Start Here: The Secret to Choosing Healthier Packaged Foods

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What we should look for on food labels.
We all used to read products label looking at their fat and calories.
But now days consumers realise that this characters give us almost nothing about our food nutrients.

Experts in nutrition giving us list of what we should look for while shopping:
Check the ingredient list, not the numbers
Look for a short list with natural food, If there is a long list of unrecognisable ingredients dont take that product home.

Number of ingredients:
The order of the ingredients list going from high to low,that gives us understanding of what the main ingredients are in a food.
Nutrient dense ingredients like nuts and seeds or fruits and vegetables are great way to understand the recipe of the products.

Sugars:
If it is a sweetened or sugar and where it list in the ingredient.
we really want to see them in the end of our lable list.
Since ingredients are listed in descending order, foods that are not usually sweet like pastas or bread may be even more important and can be a good way to decide between two similar products at the market.

The fiber content :
People do not get enough fiber of daily, andits a good indicator of quality and quick way for consumers to understand the nutrient of a food.
Checking out the ingredient list and fiber content can save a lot of headache when trying to choose healthier items.
Ingredient list and fiber content are a very good marks of a food’s quality.

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