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Fiber & Nutrition Reports—3-Flag Ratings
Become a Detective
In chapter 3 we mentioned that Stage 3 of The Full Plate
Diet™ required you to become a “label detective.” To
help get you get started, we made several trips to the
grocery store to check random off-the-shelf product
labels and obtained nutrition information from the web
sites of fast-food and dine-in restaurants.
We came up with a 3-flag rating system—
Green means “go ahead.” These foods
can be eaten without sacrificing health or
interfering with weight loss.
Yellow means “caution.” These foods
should be eaten in moderation or less
frequently.
Red means “stop and think” before eating
these foods. They will have a negative
effect on your efforts to lose weight.
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The following ratings aren’t meant to be
comprehensive. Our goal is merely to show you enough
green, yellow, and red flags for you to recognize how
we’re arriving at these judgments. These lists aren’t
meant to be a guide you carry with you to the grocery
store. They’re meant only to show you the things you
should be looking for on nutrition labels and lists of
ingredients.
Details of our rating system are at the end of this
chapter.
At Your Grocery Store
Let’s start with off-the-shelf products. There are a few
generalities to keep in mind while grocery shopping.
First, the more convenient a food has been made to
prepare, the more likely it will be highly processed
or otherwise loaded with unhealthy ingredients.
The same is true for all snack foods. Read labels
carefully. If you need help with reading labels, visit
www.FullPlateDietBeta.org.