Servings per product, container, box, etc
Calories
Fat
Carbohydrates
Protein
Sugars
Sodium
Now, some people can get even granular with listing the specific fats, monosaturated, saturated, polysaturated, trans fats, specific carbohydrates – fibers, and other key elements that the company feels they need to highlight. Don’t get confused or scared – what you need to know or look for in the beginning of your healthy living are the serving size, how many servings, calories, sodium and protein.
Think of your daily caloric intake as a bank and allocate a certain amount of calories a day for you to ingest. The trick here is to make sure you are taking in the right calories and not the wrong calories. Few average food battles we could be faced with throughout the day:
1 Slice of White Bread: Cals:80, Fat:1, Carbs:15, Fiber:0.7 Protein:2
Important to know where you are getting your calories – if your "calorie budget" for the day is 1500, its NOT ok to eat a whole pizza and be done for the whole day! TOTALLY wrong way to view your calorie budget – you should be eating foods that are low in calorie but high in nutrients.
Don’t worry – we will have many examples and articles that will make all of this easier and bring all of the million tiny pieces together to form the puzzle… :-)