LEARN HOW TO READ THOSE PESKY FOOD LABELS
Get ready to take back control of the supermarket aisle. Learning about nutrition labels can help you make smart, simple choices when it comes to managing your healthy-eating plan. To get started, it helps to break the standard label up into seven easy-to-understand sections: [image of nutrition label broken up into seven sections, per below]
Section 1: Serving Size
Begin by looking at the serving size, found on the top of the label. You will see how much of this food is equivalent to one serving and how many servings are in the entire container. The serving size influences all of the nutritional information that follows – so if you eat more than one serving, you will have to re-calculate these numbers accordingly.
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Section 2: Calories
Next is the calorie content. Managing your daily caloric intake is an important part of your healthy eating plan, so be sure to remember that the serving size you eat determines the amount of calories you consume.
For example: in the label above, one serving = one cup, which contains 250 calories. If you have two cups (double the serving size), you’ll be consuming double the calories (500). It works the other way, too: eat half a serving (1/2 cup), and you’ll get half the calories (125).
Sections 3 & 4: The Nutrients
The largest part of the nutrition label is dedicated to nutrients that have a key impact on your health. It’s helpful to separate them into two main sections:
- Nutrients to Limit (#3 on the sample label): These are nutrients that Americans generally eat in adequate or too-high amounts, so it’s important to limit your intake of them. If you eat too much fat, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, and sodium, it may lead to a higher risk of chronic diseases, like high blood pressure, heart disease and cancer.
- Nutrients to Highlight (#4 on the sample label): These are nutrients that Americans generally don’t get enough of, so it’s a good idea to emphasize them in your diet. Incorporating the recommended amounts of dietary fiber, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, and iron into your dietary routine can help reduce the risk of some diseases and conditions.
Section 5: Total Carbohydrates
It’s important to pay particular attention to the Total Carbohydrate section of the label. The FDA lists the recommended Daily Value as 300g (based on a 2,000-calorie diet). This amount may be lower based on your total calorie intake and the percent of fat and protein in your daily diet.
Section 6: Percent Daily Value (%DV)
To the right of most of the listed nutrients, you’ll find the Percent Daily Value (%DV). The %DV is a guide to a food’s nutrient content based on a 2,000-calorie diet, though you may require a lower number of daily calories based on your personal plan. You can use the %DV as a quick way to tell if a food is high or low in a certain nutrient by applying these simple rules: if the %DV is higher than 20%, the food is considered to have a “high” amount of that nutrient; if the %DV is 5% or less, the nutrient content is “low.”
Use this information to track your progress toward your daily recommended allowance of certain nutrients or for comparing two similar products (as long as the serving sizes are similar). The chart below also provides some clarity on the difference between Daily Value and %DV (based on a 2,000-calorie per day diet):
| Nutrient | DV | %DV | Goal |
| Total Fat | 65g | =100% DV | Less than 65g per day |
| Sat Fat | 20g | =100% DV | Less than 20g per day |
| Cholesterol | 300g | =100% DV | Less than 300g per day |
| Sodium | 2400g | =100% DV | Less than 2400g per day |
| Total Carbohydrate | 300g | =100% DV | Less than 300g per day |
| Dietary Fiber | 25g | =100% DV | Less than 25g per day |
Section 7: Footnote
The asterisked item in the footnote emphasizes the point that the label information is based on a 2000-calorie diet, and the chart provides Daily Values of certain nutrients for a 2,000- and 2,500-calorie diet. The footnoted section is the same across all food labels
Get ready to take back control of the supermarket aisle. Learning about nutrition labels can help you make smart, simple choices when it comes to managing your healthy-eating plan. To get started, it helps to break the standard label up into seven easy-to-understand sections: [image of nutrition label broken up into seven sections, per below]
Section 1: Serving Size
Begin by looking at the serving size, found on the top of the label. You will see how much of this food is equivalent to one serving and how many servings are in the entire container. The serving size influences all of the nutritional information that follows – so if you eat more than one serving, you will have to re-calculate these numbers accordingly.
Back to top
Section 2: Calories
Next is the calorie content. Managing your daily caloric intake is an important part of your healthy eating plan, so be sure to remember that the serving size you eat determines the amount of calories you consume.
For example: in the label above, one serving = one cup, which contains 250 calories. If you have two cups (double the serving size), you’ll be consuming double the calories (500). It works the other way, too: eat half a serving (1/2 cup), and you’ll get half the calories (125).
Sections 3 & 4: The Nutrients
The largest part of the nutrition label is dedicated to nutrients that have a key impact on your health. It’s helpful to separate them into two main sections:
· Nutrients to Limit (#3 on the sample label): These are nutrients that Americans generally eat in adequate or too-high amounts, so it’s important to limit your intake of them. If you eat too much fat, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, and sodium, it may lead to a higher risk of chronic diseases, like high blood pressure, heart disease and cancer.
