The food label – a guide for healthy food choices

Are your clients confused about how to read the food label to make healthy food choices?

Did you know trans fats are now banned from food items – even it may still be in some foods?

Do you know what is being added to foods that still may cause issues with HDLs and LDLs?

The food label – a guide for healthy food choices contains the tools you need to teach label reading to help your client read and compare food labels with confidence

Your client will learn:

• Basics of label reading included in the guide:
  • Serving size
    • tells you how much a portion is. Everything listed on the label is in the serving size. Is this the portion you eat?
  • Calories
  • Number of servings per container
  • Fat
    • Saturated fat
    • Trans fat
    • Interesterified fat use in foods
  • Sodium
  • Total Fiber
  • Added Sugars
• Using %DV for making healthy food choices
• Reading ingredients on packages to make healthy food choices

Free Resources:

• Water and Hydration Challenge Worksheet and Goal Sheet

• Sodium Label Reading Assessment

• Mediterranean Diet Menu Ideas Made Easy

Premium Resources:

• The Essential Sleep Worksheet Package – Canva Template
• The Essential Mediterranean Diet Heart Health Client Education Package
• A New Tool for Diabetes Management Powerpoint Presentation/Toolkit: Healthy Sleep

View NutritionWorks store for more education resources