There are so many nutrients in food, so many ingredients, so many facts to know about what's supposedly good for you and what's supposedly not? However, there is hope for us (including the writer, whose wide vocabulary doesn't always cover nutritional jargon) as the US FDA, or US Food and Drug Administration has a standardized nutritional label format that should be coated to every consumer food product. This makes it easier for us consumers to compare and contrast different types of food in terms of nutritional content.
There are 3 fundamental areas to look for first on a nutrition label, and they're all conveniently grouped together near the top, just under the title "Nutrition Facts".
Serving Size: This is where you will find a standardized amount (e.g. cups, pieces, portions, etc.) with its metric system (grams, kilograms, etc.) next to it.
How Many Servings Per Container. You can double, triple, quadruple, sextuple, etc. any caloric content found on the product labels because packaged foods generally contain more than just one serving in each individual package.
How Many Calories per Serving are Included in the Package? This is where you would be able to adjudge whether a product is low, moderate or high-calorie in terms of content - 40 and below would be low-calorie, 100 to 400 is moderate calorie, while 400 upwards is high-calorie.
Keeping tabs on the amount of servings you take in, based on the caloric intake per serving, is one great way to manage your weight. Another is to balance out eating high-calorie foods with some low-calorie foods earlier or later in the day.
Your next step as a weight watcher should now be to consider the calories you take in every day and use that figure to maximize the nutritional value in the food you eat.
Use the Percentage Daily Value to tell you how rich in each of the required nutrients the food really is. These daily values would be based on the hypothesis of the average person requiring 2,000 calories a day. 5% or less of a nutrient's %DV is low, 20% or more of a nutrient's %DV is high. What you also would want to do is reduce your levels of Cholesterol, Sodium and Total Fat. As for the most detrimental form of Fat (Trans-Fat), there is no daily limit or requirement, but you should always check the quantity per serving and keep your intake of such as LOW as possible. Make sure to get plenty of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium, and Iron.
Once you have gathered all the information you need, you simply ask yourself if a food choice is a wise choice for you in terms of both calories and nutrients, and whether it makes more sense for you as part of a meal or as a standalone snack. If the answers to these questions don't satisfy you for a particular food, then the next question to ask yourself is whether you can find a suitable alternative. The answer that question is almost invariably, 'Yes'.
There are 3 fundamental areas to look for first on a nutrition label, and they're all conveniently grouped together near the top, just under the title "Nutrition Facts".
Serving Size: This is where you will find a standardized amount (e.g. cups, pieces, portions, etc.) with its metric system (grams, kilograms, etc.) next to it.
How Many Servings Per Container. You can double, triple, quadruple, sextuple, etc. any caloric content found on the product labels because packaged foods generally contain more than just one serving in each individual package.
How Many Calories per Serving are Included in the Package? This is where you would be able to adjudge whether a product is low, moderate or high-calorie in terms of content - 40 and below would be low-calorie, 100 to 400 is moderate calorie, while 400 upwards is high-calorie.
Keeping tabs on the amount of servings you take in, based on the caloric intake per serving, is one great way to manage your weight. Another is to balance out eating high-calorie foods with some low-calorie foods earlier or later in the day.
Your next step as a weight watcher should now be to consider the calories you take in every day and use that figure to maximize the nutritional value in the food you eat.
Use the Percentage Daily Value to tell you how rich in each of the required nutrients the food really is. These daily values would be based on the hypothesis of the average person requiring 2,000 calories a day. 5% or less of a nutrient's %DV is low, 20% or more of a nutrient's %DV is high. What you also would want to do is reduce your levels of Cholesterol, Sodium and Total Fat. As for the most detrimental form of Fat (Trans-Fat), there is no daily limit or requirement, but you should always check the quantity per serving and keep your intake of such as LOW as possible. Make sure to get plenty of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium, and Iron.
Once you have gathered all the information you need, you simply ask yourself if a food choice is a wise choice for you in terms of both calories and nutrients, and whether it makes more sense for you as part of a meal or as a standalone snack. If the answers to these questions don't satisfy you for a particular food, then the next question to ask yourself is whether you can find a suitable alternative. The answer that question is almost invariably, 'Yes'.
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