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Nutrition labeling
Nutrition labeling is a term for providing information about the ingredients and nutrients of a food product on the label in order to ensure that consumers are informed in their decisions.
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A 39-year old female asked:
On a nutritional food label what does the cholesterol amount mean? Is that total, LDL or hdl?
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A 41-year old asked:
How come all the sunflower seed products not list vitamin E on the nutritional label?
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A 41-year old asked:
What are the parts of a nutrition label?
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A 36-year old asked:
Is saturated fat included in the total fat listing on a nutrition label?
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A 43-year old asked:
How to calculate calories from a nutrition label?
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A 38-year old asked:
Are the calorie estimates from a nutrition label accurate?
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A 36-year old asked:
How can I calculate the number of calories from a nutrition label?
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A 42-year old female asked:
What is the most accurate and trustworthy way to determine the nutrition facts (calories) of food when there is no nutrition label?? I have an app that I use to count calories, but how can I know how many calories exist in food if there is no label?
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A 41-year old asked:
Does it sound like I need reading glasses if I have trouble with the nutrition label on a kit kat?
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A 42-year old female asked:
How can I determine the most accurate nutrition facts for food consumed that is homemade or doesn't have a label? I consumed homemade food that was made for me by someone else but multiple nutrition facts exist online for this item. How can I know??
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A 26-year old female asked:
Would taking applied nutrition's greentea fat burner for several months be harmful? Their label warns of birth defects and reproductive harm.
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A 42-year old asked:
Do you think I should be concerned with calories or calories from fat, when reading nutrition fact labels?
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A 35-year old asked:
What will nutrition facts labels tell you about the nutrients in a food?
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A 43-year old asked:
I am about to try a gluten free diet, do they put gluten on nutrition labels?
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A 31-year old asked:
Can nutrition labels list all the vitamins and minerals contained in the food?
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A 39-year old male asked:
To make sure I am not consuming too many carbs or calories, does this mean I have to constantly look at nutrition labels of every single thing I eat?
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A 21-year old female asked:
The low carb breads/bagels, I looked at the nutrition labels & the calories listed DO NOT INCLUDE those from all the grams of fiber in there. Is this accurate?? Do calories from fiber really not count? Or are they just lying to make you think so
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A 44-year old female asked:
Which foods are extremely high in potassium? I was prescribed Spironolactone and have been taking it for 4 months. Consuming too much potassium could have fatal consequences. I always check nutrition labels, but what is considered "too much?"
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A 24-year old male asked:
Do frozen veggies have same nutrition as raw veggies? And can microwaving food damage the food's nutritional components or does it maintain them?
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A 39-year old asked:
Is it effective to drink some type of nutritional drink to help me get some nutrition?
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A 45-year old male asked:
45 yo male, exercise/nutrition fanatic. Finally getting more than a few gray hairs. Is there any nutritional or topical way to restore color?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What basic considerations should a patient taking antipsychotics have regarding its diet/nutrition? (Very interested in Nutritional Psychiatry)
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A 44-year old asked:
What are the basic daily nutritional requirements?
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A 34-year old asked:
What are the nutritional needs for adults every day?
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A 30-year old asked:
Are those ingredients and nutritional facts in soft drinks are real?
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A 36-year old asked:
What are common nutritional benefits in honey?
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A 39-year old asked:
What's any nutritional value of crab?
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A 44-year old asked:
What information is on the Abraxane label?
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A member asked:
Is mutton good for health ...Nutritional value?
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A 24-year old male asked:
Is it true that sugar has no nutritional value?
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