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You know what amazes me is that there are so many people who don't realize what's healthy and what's unhealthy. I was just talking to an acquaintance recently who commented that she just started reading food labels. And she's in her late 40's. Her doctor recommended that she start doing that because she needs to lose about 75 pounds. And she'd never once read a food label, much less knew what they meant. Right now, all she looks at is sodium content because her doctor said to watch her salt intake. I tried to explain what other things mean and how they impact your body, like grams of protein, calorie total, etc. She had no idea. And it's not that she's not smart. She is -- she was just unaware and didn't know better. She has always shopped by what tastes good and what she can afford. Not by nutritional value.

(So maybe that mom wasn't thinking nutrition at all. Maybe she was unaware. Maybe she was thinking convenience, affordability and avoiding a meltdown with her daughter.)

I was really stunned by this, but it made me realize that there have got to be plenty of other people out there like her who don't understand what it is exactly that they're putting into their bodies.

Maybe EmpowHer can help make an impact with this!!

July 26, 2009 - 8:53pm

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