Hello ladies!
Today, we’re going to share nutrition tips from the Fit Food Guide. Who hasn’t ever hesitated for long minutes in a supermarket aisle between 2 products, trying in vain to compare their labels without knowing which one would be the healthier choice?
To help you make the right choices on your next grocery trip, we’re explaining everything you need to know about nutrition labels.
Follow the guide!
How to read and decode food product labels?
The ingredients list
This list shows the composition of your product. The shorter it is, the better!
A short list means the product will contain few additives.
You should know that in the list, all ingredients are ordered from the most abundant to the least abundant. For example, if sugar appears as the first ingredient (or in second place), your product is made up mainly of sugar… Ouch.
This list allows you to form a first opinion about the product at a glance.
Nutritional values
This label gives you the nutritional information per 100 g (or 100 ml) of product and per serving, and generally appears in this format:
The basics to remember about nutrition labelling:
- Energy value (in kcal and kJ) represents the energy provided by the product, also called calories.
- Fat (in g) represents fats and saturated fatty acids.
- Carbohydrates (in g) include all sugars, starch and fibre.
- Proteins (in g), whether animal- or plant-based, are a source of energy and strength for our bodies; they are essential building blocks of muscles and bones.
- Salt (in g) simply indicates the quantity contained in the product.
- Sometimes, you may also read information about mineral content (iron, calcium, magnesium, etc.), vitamins (A, B, C, etc.), and more.
A few tips
Every intake is important for the proper functioning of our bodies, and all nutrients are necessary for a balanced diet. However, consuming more than our energy needs may encourage weight gain.
So you need to learn to eat in reasonable amounts, nourish yourself with portions suited to your level of physical activity and, above all, listen to your body: eat when you’re hungry (and no longer just out of indulgence) and stop eating when your brain tells you “stop”.
To learn more, discover dozens of tips, advice and more than 100 healthy and delicious recipes, choose the Fit Food Guide.
See you tomorrow for the 6th surprise in this CelluBlue Advent calendar, ladies!