DASH friendly products: CANNED FOOD

Canned foods

Meal time happens at least 3 times a day. And on today's hectic times, sometimes getting healthy and nutritional foods on your families table gets harder and harder. Most of us think that an "easy" fast food meal will satisfy our hunger and allow us go back to our very busy schedules. 

Just with investigating different fast food chains nutritional fact information, you could realize that you are eating tons of saturated fats, salt and meat products full of antibiotics and very little vegetables and vitamins .... Realizing that eating a burger with almost the entire amount of calories that you should eat through a day... is not a very smart idea. 

Eating fast food only makes you tired, sleepy and at an increased risk for cardiovascular diseases, obesity and cancer. Just watch Super Size Me or even Food, Inc and you will get a big glance of what is really going on. 

Not only documentaries are noticing the pattern; also you can find tons of articles about how good is for your body eating organic fruits, vegetables, dairy products and meat. So getting into a healthy life style is a win, win for you and your family. Even DASH ( Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet is supported by many studies... showing evidence of how good is for lowering your blood pressure and for your body.

organic, no salt added/low sodium canned beans

But spending too much time cooking is complicated and you should not be a victim of time. Some days you don't even have time to go grocery shopping or to the farmers market or even you are just plain tired. So getting canned foods can help you shorten the amount of cooking time and are always available on your pantry. 

Not all canned foods are created equal. Look for canned foods that are made from organic produce, no preservatives and no salt added. So the product will be made from quality ingredients/produce that are harvested at their peak of ripeness and normally cooked and processed within hours. Canned foods are great because they offer comparable nutrition at sometimes lower cost. Most of them are packed with vitamins and minerals as well as their fresh counterparts and in some canned food products have even more.

So remember good canned foods are your friends and will help you stay on track on your diet. Will also help you, thanks to shortening cooking times and their convenience.

Great for spaghetti, stews, chili and almost anything that your imagination and appetite desires.