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Serving Size and Your Portion: Calculate the Amount You Actually Eat
The amount on a Nutrition Facts label and the amount in your bowl are not always the same.
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A Practical Nutrition Label Checklist: Find the Number That Answers Your Question
A food label becomes easier to use when you begin with a question.
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Before You Share Nutrition Advice: A Source-Checking Worksheet
A screenshot can make a nutrition claim look more complete than it is. A number, a logo and a confident headline may be visible while the author, date and underlying evidence are missing.
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How to Compare Food Labels When the Serving Sizes Differ
Two packages can display different nutrient amounts partly because their labeled servings differ.
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Two Nutrition Columns? Read Their Headings Before You Calculate
Two columns of numbers do not always answer the same question. One pair may describe a serving and an entire package. Another may describe a dry product and a prepared portion.
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Grams, Milligrams, and % Daily Value: Keep Nutrition Label Units Straight
A label can show grams, milligrams and percentages within a few lines. They are not interchangeable.
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Dry Mix or Prepared Food? Match Your Serving Calculation to the Label
A serving expressed as a weight is incomplete unless you also know the state of the food.
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Total Sugars and Added Sugars: Read the Includes Line Without Double Counting
Two sugar entries on a Nutrition Facts label do not represent two amounts that should be added together. The smaller category sits inside the larger one.
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Check Front Package Claims Against Nutrition Facts: Label-Reading Errors That Distort the Comparison
When comparing food products, misreading the Nutrition Facts label can lead to incorrect assumptions about added sugars.
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Sodium on Food Labels: Milligrams, Daily Value, and Whole-Package Totals
A sodium entry is easier to interpret when you keep three things together: the amount in milligrams, the quantity of food it describes, and its percent Daily Value.
