Articles tagged with: labeling
There is an awful lot of information out there about the foods we eat. I know it is easy to get confused by all the information we receive about fat, sodium, fiber and all that other stuff. If adults are confused, explaining it to a child is going to be even more confusing. Luckily, I was asked to write a children’s book that would make these areas of nutrition more…
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Before I had a family, I used to think making a grocery shopping list is so terribly bourgeois. Clipping grocery coupons? Not me. I had a life! After all, my lifestyle was way too spontaneous to know today what I want to eat on Tuesday. I would walk into the grocery store and just see what “inspired” me – which usually was exactly what the store lured me into buying…
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When it’s pasta night at your house, you probably have a pretty good idea how much to cook. You know quite well your 11-year old son will chow down a mound of spaghetti the size of his head while your little girl barely eats three spoons full. But would you know how your kids’ portions translate into standard serving sizes recommended by the USDA for children?
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Think you don’t have the time, money or energy to load one more thing on your plate? Think again. Get your kids involved and accomplish the one little thing together this week that will make a big difference:
Today, let’s play HFCS detectives! Talk to your child about how evil high-fructose corn syrup is. (It’s believed to be a contributing factor to childhood obesity.) Then make…
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Washingtonpost.com published an enlightening article this week, explaining how the Nutrition Facts Panel (NFP) on a food product merely gives you a few quantitative nutrition highlights. The ingredient list, on the other hand, is a more qualitative overview of what we’re putting into our body. “Using one without the other makes it difficult to come to optimal decisions,” writes Jennifer LaRue Huget.
To feed you family better, you want the…
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