| For more information on why this is allowed on food labels and why it can be dangerously unhealthy, as those grams add up quickly, read the following article.)
SAFE FOODS
All fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh meat, poultry and fish. eggs, milk, cheese and yogurt are free of trans fats. Canned fish also is free of trans fats.
But watch out for processed cheeses, for example, the kind in many "snack packs"—they may contain trans fats.
Important: Trans fats are not formed when you cook—or even fry—at home with vegetable oil. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 How to Read food labels." www.dental.am/eng/diet/5.html. Biermann, June, and Barbara Toohey. The Diabetic's Book. New York: Perigee Books, 1992. Brecher, S. J., M. M. Bender, V. L. Wilkening, et al. "Status of Nutrition Labeling, Health Claims, and
Nutrient Content Claims for Processed Foods: 1997 Food Label and Package Survey." Journal of
American Dietetic Association 100 (2000): 1057-62. Browne, Mona Boyd. Label Facts for Healthful Eating. Dayton, OH: The Mazer Corporation, 1993. Burger King website, www.burgerking.com.
Challem, Jack. "Fructose: Maybe Not So Natural . . . and Not So Safe. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 This is how you get modern food labels with serving sizes that essentially equate to a single bite of food. Not exactly a "serving" of food, is it?
Besides being a cancer factor, trans fats promote heart disease, interrupt metabolic processes, and cause belly fat that crowd the organs and strain the heart. The essential fatty acids that the hydrogenation process removes are responsible for a number of processes in your body. When trans fats replace these essential fatty acids, they occupy the same space without doing the same job. |
Marshall Editions
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 Do not add salt to your food and inspect all food labels to see how much salt the contents contain. Avoid salty snacks such as potato chips, pretzels, salted nuts, and processed and convenience foods. Remember that bread, breakfast cereals, and tinned vegetables can also contain a lot of salt.
Supplements: Magnesium supplements, taken at 1,000 mg a day, may relieve the tinnitus associated with Meniere's disease and protect the ears from resulting damage. The B vitamins may be beneficial to those with hearing loss. A high-potency complete B-complex vitamin is recommended. |
Ann N. Martin
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 I have listed some of the ingredients frequently included on pet food labels. These definitions are from AAFCO's "Ingredient Definitions." It is important to note that when you read descriptions that include "clean flesh" or "clean parts" that this concept is ambiguous. In an article written by David C. Cooke," Animal Disposal: Fact and Fiction," Cooke asks, "Can you imagine trying to remove the hair and stomach contents from 600,000 tons of dogs and cats prior to cooking them? |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Read all food labels and don't buy any products made with yeast extract (this is the mistake I made -- not reading the food label on this particular item, and subsequently getting whacked by an "MSG headache").
3. Return any food products made with MSG or yeast extract. Take them back and demand a refund. This will get the retailers paying attention and applying pressure to Amy's Kitchen to stop shipping products with yeast extract. Make your consumer dollars count!
4. Beware of other brands that use yeast extract. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
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 Meals and menus can then be constructed using information on food labels or in food composition tables to achieve this carbohydrate target.
General eating patterns that help to achieve a high carbohydrate intake are summarized later.
IV. PROTEIN REQUIREMENTS FOR ATHLETES
There is still considerable debate about how much dietary protein is required for optimal athletic performance. The interest in protein (meat) probably dates back to ancient Greece. There are reports that athletes in ancient Greece, in preparation of Olympic games, consumed large amounts of meat. |
| Many newly diagnosed individuals are not aware that "gluten-free" does not mean just eliminating bread and pastries from the diet, because gluten (especially wheat) can be identified on food labels and in restaurants by many other names. For example, triticale
(a combination of wheat and rye), kamut, and spelt are all forms of wheat and are considered toxic [80]. Other forms of wheat, such as bulgur, couscous, einkorn, farina, and semolina (durum), are also not permitted on the gluten-free diet. |
| It requires food labels to clearly state if a product contains any of the top eight food allergens: milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, soybeans, and wheat. All food products manufactured in the United States after January 1, 2006, are required to have updated labels declaring the presence of any of the top eight food allergens in the product. The Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004 was primarily passed to benefit individuals with food allergies. |
| D content of foods on food labels [36].
Fortification of milk and other foods with vitamin D, such as selected cereals, margarines, juices, and a few selected brands of cheese, provide the majority (66-84% of the food sources) of the vitamin D intake of Americans [37]. Plant foods such as mushrooms that when briefly exposed to UVB produce significant amounts of vitamin D2 [38] and some fortified foods may contain vitamin D2. Such foods can appeal to vegetarians who may prefer to consume a plant-based form of vitamin D [39].
