Reading Nutritional Labels! Tips, Tricks, and Hacks to Making Healthy Food Choices

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Reading Nutritional Labels:

~Hello All! Ever walk through the grocery store thinking, what the heck here is Really healthy and how do I know?! Well, one way is to pay close attention to nutrition labels! Although, they can be a little tricky! Below I give some tips and tricks to reading them. One of the trickiest is knowing which "100% whole wheat" is truly 100% whole wheat. Many brands out there claim to be 100% whole and healthy but boy are they fibbing! Make sure to pay close attention to those claims. Dr. Gregor (Famous Plant-based Doctor) made a formula for this selection! For example you: Divide Carbs (g) / Fiber (g)= you want 5 or less for good quality. Also, I make sure to pay close attention to All claims. There are often loop holes that producers can use to post things like "all natural", "low-fat", or "plant-based" even these days which make people believe that they are  healthy. But when you think about 70% of our grocery stores being processed foods and in a package, that seems a little hard to believe. Often the "low-fat" for example, the fat is usually replaced by sugar and salt which arguably isn't any better for you. Another example is all of the new  processed "Plant-based" food. If you were truly plant-based you would know that 90% or more of the diet is unprocessed and the "plant-based" in the stores are HIGHLY processed and I definitely would not consider it "healthy". So be careful out there but Have Fun with grocery shopping! Below I have some more information on label reading. I love love tricks and hacks like these! You'll be a label reading pro after reading this blog post! 😁
 

WHAT TO LOOK FOR:
Salt/Sodium:
·    ~Look for fewer mg of sodium than calories 
 
“100% Whole Wheat”: 
~Divide Carbs (g) / Fiber (g)= want 5 or less for good quality
**Ezekiel breads and tortillas
 
“Low-Processed”  
~5 ingredients or less that you can comprehend! Even better, less than 3!

NO high fructose corn syrup

Little-NO Saturated and NO trans fats:   
~Saturated Less than 10% of daily calories 
 
Little-NO added sugars:  
~Sugars are anything that end in -ose
·    ~Recommended: less than 50g x day
 
 Alright Ya'll, That's A Wrap! Enjoy That Grocery Shopping! Until Next Time! 
~Katelyn, RDH, HN, HWC

                                                                                        


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