{"id":4369,"date":"2017-04-15T11:26:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T11:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blueskysupply.net\/?p=4369"},"modified":"2025-05-22T18:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T18:00:32","slug":"tulsa-do-you-like-your-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueskysupply.net\/blog\/tulsa-do-you-like-your-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulsa and Oklahoma City, How Do You Feel About Your Diet?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is it healthy, not so healthy, or somewhere in between? If it\u2019s not so healthy, you are part of a large number of Americans who feel that their diet is unhealthy. Recent research by Mintel, a market intelligence agency, found that “less than half (42 percent) of Americans consider their diet to be healthy.” Yikes!<\/p>\n

While negative dietary influences vary greatly from person to person, there is one thing that impacts the majority of Tulsa and Oklahoma City consumers\u2014being able to determine the validity of health-related claims on food packaging. As a consumer, how can you combat the uncertainty that often comes with reading food packaging?<\/p>\n

Before looking at the packaging issue, it is important to understand what a food or health-related claim is. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) describes a health claim as “a relationship between a food substance (a food, food component, or dietary supplement ingredient), and reduced risk of a disease or health-related condition.” An example of an FDA-approved health claim that explains the benefit of calcium on the risk of osteoporosis is, “Adequate calcium throughout life, as part of a well-balanced diet, may reduce the risk of osteoporosis.” For a manufacturer to be able to include this claim on the packaging of one of their products, the product must meet a list of specific requirements.<\/p>\n

Given that it is often difficult to know those requirements while reading different packaging, the nutrition label and ingredient list are a great resource. Ingredient lists and nutrition labels often contain a large amount of information. To better understand that information, here are a few strategies for reading them.<\/p>\n

Nutrition Labels<\/strong><\/p>\n