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Nutrition (Daily Value % (DV, a term on food labels based on the RDA…
Nutrition
Daily Value %
DV, a term on food labels based on the RDA (Recommended Dietary Allowance) designed to help consumers use food label information to plan a healthy diet. The Daily Value serves as a basis for declaring on the label the percent of the DV for each nutrient that a serving of the food provides.
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Serving Size
1. The portion of food used as a reference on the nutrition label of that food. 2. The recommended portion of food to be eaten.
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Fat
Along with proteins and carbohydrates, one of the three nutrients used as energy sources by the body. The energy produced by fats is 9 calories per gram. ... 2: Total fat; the sum of saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats.
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Calories
A calorie is a unit of energy. In nutrition, calories refer to the energy people get from the food and drink they consume, and the energy they use in physical activity.
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Saturated Fat
A fat that contains only saturated fatty acids, is solid at room temperature, and comes chiefly from animal food products. Some examples of saturated fat are butter, lard, meat fat, solid shortening, palm oil, and coconut oil. Saturated fat tends to raise the level of cholesterol in the blood. 
Trans Fat
An unhealthy substance that is made through the chemical process of hydrogenation of oils. Hydrogenation solidifies liquid oils and increases the shelf life and the flavor stability of oils and foods that contain them. ... Trans fatty acids are also found in abundance in many deep-fried foods.
Cholesterol
Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that's found in all cells of the body. Your body needs some cholesterol to make hormones, vitamin D, and substances that help you digest foods. Your body makes all the cholesterol it needs. ... High levels of cholesterol in the blood can increase your risk of heart disease.
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Carbohydrates
Mainly sugars and starches, together constituting one of the three principal types of nutrients used as energy sources (calories) by the body. Carbohydrates can also be defined chemically as neutral compounds of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. ... Complex carbohydrates are derived from plants.
Dietary Fiber
Dietary fiber is the edible parts of plants or analogous carbohydrates that are resistant to digestion and absorption in the human small intestine, with complete or partial fermentation in the large intestine. Dietary fiber includes polysaccharides, oligosaccharides, lignin, and associated plant substances.
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Sugars (Added Sugars)
Added sugars are sugars and syrups that are added to foods or beverages when they are processed or prepared. Naturally occurring sugars such as those in fruit or milk are not added sugars. Added sugars are called by many different names.
Protein
One of the three nutrients used as energy sources (calories) by the body. Proteins are essential components of the muscle, skin, and bones. Proteins and carbohydrates each provide 4 calories of energy per gram, whereas fats provide 9 calories per gram.
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Sodium
The major positive ion (cation) in the fluid surrounding cells in the body. ... Excess dietary sodium is largely excreted in the urine, but too much salt in the diet tends to increase the blood pressure.
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