Unstanding Food Labels
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Understanding Food Labels
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Everyday your body requires some nutrients. The 5/20 ruling, in proportion to the videotape, “The Food Label and You” is a principle to the percentage of such nutrients. Calcium, fiber and vitamins are nutrients that belong to good category while oils, sodium, fat and carbohydrates belong to the group of bad nutrients. For good one group you may claim the nutrients’ daily percentage to be around 20%. In the case of the bad ones, you may think to have it very near to 5%. I am giving an example from my pantry here. Kraft Macaroni and Cheese were chosen for me. The prepared figures are being used.
Total Fat | 29% |
Sodium | 30% |
Carbs | 16% |
Vitamin A | 15% |
Calcium | 15% |
Fiber | 4% |
If I take into rule 5/20 and then have a view at these daily percentages, I will surely find some extremely unhealthful nutrients in Kraft Macaroni and Cheese. It becomes clear that the totality of fat is excessively high. One item alone can serve the purpose. If it is in conjunction with the sodium, it will indicate that you cannot help watching what else you frenzied. The good nutrient, Vitamin A has been a potential source of Calcium and it consists in Kraft Macaroni and Cheese.
There has been a piece of writing under the title “How to Understand Nutritional Food Labels” The article refers to six fundamentals. The first one deals with serving size and servings per package. The total calorie that is supposed to be taken in is determined by serving sizes. Now the second fundamental that comes is the Calories and Calories from fat. Calorie is measured by the amount of energy that a serving is supposed to provide. Next here comes the third fundamental. It is those nutrients where our bodies require limit. Fats, cholesterols and sodium belong to these nutrients. Let’s proceed to the Fourth. It is those ones where we should have a plenty and at the same time we should not have it over and over again. This...
SCI/241
Everyday your body requires some nutrients. The 5/20 ruling, in proportion to the videotape, “The Food Label and You” is a principle to the percentage of such nutrients. Calcium, fiber and vitamins are nutrients that belong to good category while oils, sodium, fat and carbohydrates belong to the group of bad nutrients. For good one group you may claim the nutrients’ daily percentage to be around 20%. In the case of the bad ones, you may think to have it very near to 5%. I am giving an example from my pantry here. Kraft Macaroni and Cheese were chosen for me. The prepared figures are being used.
Total Fat | 29% |
Sodium | 30% |
Carbs | 16% |
Vitamin A | 15% |
Calcium | 15% |
Fiber | 4% |
If I take into rule 5/20 and then have a view at these daily percentages, I will surely find some extremely unhealthful nutrients in Kraft Macaroni and Cheese. It becomes clear that the totality of fat is excessively high. One item alone can serve the purpose. If it is in conjunction with the sodium, it will indicate that you cannot help watching what else you frenzied. The good nutrient, Vitamin A has been a potential source of Calcium and it consists in Kraft Macaroni and Cheese.
There has been a piece of writing under the title “How to Understand Nutritional Food Labels” The article refers to six fundamentals. The first one deals with serving size and servings per package. The total calorie that is supposed to be taken in is determined by serving sizes. Now the second fundamental that comes is the Calories and Calories from fat. Calorie is measured by the amount of energy that a serving is supposed to provide. Next here comes the third fundamental. It is those nutrients where our bodies require limit. Fats, cholesterols and sodium belong to these nutrients. Let’s proceed to the Fourth. It is those ones where we should have a plenty and at the same time we should not have it over and over again. This...