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"Every bottle of NES Infoceuticals carries the same few physical ingredients, so you can't tell them apart by the ingredients list. The differences are in the information encoded into them, so that Liver Driver, for example, is encoded with different information than Source Driver or Muscle Driver. Peter and Harry's collaboration quickly bore fruit, and in July 2004 Peter relocated from Australia to England to work with Harry, who had returned home after more than a year in the United States." - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.)

"For example, if you look at the ingredients list below you will see that there is more sugar in this product than oil. Ingredients List: whole-wheat flour, oats, skim milk, sugar, baking soda, vanilla, raisins, salt, oil. If you're watching your salt intake, make sure salt is one of the last ingredients listed on the package. Before you check the ingredients list, you can also refer to the Nutrition Facts label as a guide." - Gayle Reichler, M.S., R.D., C.D.N., Active Wellness - A Personalized 10 Step Program for a Healthy Body, Mind & Spirit (Get the book.)

"Different foods have different details on their Nutrition Facts panel and ingredients list that become important depending on the type or category of food. What information you should pay particular attention to on these labels is not provided by food manufacturers or even many health-care professionals." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Other ingredients you may see on the ingredients list in a glucosamine-chondroitin formula may include sea cucumber (Cucumaria frondosa), grape seed extract, boswellia, and turmeric, all of which have varying degrees of anti-inflammatory action. Exercise for Arthritis You may feel like exercise is out of the question if you have arthritis. Not so. Moderate exercise can be your best friend—building strong muscles around the joints can go a long way toward relieving joint pain, not to mention the benefits exercise provides to overall endurance, well-being, and mood." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"For example, the ingredients list from a loaf of bread that states on the label, 'ALL NATURAL INGREDIENTS,' and 'NO ARTIFICIAL PRESERVATIVES ADDED,' reads as follows: Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin), water, high fructose corn syrup, yeast, wheat bran, vital wheat gluten, butter." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"Looking at the ingredients list on the labels gives you the truest insight into what really is best for your child and your family to eat. As a rule of thumb, the fewer unnatural ingredients you find on the list, the better. (You've heard the saying, "If you haven't heard of it or can't pronounce it, it probably isn't good for you," right? It's true.) But also don't let yourself be fooled by clever euphemisms. Here are some lists to help you wade through the food aisles and emerge with things that are truly wholesome and good for your child." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.) "They need only include the words "artificial flavors" in their ingredients list, so if you see it there, put down the box, the can, or the bottle. Some flavors deemed "natural flavors," such as almond flavor (benzaldehyde), are actually produced by the same companies, in the same factories, as artificial flavors and can similarly have adverse effects on behavior and mood in children with ADD/ADHD." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"If I counted right, sodium or salt (which is sodium chloride) turn up seven times on the ingredients list. I checked the Nutrition Facts I f you would like food manufacturers to I explain more about the chemical ingredients listed on food labels, take up this matter with your congressional representatives. Congress tells the FDA what to do. label. This product contains 1,500 milligrams of sodium, which converts to nearly 4 grams of salt (salt is 40 percent sodium), meaning that the package provides nearly two-thirds of the maximum I am supposed to have in a day." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.)

"Here's the complete ingredients list for Sara Lee's Soft & Smooth Whole Grain White Bread. (Wait a minute—isn't "Whole Grain White Bread" a contradiction in terms? Evidently not any more.) Enriched bleached flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate (vitamin B,), riboflavin (vitamin B2), folic acid], water, whole grains [whole wheat flour, brown rice flour (rice flour, rice bran)], high fructose corn syrup [hello!], whey, wheat gluten, yeast, cellulose." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"Here is a list of words that should be regarded as red flags when you see them on an ingredients list: • Acesulfame potassium (Acesulfame K) • Alitame • Aspartame • Aspartame (Acesulfame-Salt) • Cyclamate • Dulcin • Isomalt • Neohesperidin dihydrochalcone • Neotame • P-4000 • Saccharin • Sucralose Avoid all foods with artificial flavorings. Note that companies are not required to list all the artificial flavorings they use (most don't have common names, anyway)." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"It takes only a quick look at the ingredients list on a cosmetic to notice that there are a lot of words that are completely unrelated to anything resembling a plant, much less a plant that can be labeled "organic." Plenty of synthetic ingredients are found in products of cosmetics lines that boast about their all "natural" and now "organic" content. Yet the hope and desire for healthier products will be an emotional pull for lots of women." - Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron, Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me, 7th Edition (Get the book.)

