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Making healthy food decisions on a daily basis is tough, especially when we are consistently head-to-head with busy, on-the-go lifestyles, takeout food and leftover Easter candy.

And as if choosing healthy foods to eat is not difficult enough, deciphering…

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Admittedly, looking at a nutrition label on a product can be a bit overwhelming. Thankfully, certain phrases added to the front of the package can help consumers make quicker and smarter decisions about the items they are eating. 

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We’ve all done it: stared at the items in a vending machine hoping the one snack we’re eying is somewhat healthy. Then we drop our coins, grab our treat and gaze at the nutritional label, unsure of what the numbers and…

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We could all use a little bit of help when it comes to distinguishing between legitimately healthy foods and their phony counterparts. Just because a muffin is made with bran, does its fiber content make up for a large amount…

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Trans fats, those hazardous compounds found in packaged and processed foods, cause a host of long-term health problems and are considered major contributors to cardiovascular and weight problems in North America.

Last year, the FDA announced that all food…

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Perhaps you’ve heard the adage to “only believe half of what you read and half of what you hear.” Well, such skepticism goes a long way when discerning the nutritional content of packaged foods. 

There are key words…

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Looking to make healthier food choices? Your mission for more information just got easier, with a new system to score the nutritional value of foods coming to grocery store shelves in the New Year.

A team of researchers…

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If you’re a health conscious eater, you may be wary about buying packaged foods with long lists of incomprehensible ingredients - and you should be. Preservatives, sodium and trans fats abound in our grocery aisles, and we know they have serious…

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