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James Dowd and Diane Stafford
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 To reduce your salt intake, you have to actively avoid the stuff. Read food labels and choose the products with the least amount of salt. Factor in the times you'll be eating out and in others' homes, because that's when you just can't control salt intake. Those slips will more than make up for your personal no-salt habits.
Q: Can you recommend good breakfast foods for people who won't eat last night's leftovers?
A: Create your own new script for breakfast, and start slowly. Eggs and potatoes are okay, so you can have eggs that are scrambled, soft-boiled, hard-boiled, or poached. |
Ann N. Martin
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| The logos of these organizations, which are displayed on pet food labels, simply mean that the products meet the minimum standard for nutrition, nothing more.
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JL he inspiration for pet food is attributed to an Ohio electrician, James Spratt, around I860. Spratt traveled to England and while there noticed how pet owners fed their dogs leftover biscuits. This piqued his interest. Spratt decided that he could concoct a better biscuit for dogs from wheat, vegetables, beet root, and meat. |
| Splitting" in Labeling
Corn and wheat are usually the first ingredients listed on both dry dog and cat food labels. However, some pet food companies list the product ingredients in such a way that the number one ingredient is a protein product. In one well-known dry cat food the ingredients on the label are listed in this order: poultry by-product meal, ground yellow corn, wheat, corn gluten meal, soybean meal, brewers rice, etc.
Most people reading this label might assume that the "poultry by-product meal" is the prime ingredient providing an ample source of protein. However, this is not so. |
| As explained in Chapter One, these ingredients are listed as "meat meal" on pet food labels.
Disposing of Euthanized Cats and Dogs
Before 1990, I had never heard of rendering. When my pets died I usually had the veterinarian dispose of the pets' bodies because I lived in a condominium and I did not have a place to bury them. I always assumed that the veterinary clinic made sure the pets were either buried or cremated. When I asked the vet about the disposal of the body, I was told, "Don't worry, we'll take care of it."
Now, I know better? |
Jack Challem
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 You should do your best to avoid them, and following this guideline requires that you carefully read food labels. (Olive oil, as previously discussed, does not fall into this group.)
These cooking oils are rich in linoleic acid, the parent molecule of omega-6 fats. Because of the preponderance of refined and processed foods, most people now consume excessive amounts of omega-6 fats. As a result, omega-6 fats have largely displaced dietary omega-3 fats, found in fish, grass-fed animal protein, and leafy green vegetables. |
Michael T. Murray
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 Pure xylitol is a white crystalline substance that looks and tastes like sugar. On food labels, it is classified broadly as a carbohydrate and more narrowly as a polyol or sugar alcohol. In the intestinatl tract, it is slowly absorbed and only partially utilized. It provides roughly 2.4 calories per gram?0 percent less than table sugar.
Xylitol has a minimal effect on blood glucose and insulin levels. It has also been shown to promote satiety (a feeling of fullness) and reduce caloric intake. |
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN
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 Ingredient lists also include words such as "lecithin," "vegetable oil," "vegetable broth," "boullion," "natural flavor" or "mono-diglyceride" that do not necessarily come from soy, but are likely to.
þ food labels AND INGREDIENT LISTS CHANGE. Check them every single time. Manufacturers can switch the ingredients used in food products without warning. Allergic consumers need to check the labels every time they make a purchase and ask about ingredients every time they eat at restaurants or purchase food at a deli. |
| Because of the rrans-fat threat, food companies in Europe have already lowered the trans-fatty acid con-
CONSUMER ALERT: FAT TRANS-ACTIONS
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not yet require the listing of trans fats on food labels. This makes it difficult but not impossible for consumers to gauge how much trans they are eating.
Until the recently passed disclosure rule goes into effect in 2006, consumers need to read ingredient lists carefully and fill in the blanks. If "partially hydrogenated" oils or fats are included on the label, the food contains trans fat. |
Samuel S. Epstein, M.D.
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 They won, and now consumers can look on food labels, and make an informed choice as to whether they want dairy products made with or without artificial growth hormones.
As a food company reliant on Vermont's family farms, Ben & Jerry's has strong views on these agricultural and consumer concerns. The company has followed the regulatory review of rBGH across the border in Canada, where concerns about veterinary and human health impacts have been raised. The Canadians said no to rBGH.
