You might think that grocery stores have made it all easy for you to get everything you want from one single store. And even though it might be true, there are a few ways in which a grocery store can actually play with your health and make you fall sick. If you're someone who is sensitive to allergies, then you must definitely try your best to keep yourself away from grocery store problems. A grocery store has a lot of germs, smells and bacteria on food items as well as packages and you must be aware of these ways that a grocery store can make you sick.

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Most of the oats, corn and wheat that you get in grocery stores are sprayed with the herbicide roundup. This means most whole grain cereals, breads, granola and energy bars are contaminated with this agent that is implicated in promoting cancer and leaky gut.

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We all know that fruits and vegetables are touched by a lot of people before they even show up on the grocery counters. That's the reason why you should wash them properly before consumption. The bacteria can transfer from the outside to the inside by a knife or your hands real quick. And so, you must be extra careful about washing the bought products thoroughly.

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We all carry those reusable shopping bags along with us to the grocery store as we think it's us being environmentally friendly. But this might actually be unhealthy for you as these bags carry bacteria as they're used so many times at different occasions. You need to wash these reusable bags time to time so as to make sure you're using clean bags for your fresh groceries every time.

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Products at the grocery stores are places very smartly where all the good smelling baked foods are stored right in the front of the store. This can lure you into buying these food items. And this is how they play with your sense of smell. Simply avoid the tempting smell and follow the list of things you're supposed to buy.

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Such labels are always misleading where you might think you're making a healthy purchase but but in real, it means nothing at all. There's no clear meaning to this label and it also doesn't indicate the food's nutrition content, safety, health effects or ingredients. In fact, these foods might contain added sugar, preservatives, pesticides and more.

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Since grocery store deadlines have to be met, the growers often pick fruits and vegetables even before they're fully ripe. This means, the fruits and vegetables you get in the grocery stores may or may not be infused with nutrients and only ripe ones contain the most nutrients that your body requires. To turn this to your fortune, look for locally grown produce instead of the processed and non-organic produces.

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Grocery stores always tend to keep the colourful sugary food boxes at eye levels to attract kids towards them and lure them into buying all sorts of candies and flavoured biscuits. The fresh produces will always be stored at the perimeters of the store. Hence, stick to shopping in just those areas in order to avoid buying the wrong food items for your kids.

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Food items in the grocery stores that are marked "low" or "reduced" in certain categories can be misleading for us. Products are usually marked as Low Calorie, Low Sodium or Low Cholesterol and Reduced Fat, Reduced Calorie and Reduced Sodium. And since food items at the grocery stores can get confusing, try to ask the organizers to guide you with them.

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Since a lot of people use shopping carts, you can't really trust the cleanliness of these carts. And there's no option but to hold the cart by the handle. The problem is, the bacteria on these dirty carts can cause fatigue, nausea, abdominal pain, etc if you're too sensitive to infections. This is when anti-bacterial wipes come in use and you can very much carry them with you to your next grocery store visit, so that you can wipe the cart handles with these wipes and only then hold them.

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