Labels on food containers are great, since they provide us with nutrition facts. They tell us the calories per serving and the total fats, carbohydrates, sodium, dietary fiber, protein and sugars. Of course, there is the list of ingredients listed on the label as well. The product label may even state this particular food item was manufactured on shared equipment with products that may contain tree nuts and/or peanuts. This is vital due to children and adults who have a life-threatening allergy to nuts. Other food allergens include, but are not limited to the following: wheat, gluten (proteins found in wheat), corn, soy, whey, dairy, fruits and seafood. Labels provide the consumers with not only important nutritional information, but a possible life or death situation if they don’t read the label.
Why is it then that we accept the “diabetic” label? After all, diabetes is a disease caused by an insulin deficiency and characterized by an increased amount of sugar in the blood and urine. Basically, you either don’t have enough insulin or the body cannot properly utilize what it has. The disease is diabetes, not the person. The “diabetic” label is saying this...
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