Shopping Advice

Fruit & Vegetables

Variety of colours
Organic
Freshest – check use by date
Buy some different fruits and vegetables each week
Half of your trolley filled with fruit and vegetables

Dairy & Meat

Organic if possible
Low fat cheese or small amounts of strong cheese
Semi-skimmed milk

Carbohydrates

Low GI
Wholemeal/wholewheat
Bread 2.5 – 3.0g of fibre per slice
Cereal 5.0 – 10.0g of fibre per 30g serving

Tins

Beans, Pulses, vegetables - no added salt/sugar
Fish in water not oil
Fruit in its own juice not syrup

Drinks

High juice squash without aspartame
Freshly squeezed juice, not from concentrate
Water

Snacks

Natural Nuts, not salted or roasted
Dried fruit.

Fruit