{"id":15413,"date":"2009-12-31T01:00:47","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T06:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=15413"},"modified":"2009-12-29T11:26:17","modified_gmt":"2009-12-29T16:26:17","slug":"decoding-nutrition-facts-labels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/decoding-nutrition-facts-labels\/","title":{"rendered":"Decoding Nutrition Facts Labels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What do you look at when you pick up a bag or box of food at the grocery store? Chances are, if you don&#8217;t take a look at the <a title=\"reading food labels\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/videos\/decoding-food-labels\/\" target=\"_self\">nutrition facts label<\/a>, you may end up buying stuff that&#8217;s nutritionally bankrupt.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this video comparing cereal choices and find out what really matters on that label.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"295\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/wYV91K_sKS8&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"295\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/wYV91K_sKS8&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"nutrition labels\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/decoding-nutrition-facts-labels\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15551\" title=\"food label\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/food-label.jpg\" alt=\"food label\" width=\"215\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a>Topics covered include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"portion sizes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/know-your-portion-sizes\/\" target=\"_self\">serving size<\/a><\/li>\n<li>saturated fat<\/li>\n<li>sugar<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"low sodium diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Low-Sodium-Diet\/\" target=\"_self\">sodium<\/a><\/li>\n<li>fiber<\/li>\n<li>ingredients list<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Taking on food labels for the first time can be overwhelming and you may not even know where or how to get started. Take the time to watch this video as I thoroughly explain what is important for you to know and watch for. Then, the next time you&#8217;re at the grocery store, start putting this new knowledge in to practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do you look at when you pick up a bag or box of food at the grocery store? Chances are, if you don&#8217;t take a look at the nutrition facts label, you may end up buying stuff that&#8217;s nutritionally &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/decoding-nutrition-facts-labels\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[97,345,29],"class_list":["post-15413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-food-labels","tag-healthy-eating","tag-nutrition"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15413"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15550,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15413\/revisions\/15550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}