’t recognise assume the worst and leave it on the shelf.
- Only buy basic items and avoid processed stuff.
- Buy your organic food from someone you trust to be as concerned with where your food has come from as you are.
Better yet, buy your organic groceries through your favourite organic vegetable box scheme. Most of them offer a range of groceries at competitive prices. While we are at it let’s just remember that we’ll be saving the cost of driving to the supermarket and the time (not to mention wear and tear on the nerves!) that the trip takes. In most cases you can place your order online and you groceries are delivered with your organic vegetable boxes at no extra cost.
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