Making Sense of Nutrition Labels and Ingredients
Posted by Amanda Fitz
on Wed, 16 Oct 2013
in Nutrition Education
Amanda Fitz
AMANDA FITZ – Social Media Marketing Coordinator, Biggest Loser Resorts
From a young age Amanda has always ...
User is currently offline
NUTRITION
The first rule of thumb: Would your grandmother recognize it?
When perusing the grocery store and trying to understand what ingredients are listed in a food or beverage item you're looking to purchase, it all can be a bit mind-numbing. With a flurry of numbers, percentages, ingredients and Nutrition Facts, your brain can experience information overload.
Popular wisdom tells us that these little numbers and nutritional facts are important to our health. But our own stomachs tell us to stop paying so much attention to them and to just throw the food into the cart.