"To figure this out, we looked at the ingredients list, which includes canola oil. We happened to know that canola oil is mostly polyunsaturated and monoun-saturated fats, but the average shopper would not. Cholesterol The next line of the Nutrition Facts box indicates the amount of cholesterol, in milligrams (mg) per serving. Yet this information maybe a little deceiving. A cholesterol-free product may contain sugars, other refined carbohydrates, or trans fats, each of which can boost your body's production of cholesterol." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.) "Again, scrutinize the Nutrition Facts box and the ingredients list of each packaged food. The Big-Box Stores Costco, Sam's Club, and Wal-Mart are the big-box stores, so named because of the size of the stores and the size of the food packages they sell. On the positive side, you can buy large quantities of produce, meats, chicken, and fish for a lot less money than the same products will cost you anywhere else. The stores have also begun to take some tentative steps toward stocking organic foods, but time will tell whether their discount-minded customers are willing to pay the difference." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.) "Again, refer to the Nutrition Facts box and the ingredients list when deciding on what to purchase. What Should You Eat? Eating healthier foods to prevent or reverse prediabetes and to slim down means cooking more fresh foods from scratch and being very selective about what you order in restaurants. (We'll discuss eating out in chapter 9.) We have already listed many foods that you're better off avoiding. We now want to reintroduce you to the idea of a food palette, which Jack described in his book Feed Your Genes Right. To explain, artists use a palette to mix colors of paints." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.) "For example, serving sizes may be deceptively small, and trans fats may be present even when the Nutrition Facts box claims that the product is free of them. The ingredients list identifies, in descending order by weight, most or all of the ingredients that were used to make the product. Some ingredients, such as natural or artificial flavors, are extremely vague and could mean anything from sugar to monosodium glutamate." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.)

"The longer the ingredients list, the more calories you get and the less yogurt nutrition. In some highly sweetened containers of yogurt, you're getting more calories in the sweetener than you are in the yogurt. Be sure to read the protein and sugar values on the nutrition panel. The higher the protein and the lower the sugar content, the more actual yogurt you're getting in the container. The NYA has been urging the FDA not to allow products that do not contain live and active cultures to be called yogurt." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

"Carefully examine all food labels, and not just the ingredients list, for the word nut or peanut. Alert your waiter at every restaurant to the seriousness of your allergy. He can help make sure your meal isn't cross-contaminated. And be especially wary of restaurant desserts and home-baked goodies. To add a satisfying crunch to dishes without touching a nut, mix in rice crispies, candy pieces, crunchy fresh vegetables, or dried fruit. Milk. Dairy doesn't just come in cartons. Check labels because you may find these milk by-products in lots of foods: casein, sodium casemate, lactose, and whey." - The Editors of FC&A, Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods (Get the book.) "But still check the ingredients list just to be safe. Fish and shellfish. Flying fish in the Adantic ocean use their wing-like fins to glide over the surface of the water. But they're not the only seafood that's going airborne. Fish particles are light enough to float in the air, making open-air markets and fish stalls dangerous places if you're allergic to seafood. It's possible to breathe in these fish particles and suffer a reaction. Since you risk anaphylactic shock with a fish allergy, make sure you also check labels on condiments for anchovies or other fish products." - The Editors of FC&A, Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods (Get the book.)

"Here are a few tips to start you off: Be sure to read the ingredients list and not just the brightly colored ad box on the front of the package to learn which and how many of the ingredients are really organic. At the farmers' market, talk to the farmers and ask questions. Some farmers advertise their products as "transitional" instead of "organic," which means that they are in the process of eliminating pesticides and fertilizers. They may even be producing 100 percent organic goods, but without the stamp of government approval. It's worth it to be curious and to inquire about your food." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"The ingredients list is separate from but usually printed near the Nutrition Facts label. It lists ingredients in order of abundance. In other words, packaged foods contain more of the ingredients nearthe beginning of the list and less of those nearthe end." - David L. Katz, Catherine S. Katz, Dr. David Katz's Flavor-Full Diet: Use Your Tastebuds to Lose Pounds and Inches with this Scientifically Proven Plan (Get the book.)

"These terms are not important; you will never see them on an ingredients list. What is important to know is that you only need a tiny amount of them. The body's need for these essential fats is no more than 2 to 3 percent of your daily calorie intake. Where do you find them? Beans, vegetables, and fruits are very low in fat overall, but the traces they do contain are relatively rich in "good" fat—that is, alpha-linolenic acid. This is the basic omega-3 fat that your body uses to produce other good fats. Nuts, seeds, and soy products contain larger amounts." - Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan, Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs (Get the book.) "A look at the ingredients list shows that indeed, nothing has changed. The corn syrup, flour, sugar, cornstarch, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, salt, and artificial flavor are all still there. Like other candies, it is basically a sugary concoction containing nothing that your body even remotely needs. Without any fiber to fill you up, foods like this can really pack in the calories. If you find Twizzlers or other sugary candies on your shelf, it helps to remember the third guideline in this program. We choose foods that are not only vegan and low in fat but also low Gl." - Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan, Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs (Get the book.) "Beans, broccoli, carrots, or brown rice, for example, do not need an ingredients list, because what you see is exactly what you get. You know that no one has added any oil or processed away any fiber. Add more raw foods. Some people have had remarkable weight loss as a result of increasing their intake of raw foods. Chopped vegetables, salads, fresh fruit—these are all rich in fiber, with no added fat and low GIs. BLOOD GLUCOSE NOT COMING UNDER CONTROL QUICKLY ENOUGH The primary way of tracking your glucose control is with hemoglobin Ale." - Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan, Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs (Get the book.)

