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Back in year 2002 something wonderful happened, the FDA ruled that there would be a new category of pre-approved product claims, and this was called "qualified health claims". This enabled planters peanut company to write on their peanut box, "will save your life from diabetes and cure syphilis."
Well that may be an exaggeration, but you get the idea right. We have cereals claiming to lower cholesterol... sorry this is a lie.
These cereals that lower cholesterol and these magic yogurts that make you lose ten pounds a day, they are basically a lie, a great big lie that the FDA approved for marketing purposes. Not to worry though, nutrition is a very important aspect of health.
So eating right is going to be a very good for you, but eating things that are advertised to have 100% of your daily vitamin C may or may not be good for you. Where did 100% come from and how much is that?
That is the FDAs RDA (Recommended Daily Amount) and the specific amount of vitamin C recommend to us is 90 mgs. In case if you don't know 90 mgs of vitamin c is about as much as you get from an orange, a little less than you get from few pieces of pineapple, and significantly less the amount you would get from one salad.
90mgs is the amount you need daily to not die from scurvy. The body can actually use and benefit from up to 2000mgs of vitamin C.
So when there is a cup of juice that says 100% vitamin C it is really saying, "This has half the amount of vitamin c you would get from an orange, with twice the calories and sugars". Keep that in mind; don't be fooled by phony marketing schemes.
There is basically a simple test to see if something is going to be good for you or not. Is it real, or fake?
Did it grow in a garden or was it concocted in some lab? Well, basically whole foods and natural ingredients make things healthy.
Not those silly foods with fantastical health claims. If you are not sure if it is good and it says it is, just check the nutrition facts on the back.
Start being self-aware of the foods you eat. You want to be independently capable of choosing what is right for your and denying what is wrong.
Just imagine if you designed a box of cereal, what would you want it to say so people would buy it? You see, the marketing laws and everything is so contorted and twisted there are a lot of things you can do that you shouldn't be able to, and a lot things you can't do that you should be able too. Destry Masterson is an author who has written hundreds of articles. She publishes articles for http://www.nordictrack.com and recommends them for treadmills.
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