Grocery stores today are filled with numerous processed and refined packaged foods. But what is hiding in the midst of all those numbers and ingredients? Step by step, holistic nutrition expert Evita Ochel will teach you how to be a savvy and empowered consumer who knows how to use their food to support their health, not destroy it. You will be given guidelines and practical tips to know how to decipher front package claims, nutrition facts labels, and ingredient lists to make the best food choices for your health and weight.
Grocery stores today are filled with numerous processed and refined packaged foods. But what is hiding in the midst of all those numbers and ingredients? Step by step, holistic nutrition expert Evita Ochel will teach you how to be a savvy and empowered consumer who knows how to use their food to support their health, not destroy it. You will be given guidelines and practical tips to know how to decipher front package claims, nutrition facts labels, and ingredient lists to make the best food choices for your health and weight.
You will never look at processed, packaged food the same way again.
If you have any processed food in your diet, this course will help you make sense of what you are eating and know how to make healthier choices. As consumers, we have choices and we can best exercise them when we know what to look for and what to avoid. No matter where you are in your health and wellness journey, you will be guided to understand the landscape of modern nutrition and navigate it in smart ways.
Make your food work for you, rather than against you.
Whether you would like to lose weight, or improve your health, or feed your family better you will be empowered to know how to improve your food choices. By learning how to read nutrition facts labels and ingredients, you will easily distinguish between high quality and poor quality foods.
This course will provide you with nearly 3 hours of practical video content. Each lesson also includes resource materials like printable summary sheets, practical exercises, and supplementary reading and video resources to help you practice and apply what you learn.
Get to know your food today to ensure the best health and wellbeing for your future.
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This quiz will help you practice and apply what you learned in lessons 1 and 2.
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This quiz will help you practice and apply what you learned in lessons 3 through 8.
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In this lesson you will learn about 3 special groups of ingredients that impact modern food:
You will be empowered to know how to work with these ingredients in the healthiest of ways.
In this lesson you will have a chance to practice everything you have learned by being guided through 3 food product examples to consider their front package claims, nutrition facts and ingredients to make the best health choices.
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This quiz will help you practice and apply what you learned in lessons 9 through 12.
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