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Don’t rely on food product labels for your food facts! Get a food reference book!

If you have a medical condition with dietary restrictions, you probably check the food label for the amount of sodium, or carbs and such. Even if you’re perfectly healthy, you may think you’ll stay that way by reading the food labels. Inspecting every food label can get time consuming. The problem is that these food fact labels don’t tell you much at all.

For example, people with severe allergies are well advised to not eat processed or prepared foods. Why? Although recent legislation required that processed and prepared foods must list known allergens, this list is not comprehensive. In other words, that food may contain an allergen that will sicken you. As for additives, the food fact label does include these, but who knows what all those chemicals are or do?

If you really want to get a handle on a healthy diet, you need to become more familiar with the foods you eat. Of what nutritional value is a potato? Mushrooms? Fish? Is one variety better than another? What does potassium do for your health? There’s one easy way to find out. Get a good food facts reference book.
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