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Decoding Food Labels – Healthy People Have Their Own Ways

Seductions on food labels –beware of them!!

What do you actually look at, when you are on the search for nutritional food? Of course, labels with promises like “low fat content”, “wholesome grain” “sugar free”; really the creative people who make such “eye catching titles” have to be appreciated, since they become a wonderful reason for enhancing the sales of a particular product. So, do we have to believe such false promises?

Kathie Swift, one of the popular dieticians as well as a nutritionist, do not think so!! Instead, she glances the ingredients with which the “wholesome food product” has been made and according to her 

“ If the constituents cannot enter the high rank lists, then what is the role of captions, there?”

All this began, when in the early 2003, the Food and Drug Administration put some relaxations on its food labeling standards. And some of these changes were reflected in the products too; cereals now boast of lower risks of cancer and heart disease, as they contain the magical whole grain contents without acknowledging the fact, that refined flour is the primary reason for the cause of such diseases. Similarly, the drinks, which contain Vitamin A and antioxidants, does not open up the presence of sugar content. No wonder, about 2000 of Americans are still confused about the claims of the food packaging labels. 

Strategies to be adopted by a common man – to detect the “false claims”

•Transform yourself to the role of a “food detector”

“Be simple”, should be your attitude when you go through the ingredients list. It is not necessary to go through the entire list as it is practically impossible (with your hubby, waiting at the other end to finish your shopping!!). Try to follow a descending pattern, from the prevalent to the least. If you think that the ingredient lists are too many, then ensure that some of the constituents might have emerged from the imaginations of the developer. The basic fact: higher the processed food is, the higher would be the levels of indigestible contents like extenders, colors and flavors.

If you find the time to be really short, cut the chase by going through the first and the last ingredients. If you do not find anything “sheepish” or nasty like hydrogenated oil, then go ahead with your purchase. 

•Check out the real “food grain system”

Detecting the presence of whole grain is actually a “tricky procedure”; if the food product really contains “highly processed grain”, then it would be simply mentioned as “rice”. Again, the idea of making it simple, works.. If the product contains unprocessed grain flour, then the ingredients would be specified as brown rice or rye. 

This transition in the wording system would not be noticed by many, but the nutritional difference exists on the whole. 

•Fiber and Sodium – checking its content levels

The quality of the food is determined by the Nutrition Facts Panel; if the food contains something real like vegetables or fruits, then the food is rich in its fiber content. And you do not have to search for any other food variation!! Your shopping ends here.. Contact us for more details.