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- From: sdunbar@mailbox.fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com (Steven T. Dunbar)
- Subject: Re: Hidden Fat In Packaged Foods
- Organization: MOTOROLA
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:39:46 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.203946.25121@schbbs.mot.com>
- References: <1993Jan22.191338.17273@wam.umd.edu>
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- >
- > Beware of unlabled packaged food. Dont ever assume it is lowfat no
- > matter what the ingredients say.
- >
- > Steve R
-
- I have been experiementing with reading these product labels...
- although obviously the results don't apply if there isn't a label.
-
- Although this really isn't a new idea, I have been screening products
- according to the ratio of fat grams to carbohydrate grams in the food
- that I buy. I'm don't count calories, I'm just trying to avoid
- fat and foster good eating habits.
-
- As an example, a bagel might have 20 grams of carbos with < 1 gram
- of fat- that is a worst case of 5% fat in the product. One of the
- best aspects of this type of screening is that it is independent
- of serving size... this is important because the serving sizes they
- usually give on labels is pathetic.
-
- Now there have been many people on the net commenting on how your
- diet should be structured, like 60% carbos, 30% protein, 10% fat,
- (or whatever)
-
- My premis is, that if you purchase foods that are already close to
- your dietary parameters, you can avoid a good deal of nutritional
- accounting.
-
- Just thought this might be interesting....
-
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