With this new book, my friend Dr. |
Mike Adams
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 The most obvious way to accomplish this is to read food labels and avoid buying any food that contains the ingredients listed in the previous section. Namely, anything that contains autolyzed, hydrolyzed, yeast extract or MSG ingredients.
It's also helpful to know what categories of foods typically contain MSG. So here's the list. |
Michele Simon
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 Almost half of the people surveyed reported that the nutrition information on food labels changed their minds about buying a particular product.10 This, of course, is precisely why the idea of expanding nutrition labeling from packaged food to restaurants has industry shaking in its boots: it works.
The Ultimate Hypocrisy: Education without Information
Corporate resistance to providing nutrition labeling in restaurants offers a particularly good demonstration of industry hypocrisy. |
| Three-fourths of adults report using food labels. People who read nutrition labels are more likely to have a diet lower in fat and cholesterol and higher in vitamin C. Also, packaged-food labeling has resulted in reformulation of existing products to improve their nutritional quality, as well as the introduction of new, nutritionally improved (low-fat, low-sodium, etc.) products. Finally, the rise in obesity rates began well before "Nutrition Facts" labels were required on packaged foods. "Nutrition Facts" labels have only been required on packaged foods since 1994. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Voluntary labeling by food companies
If any foods actually contain dangerous or cancer-causing ingredients, food companies shall voluntarily print such warnings on their food labels in good faith, thereby greatly reducing the cost of requiring federal oversight on food safety and subsequently saving the American taxpayers millions of dollars each year. We, the members of Congress, have been promised so by Kraft Foods, Heinz, the Grocery Manufacturers of America and other campaign contributors.
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Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 If you actually believe what the food labels claim, you're gullible. You have to read the ingredients and learn to know the difference between natural ingredients vs. chemical additives like "autolyzed yeast extract" or "hydrolyzed vegetable protein." Believe it or not, companies can even put MSG in a product and call it "natural flavors." I'm not kidding. (Search Google for Dr. Russell Blaylock or "excitotoxins" to learn more about the disastrous health effects of MSG... |
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN
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| INFORMATION GAP
Even when soy-containing ingredients are accurately listed on food labels, many consumers miss the soy connection. A study of 91 parents of children allergic to peanuts, milk, egg, soy, and/or wheat revealed that most parents failed to correctly identify allergenic food ingredients, and that milk and soy presented the most problems. Only 22 percent of the parents with soy allergies correctly identified soy protein in seven products. |
Jack Challem
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| When I looked at the fine print of food labels, I discovered that she was right. I'd had no idea that iron was added to these foods.
Most food ingredients must, by federal law, be listed on packages. I say "most" because food processors sometimes play a shell game to avoid listing certain ingredients. For example, "natural flavors" is a vague statement that could refer to culinary herbs, sugars, or monosodium glutamate (MSG, a flavor enhancer that makes some people ill). |
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN
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| Until foods are properly labeled, trans fat enjoys the nickname "phantom fat" or "stealth fat" because it is rarely listed on food labels and many consumers don't even know that it exists.76
Impending trans fat labeling is not good news to margarine manufacturers. Accordingly the industry has been talking rapidly out of two sides of its mouth—first saying that trans fatty acids are not so bad for us, then adding that we don't consume that many anyway.
FAT-FINDING MISSION
So how much trans fat do Americans eat? Pioneer researcher Mary G. Enig, Ph.D. |
Jack Challem
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| The Food and Drug Administration has ruled that food companies must start listing the quantity of trans-fatty acids on food labels, but companies will not be required to do so until January 2006.
In sum, these dietary guidelines emphasize nutrient-dense foods such as fish, chicken, and nonstarchy vegetables over nutrient-poor sugars, carbohydrates, and unhealthy fats. By following these dietary guidelines, you will foster a cellular environment that helps your genes to function at their best. |
| Furthermore, they must learn to become careful readers of food labels for the mention—or mere hint— of a gluten-containing grain. It may be worthwhile as well to avoid dairy products, because lactose intolerance and sensitivity to casein (a protein found in dairy products) is often associated with gluten intolerance.
Because of the dietary restrictions, many people diagnosed with celiac disease become resentful or depressed when they cannot continue to consume processed foods, fast foods, or junk foods with abandon—and suffer the same risk of obesity and diabetes as the rest of the population. |
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| Like milk, you must look for ingredients derived from eggs. food labels may list them as albumin, globulin, or ovomucin. Be especially careful with foamy drinks and commercially prepared pasta - many contain eggs.
The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network says if a home recipe calls for eggs, try mixing up one of these. Each mixture can be substituted for one egg. |
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