| When you are doing the weekly shop, take the time to | | | | sugar. Other names are sucrose, invert sugar, palm |
| read the labels on the tins and packets. Lots of foods | | | | sugar, glucose and fructose to name just a few. |
| have the words "Low Fat" or "Reduced Sugar" in | | | | Another tip is to keep a close eye on the position of |
| large letters across the front of them, but that doesn't | | | | an additive in the list of ingredients. The closer the |
| necessarily mean they are good for your heart. Try | | | | ingredient is to the top of the list, the greater the |
| having a look at the small print, the little box | | | | amount of that ingredient will be in the food. |
| somewhere that will list the amount of each ingredient | | | | Traffic Lights |
| as an amount per 100 grams. | | | | This is a system that has been adopted to show |
| Salt | | | | which foods are the healthier options. It's very simple to |
| The recommended adult amount of salt is 6 grams | | | | follow as the healthy foods are coded green and can |
| per day. Unfortunately, the majority of adults consume | | | | be eaten quite freely. Those coded amber can be |
| a lot more. It can be one of the "hidden" additives to | | | | consumed most of the time, but beware those coded |
| processed food, but it should be listed somewhere on | | | | red as they should only be eaten infrequently as a |
| the label. Watch out for use of the term "Sodium" | | | | treat. Remember; just because a food has a green |
| instead of salt. If the label tells you an amount of | | | | label it does not mean you can eat two or three |
| sodium, just multiply it by 2.5 to change it to a value for | | | | portions in one go. Although each is a healthy amount |
| salt. | | | | to eat, even too much of a good food can be just as |
| Sugar | | | | bad as a little of the bad ones. |
| This is another additive that is not always stated as | | | | |