“Health Food” vs. Healthy Food — How to read labels

Do you know how to read food labels? Maybe you THOUGHT you did. Truth is, you probably don’t. But Jeff Novick, MS, RD — of the McDougall program — does. And in his full talk he shows the 3 easy steps you MUST know if you ever buy foods at any supermarket or “health” food store. In this online excerpt, Novick — who used to be a food service manager at Kraft Foods — exposes one of the dirty secrets major food corporations use to deceive consumers. It’s no accident labels are so confusing! High-protein/low-carb diet proponents claim that the US started eating “low-fat” foods 20 years ago and yet still gained weight, “proving” that the low-fat diet wasn’t effective. But that’s nonsense, as Novick demonstrates in his talk. The foods weren’t/aren’t low-fat at all. Food companies use sleight of hand to make them appear that way. Novick shows how to cut through the nonsense of food labeling to see what you need to see, and understand what you’re really getting. This is an excerpt from Novick’s 80-minute talk at the VegSource 2007 Healthy Lifestyle Expo, and part of a 12-part series of top health expert presentations. In his full fascinating and entertaining presentation, Novick teachers the “three easy rules” for cutting through the bs and quickly understanding food labels, to know exactly what you’re getting. After watching his talk, you’ll never look at packaged food the same! You can get a DVD set featuring all 12 amazing talks from the Expo 2007. CLICK HERE for more info


25 Responses to ““Health Food” vs. Healthy Food — How to read labels”

  1. harold333100 says:

    @independent1971 Dr. Esselstyn reversed heart disease and cured his patients but did not use any exercise as a condition of the experiements. His science is clear: it is 10% or less of fat and 10% of protein or less that is the critical item to remain healthy, not exercise. Athletes drop dead of having clogged arteries.

  2. independent1971 says:

    @harold333100 ok well you eat all the healthy food you want and i will go eat a bacon biscuit and we will go run and see who passes out first, then we will see whos in better condition

  3. Mentat1231 says:

    @independent1971

    Ever heard of Carl Lewis?

  4. abulic says:

    Every American should be educated in this manner at a young age.

  5. ShellyDrift says:

    Criminals!!!!!

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  7. ministar91 says:

    2 divided by 245 is 0.008, NOT 0.8. Lost his credibility at the beginning and I am not buying the rest.

  8. charlz108 says:

    @ministar91 he stated .8% which is entirely correct. multiply .008 by 100 to express it as a percentage.

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  10. cgchex05 says:

    The grams of things is all you need on there. Asking for the % is dumb, you can’t count calories by % or you’ll eat thousands more calories than you need and not even be able to know.

  11. StemCellWarrior says:

    If you do not balance that with foods to help keep you cleaned up, that bacon biscuit will come back to bite you in the butt. It is also very important to ask where did that pork came from and how much crap is in the biscuit, like enriched flour, which is white and probably bleached. The body can work to get it out but after a while it starts to reject it, thus making you sick. And that is just the beginning of what is in the food and how it is processed.

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  13. mrjeff316 says:

    it is really very good to have such kind of videos which makes us aware of things which can be really very helpful for our health… thanks to the video , i learned a lot from it..

  14. EliteLean says:

    Great educational piece for everyone. Thanks,
    Renay

  15. leekucia says:

    in your face ministar91 thats for trying to be clever

  16. RMCKIE says:

    The food companies should be made to tell us the truth and not just con us. Close them down if they don’t.

  17. explorer2101 says:

    @ministar91

    2 divided by 245 is 0.008 times 100 = 0.8%

    It’s how you work out percentages.
    He is not the only guy to be pointing this out. I’ve been reading the same details issued from nutritionists & other health experts for the last 15 years.

    You may not buy it but it is accurate information.

  18. ministar91 says:

    thank you, my mistake. :)

  19. Hotwatty says:

    They have to make everything so damn complicated….lol

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  22. gdh7260 says:

    In Australia the food labels are a little different. If you want to work out the percentage of total calories (or kJ) of fat, you get the grams of fat per 100g, multiply it by 3700 and then divide by the number of kJ per 100g.
    Thus for a can of soup which is 1.4g fat/100g and 260kJ/100g the calculation is
    1.4 x 3700 / 260 = 20% of calories from fat.

  23. 81HappyCat says:

    Very interesting…wow, here I thought I kind of knew what I was buying. makes it hard to trust any processed food at all!

  24. toughmuseum15 says:

    24 almost over. argghh! Just saw it online at lastnightstvshows (.) com

  25. MaryJaneMinute says:

    This is probably the MOST important thing Ive ever learned.

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