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Nutrition Analysis Tools

Before you start using nutrition analysis tools, it's important to understand nutrition labels and be able to calculate daily calorie needs. Once you know these basics, then you can start using an online nutrition analysis tool and food diary.

  1. Understand Food Labels

    • The ability to read a food label is essential to being able to understand nutrition analysis tools. Look for foods that are low in saturated fats, trans fat, and sodium. In general, the less ingredients listed, the better.

    Calculate Your Calorie Needs

    Nutrition Analysis Features

    • Nutrition analysis tools can be found online and should have a comprehensive database of the foods you eat. They should show you the calorie content, as well as carbohydrates, fat, protein, sodium, and other nutritional information for each food item you search for.

    Exercise Tracking Features

    • Nutrition analysis tools are even more effective when combined with exercise tracking. An effective overall nutritional analysis tool will include information on all different types of fitness activities and exercises, and tell you how many calories you're burning doing those activities.

    Benefits to Using Nutrition Analysis Tools

    • A 2008 research study from Kaiser Permanente found that people who track their food intake using nutrition analysis tools double their weight loss on average.

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