How to understand nutrition facts?
how can I understand the labels on the food I buy. For the total fat in grams are there however many calories it has in each one of those grams of fat? I don't know how to understand the labels.
There are 9 calories in 1g of fat, and 4 calories in 1g of protein or carbs. If it has trans fat, don't eat it. Saturated fat is also not good in most situations. Look for things with mono-unsaturated, or poly-unsaturated fats. If it has lots of carbs, but they are all sugar, it's not so good. You want your carbs coming from things like fibre or other, not sugar. It will also tell you the vitamins it has, which are based on the recommended daily intake values. The percentages next to things like saturated fat tell you what percent of your daily allowance of sat. fat this represents based on a 2000 calorie/day diet.
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January 11 2009 12:56 pm | understanding nutrition
January 11th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Yeah , those labels are like reading a foreign language!
I stick with this :
1: 3,500 calories equals 1 pound
2 : Whole Wheat has to be the first item listed in the ingredients
3 : I know what I should and should NOT eat.
References :
January 11th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
There are 9 calories in 1g of fat, and 4 calories in 1g of protein or carbs. If it has trans fat, don't eat it. Saturated fat is also not good in most situations. Look for things with mono-unsaturated, or poly-unsaturated fats. If it has lots of carbs, but they are all sugar, it's not so good. You want your carbs coming from things like fibre or other, not sugar. It will also tell you the vitamins it has, which are based on the recommended daily intake values. The percentages next to things like saturated fat tell you what percent of your daily allowance of sat. fat this represents based on a 2000 calorie/day diet.
References :