Struggling With Food Labels For Healthy Nutrition?

 

do you know the ingredient list behind
every packaged food reveals a lot of
information and help us make healthy Nutrition

choices

what may be marketed as healthy may not

be necessarily healthy I am Chandni

haldirai I'm the nutrition head for Carl

transform and this is nutrition 101

let's break down the nutrition facts

behind these packaged Foods a little bit

today in this session servings per

container servings per container shows

the total number of servings in the

entire food package or a container it is

common for one box of food to

contain more than one serving of some

containers may also have a label with

two columns one column listing the

amount of calories and nutrients in one

serving and the other column listing

this information for the entire package

serving size

serving size is based on the amount of

food that is customarily eaten at one

time and is not a recommendation for how

much you eat

the nutrition information listed on the

nutritional facts label is usually based

on one serving of the food however some

containers may also have information

displayed per package

so generally serving size is shown as a

standard household measure that is

appropriate to food which could be a cup

a tablespoon a piece slice or a jar

followed by the metric amount in grams

next, we move on to calories the number

of calories is the total amount of

energy the food provides pay attention

to the calories, if you eat more calories

then your body uses over time you will

gain weight another important part of

the label is the number of calories from

the fat you should limit the number of

calories from fat to 20 to 35 percent of

your total daily calories

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as a general guide, 100 calories per save

serving of an individually packaged food

is considered moderate

400 calories or more per serving of an

individually packaged food is considered

high

nxt this is the nutritional facts label

can help you learn about the nutritional

content of many foods in your diet

the nutritional facts label Must List

the total fat saturated fat trans fat

cholesterol sodium total carbohydrate

dietary fiber total sugars added sugars

protein vitamin D calcium iron and

potassium

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next, we move on to the ingredient

list in addition to the nutrition facts

label the ingredient list is also a

helpful tool the ingredient list shows

each element in food by its common

or usual name

for example, sometimes maida is listed as

refined wheat flour or Ajinomoto which

is a joint flavoring agent listed by

its  commercial name is MSG or monosodium

glutamate

ingredients are listed in dissenting

order by weight so that the ingredient

that weighs the most in the product is

listed first and the element that

considers the least is listed at the last

a few tips for you on the term fat-free

or no added sugars does not mean calorie

free these food items may have many

calories as the regular versions

nutrients to get less off are nothing

but your saturated fat sodium and added

sugars nutrients that you should get

 more of our dietary

 fiber vitamin D calcium iron

 and potassium what are

added sugars and how they are different

from Total sugars added sugars on the

nutritional facts label includes the

sugars that are added during the

processing of the foods such as sucrose

or dextrose Foods packaged as sweeteners

such as table sugar sugars from syrups

and honey and sugars from concentrated

fruit or vegetable juices

diets high in calories from added sugars

can make it challenging to meet your daily

recommended levels of important

nutrients while staying within your

calorie limits look at the ingredient

list try to avoid the foods that are added

as refined caloric sweeteners in the

first three to five ingredients so the

next time when you go grocery shopping

take some time to read these food labels

and understand them better before you

pick something for yourself healthy nutrition facts