Meal Facts
Plain notes on everyday eating, with the numbers left in.
Serving sizeone short note
NoteTime to read
- Nobody proved you need eight glasses of water2 min
- Most of your salt never touches the shaker2 min
- Added sugar and the sugar in fruit are not the same problem2 min
- Reading a nutrition label in thirty seconds2 min
- Fibre, the nutrient most people miss2 min
- How much protein you actually need2 min
Reading times are estimates. Sources are listed under every note. Nothing here replaces advice from your own doctor.
I read the guidelines and the larger studies on ordinary food questions and write down what they say in plain words. New notes appear when I have finished reading, which is about twice a month. More about this site.