The other day i saw my nutritionist. She said something which i found really odd for someone interested in health to say. She said that she would like it is all the nutritional information on packets was taken off.
Im pretty sure the reason its on there is so that people can be aware of what they eat and make better decisions. It seems strange that someone who is so interested in healthy eating would want them removed. But she is not alone, she said many other nutritionists agree. She said that it has made people far too worried about fats. I know that we need fats and having some fats is essential in our diets, but im fairly sure that for most people it should be kept an eye upon, if that fat percentage and grams was not on there, people might eat loads of it without knowing.
My mum agrees with my nutritionist, and although i would hate it if the fat and calories was not labelled on everything, i do see their point. I dont know if i would have ended up the way i am if i had not become so aware of what was in my food. If i didnt know that a certain food (i.e. pasta) had so many calories in it, i would not have made myself avoid it. However, for the majority of the population, i would say that it is important for them to know, for most people, eating too much saturated fats would be very dangerous for example. I dont think we can trust our natural instincts to eat what is healthy for us anymore, i think that instinct went a long time ago. So i would say we do need the labels.
Sophie x
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