Canada Needs to Label Added Sugar on Food Nutrition Labels like in US

https://digitalcitizen.ca/category/writing/When I look at contents of packaged foods on a nutrition label, the most important thing I care about is how much sugar is in the product. That’s because, for me, the sugar is what has the most impact of all the other items listed.

  • I’m super fortunate not to have to worry about allergens.
  • I generally get enough good nutrients that how much of that is not super important.
  • I’m healthy enough, and have established a diet healthy enough, not to generally have to worry about bad fats (good summary of fats here);
  • Sugar, everybody is prone to sugar, and easily prone considering how it’s practically everywhere!

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Earth Day Goal Update #6 – Effects of Winter and Other Topics

For Earth Day 2010, I made a pledge to eat better and have added periodic updates to define and refine the pledge, as well as update on progress. This is the latest one and involves several topics I’ve encountered since my last update.

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