Study – Sweet and Salty: Nutritional Content and Analysis of Baby and Toddler Foods
A recent study published in the Journal of Public Health should raise a few eyebrows: Background To critically examine baby and toddler food products sold in Canada for their sugar and sodium content, and to assess these in light of current recommendations. Methods Baby and toddler foods (n = 186) were coded for various attributes, including ‘Nutrition Facts’ label data. Four ‘categories’ of baby/toddler foods were analyzed against...
Deceptive Label Claims #1: “No Preservatives”
As implied in the previous post, supplements aren’t the only products that are marketed using deceptive ads and label claims. The food industry often uses similar tactics… it’s just more subtle. The PR people for most food corporations are Jedi Masters when it comes to manipulating images and telling selective truths; so while they don’t actually tell lies, it’s often hard to see the difference. For...
Puttin’ Down the Ritz
I was doing my usual “thing” this morning – checking out my favorite blogs while cracking open pistachios (my fave snack) – when my eye was caught by a blog banner ad for “Ritz Crackerfuls.” In addition to a pic of the cracker on the front of the box, there were also images of a stalk of wheat and a chunk of cheese – which illustrated the “Made with Real Cheese!” and “6g of...
A Good Way to BOOST Your Sugar Intake
You should always flip over a packaged food product and check out the ingredients and nutritional panel on the back, because THAT’S where the information you need to know is located. Never, never, never, trust what you read in an ad, on a product website or on the front of the box/bottle/package/container. Here’s a case in point: Nestle’s Boost. It’s sold as a nutritional drink; and so it is… sorta. If...
“Sugar-Free” May Not Mean “Low Calorie” Either
As noted by this article in the LA Times: But consumers who reach for sugarless or reduced-sugar versions of their favorite treats in the hopes of consuming fewer calories and shedding a few pounds should read product labels carefully, says Mary Ann Johnson, professor of foods and nutrition at the University of Georgia in Athens and a spokeswoman for the American Society for Nutrition. “Just because you take the sugar out of...
Ignorance Isn’t Wisdom
I work in the health/fitness community, so – naturally – I see the advice that various gurus/wannabe gurus give out. While a lot of it is pretty basic and uncontroversial, one particular bit of diet-related “wisdom” really raises my blood pressure: “If you can’t pronounce it, don’t eat it.” Yes, I know it’s designed to put people off highly processed, faux/snack/junk foods, and as...
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