Did We Need Another Reason To Eat ___?

LadyOfOceanBreeze

In looking through my health conscious emails from Rodale News today I discovered this

interesting tidbit and wanted to share with you guys, Like we needed yet one more reason

to purchase, prepare, serve & eat ORGANIC foods!!!:flowerforyou: :happy: Enjoy!!!!

Nutrition Facts

The lie: The FDA allows food manufacturers to use averages for the calorie counts, salt content and fat grams (and any other information on the Nutrition Facts panel) of their foods, and food manufacturers are allowed to be off by as much as 20 percent. So that 500-calorie frozen dinner you're eating could have as many as 600 calories. If every meal you ate had 100 extra calories, you'd gain an additional 30 pounds this year. Another sticky label? Trans fats. The FDA allows manufacturers to put “0” if the amount of trans fats per serving is below .5 grams. “That’s a quarter of a day’s worth,” says Jayne Hurley, RD, senior nutritionist at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, who notes that 2 grams is what health experts suggest should be your daily limit.

To get the real thing: Avoid packaged foods. The foods without "Nutrition Facts" labels—fruits and vegetables—are the healthiest foods. When you do buy them, read ingredient labels, not nutrition labels, to avoid trans fats. And avoid any product with partially hydrogenated oils listed. “If there’s no partially hydrogenated oil, the trans-fat content really is zero," Hurley says.

neanderthin

LOL, true dat. Eat real food, no nutritional label required.

SergeantSunshine_reused

Have always wondered how much labels on some things are off. Most of my food doesn't come from a package anymore at least :O
but even like my frozen fruit. Hmm

hush7hush

I like the majority of my food to be label-less. Sometimes it's hard, but I'm definitely an ingredient-list reader.

wifeygonzo

That's a very interesting bit of information, thanks for sharing!

LadyOfOceanBreeze

Have always wondered how much labels on some things are off. Most of my food doesn't come from a package anymore at least :O
but even like my frozen fruit. Hmm

FYI your frozen fruit should be free of any additives, if not just change brands

LadyOfOceanBreeze

That's a very interesting bit of information, thanks for sharing!

you're welcome! thanks for the comment

SergeantSunshine_reused

Have always wondered how much labels on some things are off. Most of my food doesn't come from a package anymore at least :O
but even like my frozen fruit. Hmm

FYI your frozen fruit should be free of any additives, if not just change brands

Ohh I mean the calorie count part. Mfp raspberries vs. my frozen brand are quite different for some reason o.O

LadyOfOceanBreeze

Have always wondered how much labels on some things are off. Most of my food doesn't come from a package anymore at least :O
but even like my frozen fruit. Hmm

FYI your frozen fruit should be free of any additives, if not just change brands

Ohh I mean the calorie count part. Mfp raspberries vs. my frozen brand are quite different for some reason o.O

OHH? interesting...I should look into that so I do appreciate you mentioning it, thanks

garlic7girl

Why so many believe eating 'clean' is better and choose the healthier processed foods like oatmeal and I don't mean instant.