UNDERSTANDING FOOD LABELS [ Name] SCI/241 - Nutrition Instructor Name [ Date ] UNDERSTANDING FOOD LABELS Food Label and You When discussing nutrition‚ there are a few topics that should be discussed when learning about how to follow proper daily nutrition and living a healthy lifestyle. First‚ we will start with the 5/20 Rule. The 5/20 Rule: When reading the nutrition label on any food item‚ you can see what is a good source of a particular nutrient and what is not. If a food has 5% or less
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Understanding Food Labels SCI/241 09/7/2012 Understanding Food Labels Understanding how to read food labels is important and also healthy. This can help you to maintain a healthy diet. Reading food labels at first can be confusing‚ however it will help you to select foods that will provide you with the accurate amount nutrients and energy that your body needs. Eating healthy can offer your body the energy and nutrition that it needs to function. Eating healthy can also have health benefits
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The Kingdom Resource Center and Food Pantry was created to provide food boxes for those families in need. The food pantry is opened every other Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Prior to opening the doors we put together boxes with canned goods‚ fresh fruits and vegetables‚ pasta and rice products in addition to some meat‚ and dairy items. As a volunteer‚ you must have the desire to serve others and to forget about your needs when helping others. Yes‚ you may be going thru at home or at
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Baked Beans Label Per ½ can: A food label allows for the consumer to identify what sort of nutrients are in their food and how much of each one they are eating on a daily basis. Our food label‚ as shown above‚ has been designed in this form as they appear to look like a tin of beans which interlinks with the product we are selling. We have added in this information as it shows the most important nutrients that are taken in by the body to ensure essential energy production and help
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Salvation Army by helping out with the food pantry on Thursdays. The reason I chose to help out at the food pantry was because I had helped at my local food pantry before and expected it to be a very similar experience. I went for two days and was given a few simple tasks by the coordinator‚ Rena Guillaume. My volunteering consisted of handing out food such as chicken‚ cans of soup‚ fruits‚ vegetables‚ and many other items to each household that came. The food pantry lasted approximately ninety minutes
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Understanding Food Labels Watching the video and reading the material about food labels was very interesting. Reading and comprehending food labels is important to learn for one’s knowledge but most important for one’s health. I know I for one see food labels every day and never pay attention to them. I knew what the items on the food labels were but never really knew how to comprehend why the percentages and numbers were on there and why measuring calories were so important to count. Learning
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Understanding Food Labels Choosing foods in the 5/20 range means that you are choosing foods that are higher than 5% or lower than 20% of the nutritional daily value. The 5/20 rule means that 5% or lower is a low amount of nutritional value and 20% is a high nutritional value. By choosing foods within this value‚ 5/20‚ is the way to choose healthy foods for a person to eat. Make sure that you look at the serving size on the box or container. Nutrient information is for one serving only so if
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Understanding Food Labels SCI 241 University of Phoenix 05/26/2013 The purpose of this paper is to let consumers know they learn of what nutrients are in the foods they eat by reading the labels provided on the product packaging. The 5/20 rule along with the six key label facts allow the average shopper to make informed‚ and nutritionally balanced decisions‚ about the foods they eat. Anyone can use the 5/20 rule to judge the nutrients needed for ones health; alternately one can
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How you define your worldview is how you see the world through your eyes. Everyone has a different worldview and different components to make their worldview. The three components that make up my worldview are God‚ knowledge‚ and ethics‚ because they shaped my thoughts‚ experiences‚ education‚ and my life decisions. The basic idea of whether there is a God or not is very abstract. It is impossible to prove that no God exists and it is for that reason that it is not considered a scientific concept
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University of Phoenix Material Understanding Food Labels Worksheet Part A: Analyzing a Food Label Complete the table below by filling in the requested items. Use the food label of your favorite snack to obtain the information needed. Part B: Calculating Calories Complete the equations below by using the information you obtained in Part A tables. Use figure 5.19 of the Visualizing Nutrition textbook
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