"Look sugar, saturated fat, trans fats, and for the ingredients list and the Nusalt. Adding insult to injury, most trition Facts panel, and judge your food packaging is deceptive! Bold food by what's actually in it. Once you're inside the restaurant and seated at the table, you can take additional steps to stay on point. When the server comes to your table, ask the following questions. 1. Do you have any healthful dishes to recommend? 2. Does the menu give complete information about what's in a dish? 3. Is the chef/cook willing to modify dishes to make them healthier?" - David L. Katz, Catherine S. Katz, Dr. David Katz's Flavor-Full Diet: Use Your Tastebuds to Lose Pounds and Inches with this Scientifically Proven Plan (Get the book.) "Below, you'll find the Nutrition Facts panel and ingredients list from a leading breakfast cereal. 1. Often, the Nutrition Facts pertain < to just a portion of the contents. A serving may have 100 calories, but if there are 2.5 servings per package, the entire package has 250 calories. 2. Calories count! This is the number of calories per serving, so pay attention to serving size. Calories come from protein (4 calories per gram), carbohydrate (4 calories per gram), and fat (9 calories per gram). 3. Both the total amount and type of fat are important." - David L. Katz, Catherine S. Katz, Dr. David Katz's Flavor-Full Diet: Use Your Tastebuds to Lose Pounds and Inches with this Scientifically Proven Plan (Get the book.) "Otherwise, accept a product with a long ingredients list only if all of the listings describe foods and ingredients you recognize, such as several whole grains in a multi-grain bread or cereal. cf"" Trans tat Oq Nutrition Facts Serving Size: % cup (30g) Servings Per Container: About 12 Cereal * 125 ml of fortified skim milk Calories 110 150 Calories from fat 10 % Daily Valuef 2% 2% Saturated fat Og 0% 0% Cholesterol Omn _0%_1% Sodium 115rno^ff!l_5%_8% Total Carbohydrate 24g 8% 10% £^^ietarv fiber 5g Sugars 4g 20? Protein 4i "Amount in rrrnjTTTriri'hilf c." - David L. Katz, Catherine S. Katz, Dr. David Katz's Flavor-Full Diet: Use Your Tastebuds to Lose Pounds and Inches with this Scientifically Proven Plan (Get the book.)

"If you spot animal products or partially hydrogenated oils in the ingredients list, do not buy the food. And if there are more than 2 to 3 grams of fat in a serving, skip it. 3. Add special-effect foods. The best of these are oats, beans, and soy products. They are filling but modest in calories, and they really do bring your cholesterol down. It is easy to add special-effect foods to your routine. Oats: Start your day with a bowl of old-fashioned oatmeal. Top it with cinnamon if you like, but skip the milk and sugar or use soy milk." - Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan, Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs (Get the book.)

"Sure enough, when I checked the ingredients list on the back I was astounded to find aspartame and artificial colorings! The moral of the story is to stick with long-established, reputable health food brands that maintain quality standards, the real natural food brands, such as those listed. Check labels whenever trying a new food product, and eat whole, fresh, natural foods that don't don labels as much as possible. Familiarizing yourself with the upcoming list of Things to Avoid will also be of tremendous help." - Kelly Harford, M.C., C.N.C., If It's Not Food, Don't Eat It! The No-nonsense Guide to an Eating-for-Health Lifestyle (Get the book.)

"Trans-fats are found in almost all fast foods (french fries, for example, are doused in them), most margarines, virtually all commercially baked goods (including children's cookies), and movie popcorn, and in any products containing partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (look for these in the ingredients list on the package). Trans-fats are the true demons of the fat world, and the ones we want to avoid completely, as they are associated with all of the degenerative diseases common in the modern world." - Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N.S., Living the Low Carb Life: Controlled Carbohydrate Eating for Long-Term Weight Loss (Get the book.)

"As always, check the ingredients list for details. Dinner mixes (most contain MSG) Dinner mixes, boxed dinner kits, and other instant meal products that contain any sort of "flavor packets" almost always contain MSG. Look for ingredients like monosodium glutamate, hydrolyzed vegetable protein and yeast extract. Sauce mixes (most contain MSG) As with dinner mixes, above, most sauce mixes also contain MSG. This excitotoxin is especially prominent in gravy mixes and salad dressing mixes. But you should watch for it in any sort of flavor packet mix or bouillon product." - Mike Adams, Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases (Get the book.)

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