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When you read the nutrition label on food products, which of the following is most important to you when choosing one to buy?

The food industry has our heads spinning! It seems that every few years, there is another nutrition fact that we need to consider when choosing foods to eat.

What do you look for on the nutrition label when you pick up a food product? Does it change depending on whether you are buying it for yourself or for your children?

We want to know what you think!

Fat Content (28.5%)

Calories (31.6%)

Transfats (11.3%)

Sodium (7.8%)

Carbohydrates (9.6%)

Fiber (4.2%)

Protein (2.4%)

Other (4.7%)

When you read the nutrition label on food products, which of the following is most important to you when choosing one to buy?
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  • wagamama By wagamama
    on Jan 24, 2008  

    Fat is always the main concern, then comes the calories.

  • Muffin By Muffin
    on Jan 24, 2008  

    All of the refined sugar and flour is the real enemy. I don't eat anything white. I agree that saturated fat should be scrutinized carefully, but when the fat is taken out, sugar usually replaces it. Sugar should be eliminated from our diets as much as possible.

  • the_gardeners_wife By the_gardeners_wife
    on Jan 24, 2008  

    I seen a post toward the top of this stack of comments and she said that she chose other because sugars were not represented. Well.... Carbohydrates are sugars. They are just complex sugars, that is why when you are on a Atkins diet you watch the carbs.

    I chose Calories. You can look at labels until your eyes burn out, but the truth is calories is what will make or break a diet. If you take in more calories then you are buning in a day, then you gain weight. It's just that simple. Don't get me wrong.... You don't want to over due the fats, but calories will be where you are made or broken.

  • fanniemae By fanniemae
    on Jan 24, 2008  

    I'm more concerned about carbs than fat

  • starshine15044 By starshine15044
    on Jan 24, 2008  

    I have always been a calorie counter.

  • hoagland1216 By hoagland1216
    on Jan 24, 2008  

    I am a diabetic so carbs and sugar content is very important to my diet.

  • rblack By rblack
    on Jan 24, 2008  

    Having been on Weight Watchers I always look first at the fiber content then fat and calories.

  • mstish By mstish
    on Jan 24, 2008  

    I can't help but look at the calories.!...lol

  • poohlvr1962 By poohlvr1962
    on Jan 24, 2008  

    I alwways look at the fat content and then the calories

  • meltodd69 By meltodd69
    on Jan 24, 2008  

    I've never had to diet, but I do watch the fat content.