Health for Body Mind and Soul

Being able to read and understand the information provided on food labels is important when deciding the nutritional value of the food, the serving size, fats, vitamins, sugars, protein, and the amount of calories per serving.

The US Food and Drug Administration provides information on how to understand the nutritional facts on food labels . The details provided appear easy to follow.




There is however one essential piece of information missing. That is,  how food producers  manipulate the data to make it appear that a particular food contains less fats or other ingredients than it actually does. Here is some information some food manufacturers may prefer you did not know about their creative manipulation of the fat facts. Jeff Novick explains how this is done.

Choosing Healthiest versus Healthy Foods

Not all foods in the a particular category contains the same nutrients, or have equal nutritional value. The NuVal system helps consumers make healthier choices by identifying the healthiest foods within each category thereby taking the guess work out of which foods are healthy versus healthiest.