WE WANT TO BE INFORMED CONSUMERS, and while this blog features products and services that preserve jobs in this great United States of America and a MADE IN THE USA philosophy, we are not telling you to buy junk or let yourself be deceived.
That's why this Yahoo Health article is so important. I tripped over the article on the net because it was about foods that are bad for you. Who doesn't need to loose a few holiday pounds? The article is about how some manufacturer's list the calorie count for a product as lower than it is, because if you read further on the package, you'll see that they have decided they are packaging more than ONE SERVING even if it sure does look like a serving for ONE.
I know this can be crazy-making. First there is your hunger - you have to eat - and you may not feel full if you eat just one little serving. You buy a box or something and tell yourself you won't eat it all at one time, but you do, because that one serving was not sufficient.
HOME COOKING IS ALWAYS THE BEST. Far less salt, far less preservatives, probably less hidden fats too, but we all buy some convienience foods to cut our preparation time. If it looks like one serving - a teeny pizza for instance pot pie - then it should be labeled for the calories IF YOU EAT THE WHOLE THING!
On this target list: SOBE DRINKS, NISSAN RAMAN NOODLES, KELLOGS POP TARTS, CAMBELLS CHUNKY MICROWAVE SOUP, CEDERLANE BURRITOS, KING SIZED BUTTERFINGER BAR... READ LABLES FRIENDS!
