How to Be a Conscious Eater

but it would also likely bring along saturated fat, sodium, and

colorectal cancer risk. You’d be better off getting 200 calories

from an avocado, which would give you beneficial nutrients

and fats. Or say you want to spend 100 calories on something

to satisfy an afternoon sweet tooth with a snack. Put them

toward a soda and you’ll experience a blood sugar spike and

still be hungry, whereas allocating them to an apple instead

will mean a slower absorption of the sugar and feeling full for

a while.

And no free passes just because a product is zero-calorie.

Take a zero-calorie soda. It’s also zero-nutrient. And yet it

comes packed with artificial sweeteners, which renders it

either negative health-wise or, at best, nutritionally empty.

There’s a critical link between how many calories you

eat and the quality they contribute to your overall long-term

health. When evaluating calories, try to think holistically

about the total value of the given food or product: Will it do me

harm? Will it do me good?

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