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“Health Food” vs. Healthy Food — How to read labels


Do you know how to read food labels? Maybe you THOUGHT you did. Truth is, you probably don’t. But Jeff Novick, MS, RD — of the mcdougall program — does. And in his full talk he shows the 3 easy steps you MUST know if you ever buy foods at any supermarket or “health” food store. In this online excerpt, Novick — who used to be a food service manager at Kraft Foods — exposes one of the dirty secrets major food corporations use to deceive consumers. It’s no accident labels are so confusing! High-protein/low-carb diet proponents claim that the US started eating “low-fat” foods 20 years ago and yet still gained weight, “proving” that the low-fat diet wasn’t effective. But that’s nonsense, as Novick demonstrates in his talk. The foods weren’t/aren’t low-fat at all. Food companies use sleight of hand to make them appear that way. Novick shows how to cut through the nonsense of food labeling to see what you need to see, and understand what you’re really getting. This is an excerpt from Novick’s 80-minute talk at the vegsource 2007 Healthy Lifestyle Expo, and part of a 12-part series of top health expert presentations. In his full fascinating and entertaining presentation, Novick teachers the “three easy rules” for cutting through the bs and quickly understanding food labels, to know exactly what you’re getting. After watching his talk, you’ll never look at packaged food the same! You can get a DVD set featuring all 12 amazing talks from the Expo 2007. CLICK HERE for more info

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25 Comments

  1. ministar91
    19 March, 2010, 8:59

    Thank you, my mistake. :)

  2. explorer2101
    19 March, 2010, 9:12

    @ Ministar912 divided by 245 is 0. 008 times 100 = 0. 8% is how you work Prozentsätze.Er is not the only one to emphasize. I read the same information by nutritionists and other health professionals in the ausgestellt.Sie last 15 years can not buy, but they are accurate.

  3. RMCKIE
    19 March, 2010, 9:29

    Should be the food companies to tell us the truth and not just us con. Close Yes, if they are not.

  4. leekucia
    19 March, 2010, 9:37

    to try in your face ministar91 thats smart to be

  5. EliteLean
    19 March, 2010, 10:22

    Great lesson for all. Thank you, Renay

  6. mrjeff316
    19 March, 2010, 11:09

    It is really very good at this kind of videos that were aware of what is really useful for our health. . . thank you for the video, I learned a lot from him. .

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  8. StemCellWarrior
    19 March, 2010, 11:55

    If you can not help you balance this with the food to be allowed to mind as biscuits, bacon come back to bite you in the butt. It is also very important to ask, why is pork and the waste is in the cookie, such as enriched flour, which is white, and probably bleached. The body can work to get by, but after a while it starts to reject it, make you sick. And this is only the beginning of what is processed in the food and how it is.

  9. cgchex05
    19 March, 2010, 12:28

    The grams of things is there anything you need. Ask the% is dumb, you can not on the amount of calories you eat thousands% or more calories than you should not even be able to know.

  10. therawfooddiet
    19 March, 2010, 13:21

    I am happy to see this video! I learned something useful today! Thank you:) Please take a look at my videos to learn about related topics.

  11. charlz108
    19 March, 2010, 14:05

    @ Ministar91 he said. 8%, which is quite correct. . Multiply 008 by 100 to express it in percentage.

  12. ministar91
    19 March, 2010, 14:26

    2 Joint 245 is 0. 008, NOT 0 8. Lost its credibility in the beginning, and I’m not bad on the other.

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  14. ShellyDrift
    19 March, 2010, 15:06

    Criminals !!!!!

  15. abulic
    19 March, 2010, 15:48

    All Americans should be educated in this way at a young age.

  16. Mentat1231
    19 March, 2010, 16:14

    @ Independent1971Ever heard of Carl Lewis?

  17. independent1971
    19 March, 2010, 17:07

    @ Harold333100 Ok well you eat all the healthy foods that you and I’m going to “eat biscuits and bacon and then we’ll go run and see who comes first, then we will see whos fitter

  18. harold333100
    19 March, 2010, 18:07

    @ Independent1971 Dr. Esselstyn using reverse heart disease and cure their patients but not every year as a prerequisite for the experiement. His science is clear: it is 10% or less fat and 10% protein or less, is the key to staying healthy, not exercise. Athletes Drop Dead, having clogged arteries.

  19. independent1971
    19 March, 2010, 18:30

    Yes, but you can eat well and expect to be healthy is to get the point in. someone who eats healthier than anyone else, could really in a worse state because they engage with.

  20. Mentat1231
    19 March, 2010, 19:29

    @ Independent19711) “clogged” arteries are not the problem. Eating high-fat, cholesterol and foods low in fiber buildup of plaque on artery walls. They eventually burst, and this is what causes heart attacks. No amount of exercise will not affect diese.2), you are pretty cut our carbs is a Idee.3 very bad) Exercise is very important. But that’s an excuse for poor nutrition, smoking is to say as long as you have done enough to strengthen the lungs!

  21. independent1971
    19 March, 2010, 20:22

    i wouldnt say more important, physical activity is probably much higher. you can eat McDonalds every two days and as long as you are sufficiently plugged with crud performance of your arteries, and keep well. even a healthy diet is important, but not how you eat is strictly non-food high in fat or cutting carbohydrates a bad idea (for that matter) and you can still stay healthy.

  22. Mentat1231
    19 March, 2010, 20:28

    @ Independent1971 “normal food”? What’s this? The diet is much more important factor in body fat and general health as physical activity.

  23. independent1971
    19 March, 2010, 21:21

    Why not eat regular food and actually go to the gym? you can not expect to sit in the form of on the couch and eat chips to stay potato fat free. . . . lol

  24. cogiterium
    19 March, 2010, 21:49

    Wow, how misleading. I will read the pack with more precision. If you eat food mainly raw, but you do not have to worry Mogelpackung, because there is none, I lost 10 pounds. in 2 weeks by eating raw food for most.

  25. Mentat1231
    19 March, 2010, 21:52

    @ Zahmac01Wäre is not convincing when it complicated? If this one) for the macronutrients (protein, carbohydrates and lipids, it is not normally the number / percent of calories from any available. The type of fat or carbohydrates sometimes come into play as well, but they often return to Zahlen.Dieser approach is supported in the scientific literature.

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