How to Make Lateral Shifts
Example, if you’re a soda junkie, it’s easy to make a lateral shift to sparkling water with
a twist, including lemon, lime or, one of my favorites, Emergen-C.
Try these other healthy shifts:
 that gourmet coffee drink for half caf with a splash of coconut milk
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Trade sweetened iced tea for fruit essence infused green tea
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Trade veggie oils (safflower, sunflower, corn and soybean) for EVOO (olive
oil), walnut oil or sesame oil.
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Trade ready-made salad dressing for your own blend of EVOO and a
specialty vinegar
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Trade orange juice for a fresh orange
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Trade artificial sweeteners AND sugar for Xylitol
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Trade iceberg lettuce for spinach greens
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Trade peanuts for almonds, walnuts and pecans.
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Trade nutrient depleted table salt for sea salt
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Trade egg beaters for cage free organic eggs
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Trade white potatoes for yams or sweet potatoes
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Trade blue cheese crumbles for goat cheese
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Trade corn-fed beef rib-eye steak grass fed filet mignon
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Trade chicken thighs and wings for organic chicken breasts
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Trade white rice for brown and wild rice steamed in chicken broth
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Trade farm-raised fish for wild fish.
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Trade sugar-loaded marinara sauce for organic, no-sugar added marinara
sauce
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Trade light mayonnaise for gourmet mustard blends
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Trade refried beans for fat free pinto beans with Mexican seasoning
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Trade fried taco shells for soft whole grain tortillas
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Trade dried raisins for frozen grapes
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Trade peanut butter for almond, cashew, macadamia or walnut butters
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Trade white pasta for quinoa or rice pasta
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Trade margarine for organic butter
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Trade ketchup for salsa
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Trade ranch dip for hummus
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