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THE NUTRITION LABEL E asy Ways to Use the Label For Healthy Eating

THE NUTRITION LABEL E asy Ways to Use the Label For Healthy Eating. Key Label Questions. How many calories am I actually eating? Is that number low, medium, or high? What nutrients should I limit or get enough of and why? What’s relevant about the footnote?

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THE NUTRITION LABEL E asy Ways to Use the Label For Healthy Eating

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  1. THE NUTRITION LABELEasy Ways to Use the Label For Healthy Eating

  2. Key Label Questions • How many calories am I actually eating? Is that number low, medium, or high? • What nutrients should I limit or get enough of and why? • What’s relevant about the footnote? • How can I tell if a %DV is high or low? • Which nutrients have no %DV?

  3. The Nutrition Facts Label

  4. One or Two Servings? Single % Double % Serving DV Serving DV Serving Size 1 cup (228g) 2 cups (456g) Calories 250 500 Calories from Fat 110 220 Total Fat 12g 18% 24g 36% Trans Fat 1.5g 3g Saturated Fat 3g 15% 6g 30% Cholesterol 30mg 10% 60mg 20% Sodium 470mg 20% 940mg 40% Total Carbohydrate 31g 10% 62g 20% Dietary Fiber 0g 0% 0g 0% Sugars 5g 10g Protein 5g 10g Vitamin A 4% 8% Vitamin C 2% 4% Calcium 20% 40% Iron 4% 8%

  5. General Guide to Calories* 40 Calories is low 100 Calories is moderate 400 Calories is high *Based on a 2,000-calorie diet.

  6. Limit These Nutrients Thegoal is to stay BELOW 100% of the DV for each of these nutrients per day.

  7. Get Enough of These Nutrients Try to get 100% of the DV for each of these nutrients each day. Vitamin A is important for: vision, immune system, reduced heart disease, healthy skin and antioxidant activity (cancer) Found in: Liver, carrots, broccoli, sweet potatoes, spinach, leafy vegetables, cantaloupe, butter and eggs

  8. Get Enough of These Nutrients Try to get 100% of the DV for each of these nutrients each day. Vitamin C is required for a range of important metabolic reactions. Enzymes require vitamin C as a cofactor which allows reactions to occur. Vitamin C is found in almost all fruits and vegetables.

  9. Get Enough of These Nutrients Try to get 100% of the DV for each of these nutrients each day. Calcium is stored in the bones and teeth to support their structures. Some is needed for muscle contraction, blood vessel contraction and expansion, making of hormones and sending messages through the nervous system. Milk, yogurt and cheese are the major contributors of calcium.

  10. Get Enough of These Nutrients Try to get 100% of the DV for each of these nutrients each day. The main role of iron in the body is in the red blood cells where it combines with hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is then transported around the body by the blood cells, and oxygen is released wherever it is needed to allow the conversion of carbohydrates (sugars) into energy. The main source of iron is red meat. Other sources include: meats, some fish, beans, dried fruit, spinach.

  11. The Footnote

  12. Examples of DVs versus %DVs*

  13. The Percent Daily Value The % DV is based on 100% of the daily value for each nutrient.

  14. What’s High? What’s Low? Do You Have to Calculate to Know? Footnote

  15. The % DV Does the Math for You Look here for highs and lows!

  16. Quick Guide to % DV 5% DV or less is Low Limit these Nutrients Get Enough of these Nutrients 20% DV or more is High

  17. No % Daily Value • Trans Fat • Sugars • Protein

  18. Read the Nutrition Facts Label For Total Sugars Plain Yogurt Fruit Yogurt

  19. Look at the Ingredient List for Added Sugars Plain Yogurt INGREDIENTS: CULTURED PASTEURIZED GRADE A NONFAT MILK, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, PECTIN, CARRAGEENAN. Fruit Yogurt INGREDIENTS: CULTURED GRADE A REDUCED FAT MILK, APPLES, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CINNAMON, NUTMEG, NATURAL FLAVORS, AND PECTIN. CONTAINS ACTIVE YOGURT AND L. ACIDOPHILUS CULTURES

  20. Calcium In Your Daily Diet Calcium

  21. Calcium Calculation 100% DV = 1,000mg calcium 30% DV = 300mg calcium = one cup of milk 130% DV = 1,300mg calcium = daily goal for teens

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