Mar 13, 2020
What can we do to help us make healthier choices about what we eat and drink?
- Read the Nutrition Facts labels on your packaged food and drinks to keep track of sugars, fats, protein, and other nutrients.
- Be sure you know how many servings are in the food you are eating. For example, if you buy what looks like an individual sized chicken pie, check the Nutrition Facts label before you assume that the whole pie is one serving. It might actually be two servings. If you eat the whole pie, you will eat twice as many calories, twice as much sodium, and other nutrients listed on the label.
- Most of the sodium we consume is in the form of salt. In most people’s diets, the majority of salt comes from processed and restaurant foods. Read labels and choose the product with less sodium trying to consume no more than 2000 mg/day.
- Keep your intake of added sugars to less than 10% (e.g. 200 calories if you consume 2,000 calories in a day) of your total daily calories. Naturally occurring sugars, such as those in fruit or milk, are not added sugars.
- Drink plain water instead of sugary beverages to reduce the number of calories and added sugar you consume.
This content was originally posted on the WDTV News website here.
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