8 Fixes Nutritionists Want on Food Labels

8 Fixes Nutritionists Want on Food Labels

I agree with Naina Marbus that the glycemic index is an important parameter that needs to be part of all food labels. This would prove to be a great service to all who want to keep their blood sugar level under control.

Hydrogenated and other harmful ingredients

Much of my shopping time is wasted because I must spend so much

time reading labels for harmful stuff, when I could be actually buying something. Stores copy??

8 Fixes Nutritionists Want on Food Labels

In my earlier post, I spelled it wrong - I meant "rampant".

8 Fixes Nutritionists Want on Food Labels

What the nutritionists seem to have ignored is that there is a dire need to add one very useful index - the glycemic index. This is a must especially these days when diabetes is running ramapant.

*Labels don't work

*Since the introduction of labels obesity hasn't declined. Rather it, and eating disorders have increased. Why might that be? The only people who pay attention to labels are either obsessed with them, or are working to healthily lose weight. Big Macs have (had) their nutrition facts listed on them, and available which are obscene, but McDonald's isn't in crisis over having to axe it's heavy hitter. Most people can't tell a good label from a bad one therefore the label means nothing. Which is more a problem than marking products. The effort would be better placed in educating people, especially kids, and teens on daily intake, and the long term effects of routinely following, and not following nutrition guidelines. People are more concerned over the cosmetic effects of losing weight which is not where the energy should be. Losing weight unsafely does more immediate, and often times worse harm than keeping it on. Living on morsels, is not better than scarfing down entire packages of junk food. Marking the DV percentage is a very good start, but shouldn't be the complete plan.

Big package

Incorporate all of the suggestions from the dietitians and everything will come in a package so big it will reuire a front-end loader to get it out of the store.

Food Labeling

I would like to see the labels to state if the foods contain any ingredients that were subject to pesticides or chemical fertilizers. And to list what ingredients are natural.

I would like to see more raw milk and dairy available. And the benefits of Non-Pasteurized milk to be noted. The same for Homogenization.

veg label

Being a vegetarian who sometimes forgets to check for gelatin, enzymes and the other hidden animal products in seemingly non-veg foods I would love a V for vegetarian on products. There's a kosher K so it CAN be done. Also when buying things like frozen meals I have to read 50 ingredients to find out if it's veg and sometimes my eyes go blurry before I get to the end!

Food Labelling

AS consumers we have the right to know:

Where the food is grown?

Is it genetically engineered?

Where is the food Manufactured?

What are the manufacturing processes ...cold pressed, the type of filtration..?

What are all of the ingredients that have been used to make this product?

Percentages of daily requirements, allergens,are educational issues and should be dealt with in other ways. Many of the additives have no meaning to a consumer and virtually no long term testing has been done on these additives. Why are they added to a product? If you can't say for sure that it is healthy, then don't add it. Quit trying to make food cheap by adding preservatives for longer shelf life that end up making us sick. This is about money and money only.

For those of you who still bake, look at a recipe for almost anything. How many ingredients are there? How many can you not pronounce or not know what they are?

We have lost our COMMON SENSE!

Substitute LONG TERM PLANNING for shot term GREED!

food additives

it would take a genius to understand or know about all the

additives in food. I would like to know why safer and/or

natural additives are not used. could it be profits are

the reason?

merrio