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Learn to shop healthy at the grocery store

Use our easy aisle-by-aisle grocery guide to fill your cart with healthier items for your family.

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Heart healthy olive oil is a great good-for-you staple, find out more with our easy grocery guide.

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Aisle 4: Staples

Reach for: Olive oil or canola oil

►The payoff: Use these in your cooking for a dose of good-for-you mono-unsaturated fats. Plus, making these oils part of your diet gives you more omega-3s that help keep your ticker happy.

Reach for: Cinnamon, oregano, thyme and cloves

►The payoff: Oils and extracts from these herbs and spices are antimicrobial. They might be helpful in keeping E. coli and other pesky bugs away from your family’s food, USDA experts say.

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Learn to shop healthy at the grocery store

Use our easy aisle-by-aisle grocery guide to fill your cart with healthier items for your family.

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Aisle 4: Staples

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