1. Reading nutrition labels and calculating calories

2. Name That food
Pretend you are on a deserted island. You come across 3 items and are allowed to only choose 1 food item. The only thing you know about them are their ingredients. Which would you choose?
1) Sugar, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (may contain one or more of the following oils: coconut, cotton seed, palm kernal, canola or soybean), corn syrup, sodium caseinate (a milk derivative), natural and artificial flavors, dipotassium phosphate, mono and diglycerides, salt.
2) Fish, sufficient water for processing, shrimp, guar gum, steamed bone meal, titanium dioxide, potassium chloride, salt, iron oxide (vitamins E, A, D3, B-12), thiamin monooxitrate (vitamin B1), ferrous sulfate, zinc, sulfate, magnesium, niacin, calcium, pantothenate, riboflavin, supplement (vitamin B2) cobalt carbonate, menodione sodium bisulfate complex (source of vitamin K activity), folic acid, potassium iodide and biotin.
3) Sugar, corn syrup, food starch-modified, apple juice from concentrate, less than 1.5% citric acid, confectioner’s glaze, artificial and natural flavors, gum acacia, coloring (includes yellow 5, red 40, yellow 6, blue 1)

3. What are food labels telling you?

4. What are food labels telling you?
Serving size: ½ cups
Serving Per Container: 4
Cals per serving: 250
Cals per container: 1000
Total Fat Per Serving: 14g
Total Fat Per Container: 56g
Carbs Per Serving: 26g
Total Carbs Per Container: 104g
Protein Per Serving: 4g
Total Protein Per Container: 16g

5. What are food labels telling you?
Serving Size: 5 Crackers
Serving Per Container: 28
Calories Per Serving: 80
Calories Per Container: 2240
Total Fat Per Serving: 4.5g
Total Fat Per Container: 126g
Carbs Per Serving: 9g
Total Carbs Per Container: 252g
Protein Per Serving: 1g
Total Protein Per Container: 28g

6. How can you tell what is healthy or unhealthy?
Saturated Fat vs Unsaturated
Carbs: 12g or less per serving is healthier
Fiber: 3g or higher per serving is healthy
Protein: 3g or higher per serving is healthy
Sugars: 3g or less per serving
Calories from fat… If less than half of the calories come from fat it’s healthy!
Healthy: I
Unhealthy: IIII

7. How can you tell what is healthy or unhealthy?
Saturated Fat vs Unsaturated Fat
Carbs: 12g or less per serving is healthier
Fiber: 3g or higher per serving is healthy
Protein: 3g or higher per serving is healthy
Sugar: 3g or less per serving
Calories from fat… If less than half of the calories come from fat it’s healthy!
Healthy: IIII
Unhealthy: I