How Do You Decide if Regular or Reduced-Fat Food Is the Healthier Choice?
“A claim on the front of a package is a spotlight, not a report card,” says Anjali Srivastava, MD, a global health and lifestyle medicine physician in Potomac, Maryland.
Experts recommend turning the package over and comparing Nutrition Facts labels, starting with serving size. From there, look beyond the advertised nutrient to see whether nutrient content like saturated fat, sodium, or added sugar differs between products.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Percent Daily Value (%DV) offers a shortcut: 5 percent DV or less of a nutrient per serving is considered low, while 20 percent or...
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