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Check Those Labels

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read your food labels

even after being a "career" ww or sparker, memory can fail us

from time to time re-check those labels for calories, etc. and serving size

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read my blog about nutrition blunder for a good example

- Submitted by GOALIEGRANDMA3 8/8/2010 in Weight Loss | 2 Comments

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MYSTERY4EVER 8/9/2010 11:28:00 AM

Absolutely you must do this. Manufacturers are constantly changing products. I have to be careful because I have a food allergy - wheat. You would be amazed the products that have wheat in them and often times when a change is made it is added because it is cheap. Then again do we really need all those corn syrup solids and high fructose sugar?

ROCKNC 8/9/2010 12:27:00 PM

you are soooooo right! ive been reading food labels more and more when i shop, and i cannot believe the ingredients that are sneaking their way into the things we are told are healthy! its scary that some of these food manufacturers are allowed to get away with these things!

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