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9 Food Label Lies

Seeded on Thu Feb 4, 2010 9:46 PM EST
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health, marketing, food, sugar, omega-3, labels, fats
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"Reading food labels isn't as easy as you think. Here's how to decipher nutrition labels so you can separate fact from marketing.

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It's a fact of the grocery store that the most healthy food often has the least marketing muscle behind it. The best source of fiber and vitamins are fresh vegetables and fruit, and yet it's the processed, packaged junk food fortified with vitamin and fiber powder that screams for attention. The Center for Science in the Public Interest recently published a comprehensive report on the subject, a persuasive indictment delicately called "Food Labeling Chaos."

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