Read food labels

The Food and Drug Administration has approved more than 3,000 additives, most of which you’ve never heard of. But the truth is, you don’t have to know them all. You just need to be able to parse out the bad stuff. Do that and you’ll have a pretty good idea how your future will shape up.

Confused on how to read food labels? We can help. Here, we share easy tricks for figuring out food labels so you can make healthier choices.

Before buying packaged food items, be sure to read the labels to see if the following red-flag terms are listed among the ingredients.

They might be misleading you.

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