Read It Before You Eat It : How to Decode Food Labels and Make the Healthiest Choice Every Time - Softcover

Bonnie Taub-Dix

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0452296439 ISBN 13: 9780452296435

Publisher: Plume, 2010

Synopsis

The whole foods movement explained how to shop healthily at the farmers market, but how can families shop shrewdly at Tesco's? There is a wealth of information on labels, but most people have no idea that products labelled trans-fat free can contain trans-fats or that all natural is a meaningless phrase. Readers can bring this handy guide to the supermarket to help them interpret labels like a pro. How much sodium is too much? Are all carbs the kiss of death? And what does organic really mean? Renowned nutritionist, Bonnie Taub-Dix, clears up the confusion by showing readers how to make sense of the labels and sidestep tricky marketing ploys. Then, she walks them through a typical supermarket and points out the best food choices to make in every aisle. Learn how to: · Read labels like a pro - including the nutritional information and cryptic ingredients lists · Decide whether it's worth it to pay extra for products labelled organic, all-natural or free-range · Find and avoid hidden fats, calories and sugars in foods From Read It Before You Eat It: Did you know that if a product claims that it is has no sugar added that it can actually be loaded with sugar? The manufacturer can legally make this claim if they sweeten the product with molasses, fruit juice concentrate or high fructose corn syrup, providing lots of sweetness and empty calories. There might not be a grain of sugar in there, but all of these ingredients act like sugar

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Review:

I could write a book about how to use food labels, but luckily I don't have to Read It Before You Eat Itby registered dietitian Bonnie Taub-Dix is a complete supermarket guide. Taub-Dix shares knowledge that can help you make better economic as well as nutritional choices whether buzzwords like free range, hormone free and antibiotic free, for example, are worth the extra bucks. Interesting, isn't it, that when food is free, it costs a lot more. Sheah Rarback, The Miami Herald"

"I could write a book about how to use food labels, but luckily I don't have to... Read It Before You Eat It by registered dietitian Bonnie Taub-Dix is a complete supermarket guide. Taub-Dix shares knowledge that can help you make better economic as well as nutritional choices--whether buzzwords like 'free range, ' 'hormone free' and 'antibiotic free, ' for example, are worth the extra bucks. Interesting, isn't it, that when food is 'free, ' it costs a lot more."--Sheah Rarback, The Miami Herald

About the Author:

Nutritionist Bonnie Taub-Dix is a specialist in behavior and lifestyle modification, nutritional therapy, obesity and weight management with thirty years of experience. She lives on Long Island with her husband and three sons.

About this edition

• Publisher: Plume
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0452296439
• ISBN 13: 9780452296435
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272