Learn how to read a cryptic food label can pave the way to a healthy, nutritious diet.
When is the last time you heard you are what you eat!
Do you really know what you're eating? It may look like a simple slice of bread or helping of canned peas, but although the food itself seems harmless, the product's nutrition facts label may reveal a different story. Did you know that food manufacturers often mislead the public in a attempt to sell you their product. For instance the word "LIGHT" on a food label can refer to the texture or color and can have nothing to do with the fat or calorie content.
"We need to be more aware of what we’re putting in our bodies," says Allan Fine, a nutritional consultant with Fitness Boot Camps Canada of Calgary Alberta "Especially now that we see the connection between our food intake, obesity, high cholesterol, diabetes and cancer, our food intake and specific diseases." These diseases include, among others, hypertension from too much salt and high cholesterol – which can lead to heart disease and stroke – from too much fat. (more…)
