Food packages are the most frequently referenced nutrition tool for consumers. This discussion will help you to better understand nutrition labels. Your first post should be a minimum of 100 words and address the following points:
1) Answer this question: How confident are you interpreting food labels? Does knowledge of the nutrient content in foods influence your purchases or meal planning?
2) Choose a food package from your cabinets. Do not choose a beverage or candy. Using the information you learned in Chapter 3, take time to review your product package. What have you learned from the ingredient list, the nutrient facts panel, doe syou product make any nutrient or health claims? Discuss one thing you learned in detail. Do not simply list nutrition facts.
Please identify your food item and include your name in the subject line of your initial post. Lastly, reply to at least one other student with an substantive comment.
Food packages are the most frequently referenced nutrition tool for consumers. This discussion will help you to better understand nutrition labels. Your first post should be a minimum of 100 words and address the following points:
1) Answer this question: How confident are you interpreting food labels? Does knowledge of the nutrient content in foods influence your purchases or meal planning?
2) Choose a food package from your cabinets. Do not choose a beverage or candy. Using the information you learned in Chapter 3, take time to review your product package. What have you learned from the ingredient list, the nutrient facts panel, doe syou product make any nutrient or health claims? Discuss one thing you learned in detail. Do not simply list nutrition facts.
Please identify your food item and include your name in the subject line of your initial post. Lastly, reply to at least one other student with an substantive comment.
