Mayo Clinic Minute – New rule for ‘wholesome’ meals labels

What makes a meals wholesome? For the primary time in 30 years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is updating its declare on what meals merchandise can use the phrase "healthy" on their labels.

And each the meals being taken off the checklist and the brand new meals now accredited to make use of that declare… may shock you.

"This was long overdue. The term ‘healthy’ as used as a claim for foods is way out of date," says Dr. Donald Hensrud, a Mayo Clinic doctor specializing in vitamin and the editor of "The Mayo Clinic Diet."

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