Need nutritional facts

The Ottawa Citizen - August 28th, 2009

Need nutritional facts

Re: Food for thought, Aug. 27.

I was thrilled to see in Thursday's food section nutritional breakdowns for the Citizen's recipes.

Nutrition is non-intuitive. Even dietetic professionals can't simply eyeball a recipe or a plate and know calorie, fat or sodium counts. Given that nutrition is perhaps the single most important determinant of health and given the rapid rise in chronic diet related diseases your decision to calculate and include nutritional analyses of the recipes provides a tremendous service to your readers and truly demonstrates your sincerity and caring for their well-being.

Yoni Freedhoff, MD,

Medical director, Bariatric Medical Institute, Ottawa

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