{"id":92654,"date":"2021-02-23T10:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-use-the-nutrition-facts-label-to-make-heart-healthy-food-choices\/"},"modified":"2021-02-23T11:20:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T15:20:02","slug":"utilice-la-etiqueta-de-informacion-nutricional-para-elegir-opciones-alimentarias-buenas-para-el-corazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/utilice-la-etiqueta-de-informacion-nutricional-para-elegir-opciones-alimentarias-buenas-para-el-corazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Use the Nutrition Facts Label to Make Heart-Healthy Food Choices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SILVER SPRING, Md.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 16, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0Did you know that February is American Heart Month? According to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3056101-1&amp;h=2461181525&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fheartdisease%2Ffacts.htm&amp;a=Centers+for+Disease+Control+and+Prevention\" rel=\"nofollow\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> (CDC), heart disease is the leading cause of death in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration&#8217;s updated <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3056101-1&amp;h=3165682818&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fda.gov%2Ffood%2Fnutrition-education-resources-materials%2Fnew-nutrition-facts-label&amp;a=Nutrition+Facts+label\" rel=\"nofollow\">Nutrition Facts label<\/a> is a tool that can help you make heart-healthy food choices. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg987eleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg987eleft\" title=\" \" border=\"0\" alt=\" \" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1431807\/Nutrition_Facts_Label_Image_Highlighted.jpg\" imagelabel=\"General\"\/><\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>Servings Per Container<\/b>\u00a0shows the total number of servings in the entire food package or container. It is common for one package of food to contain more than one serving. <\/li>\n<li><b>Serving<\/b>\u00a0<b>Size<\/b> is based on the amount of food that is customarily eaten at one time and is not a recommendation of how much to eat. <\/li>\n<li><b>Calories <\/b>refers to the total number of calories in a serving of the food. <\/li>\n<li><b>% Daily Value\u00a0(%DV)<\/b>\u00a0shows how much of a nutrient in a serving of the food contributes to a total daily diet. <\/li>\n<li><b>Nutrients: <\/b>the Nutrition Facts label can help you learn about, compare, and monitor the nutrients in many foods in your diet. <\/li>\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li><b>Nutrients to get less of: <\/b>saturated fat, sodium, and added sugars. <\/li>\n<li><b>Nutrients to get more of: <\/b>dietary fiber, vitamin D, calcium, iron, and potassium. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how you can use the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3056101-1&amp;h=131507475&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.accessdata.fda.gov%2Fscripts%2FInteractiveNutritionFactsLabel%2Fdefault.cfm&amp;a=Nutrition+Facts+label\" rel=\"nofollow\">Nutrition Facts label<\/a> to help you make healthy food choices, and reduce your risk of developing high blood pressure and heart disease: <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>Check the serving size<\/b> and the number of servings you eat or drink to determine how much of a nutrient you are consuming. <\/li>\n<li><b>Know your calorie needs. <\/b>2,000 calories a day is used as a general guide for nutrition advice. Learn your number at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3056101-1&amp;h=1580971384&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myplate.gov%2Fmyplate-plan&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myplate.gov%2Fmyplate-plan\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.myplate.gov\/myplate-plan<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li><b>Use %DV <\/b>to determine if a serving of the food is high or low in an individual nutrient and to compare food products (remember to make sure the serving size is the same). <b>As a general guide: <\/b><\/li>\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>5% DV or less of a nutrient per serving is considered low. <\/li>\n<li>20% DV or more of a nutrient per serving is considered high. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><b>Limit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3056101-1&amp;h=4186602823&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.accessdata.fda.gov%2Fscripts%2FInteractiveNutritionFactsLabel%2Fsodium.cfm&amp;a=sodium\" rel=\"nofollow\">sodium<\/a> in your diet<\/b> to less than 2,300 mg per day. <\/li>\n<li><b>Limit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3056101-1&amp;h=2015349791&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.accessdata.fda.gov%2Fscripts%2FInteractiveNutritionFactsLabel%2Fsaturated-fat.cfm&amp;a=saturated+fat\" rel=\"nofollow\">saturated fat<\/a> in your diet<\/b> to less than 10% of calories per day (e.g. 20 grams per day based on a 2,000 calorie daily diet). <\/li>\n<li><b>Limit calories from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3056101-1&amp;h=2411638515&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.accessdata.fda.gov%2Fscripts%2FInteractiveNutritionFactsLabel%2Fadded-sugars.cfm&amp;a=added+sugars\" rel=\"nofollow\">added sugars<\/a> <\/b>to less than 10% of total calories per day (e.g. 200 calories or 50 grams per day of added sugars based on a 2,000 calorie daily diet). <\/li>\n<li><b>Consume a diet rich in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3056101-1&amp;h=1756912134&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.accessdata.fda.gov%2Fscripts%2FInteractiveNutritionFactsLabel%2Fdietary-fiber.cfm&amp;a=dietary+fiber\" rel=\"nofollow\">dietary fiber<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3056101-1&amp;h=754374201&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.accessdata.fda.gov%2Fscripts%2FInteractiveNutritionFactsLabel%2Fvitamins.cfm&amp;a=vitamins+and+minerals\" rel=\"nofollow\">vitamins and minerals<\/a>, <\/b>especially vitamin D, calcium, iron, and potassium, by choosing a variety of foods that are good sources of these nutrients since many people do not get the recommended amounts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Visit the Nutrition Facts label Online for an interactive way to learn about the label: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3056101-1&amp;h=774851400&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.accessdata.fda.gov%2Fscripts%2FInteractiveNutritionFactsLabel%2F&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.accessdata.fda.gov%2Fscripts%2FInteractiveNutritionFactsLabel%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/scripts\/InteractiveNutritionFactsLabel\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>For more information on how to use the Nutrition Facts label to make informed food choices, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3056101-1&amp;h=2978200745&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fda.gov%2Fnutritioneducation&amp;a=www.fda.gov%2Fnutritioneducation\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.fda.gov\/nutritioneducation<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Contact: Media: 1-301-796-4540 Consumers: 1-888-SAFEFOOD (toll-free)<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgc14dleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; 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According to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3056101-1&amp;h=2461181525&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fheartdisease%2Ffacts.htm&amp;a=Centers+for+Disease+Control+and+Prevention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> (CDC), heart disease is the leading cause of death in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salud"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}