Non-Diet Approach to Understanding Food Labels

Non-diet dietitians and Intuitive Eating dietitians that see clients for MNT, this material is for you!

This gentle nutrition advice was created for your clients learning about nutrition because label reading resources that don’t focus on weight loss, calorie counting or portion control are rare. It will help them develop their Intuitive Eating “Nutrition Ally” voice.

It is non-branded and created to print well in color and grayscale. This would be great to use as a laminated copy for your office if you reference the label often.

• Page 1: Uses a picture of a label with color/number coding to explain serving size, nutrients and calories. Each description uses language to remind clients that the label does not tell them how much they should eat or what is a good or bad food. However, it does not skip over helpful information about what it means when the nutrient is indented.
• Page 2: Explains carbohydrates, fiber, total sugar and added sugar without vilifying carbohydrates and sugar. Includes subtracting fiber if you are needing to count carbohydrates for MNT. The middle of the page explains percent of daily value using non-diet language. Lastly, it explains how ingredients are listed and how to read for common allergens.