Health News Article Reminds Us to Read Nutritional Facts Labels -- Vision.org

PASADENA, CA, Jul 07 (MARKET WIRE) --
With each new report, the health news proclaims, "You are what you eat."
But how many of us evaluate the nutritional content of what we eat? Do
the high obesity rates in healthcare statistics indicate that too many of
us lack good eating habits? In a recent health news article for
Vision.org titled, "Navigating the Nutritional Facts Label," writer
Regina Meyer assures us, "With just a little reading, we can now make
healthier and more informed food choices based on our individual needs
and those of our families."

Health news and medical authorities tell us that a nutritious and
well-balanced diet reduces our risk of some cancers, heart disease, type 2
diabetes, stroke, obesity and many other health issues. Recommendations
made by these authorities, backed up by current healthcare statistics,
paved the way for the public to have access to information that can help
each of us develop good eating habits.

"Through the Nutritional Labeling and Education Act of 1990 and the
nutrition labeling regulations established by the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) in 1994, manufacturers of packaged food products are
required to inform the public of certain nutrition information," says
Meyer. In 2006 the FDA made health news when it "required the disclosure
of trans fatty acid (trans fats) contained in these products. Out of these
regulations came the Nutrition Facts label we have today."

But the Nutritional Facts label can be daunting. Before this information
can help in establishing good eating habits, we must know how to make
sense of it.

Meyer, in the Vision.org article "Navigating the Nutritional Facts
Label," tells us, "Basic food labeling laws regulating the disclosure of
content ingredients were in effect as early as 1938," long before
healthcare statistics were commonly available to the public. "Today, the
FDA has expanded these laws, requiring manufacturers to include the
serving size, calories per serving, total fat (saturated and trans),
cholesterol, sodium, carbohydrates, fiber, sugars, protein, vitamins A
and C, calcium, and iron on the Nutritional Facts label."

Applying this information in the context of our daily diets can only work
to our advantage. As wise consumers, we pay attention to health news and
healthcare statistics and want to develop good eating habits. To this
end, we need to know what we are eating. And to know what we are eating,
we must keep informed by paying attention to health news and reading
labels. The Vision.org article, "Navigating the Nutritional Facts Label,"
can help us navigate this valuable information so we can make
better-informed choices as we establish our good eating habits.

About Vision

Vision.org is an online magazine with quarterly print issues that feature
in-depth coverage of current social issues, religion and the Bible,
history, family relationship topics and insights into philosophical,
moral and ethical issues in society today. For a free subscription to the
Vision quarterly magazine, visit their web site at http://www.vision.org.

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