Healthy Food Ideas that can be replaced

Do you want some simple food substitutions that can instantly improve your diet?

Often times changes are best made in small steps. That's why I compiled a summary of healthy food substitutions you may make while grocery shopping.
 
When you walk down the grocery store aisles, make the following easy switches.

Instead of This --------------------------------- Try This 

Artificial sweeteners ------------------------------- Stevia herbal supplement 

Baby carrots (chlorine is added) ------------------ Big carrots, chopped 

Black tea ------------------------------------------- Green tea

Canola, corn, or vegetable oil --------------------- Olive or sesame oil 

Coffee ---------------------------------------------- Teecino herbal coffee substitute 

Conventional produce ----------------------------- Organic produce 

Distilled white vinegar ----------------------------- Apple cider vinegar 

Factory-farmed meats ----------------------------- Pasture-fed meats 

Fruit juice ------------------------------------------ Whole fruit 

GMO seeds ----------------------------------------- Open-pollinated traditional seeds 

High fructose corn syrup -------------------------- Honey or brown rice syrup 

Ketchup -------------------------------------------- Tomato slice 

Margarine or vegetable shortening --------------- Butter, ghee, or coconut oil 

Packaged microwave popcorn --------------------- Organic air-popped popcorn 

Peanut butter with trans fats and sugar ---------- Plain organic peanut butter 

Popular brand-name crackers --------------------- Mary's Gone Crackers brand 

Popular brand-name energy bar ------------------ Lara Bar 

Popular brand-name pancake syrup -------------- 100% pure maple syrup 

Powdered lemonade mix -------------------------- Water + lemon (+ stevia, optional) 

Sweetened apple sauce ---------------------------- Unsweetened apple sauce 

Sweetened low-fat yogurt ------------------------- Plain whole yogurt (add fresh fruit) 

Toasted o-shaped cereal -------------------------- Rolled, steel cut, or whole oats 

White bread ---------------------------------------- Whole grain bread 

White iodized salt ---------------------------------- Gray or pink sea salt 

White pasta ---------------------------------------- Whole grain pasta 

White rice ------------------------------------------ Brown rice 

White sugar ---------------------------------------- Date sugar