A basket of shopping

August 2nd, 2006

I called into the local supermarket on the way home, to pick up some milk. Whilst I was there I remembered a few other items that we needed so I wandered around picking up this and that from nearby shelves.

It was only when I had to pick up my heavy shopping basket that I realised what I’d been buying.

I almost laughed aloud, for without thinking too much about what I was doing, I had placed these items into my basket:

• 12 pots of fruit flavoured yoghurts with added probiotics
• 24 small pots of yogurt drinks, again with added probiotics
• 3 cartons of cranberry juice
• 3 cartons of fruit smoothies made from 100% fruit
• 4 pints of semi-skimmed milk
• 4 organic bread rolls

I’m quite fascinated with how we can “eat ourselves healthy” and we’ll be publishing a series of articles on FurtherHealth.com about the health benefits of foods such as pomegranates and cranberries, but I hadn’t realised just how far this was impacting our shopping habits!

What I haven’t said yet, is that I was on the way home from the swimming pool, where I had just swum a mile.

Perhaps I should be running a web site about health and well being after all!

Entry Filed under: Healthy Foods