Appetizer
Heart disease is the #1 killer of American adults. In an effort to combat this disease, you should buy MORE check marks. If you want to be a smart shopper, look for the heart check mark. It’s your sign of heart-healthy foods.
Main Course
By issuing its heart-check mark, the American Heart Association gives consumers a tool to quickly and reliably select foods that meet nutritional criteria in two categories.
Here are 7 reasons that you should pay attention to the AHA checkmark:
It’s convenient. The information you need is visible on food products at the moment you’re making your purchasing decision.
It saves time. You can find the products you want more quickly. That means you have more time for more important things, like your family.
It’s trustworthy. You can count on the information because it comes from America’s most reliable source of heart-health information, the American Heart Association.
It identifies heart-healthy foods. You know that any product you choose that bears our Food Certification heart-check mark has passed its nutritional guidelines.
It’s widespread. You can find our certified products throughout the store and throughout the nation. Many manufacturers participate, and the list of approved products keeps growing.
It’s socially responsible. No products owned by tobacco companies are admitted into the program.
It’s a winner! More and more shoppers are looking for the heart-check mark when they make food purchases.
Dessert
I don’t know about you, but when I go to the grocery store, I don’t always have time to walk around searching for stuff that’s been deemed heart-healthy and pasted with a checkmark. That’s why I’ve found the Checkmark Heart website so helpful.
There’s an online listing of all of the foods that have been certified heart-healthy, and you can go through and select the ones that you’re interested in. The site will then prepare a grocery list for you that you can print out and take along. How cool is that?
About Cafe Physique:
The mission of Café Physique is to help clients reach and exceed their personal fitness and nutrition goals. If you’re in need of an a nutritionist in Atlanta or an Atlanta personal trainer – Café Physique is the perfect solution. We offer Atlanta yoga instruction, Atlanta prenatal workouts, and Atlanta personal training. We also have private sessions of pilates that Atlanta residents are raving about. We invite you to let a member of our Atlanta registered dietitian staff or personal training team develop and implement a realistic and healthy lifestyle plan to meet your personal goals.
