16. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Oct 23, 2007, 5:13 am PDT

I notice this article forgets the most important thing... the ingredients! ** MSG, High Fructose Corn Syrup, and Hydrogenated Oils * are the first things that will kill you, yet they write the article as if these ingredients don't even exist. hmmmm.... Before you read anything else, if these ingredients are on the label, DON'T BUY IT period. That will save you even more time.

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17. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Oct 23, 2007, 5:13 am PDT

I usually look to see how much transfat and saturated fat there is. Then I look to see if salt and sugar are the first ingredient because if it is that is bad. Good ingredients should be listed first and then the salt etc. should be near the end.

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18. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Oct 23, 2007, 5:13 am PDT

It really, really irks me when people complain about food labels being confusing. No they are NOT! It's right there in black and white on the back of most every package: Calories per serving and RIGHT UNDER THAT is the number of servings per container. I truly believe you have to be really stupid if you can't figure a simple label out. It doesn't take much of an IQ to look at the numbers. Calories per serving - 250. Number of servings per package - 4. And that means? There isn't just one serving in the bag AND there is four 250 calorie servings in the bag. It's not the food compaines fault. Stop blaming them for making it "confusing" and open you eyes.

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19. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Oct 23, 2007, 5:14 am PDT

Thank-you this helped alot!!!

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20. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Oct 23, 2007, 5:16 am PDT

I think the suggestion on reading how many servings is a good one. A regular bag of M&M's from a vending machine has TWO servings in it. Really, who eats half a bag and tucks the other half a way?

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21. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Oct 23, 2007, 5:16 am PDT

What about carbs? Where do they figure in this?

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22. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Oct 23, 2007, 5:17 am PDT

You're so right SAMZILLA. It's disgusting our government is allowing companies to say "0g trans fat!" when there is hydrogenated oil in the food, which is pretty much the same thing as trans fats. Why are they allowed to lie to us like this?

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23. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Oct 23, 2007, 5:19 am PDT

hi can we know more about the E-NUMPERS & which safe & not safe ??? thank you

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24. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Oct 23, 2007, 5:20 am PDT

Trans Fat and Saturated Fat is bad. The good ingredients should be listed first and the salt, sugar, fructose syrup should be listed at the end of the ingredients. My wife is a diabtetic 2 and she went vegetarian and her blood sugar level has been steady ever since. She eats fruit moderately. She also reads your articles though she does not agree with you fully.

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25. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Oct 23, 2007, 5:20 am PDT

Thanks for the decoding I have looked at food labels and get totally confused at what they are telling me.

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26. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Oct 23, 2007, 5:21 am PDT

Wow,always I forget that servins size , but is dificul when the food is delicious. Mmm so good!

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27. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Oct 23, 2007, 5:21 am PDT

Come on! who didn't know this? Obviously the ones that won't read. This is truly the most stupid article I have read in years. DUUUH!

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28. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Oct 23, 2007, 5:22 am PDT

thank you. I look mostly at the Sat. Fat and try to stay under 14 g a day.

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29. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Oct 23, 2007, 5:23 am PDT

Come on! who didn't know this? Obviously the ones that won't read. This is truly the most stupid article I have read in years. DUUUH!

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30. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Oct 23, 2007, 5:23 am PDT

While I agree with everything you have stated, I would argue that it is not the calories they consume but the quality of food. Controlling weight is more about quality of food then quantity. If you are eating enough whole food to be hungry in 3 hours your body will let you know how much food you need.

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