10 Food Label TRICKS You Must Beware Of

10 TOP FOOD LABEL TRICKS (AND ONE DOCTOR NOT TO MISS!)

food label tricks to make sure you're aware of:

Multi-Grain: This is meant to fool people into believing it is healthy. What multi-grain can and usually does mean, however, is that it contains several different highly processed (i.e. stripped of nutritional value) grains.

Low-Fat: When you see this on a package, pay extra-close attention to the sugar content on the ingredient label. There's a good chance the amount of sugar will be increased to "sugar over" the lost taste of the fat.

Low-Carb: Hot dogs are low carb. Many horrible-for-you processed foods are low-carb. Low-carb is by no means a synonym for healthy.

Natural / Wild-Crafted: The FDA has no strict definition for products being labeled with terms like these. It could mean one "natural" ingredient among many artificial ones. It could mean anything.

Sugar-Free: True, sugar-free products must contain less than 0.5 grams of sugar per serving. However, there can be and often are an overwhelming amount of other simple carbs (that largely act in the body in the same way as sugar) to mask the lost taste. Furthermore, there can be and often are artificial sweeteners that come with a host of health risks.

Gluten-Free: Yes, products carrying this designation have no wheat or other gluten grain ingredients. However, many people equate "gluten-free" with healthy and many if not most packaged gluten-free products are anything but, as they are highly processed and loaded with sugar, unhealthy fats, and more.

"Made with Real Fruit": More meaningless marketing malarky. The product could contain just 2% real fruit and shout this on its packaging.

Organic: First of all, read closely. Does it mean one ingredient out of thirty is organic? Look for the strict and independently granted USDA Certified Organic designation on foods in the US, and don't trust company's own claims. Second, when it comes to food, remember that organic doesn't necessarily mean healthy. Organic jelly beans, for example, are still jelly beans.

Fortified or Enriched: Yes, this means certain nutrients have been added to the product. In some cases this might make the product better. But fortified or enriched NEVER means the same thing as healthy, and in many cases the packaged food is still anything but healthy.

High-Fiber: Virtually all adults could certainly use more fiber, but don't be tricked by packaged food labels announcing this. Because often, the fiber they provide is not nearly as healthy as that from whole grains and vegetables, and it may even cause excess gas, bloating, and more. Watch out for ingredients such as the highly-processed maltodextrin and the lab-made polydextrose.

And, okay, while those are nine of the most common food label tricks...

Please KEEP IN MIND that there really are far more nefarious ways the food industry is bamboozling nearly everyone today, even very "health conscious" people...