After your Los Angeles lap band procedure, it is important to change your relationship with food. If you don't, chances are likely that you will regain all the weight that is lost through the lap band procedure. One of the key elements in helping change your relationship with food is knowing what you eat.
Knowing what you eat begins with knowing how to read food labels. Food labels have three different sections. First is the at-a-glance information about the contents. The second is more detailed information about the break-down of the food. The third area is a list of ingredients.
At-A-Glance Information
When you look at a food label, there will be a big heading that says Nutrition Facts. Underneath this heading is information about the servings and calories. The first item identifies the serving size per container. This line is important to pay attention to because all the rest of the information in the nutrition label is based on this fact. Just because the packaging looks like the contents are meant for one serving, doesn't mean it is. For example, a mini pizza may actually indicate that a serving size is one fourth of the pizza not the entire pizza.
Following the serving size is the number of servings in the container. Next listed is the number of calories in a serving. It is worth emphasizing that the number of calories listed is not the number of calories in the whole container, but the number of calories in each serving! This section also contains the number of fat calories per serving.
Break-down of Nutrients
Either underneath or to the side of the at-a-glance information are the individual nutrients. In a table format, this section breaks down the amounts found in total fat, types of fat, protein, sodium, carbohydrates, fiber, sugars, and protein. Usually listed are two numbers, the amount in grams or milligrams followed by a percentage amount. The percentage amount is a percentage of daily caloric in-take based on a 2,000 calorie diet. These percentages are only valid for 2,000 calories. If your diet is more or less than that, don't pay attention to the percentages. Instead, calculate that information based on your dietary plan.
List of Ingredients
The final section of a nutrition label is the ingredients. These are listed in order of highest to lowest. Be careful, though, there are more ways than one to list ingredients. For example, sugar can be high fructose corn syrup, sugar cane, molasses, etc.
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