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Who am I? I am a screwed-up blogger and an active blog reader since 2007. A soulful dreamer who believes that passion is life and a person who is looking for meaning, just like any other human being in this world. A super girl wannabe who is currently taking chances and chasing pavements, while keeping up with time and living life in general. This is me, and this blog is the outlet of my random thoughts. (^___^)
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"Nutrition Facts" Are Inaccurate
 Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @ 4:28 PM |
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Reading the “Nutrition Facts” panels on foods may not be as reliable an indicator of a food’s nutrients as you may think.
"Good Morning America" hired a lab to test a dozen packaged food products to see if the nutrients matched the labels.
The government allows foods to contain 20 percent more diet-damaging ingredients than the label lists before taking enforcement action, and all 12 products were indeed over in one way or another. Three were actually over by more than 20 percent, including:
- David's Sunflower Seeds with 23 percent more saturated fat
- Ritz Crackers with 36 percent more sodium
- Wonderbread with 70 percent more total fat
Meanwhile, manufacturers are allowed to list "0" on the label even if their product contains up to half a gram of the item in question. Despite a "0" on the labels, there were small amounts of saturated fat in Baked Lay's Potato Chips, Rold Gold pretzels, Special K Cereal and Grape Nuts Trail Mix Crunch, and trans fats in Nabisco Cheese Nips.
Good Morning America did point out that their study was small, and included only one sample of each product. When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tests nutrition labels, it buys multiple samples from different lots.
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The Blogger
Not a lot of people know (or would even understand), but I am also a victim of drama obsession.  I've been camping in dramalandia since I was 13 years old, and that's where you will most likely find me when I have nothing to do.
One of the symptoms of this disease is daydreaming about dramas everywhere whether you are at work, walking down the stairs, sleeping, even as you are walking...creepy isn't it? Hahaha!
I am also a big Asian music fan and I think Asian music rocks! I go back and forth from Cpop to Kpop and Jpop, so I may be different (and strange) compared to other people that you can find around.  I am an elder sister  , a dreamer  , a believer  , a gamer  , wanderer  , blogger  , an optimist  , an ultimate foodie  and a, hands down, fangirl  . I love reading books  , writing  , music  , photography and traveling.
I am a nurse by profession  who is also a copy editor  and a freelance writer  . I enjoy learning how to play musical instruments  and learning various languages  . I am crazy, loud, spontaneous, free-spirited and most of the time, a klutz.
Eren Asentista a.k.a. Eray, 23, female, from Dumaguete City, Philippines. My personality...it's complicated. :D Believe me, you wouldn't want to know who I am. Hahaha! XD
I am currently watching...
In the coming days, I plan to watch...
In Asian Entertainment, I fancy...
(This is still lacking, but this is more or less it. LOL! I will most likely be updating this in the future to accommodate my growing list of biases but check em out!)
 
The things that I want to do before I die are the following:
 An Asian cruise.
Templestay in Korea.
An African safari adventure.
Backpacking to Europe.
Traveling through the European railways.
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"Nutrition Facts" Are Inaccurate
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 @ 4:28 PM |
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Reading the “Nutrition Facts” panels on foods may not be as reliable an indicator of a food’s nutrients as you may think.
"Good Morning America" hired a lab to test a dozen packaged food products to see if the nutrients matched the labels.
The government allows foods to contain 20 percent more diet-damaging ingredients than the label lists before taking enforcement action, and all 12 products were indeed over in one way or another. Three were actually over by more than 20 percent, including:
- David's Sunflower Seeds with 23 percent more saturated fat
- Ritz Crackers with 36 percent more sodium
- Wonderbread with 70 percent more total fat
Meanwhile, manufacturers are allowed to list "0" on the label even if their product contains up to half a gram of the item in question. Despite a "0" on the labels, there were small amounts of saturated fat in Baked Lay's Potato Chips, Rold Gold pretzels, Special K Cereal and Grape Nuts Trail Mix Crunch, and trans fats in Nabisco Cheese Nips.
Good Morning America did point out that their study was small, and included only one sample of each product. When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tests nutrition labels, it buys multiple samples from different lots.
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