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What's more important health wise...ingredients or the nutrition facts?
Posted on 2/9/15 at 7:54 am
Posted on 2/9/15 at 7:54 am
Say you have a product (let's just say yogurt) with 2 options. Option A has minimal ingredients (like 3 or 4) and they're all natural. The nutrition facts on the label are pretty good as well. Without throwing out actual numbers, let's say that you would give them a 7.5 on a 10 scale. You also have option B. Option B has a shite ton of ingredients with fancy and scientific sounding names, but the nutrition facts somehow seem better than A. Let's say you'd give them a 9 on a 10 scale.
So..when it comes to a "healthy diet" or whatever phrase you want to use just talking about overall health, which is better? A more natural product with no fillers, preservatives, and other scientific junk they put in there, or a product with more stuff thrown in that ultimately (according to the label) is "better"?
So..when it comes to a "healthy diet" or whatever phrase you want to use just talking about overall health, which is better? A more natural product with no fillers, preservatives, and other scientific junk they put in there, or a product with more stuff thrown in that ultimately (according to the label) is "better"?
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Posted on 2/9/15 at 7:58 am to WG_Dawg
that depends on certain nutritional info
this all depends. you have to find a middle road
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So..when it comes to a "healthy diet" or whatever phrase you want to use just talking about overall health, which is better? A more natural product with no fillers, preservatives, and other scientific junk they put in there, or a product with more stuff thrown in that ultimately (according to the label) is "better"?
this all depends. you have to find a middle road
Posted on 2/9/15 at 8:00 am to WG_Dawg
for most Americans the most important number is the calorie count. between the two yogurts, eat whichever one tastes better, that's much less important than not over eating.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 8:05 am to WG_Dawg
The most important things to avoid are high-fructose corn-syrup, trans-fats and any foods that are "Jewy".
Posted on 2/9/15 at 8:09 am to LucasP
Who doesn't make their own yogurt these days anyway? OP is trash.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 8:10 am to white perch
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between the two yogurts, eat whichever one tastes better, that's much less important than not over eating.
I'm definitely not watching calories, it's just a question I thought of recently. I do kinda sorta look at labels in the store, and it's a trend I've noticed recently. You'll have one product with about 2 ingredients in it which would seem like the far better choice, then a product with like 50 ingredients in it that has a better label.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 8:42 am to WG_Dawg
ingredients hands down!
Companies will put all that crap in it just to make the nutrition label look better. Fewer Ingredients less chance of eating fake food
Companies will put all that crap in it just to make the nutrition label look better. Fewer Ingredients less chance of eating fake food
Posted on 2/9/15 at 9:16 am to WG_Dawg
I tend to stick with the product with fewer ingredients. I used to be a numbers shopper, but since I became a father I care much more about the ingredients.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 9:21 am to WG_Dawg
I go with A.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 9:22 am to jakedel12
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ingredients hands down!
Companies will put all that crap in it just to make the nutrition label look better. Fewer Ingredients less chance of eating fake food
Yup those bullshite diet meals you buy at the store are terrible for you.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 9:33 am to WG_Dawg
Generally speaking, fewer ingredients are better. Now, if those ingredients are shitty foods, you might still have a problem.
Diet is simple. Eat lean meats (fish, chicken, beef). Eat lots of vegetables. Eat some fruit. Eat small amounts of starches.
Diet is simple. Eat lean meats (fish, chicken, beef). Eat lots of vegetables. Eat some fruit. Eat small amounts of starches.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 9:35 am to WG_Dawg
Always take the natural ingredients you recognize over lab created crap.
Do you realize that "natural flavors" is beaver butt?
Do you realize that "natural flavors" is beaver butt?
Posted on 2/9/15 at 9:38 am to Bullfrog
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Do you realize that "natural flavors" is beaver butt?
seems natural to me
Posted on 2/9/15 at 9:41 am to WG_Dawg
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Say you have a product (let's just say yogurt) with 2 options. Option A has minimal ingredients (like 3 or 4) and they're all natural. The nutrition facts on the label are pretty good as well. Without throwing out actual numbers, let's say that you would give them a 7.5 on a 10 scale. You also have option B. Option B has a shite ton of ingredients with fancy and scientific sounding names, but the nutrition facts somehow seem better than A. Let's say you'd give them a 9 on a 10 scale.
in most cases you have more than 2 options, but in the scenario you presented you're kinda screwed either way. you can make food that's very high in saturated fat and sugar with only natural ingredients. don't fool yourself into thinking it's healthy just because it has only all natural ingredients.
honestly when it comes to yogurt i tend to buy plain yogurt and mix it with honey or something if i want it to be sweet. that way you can control how much sugar you are eating and you know exactly what's in it.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 9:54 am to WG_Dawg
Ingredients
Posted on 2/9/15 at 10:03 am to gorillacoco
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gorillacoco
The most recent example I have is egg whites.
Option A only has 1 ingredient: 100% egg whites.
Option B has 99% egg whites, and 1% of about 30 other crap sounding chemicals/products.
Yet option B had a slightly "better" label (less calories, less carbs/sugars, more protein) and was cheaper.
that's just one example of course but I've been seeing that lately. And obvioulsy less than 1% of stuff doesn't really matter, but a lot of labels don't specify the percentage.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 12:50 pm to WG_Dawg
Honestly in the egg white example you just gave id probably go with straight egg whites. Btw how do you cook them? I bought a container of egg whites but I couldn't make them taste worth a crap so I never got them again.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 12:55 pm to gorillacoco
What I've been doing for years is using 1 real actual egg, then a couple second pour of the egg whites. Most of the time I'll throw other shite in there too depending on mood (cheese, veggies, meat, peppers, whatever I feel like at the time).
The first time I ever bought egg whites I didn't really like the consistency of it, so I started using an egg as well to help with that.
The first time I ever bought egg whites I didn't really like the consistency of it, so I started using an egg as well to help with that.
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