What do you know about nutrition you eat? You say that it is tasty, delish, healthy and of course it benefits to you. Sure! But how can you ascertain that it really fits to you? What should you do? Have to ask specialist, play it by ear or lean on your friend’s advice? Yes, ask your best friend! And where is your best friend at the moment? The whole thing lies in a nutshell. In such a moment your best friend is situated on a bottle or box or package. The name of game is the label with nutrition facts! It is on almost every packed food which you want to taste. It is a kind of "document". So called personal passport of food. You have just taken a look at this label and it helps you to know everything you want and even more. For instance, you want to be beautiful, slim and well-shaped. You go for a short run before breakfast, visit fitness center several times a week, have a consultation of nutritional specialist, do not have a supper too late at night and, of course, you are on diet. And you are not just on diet you are real calorie counter. If you speak about this situation like the book so look at the label with nutrition facts on you foods and count calories!
Let’s talk about another person. About somebody who looks after health and wants to save it the more the better. So he has to vary the menu, make his meal balanced. He checks if proteins, fats and carbohydrates are harmonized. And he does it with the help of nutrition facts. Such people never pay for unbalanced foods.
Pregnant ladies are one more category of people which read the nutrition facts very attentively. It is clear, because expectant mother is not just a person. She has to think about two organisms, two healthes and even two lifes. That’s why it is very important to know what she eats. After that she will be a parent who loves her children and think about their health. She will try to provide them with healthy eating. And every time she will check the list of vitamins and micronutrients on the label with nutrition facts. These lables also help to know if any food contents sugar. This information is very important for diabetics, you know.
Besides nutrition facts labels help us to train our mathimatical ability. Just imagine that you should compare content of fats, proteins and carbohydrates and estimate percent daily value without any calculator. So now you understand that if you want to be healthy as long as possible so nutrtion facts label should be your best friend!