GetMacros Journal | Eating Out and Nutrition Guides

Do I add total sugars and added sugars together?Read the indented sugar lines correctly, then compare two portions without counting sugar twice.Why do nutrient grams not add up to the food’s weight?A 200 g portion is not 200 g of protein, carbs and fat. Learn what that leaves out.Why can a protein label have grams but no % Daily Value?A blank percentage is different from zero protein. Use the grams and the portion.Why % Daily Value does not add up to 100%Each nutrient has its own reference amount. Adding the column creates a number with no useful meaning.Sodium in mg and g: stop the thousand-fold mistakeConvert the unit before comparing a label with a nutrient target.How to compare food listed per ounce and per 100 gConvert the portion basis first, keeping fluid ounces separate.

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