· Nutrients to Highlight (#4 on the sample label): These are nutrients that Americans generally don’t get enough of, so it’s a good idea to emphasize them in your diet. Incorporating the recommended amounts of dietary fiber, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, and iron into your dietary routine can help reduce the risk of some diseases and conditions.
Section 5: Total Carbohydrates
It’s important to pay particular attention to the Total Carbohydrate section of the label. The FDA lists the recommended Daily Value as 300g (based on a 2,000-calorie diet). This amount may be lower based on your total calorie intake and the percent of fat and protein in your daily diet.
Section 6: Percent Daily Value (%DV)
To the right of most of the listed nutrients, you’ll find the Percent Daily Value (%DV). The %DV is a guide to a food’s nutrient content based on a 2,000-calorie diet, though you may require a lower number of daily calories based on your personal plan. You can use the %DV as a quick way to tell if a food is high or low in a certain nutrient by applying these simple rules: if the %DV is higher than 20%, the food is considered to have a “high” amount of that nutrient; if the %DV is 5% or less, the nutrient content is “low.”
Use this information to track your progress toward your daily recommended allowance of certain nutrients or for comparing two similar products (as long as the serving sizes are similar). The chart below also provides some clarity on the difference between Daily Value and %DV (based on a 2,000-calorie per day diet):
|
Nutrient |
DV |
%DV |
Goal |
|
Total Fat |
65g |
=100% DV |
Less than 65g per day |
|
Sat Fat |
20g |
=100% DV |
Less than 20g per day |
|
Cholesterol |
300g |
=100% DV |
Less than 300g per day |
|
Sodium |
2400g |
=100% DV |
Less than 2400g per day |
|
Total Carbohydrate |
300g |
=100% DV |
Less than 300g per day |
|
Dietary Fiber |
25g |
=100% DV |
Less than 25g per day |
Section 7: Footnote
The asterisked item in the footnote emphasizes the point that the label information is based on a 2000-calorie diet, and the chart provides Daily Values of certain nutrients for a 2,000- and 2,500-calorie diet. The footnoted section is the same across all food labels
Allah is All-Knowing All-Wise”…Quran
A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye…and YES science now shows that carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.
A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart is red and has four chambers. All of the research shows tomatoes are indeed pure heart and blood food.
Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows that grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food .
A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds are on the nut just like the neo-cortex. We now know that walnuts help develop over 3 dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.
Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys .
Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don’t have enough sodium in your diet the body pulls it from the bones, making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.
Eggplant, Avocadoes and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female – they look just like these organs. Today’s research shows that when a woman eats 1 avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? …. It takes exactly 9 months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).
Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the motility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm cells to overcome male sterility.
Grapefruits, Oranges, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts .
Onions look like body cells. Today’s research shows that onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes.
Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.
Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries
Then which of the favours of your Allah will ye deny? – [Quran 55:13]
Milk :
The Prophet(SAW) said that milk wipes away heat from the heart
just as the finger wipes away sweat from the brow. It strengthens the back,
increases the brain, augments intelligence,renews vision and drives away
forgetfulness.
Honey :
Considered to be the best remedy for diarrhea when mixed in hot
water. It is the food of foods, drink of drinks and drug of drugs. It is used
for creating appetite,strengthening the stomach, eliminating phlegm,
as a meat preservative,hair conditioner, eye salve and mouthwash. It is
extremely beneficial in the morning in warm water and is also a sunnah.
Olive oil :
excellenent treatment for skin and hair, delays old age, treats inflammation
of the stomach
Mushroom :
The Prophet(SAW) said that mushroom is a good cure for the eyes, it also
serves as a form of birthcontrol and arrests paralysis.
Grapes :
The Prophet was very fond of grapes, it purifies the blood, provides vigour
and health, strengthens the kidneys and clears the bowels.
Dates :
The Prophet(SAW) said that a house without dates has no food, also to be
eaten at the time of childbirth.
Figs :
It is a fruit from paradise and a cure for piles.
Barley :
Good for fever in a soup form
Melon :
Melon contains 1000 blessings and 1000 mercies, The prophet SAW said “None
of your women who are pregnant and eat of water melon will fail to produce
off spring who are good in countenance and good in character.
Pomegranate :
The Prophet(SAW) said it cleanse you of Satan and evil aspirations for 40
days.
Water :
the Prophet(SAW) said the best drink in this world and the next is Water, when you are thirsty drink it by sips and not gulps, gulping produces sickness of the liver.
