The famous ancient Greek physician Hippocrates said, “Let food be your medicine and let your medicine be food.”
In an age where most food comes from packets bought in supermarkets,
the most significant way in which we can ensure that what we eat is
actually good for us, is by learning to decode the fine print of food
labels.
Some vital bits of information that Food Labels contain are – serving sizes, percentage daily values, added sugars, preservatives, fats, carbs, proteins, vitamins, cholesterol and fibre.
Most nutrients are measured in grams, or milligrams (mg). Other
information on the label is given in percentages of the daily allowance
of that specific nutrient, based on a 2,000 calories a day diet.

Many a time, food labels use different names for things people commonly like to avoid. Did you know, whenever a label shows the presence of corn syrup, fruit juice concentrates, honey,
molasses, corn sweetener, dextrose, fructose, glucose, high-fructose
corn syrup, invert sugar, lactose, maltose, malt syrup and sucrose, remember that these all are basically added sugars.

For more on this, read http://copperwiki.org/index.php/Reading_Food_Labels

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