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JJ's Top 6 Healthy Food Swaps | JJ Virgin | #Shorts | Nutrition, Diet & Weight Loss

30 May 2022 · 1 min

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Short YouTube video (JJ Virgin) offering six quick "healthy food swaps": replace dairy fruit yogurt with almond yogurts (Cocoyo or Kite Hill) to avoid high sugar; swap convenience-store Slim Jims/beef jerky for Paleo Valley grass-fed beef sticks to avoid MSG and hidden gluten; choose gluten-free Paleo breads (e.g., Julian Bakery Paleo thins) over conventional bread; pick Simple Mills almond crackers instead of wheat crackers; and replace mixed trail mix with almonds, walnuts, or pecans. The tone is prescriptive, practical, and product-focused.

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Yogurt can be amazing because it's got great probiotics, but it's not amazing if you're eating dairy yogurt with that fruit in it. That's high sugar impact and high five. Switch on over to Cocoyo or Kite Hill almond yogurt. You'll get all of the good and none of the bad. A great swap for those Slim Jims or beef jerky that you find at the Grab and Go convenience stores. They're loaded with msg. They've got gluten sneaking in. So swap them out from one of my faves Pan Paleo Valley Paleo Valley Grass fed beef sticks have none of the garbage. They're a great protein hip. It's super satisfying and thermic for your metabolism. Okay, you know I'm not a fan of bread. Unless it's this kind of bread that is gluten free Paleo like my friends over at Julian Bakery. Swap your gluteny bread for Paleo thins. Are you craving a crackery crunch but you don't want the gluten? Simple Mills almond crackers are your super swap. Run away from that trail mix with the little eminems and the peanuts and head on over to the almonds or walnuts or pecans. A way better swap.