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“They hide 20g of sugar”
Are you this passive in real life? Eating whatever “they” sell you? Read the labels. It’s all right there. Buy the yogurt without any added sugar. It says “plain”. I buy the full fat plain yogurt and add real fruit to it (fresh or frozen). It doesn’t take a genius to read a food label. There are standards in labeling. It’s required and has all you need to know to make an informed decision. That list of food you rattled off, I don’t even need to read the label to know it’s not healthy, but if you didn’t know, the label would tell you how much crap is in there.

Would you buy a car or appliance without doing independent research or would you trust the Super Bowl ads wholeheartedly?
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Did you know there are 61 names for sugar that go on ingredient label?

1. Label says “Made with Whole Grains”
Implies: 100% of grains used are whole.
Really means: Recipe often includes only a “pinch” of whole grains, added to many more refined ones. “Made with whole grains” is technically true, but only in a legalistic sense!

2. Label says “Multi-Grain”
Implies: More healthful with whole grains.
Often means: Many refined grains.

3. Label says “No Cholesterol”
Implies: More desirable because it is a special formulation without cholesterol.
Often means: The food never contained cholesterol in the first place; for example, “no-cholesterol peanut butter.” Cholesterol is only found in animal products. Plant-derived food never has cholesterol.

4. Label says “Natural”
Implies: No man-made ingredients, organic, non-GMO.
Often means: Nothing at all. “Natural” is not a claim verified by any oversight body.

5. Label: Sugary junk food does not list sugar as the first ingredient
Implies: Sugar content is not very high.
Often means: Food contains many forms of sugar, none of which are in high enough amounts to require it to be listed first on the food label. But cumulatively, the combination of many forms of sugar can still add up to little more than a processed form of rock candy. Various names for sugar include:
Corn syrup solids, crystal dextrose, evaporated cane juice, fructose sweetener, fruit juice concentrates, malt syrup, maple syrup, molasses, concentrated fruit juice, hexitol, inversol, isomalt, maltodextrin, malted barley, nectars, pentose, raisin syrup and, well…you get the picture![/quote]

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