Forget How To Read Food Labels For Healthy Eating With This Rule Of 1000 Years

Forget about food labels. If you struggle with nutrition information overload, here's the simplest tip to clarify nutrition confusion:

Ask yourself, is this food at least 1,000 years old?

Meaning was this food around 1000 years ago?

Carrots, yes.

Candy ... well ... I'm pretty sure candy wasn't around 1000 years ago.

This guideline is meant to give you a simple way to make reliably healthy decisions.

It's the quickest rule of thumb I have ever discovered.

Pretend I have a jar of peanut butter and lentils by my right side. On my left side, I have popcorn.

So by using this rule, is it 1000 years old? I would only have peanut butter and lentils as my answer.

Obviously this rule is too simple. Any "rule" automatically will make you feel like a failure if you 'break' the rule or that you aren't living up to the proper standards. So we don't want to get stuck in black-and-white thinking.

But it's a good guideline that can help you clarify nutritional confusion.

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