Unjunk Your Junk Food is a fun, handy, supermarket-friendly guide to the
best-tasting, best-for-you junk food made with natural ingredients.
True or False? Eating healthy means giving up junk food.
False! You just have to make smarter choices.
Even the healthiest health nut needs a junk food fix every now and then.
Indulge in your favorite treats . . . without all the artificial
ingredients.
Inside Unjunk Your Junk Food you’ll find:
• Side-by-side comparisons of popular conventional brands and their natural alternatives<
• Healthy ingredients to look for and dangerous additives to avoid
• A handy cut-out chart of the worst ingredients to look out for when grocery shopping
• Tips for recognizing the misleading marketing tools used to confuse you when reading food labels
• Healthier choices for the snack foods you already buy
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My Thoughts:
I was sent a copy of this book, and can't stop sharing with friends and family. It is so jam packed with useful information, which will shock most about the snacks we all have in our cupboards right now. Being a health educator by trade, I have spent over 10 years, educating adults and children about the importance of healthy eating, especially when it comes to snacking. I wish this book was around a few years ago, when reading the nutritional labels started to become popular and the norm for those looking to make healthy changes to their food purchases.
Many people are not in the know about what really to look for when choosing snacks. They think that by choosing foods labeled, natural or organic, that they are healthy for you. But, you would be surprised to find out that many really aren't. Even with my health education background, I have on occasion picked up products that claim were healthy, but turned out to contain more sugar than the popular alternatives. These purchases usually occur when I have the girls with me shopping, and they begin to act up, and I need to speed up my shopping. I will then go into grab and go mode and pick things up without analyzing the labels. Have you done this, too? I bet you have. So, what can we do as busy parents, to make sure our next trip to the grocery store will be easier if we have to begin to grab and go? Well, first, I would suggest picking up a copy of Unjunk Your Junk Food and reading it cover to cover. Don't worry, it will not take you long to read, as it is filled with colorful photos of common grocery store products we have in our home, along with their nutritional label. Andrea Donsky and Randy Boyer, along with Lisa Tsakos do an amazing job at pointing out why one product is better than another, and explains in easy to understand terms, what we should be looking for when reading labels and looking at packaging.
I have to say, I learned a lot just by reading this book, and have began to take inventory of the foods I have stocked in the pantry, making sure that I have healthy snack options, instead of a pantry full of sugary and unhealthy snacks. The last thing I want to do is feed my family unnecessary ingredients, like sugar and artificial flavorings, when giving them snack options. I find that when I am most busy with the girls, is when Savannah wants a snack, or I reach for a treat to boost my energy level. And, these are the times I grab those unhealthy snacks that look more appealing. But, not anymore, thanks to this handy healthy snacks reference guide, that has become a popular coffee table read. I ended up packing up those unhealthy snacks I picked up on a whim, donated them to the food pantry, and added more nutritionally based snacks to my pantry. So, now when I grab for a snack for myself or my family, I know we will be eating something healthy and good for us. Isn't that what snacking should be -- a healthy treat to tide us over until the next meal?
So, if you are up for the challenge and want to see if you pantry is stocked with healthy snacks or not, then you need to pick up a copy of this book today, and begin really looking at your snack selections. I guarantee you, too, will be shocked to find that family favorites are really not that good for you. But, don't worry, Andrea and Randy will offer up healthy alternatives that will take just like or better than these snacks.
Click here to see a sampling of the healthy alternatives described in further detail in Unjunk Your Junk Food, along with links to online retailers who carry these products. This will give you a sense of the types of foods covered in this book.
About the Authors:
Andrea
Donsky, B. COMM, is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist (R.H.N.) and
Co-Founder of The Healthy Shopper Inc. Naturally Savvy Media.
A
natural visionary and successful entrepreneur, Andrea holds a Bachelor
of Commerce from McGill University and is a Registered Holistic
Nutritionist (R.H.N.).
Andrea
has dedicated her life to sharing her passion for living a naturally
and healthy lifestyle with the world, while helping to guide others
through the confusing maze of 21st century supermarkets and fad diets.
Andrea
was already a successful retail product marketing manager with J. M.
Smucker before she took a leap of faith in 1998 and quit her job to
pursue her passion.
