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How to Read Nutrition Labels in 2019
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 772" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/nutrition-labels" target="_blank"><strong>How to Read Nutrition Labels in 2019 - Healthline</strong></a></p><p></p><p>You’ve probably heard that getting familiar with the facts and figures on the side of your packaged foods is a good idea for your health. In fact, when the current nutrition facts label was first established in 1990, it was intended as a tool to inform Americans about the ingredients and nutrients our foods contain — and to <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK209859/" target="_blank">verify health claims</a> those foods might make.</p><p></p><p>Now, with a makeover to its design (and some of its nutrition information) <a href="https://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm385663.htm" target="_blank">coming in 2021</a>, it’s a good time to ask some crucial questions about our current nutrition facts label.</p><p></p><p>Does it actually help Americans make better choices? Do we understand it enough to make good use of it — or do we blow it off as science gobbledygook?</p><p></p><p>And could focusing on a list of numbers lead us astray from a big-picture concept of health, even fueling <a href="https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/common-eating-disorders" target="_blank">eating disorders</a>?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 772, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/nutrition-labels'][B]How to Read Nutrition Labels in 2019 - Healthline[/B][/URL] You’ve probably heard that getting familiar with the facts and figures on the side of your packaged foods is a good idea for your health. In fact, when the current nutrition facts label was first established in 1990, it was intended as a tool to inform Americans about the ingredients and nutrients our foods contain — and to [URL='https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK209859/']verify health claims[/URL] those foods might make. Now, with a makeover to its design (and some of its nutrition information) [URL='https://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm385663.htm']coming in 2021[/URL], it’s a good time to ask some crucial questions about our current nutrition facts label. Does it actually help Americans make better choices? Do we understand it enough to make good use of it — or do we blow it off as science gobbledygook? And could focusing on a list of numbers lead us astray from a big-picture concept of health, even fueling [URL='https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/common-eating-disorders']eating disorders[/URL]? [/QUOTE]
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