{"id":9266,"date":"2016-11-11T18:43:06","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T18:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idsunmedia.com\/?p=9266"},"modified":"2016-11-11T18:43:06","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T18:43:06","slug":"what-does-healthy-on-a-food-package-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/11\/what-does-healthy-on-a-food-package-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does \u201cHealthy\u201d  On A Food Package Mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">BY SARAH BUSDON<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Which of the following foods can qualify for the word \u201chealthy\u201d on their packaging: a sugary, fortified cereal or a package of almonds? If you selected almonds, you\u2019re wrong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), foods labeled as \u201chealthy\u201d must be low in fat, saturated fat, sodium and cholesterol, and contain beneficial nutrients like vitamin C or calcium. In addition, snack items can\u2019t have more than 3 grams of fat per serving. Most nuts contain more than this amount.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">In 1994, when the USFDA defined \u201chealthy,\u201d many healthcare professionals promoted low-fat foods, and sugar content wasn\u2019t considered. While recent nutrition research has proven the benefits of consuming healthy fats, getting the FDA regulations to change occurs very slowly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Changing the definition of \u201chealthy\u201d requires the USFDA to first propose updating the definition of \u201chealthy.\u201d This is followed by a comment period during which food makers and the public can submit their ideas and suggestions on what the definition of \u201chealthy\u201d should be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Look at the Nutrition Facts label and the ingredient list to determine if foods labeled as \u201chealthy\u201d are truly healthy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><i>Sarah Busdon is an administrative assistant with University of Idaho\u2019s Blaine County Extension office. For more information, visit extension.uidaho.edu\/blaine or call (208) 788-5585.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><b>Sources:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/tws-healthy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a> (tinyurl.com\/tws-healthy)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/tws-fda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FDA<\/a> (tinyurl.com\/tws-fda)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY SARAH BUSDON Which of the following foods can qualify for the word \u201chealthy\u201d on their packaging: a sugary, fortified cereal or a package of almonds? If you selected almonds, you\u2019re wrong. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), foods labeled as \u201chealthy\u201d must be low in fat, saturated fat, sodium and cholesterol, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9266","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-living-well-ui-blaine-extension","7":"category-sponsored"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}