What I Look For in Every Ingredients List (And Why You Should Too)

My personal notes and examples from the episode here:

Most food labels are designed to mislead you. In this episode, I’m cutting through all the noise to teach you how to see through the hype, decode those long and confusing ingredient lists, understand the nutrition facts, and be able to confidently know which foods are truly good for you.

00:00 - Intro
01:20 - Why Ingredient Order Matters
02:10 - The Hidden Names for Sugar
04:20 - Fruit Juice ≠ Healthy
05:18 - Smoothie: All Sugar, No Fiber
06:00 - Nutrition Facts
07:05 - Why Calories Are Misleading
08:13 - The Carb-to-Fiber Ratio Trick
09:38 - Protein Line: More is Better
10:42 - Watch Out: Food Marketing Tricks
11:10 - “Gluten-Free” ≠ Healthy
12:01 - “Vegan” Doesn’t Mean Good for You
13:27 - Organic? Still Can Be a Sugar Bomb
14:13 - Ignore the Front, Look at the Back