She
enrolled in a holistic nutrition program and began to understand how
food affected her body while learning about the benefits of an
all-natural and organic diet. For the first time in her life, she knew
she had something to share with the world.
The
following year, she gathered all of her energy and together with Randy
Boyer, the two launched their dream career by founding The Healthy
Shopper Inc. ? a coupon book for natural and organic products.
Reaching more than 190,000 people a year, the Healthy Shopper, to this
day, remains the only coupon book in Canada for natural and organic
products.
Eight
years later, lightning struck again during a chance meeting with Dr.
David Katz at an consumer trade show, which inspired the pair to launch
Naturally Savvy, a sophisticated media company whose sole purpose is to
educate the masses about living the lifestyle she truly loves.
Since
then, Andrea has established herself as a respected and authoritative
voice in all corners of the health and wellness industry. She has
appeared as a natural living expert on news segments which have aired on
NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, Univision, WPIX, WGN and CBC Newsworld. Her voice
has been heard on XM/Sirius Radio, where she appears as a regular guest
on The Morning Jolt with Larry Flick. Her words have appeared in a
variety of natural health magazines such as Alive, Tonic and Organic
Lifestyle and online at Reader’s Digest, Wellness.com, SheKnows.com and
The Family Groove.
Andrea is proud to be the kind of mom who feeds her kids fish oil, flaxseeds and seaweed.
Randy Boyer
Randy Boyer, B.A., is Co-Founder of The Healthy Shopper Inc. and Naturally Savvy Media.
Randy Boyer is a trusted source for information about all things natural and organic.
Randy
has always been an advocate for healthy living, integrating fitness and
healthy eating into her life. Her natural and organic lifestyle began
when she met Andrea more than ten years ago. With a unique idea and a
strong marketing background they began The Healthy Shopper Inc., the
only coupon book in Canada for natural and organic products. Combining
brand loyalty and a core of supporting retailers, consumers across
Canada follow them and look for their coupon book year after year. With
190,000 copies distributed annually through more than 400 health food
stores, The Healthy Shopper coupon book is a staple in thousands of
homes across the country.
Following
eight years of working in the natural and organic industry, their
product knowledge grew and thus Naturally Savvy was born – a user
friendly, informative website educating and promoting a natural and
organic lifestyle.
A
recognized expert in the industry, Randy has made dozens of radio and
television appearances promoting her message that eating natural and
organic and living a healthy lifestyle is the road to good health
including The Michael Dresser Show, The Exchange with David Smith, and
Health Radio Network with Barbra Alexander and NBC’s KNTV with Laura
Garcia-Cannon. Randy was recently invited to be a regular guest on the
XM/Sirius radio show The Morning Jolt with Larry Flick.
Encouraging
natural and organic living has become an everyday activity not only
through their website, through mass media magazines like Oprah,
Prevention and Family Fun and consumer shows but also in their everyday
experiences within their community and in their own backyard. Randy can
always be found inspiring others to consider natural and organic!
Lisa Tsakos
Lisa Tsakos, B.A., is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist (R.H.N.)
She
teaches nutrition at various private schools and colleges (including
the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition, the Transformational Arts
College, and at Centennial College) and has been featured on the
Discovery Channel, numerous radio programs, and is a contributor to
various publications and websites including NaturallySavvy.com, Tribune
Media, Toronto Life Fashion Magazine, NOW Magazine and trade
publications. Lisa has also taught natural food cooking workshops and
authored several books including: Cooking for Nu-Vitality;The Weight Battlefield and
at least twenty text books on the subject of nutrition used by schools
across the country. She has also written several course curricula on
various nutrition topics for the aforementioned schools.
Over
the past decade, Lisa’s Nu-Vitality (Healthy!) Weight Program has
helped employees at numerous corporations and organizations including
the Toronto Police Service, to lose thousands of pounds.
After
losing 50 pounds fifteen years ago through a natural diet (not by fad
dieting or using weight loss gimmicks) and by improving her digestion,
Lisa was committed to sharing her newfound knowledge by returning to
school to study nutrition. She is a shining example of someone who
practices what she preaches.
She lives with her health conscious husband, a former professional volleyball athlete and coach and their two young children.
Disclosure: I was sent a copy of this book by the publisher in order to write up an honest review. the views above are mine and mien alone.
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