Read Labels

The first thing I would suggest you do to know where you food is coming from is really learn to read labels. Religiously.  Remember this Breyers Ice Cream ad from the 1980's?  Take your cue from this and look instead for ice cream that has ingredients like milk, cream, sugar, & vanilla... You cannot assume any one brand will be real food.  Most Breyers, for instance, now has all the crap in it they were bashing in the 80's.  But they still make some labeled "natural" that is the real deal.  Choose Carefully!

Before this turns into an ice cream post, lets get back to my point.  Read the labels.  Yes, this will sometimes get you looked at funny in the grocery store, but its worth knowing what you're putting in your body.  I'd rather take a few minutes reading than risk drinking fish milk, you know?

Some things to avoid: Artificial sweeteners,  HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup), and things with too many words that end in ...ose, those are usually sugars too.

Really, I can make this simple for you.  An ingredient should be something you can picture on it's own.  Apple, banana, potato, butter.  These are things you eat.  Red #5?  Not so much.