Healthy Monday – Food Labels

Posted on June 7, 2010

Each Monday, a simple health tip and challenge will be posted as part of Healthy Monday.  Healthy Monday is a public health initiative founded in 2005 in association with Johns Hopkins University, Syracuse University, and Columbia Univerisity. 

Their mission includes ending “chronic preventable disease in the U.S. by offering people and organizations a weekly prompt to start and sustain healthy behaviors.”

 

 The Tip: Check food labels and look at the ingredients.  If there are a bunch of ingredients listed that you can’t pronounce, or haven’t even heard of, you may want to pass. 

The Challenge: Check ingredients on the packaged foods you eat today.  You may be surprised what you see.  Pass on the heavily processed stuff.

Have a healthy Monday!

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Comments

  • http://www.fatfightertv.com/ FatFighterTV

    Wow – look at ALL those friggin' ingredients!!! And I've seen much longer lists…

  • http://lookingforfeet.blogspot.com Mad Woman

    So true…and it amuses me that I just read that same tip in my “YOU: On a diet” book today.