Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Key Takeaways Check the Nutrition Facts label for sodium, added sugars, and ...

Words like “natural” and “gluten-free” sound healthy, but they rarely tell the whole story.

When it comes to maintaining optimal health, one of the most important things to do is to stay informed. Getting age-appropriate screenings for diseases and conditions such as high blood pressure or ...

A dietitian explains how labels like “natural,” “organic,” and “gluten-free” can make foods seem healthier—and what to check ...

Table of Contents Why choosing based only on healthy-sounding words is exhausting Reading nutrition labels and research ...

A recent federal report shows that more Americans are using nutrition labels. That’s a good thing because reading the nutrition information has been shown to have health benefits. But not everyone is ...

The US Food and Drug Administration is proposing that nutrition information be placed on the front of packaged foods to provide at-a-glance information about saturated fat, sodium and added sugar.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently proposed a new rule that would change which foods can be labeled “healthy”—just the latest step in its ongoing work informing us about the food we ...

FSSAI has once again come up with food-related information. Sharing a video to explain the importance of a food label on X, ...

Reading the nutrition labels on your foods is now more informative. In 2020, the Food and Drug Administration required updated information and refreshed the label design to make it easier for ...

You might expect your body to treat them pretty much the same way. But food is more than its nutrition label. In a randomized, controlled study, researchers compared meals with nearly identical ...