Live like our ancestors,
begin reading food labels and teach the new generations to do the same.
When I started studying nutrition and
began reading food labels, I realized most protein bars are made with far too much sugar, artificial ingredients, and denatured protein from both whey and soy sources.
Not exact matches
By
reading the
labels we
begin to recognize ingredients such as TBHQ, carrageenan, BHT, BHA, hydrogenated oil, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose (synonymous for corn syrup) and artificial
food dyes Yellow 5 and Yellow 6, Red 40, and Blue 1 and Blue 2.
They
began reading labels and quickly changed their entire meal plan to healthy, natural
food options.
At the time, I was suffering from carpal tunnel, so I
began to
read food labels more closely and sure enough, I was regularly eating some snack
foods that contained yellow dye.
After attending the class, I personally
began reading the
labels on my
food — and what a wake - up call!
When it comes to feeding our dogs, we want to make the best choices, but
read any dog
food label and let the confusion
begin.
The most important thing you need to know about
reading dog
food labels is that ingredients are listed in descending order by volume — the items at the
beginning of the list are present in the greatest quantities.
If you've
begun to
read packaged
food and beverage
labels, this won't come as a surprise.