Comments on: Reading Labels

By: Pamela

Pamela — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:10:14 +0000

iPhone apps can do so much to help us with health and fitness! Thanks for sharing that app. Thanks for the info on Fructooligosaccarides. Oddly I was doing some research on that topic today. Not good for infants but okay for adults it seems. It’s funny that you said Ensure, because that’s actually not it. Does Ensure have a similiar label?I’ll give a hit as to who actually makes bar 1-Valerie Bertinelli probably eats these bars.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:46:28 +0000

There’s an app for the iPhone called “don’t eat that”. It tells you whats derived from where, and whether the ingredient has some controversy surrounding it. Bar 2 has hydrogenated oils (trans fats which lead to free radicals thus the danger of trans fats)in it, while the ensure bar, I mean bar 1 has sugars and loads of added vitamins. Interestingly, Don’t Eat That highlights in reds (bad) the Fructooligosaccharides. “Fructooligosaccharides is an alternative sweetner that has less than 50% the sweetness of sugar. It is considered a prebiotic. A prebiotic is a non-digestable food that stimulates the growth of beneficial bacteria in the digestive system. It is not permitted in infant formula in Australia, Canada and New Zealand.” It’s only red because you don’t want it in infant formula.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:18:21 +0000

You wouldn’t think that lowfat packaged foods can be high in sugar. Have to really label watch.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:43:28 +0000

I know, it’s hard to trust anything packaged anymore. And I hated admitting that I missed it the HFCS, but I guess we are all human.

By: berlinoise

berlinoise — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:29:37 +0000

God, that’s scary! Of course you’re right – food companies bank on people not reading the labels, and most of the time they’re right. We humans are so lazy! There’s a lot to be said for eating unprocessed food.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:20:02 +0000

You have to look all the time, I think they count on people blindly choosing.

By: Patty

Patty — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:15:21 +0000

Great tips, I’ll remember to REALLY look at the ingredient list instead of just blindly choosing. Thanks for posting!