So praise be to our beloved Nabi(SAW) who produced us with marvelous knowledge which dazzles the wisest minds. May this information be beneficial to all of us Insha-Allah
The Importance of Healthiness
It is therefore necessary to ensure that the physical body is kept healthy so that the soul and spirit may also remain healthy thus in turn aiding the believer in the service of both his spiritual and material attainment. Diet therefore, plays an important role for this purpose. For this reason Islam has prohibited certain food due to their ill effects and permitted all other pure, good and clean food products. Allah Ta’ala says in the Noble Qur’ân:
“O’ Believers! Eat of the good and pure (lawful) that.We have provided you with and be grateful to Allah, if you truly worship Him.” (2:172)
Muslims in general are advised to eat good and pure things and not to indulge in impure, bad and harmful things thus following their open enemy Shaitaan:
“O People! Eat of what is lawful and good on the Earth and do not follow the footsteps of Shaitaan, for he is your open enemy.” (2:168)
In the verses previously mentioned the general principle with regard to permissible food has been stated. The Noble Qur’ân further goes on to specify the types of food prohibited in the following verse:
He (Allah) has only forbidden you (from eating) dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that (animal) over which the name of other than Allah has been invoked.” (2:173, 16:115)
The four items that have been mentioned in the above verse are absolutely forbidden in Islam for reasons best known to Allah. However, through research, some of them such as carrion, blood and swine flesh have proved to be hazardous to human health. Whilst swine flesh is harmful to moral health and food over which the name of any other than Allah has been invoked is harmful to spiritual health.
Other prohibited items have also been mentioned in different chapters of the Holy Qur’ân. In Surah al-Ma’idah the following have also been mentioned along with the four previously mentioned. There are those animals which have been killed by strangling, or a violent blow, a headlong fall, being gored to death and those which have been partially eaten by a wild animal and not slaughtered before death, also those which have been sacrificed on the name of idols. The Importance of Healthiness
It is therefore necessary to ensure that the physical body is kept healthy so that the soul and spirit may also remain healthy thus in turn aiding the believer in the service of both his spiritual and material attainment. Diet therefore, plays an important role for this purpose. For this reason Islam has prohibited certain food due to their ill effects and permitted all other pure, good and clean food products. Allah Ta’ala says in the Noble Qur’ân:
“O’ Believers! Eat of the good and pure (lawful) that.We have provided you with and be grateful to Allah, if you truly worship Him.” (2:172)
Muslims in general are advised to eat good and pure things and not to indulge in impure, bad and harmful things thus following their open enemy Shaitaan:
“O People! Eat of what is lawful and good on the Earth and do not follow the footsteps of Shaitaan, for he is your open enemy.” (2:168)
In the verses previously mentioned the general principle with regard to permissible food has been stated. The Noble Qur’ân further goes on to specify the types of food prohibited in the following verse:
He (Allah) has only forbidden you (from eating) dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that (animal) over which the name of other than Allah has been invoked.” (2:173, 16:115)
The four items that have been mentioned in the above verse are absolutely forbidden in Islam for reasons best known to Allah. However, through research, some of them such as carrion, blood and swine flesh have proved to be hazardous to human health. Whilst swine flesh is harmful to moral health and food over which the name of any other than Allah has been invoked is harmful to spiritual health.
Other prohibited items have also been mentioned in different chapters of the Holy Qur’ân. In Surah al-Ma’idah the following have also been mentioned along with the four previously mentioned. There are those animals which have been killed by strangling, or a violent blow, a headlong fall, being gored to death and those which have been partially eaten by a wild animal and not slaughtered before death, also those which have been sacrificed on the name of idols.
FACTS ABOUT NON ALCOHOLIC WINE OR BEER (Article was first publish at www.muslimconsumergroup.com, Insha Allah, all who read this wonderful article, visit this wonderful website.)
This information is provided for Muslims all over the world so that they understand how a alcohol wine or beer is made and available throughout the world including in Muslim countries. The following are the facts about alcohol free wine, beer, its manufacture methods and its possible impact on Islamic Sharia(I am not a Alim but I will provide information so that the Muftiyans can make their own fatwas).
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| A Muslim Consumer has sent us an e-mail from Unilever company dated January 26, 2009 regarding Ultra Moisturizing Washes for their Caress, Dove, Lever 2000 brands that they do not contain animal derived ingredients. The glycerine in the above products is not from animal fat origin. They also provided source of the following ingredients in their products. 1. Glycerin is either from natural or synthetic but in our view natural is also mean from animal fat. So please confirm with them before use. 2. Stearic Acid is from non zabiha beef tallow. Please ask your mufti about its use. 3. Lanolin Alcohol is derived from animal matter. According to our research it is obtained from sheep’s wool without slaughtering the sheep and there is no ethyl alcohol in it. It is a Halal ingredient. 4. Oleic Acid is derived from pork or non zabiha beef fat. In our view any Unilever products containing this ingredient is not Halal. So please read the ingredients carefully before use. It is possible that their product may contain both Halal and non Halal ingredietnts. |
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