13 Years! – Health News International

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Dr. J’s ‘Tell It Like It Is’ Food Labeling System

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April 24, 2015
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Let’s face it: much of the food that we eat is crap. One reason for this is it’s hard to figure out what is in our food. We rely on food labeling for guidance in making better nutritional decisions. Food nutrition labels play a major role in choosing products to take off the shelves, place into our grocery cart, and then put into our body. These labels have been the subject of battles between the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the food industry, and consumer advocates. And what these battles have produced is a mumbo-jumbo of micronutrient percentages, calories, and confusing portion sizes. In trying to help us, some folks got the bright idea to add additional jargon to food packages, such as low