Food+Labels

=__We will use the Federal Drug Administration's (FDA) site to learn about reading food labels. There is a lot of information, but we'll go through it together. You'll use your note page diagram to take down the important points. __=
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__1. LOOK at the servings per container. There's two, and I was going to eat the whole thing! OK, only 15% of my saturated fat...and I can't believe I'm seeing Trans fats! BUT THERE ARE TWO SERVINGS! So make that 15% x 2 = 30% which is high IF I eat the whole thing. do you want to share?__

__2. Calories for a balanced meal...I'm thinking for myself, 1,500 calories TOTAL for a non-biking day, maybe 350-400 for dinner. (I have to save room for dessert!) So let me think...250 calories for the macaroni and cheese, salad with no-fat dressing is 50 calories and that doesn't leave much for dessert...I'm wondering how many calories I ate for lunch?__ __A Whopper Jr. no cheese and a diet Coke...Oh come on you know I drink Diet Coke! (I looked up the Whopper by mistake which was 680 calories...) Please don't tell me you've eaten a Whopper! So I'll have the salad and a piece of whole grain bread...I better bike more!__

__3. I'll watch the fat AND the sodium...What no fiber? I'll be eating that yogurt with fiber before you know it! Vitamins and minerals are low except for calcium...__

__5 & 6 you get the idea.... and I had the mayo ... I'll take a 2000 calorie diet...__ ||

__Let's look at Reading Food Labels Part One and Two "by Natalie" and then her Top Ten Worst Foods list!__


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__After watching Natalie's to Ten Worst Foods list design your own and explain why you've chosen each. __

__Top 10 WORST FOODS by Natalie__ __Food Labels with natilei__