Source: MyDr
Use the nutrition information label (also called a nutrition information panel), which can be found on the packaging of almost all manufactured foods, to help you make more informed choices about the food that you eat.
This one is from a box of apricot-flavoured muesli bars.
NUTRITION INFORMATION
Energy
The nutrition label displays the quantity of energy (measured in kilojoules) found in both a serving and in 100 grams (or 100 millilitres if liquid) of the product. Serving sizes are based on how much of a particular food people usually eat.
You can use the ‘quantity per serve’ information to keep track of what
you’re eating, and it’s especially useful if you are monitoring your
daily intake of kilojoules or certain nutrients. The ‘quantity per 100
g’ information is useful if you want to compare 2 similar products,
because serving sizes may vary depending on the manufacturer.
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Source: What’s Good For You
Many people see artificial sweeteners as a handy substitute for sugar. They help keep the calorie count down, so they must be good for weight control, right? Reporter Leila McKinnon asks experts in the US whether this really is true.
Most artificial sweeteners were discovered by accident. In 1879 a lab worker spilled a sweet-tasting chemical onto his hands; accidentally licked his fingers and saccharin had been discovered.
Almost 60 years later, a graduate student detected the sweet taste of a chemical that had accidentally seeped into the cigarette he was smoking and cyclamate was the result.
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