Next we see % Daily Value. This is recommended daily allowance set by FDA. This item has a total of 25% fat inregards to your recommened dailiy aloowance. That means that is you eat 4 of these food items, your fat intake would have to be cut off for rest of day.

Another item we should look @ is Total Carboydrates. This is evil demon among low-carb dieters. The FDA's recommended daily allowance for carb intake is around 330 grams per day. There are good carbs and bad carbs. The bad carbs would be considered Sugars. In this case there is only 1g of sugar and 3 g of Dietary Fiber. In regards to carb intake this is a good product.

Then there is protein. The more better. Remember this fact. 1 gram of protein and carbs are equvalient to 4 calories. 1 gram of fat is equivalent to 9 calories. I hope this article has cleared up some issues in regards to reading labels. Any educated dieter is a successful dieter.

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#3 Throw out any rule that says you must count calories or fat grams!

Unless you are medically advised for other reasons, stop driving yourself crazy with counting calories and fat grams. If you think that being more mathematical in your approach will help you achieve long term success, you only have disappointment ahead of you. Yes, you can lose weight for a while, but you won’t learn how to listen and respond to your body’s needs because you’ll be too focused on numbers. When you pay attention to how you feel instead, your body will help you be best physician for yourself. Focus on eating until satisfied and put that calculator away!

These are just a few of many rules that have been taught throughout years. Now is time for change, for new thinking. The old rules didn’t bring you success in past, so why would they now? Think differently. Learn how to give your mind and your body best. Free yourself from rules and by doing so, you’ll start to free yourself from a life of frustration.

Copyright 2005 Stacey Rodewald