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Top 10 Misleading Food Label Claims | Nutrition Labels BUSTED!!!

what's up everybody dr. Mike here I'm incredibly excited to announce that this week's video is officially all-natural check this out impressive right and you know what that means no you don't I don't either doesn't mean anything this week I'm going to be talking about misleading food labels and my top 10 tips on how to be a more educated consumer number 10 don't buy into the meaningless phrases all natural foods can still contain chemicals even the FDA website doesn't have a formal definition of all-natural plus even if something is fully all-natural it still doesn't mean it's healthy your energy drink could contain more caffeine than you think and that's courtesy of the Goron abeam which contains two to three times more caffeine than the coffee bean and energy drink companies don't have to add that to the caffeine content on the can because it's part of their proprietary blend you see low fat on nutrition label and you automatically assume it must be healthy first of all you shouldn't be so scared of dietary fat and second of all most of these companies just jack up the sugar content to make up for the lost taste not so healthy right your Bacon's has no added nitrates it must be preservative free not so fast if it contains something like celery root powder that's just another form of added nitrates that's how they get you [Music] your food tastes really sweet but the label says zero grams of sugar how is that possible well it's likely that you're ingesting artificial sweeteners like aspartame and while we don't have absolute evidence that is bad for your health what we do know now is it does change your brain chemistry and make you crave more unhealthy foods throughout the day you're halfway there to the number-one point that will make you an educated consumer zero grams of sugar added it's a great thing but you still need to check the nutrition facts for the naturally occurring sugar for example if you have a cup of orange juice in the morning made up of four oranges that's thirty-six grams of sugar same as a coke but guess what the label will still say zero grams of added sugar don't fall for these unsubstantiated health claims you often find our food packaging it boosts your immunity it helps your skin stay radiant most of these health claims are often vague or exaggerated in fact the Journal of nutrition education and behavior valley these claims appeared mostly on foods high in saturated fats sugars or sodium just stick to Nutrition Facts and the ingredient list also be skeptical when the packaging touts a single ingredient usually that's just a sleight-of-hand move to distract you from the other unhealthy ingredients found elsewhere whole-wheat cereals whole wheat bars whole wheat bread you think you're getting a true whole-wheat product not so fast you have to look at the first ingredient in the ingredient section which is the most abundant one and it has to have the word whole in order for it to be made predominantly of whole wheat number dish dosa the light that sounds like a great quality for your food to have light means low in fat low in calories right not necessarily if a food tastes light if it's light in color it can still carry the light label so don't get too excited when you see it light in the title of your food the number one tip yes the number one tip to make you an educated food consumer look at the serving size I've made this mistake so many times I've gotten a container of soup and I said oh in a slightly more sodium than I thought and then I ate it and then I realized the serving size was a quarter of the container so that means I had four times the amount of sodium I initially had now look you get an ice cream container and it says 120 calories per half a cup how many half a cups are in your bowl of ice cream the FDA is even catching on to this one if the entire container is likely to be eaten in one sitting the companies will be obligated to put the entire container as a serving size so there you have it you are now an educated food consumer please don't stress about your food choices because stress is a true killer be smart educate yourself know what you put in your body and stay healthy thanks for watching seven your Bacon's will guess what why I keep saying well guess what number nine why am i doing six [Music]

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