Label Reading 101 Recipe

The FDA allows products to be labeled 0 grams trans fat if there is less than .5 grams per serving. So some companies lower the serving size of their product until it falls within these guidelines. The amount the average person would consume could easily be double or triple the stated serving size. At the end of the day after eating a number of "no trans fat" products, one could easily consume significant amounts of it. The American Heart Association suggests that you limit your daily intake to less than 2 g., even though it admits there is no safe level to consume.

Eating healthy doesn't require a phd, nor do we need to do an in-depth nutritional analysis of every thing we eat. A healthy diet can not simply be broken down into…