How to Read Food Labels

Fat Burning Exercises — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:58:36 +0000

It’s important to know how to read food labels if you’re wanting long term success in your fat burning efforts. There are new products entering the market on a regular basis, therefore, it makes sense for you to be aware what various terms means and how you can analyze the food labels for yourself.

It is now a requirement that most foods have labels on them. Those foods that do not have labels are best to avoid as the manufacturer may not wish to disclose exactly what the content is! Ingredients must be listed in order from largest to smallest amounts. Many companies attempt to hide certain contents by listing them under various technical names, so it’s important to know exactly what some of these terms are as often they can be quite misleading.

Below is a list of the various terms you may find on food product labels:

FREE: Contain none or scarce amounts of the nutrient such as fat, cholesterol, sugar, or calories
GOOD SOURCE OF NUTRIENT: Contains 10-19% of the RDA for that nutrient
HIGH: Contains at least 20% of the RDA for that nutrient
HIGH PROTEIN: Must contain at least 10 grams of protein per serving
HEALTHY: Low in fat, saturated fat and sodium. Must provide 10% of RDA for Vitamin A, C, Calcium, Iron, Protein, or Fiber.
LEAN: Meat, protein, seafood or game meat that has per 3 ounces, less than 5 grams of total fat, less than 2 grams of saturated fat, and less than 95 milligrams of cholesterol.
LIGHT FOR CALORIES: 33% less calories than comparable product and 50% less fat
LIGHT FOR FAT: 50% less fat than a comparable product
LIGHT FOR SODIUM: 50% less sodium than a comparable product
LOW-FAT: Less than 3 grams per serving
LOW-CALORIE: Less than 40 calories per serving
LOW-CHOLESTEROL: Less than 20 milligrams per serving
LOW-SODIUM: Less than 140 milligrams per serving
LOW-SATURATED FAT: Less than 1 gram per serving

If you can familiarize yourself with these regularly used terms, you are well on your way to learning how to read food labels which will help to choose the best fat burning foods which in turn will benefit your long term health.

This post via the Fat Burning Exercises blog where you can get information on how to lose body fat through exercise as well as some great ideas on fat burning foods.

How to Read Food Labels

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