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So, if you want healthier food choices when it comes to conscious consumption, start by making sure you know how to read a food label. For example, there are lots of fancy words for sugar that appear on your labels. And in some cases, companies use organic sugars to greenwash the products with words like “natural” or “healthy.” Don’t let fancy labels full of hype fool you. Educate yourself.
Think about the amount of packaged food you buy for your family versus the amount of whole, fresh foods or foods without labels. An organically grown carrot doesn’t need a label. If you’ve got a lot of processed, packaged food in your pantry, organic or not, you might be saving some time and possibly even money now, but at what future cost to your health?
Again, organic sugar is still sugar.
Lastly, think about every dollar you spend as a vote. It signals companies watching your buying habits, and there are a lot of them, what you are willing to settle for.