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Look at the Label

Look at the Label. Outcomes B2,B3 and B4 How nutritional labels influence us and how they can help us make good health choices. Why do we put nutritional labels on food products in our country . It helps you make informed choices. Help you follow Canada’s Food Guide to healthy eating

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Look at the Label

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  1. Look at the Label Outcomes B2,B3 and B4 How nutritional labels influence us and how they can help us make good health choices

  2. Why do we put nutritional labels on food products in our country • It helps you make informed choices. • Help you follow Canada’s Food Guide to healthy eating • http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index-eng.php • Is required on most packaged foods • Is based on Health Canada’s regulations • http://www.conagrafoods.ca/en/healthy-understanding-labels.html

  3. What should you look at on the label ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-jF5zCQ2yQ • What are the most important things to look at on the label? • Serving size/ how many servings in a container • Ingredients

  4. Chose 1 of the following videos to view • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRAM_iAAryw&feature=related • What kind of fat is bad ? Use your eyes to read the label on the cans of food you eat. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeyUYThxm2k&feature=related • What should you limit ?

  5. 5 easy steps to reading a food label • 1) what is the serving size ? • 2) how many calories ? This is how much energy you get from the serving. • 3)Look at the % DV – percent of daily value. It tells you if there is a little or a lot of that nutrient in the serving. A higher number means more. 40% is high, 5% is low • 4) Get less of these • Fat, saturated fat cholesterol • Sodium ( salt) • 5) get more of these carbs,fibre,vitiminA and c, calcium , protein, iron.

  6. Words to watch for AKA –also known as… nutrient AKA also called…. On the label 1)Fat 2)saturated fat 3)sodium 1) Glycerides,Glycerol,Esters, shortening, oil 2) beef fat, lard suet,coconut oil Hydrogenated fat and oil, cocoa butter, palm oil powered whole milk solids 3) salk,glutamate baking powder or soda Phosphate Brine soiambisulfate Garlic salt,onionsalt,celerysalt,soy sauce, sodium alginate,benzoate,hydroxide,propionate

  7. Words to watch forAKA also known as …. nutrient AKA …on the label 4) Sugars 4) fructose, sucrose, maltose, lactose Honey Liquid sugar invert sugar syrup, galatose, dextrose, dextrin, corn syrup solids, molasses, raisin syrup. Watch for words ending in “ose” For sugar alcohols watch for words ending in “ol” like sorbitol

  8. Done ? Try these interactive games • http://www.nourishinteractive.com/kids/healthy-games/7-ride-the-food-label-game-nutrient-information • http://www.nourishinteractive.com/nutrition-tools-healthy-family/parents-food-labels-nutrition-facts-tool • http://www.nourishinteractive.com/nutrition-tools-healthy-family/parents-food-labels-nutrition-facts-tool • http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/videos/CFSAN/HWM/hwmsk01.cfm

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