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How to Read Food Labels for Healthy Eating: Video Series

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Learn how to determine the nutritional values from food labels in this free healthy living clip from our professional dietitian and nutrition expert.

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  1. Learn about nutrition from food labels in this free healthy living video series.

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  2. Learn Who Regulates Food Label Claims in this free healthy living video.

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  3. Learn about Healthy Serving Sizes from food labels in this free healthy living video.

    Views: 1,316
  4. Learn about Calories From Fat from food labels in this free healthy living video.

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  5. Learn about Total Carbohydrates from food labels in this free healthy living video.

    Views: 2,253
  6. Learn about Protein from food labels in this free healthy living video.

    Views: 933
  7. Learn about Saturated Fat from food labels in this free healthy living video.

    Views: 1,205
  8. Learn about Cholesterol from food labels in this free healthy living video.

    Views: 1,431
  9. Learn about Sodium from food labels in this free healthy living video.

    Views: 1,249
  10. Learn about Fiber from food labels in this free healthy living video.

    Views: 919
  11. Learn about Fortification and enrichment from food labels in this free healthy living video.

    Views: 830
  12. Learn about Vitamin A from food labels in this free healthy living video.

    Views: 734
  13. Learn about Vitamin C from food labels in this free healthy living video.

    Views: 949
  14. Learn about Calcium from food labels in this free healthy living video.

    Views: 790
  15. Learn about Iron from food labels in this free healthy living video.

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  16. Learn about Daily Nutritional Values from food labels in this free healthy living video.

    Views: 2,031
  17. Learn about FDA Recommended Daily Allowance from food labels in this free healthy living video.

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  18. Learn about Manufacturers Claims from food labels in this free healthy living video.

    Views: 738
  19. Learn about determining nutritional information from food labels in this free healthy living video.

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They say you are what you eat, so don't you think you should now exactly what goes into your body when you sit down to a meal? If you would pay more attention to the nutritional labels of the products you buy at the grocery store, you could plan your diet down to the last calorie. Or could you? Such labels can be deceiving unless you have a professional dietitian to interpret them for you. And that is exactly the service Expert Village provides in this free series of healthy eating videos. Registered Dietitian Brenda Thompson explains food labels to you and gives you tips on how to incorporate them into your diet. Ever wonder who regulates food claims? What is the healthiest food serving size? Brenda shares the answers to these and many more questions, and gives you tips on how to manage your carbohydrate intake. She also tells you how to make sure you have enough vitamins A, C, calcium, sodium, iron in your diet.

 
About the Presenter

Brenda Thompson Brenda L. Thompson is a licensed dietitian and professional chef. She had struggled with weight her entire life. After some extreme life experiences, she decided to change her life for the best. She studied to become a registered dietitian at the University of Idaho to not only get her own lifestyle on a healthy plan, but to help motivate others, because she knows how difficult it can be to make a change. While working as a clinical dietitian at St. David's medical Center, she studied at Texas Culinary Academy to become a chef. She then began a career as a personal registered dietitian and chef for a private family. In addition to her medical and personal chef experience she has taught classes at Williams-Sonoma, Gold's Gym, and Literacy Austin. She developed a menu kit and employee training kit for the Idaho State Department, Child Nutrition Programs in efforts to enhance school meals.dkdk

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