| Determine the nutritional value of the food you eat will | | | | You will have to work slightly harder to determine the |
| allow you to better understand what includes these | | | | nutritional value when you can not find a "Nutrition |
| foods. There are two different ways to determine the | | | | Facts" label on your food. At that time, connect to the |
| exact nutritional value of your food. You can read the | | | | Internet and open the webpage such as Then type |
| labels printed on all packaged foods or you can | | | | the name of the food, what you are searching. For |
| research nutritional values on one or more of several | | | | example, type "apple" if you want to know the nutrient |
| good websites. | | | | content of an apple that you are about to peel and cut |
| | | | up for your child. From the food list, select the one that |
| Look for a Label | | | | most closely describes what you are about to eat or |
| Look the USDA requires white rectangular label on | | | | serve and hit "Enter." For example, you would pick |
| every food package you buy. The label situated on | | | | "apple - raw, peeled" if you were serving someone |
| the side or back of the container. It starts with the | | | | one apple prepared this way. |
| words of "Nutrition Facts" written at the top in | | | | The % Daily Values (% DVs) are the recommended |
| black-colored font. It will tell you the most necessary | | | | amounts of certain nutrients that you should eat each |
| nutritional information about this particular food. If you | | | | day to stay healthy. These percentages are nutrient |
| want to the nutritional information for more than a few | | | | reference values of foods, and they show how foods |
| packaged foods that you combined, add the numbers | | | | fit into your overall daily diet. |
| in each category from the individual labels together. | | | | Source : Letmeget. |
| Research Unlabeled Foods | | | | |