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Interviewer: What are three things you should pay attention to when you're reading a nutrition label? Registered dietitian, Theresa Dvorak, help us out with this one.

Theresa: Yeah, sure. So the three keys would be serving size, fat content, sodium content. So what is a serving? Is it the entire package? Is it three cookies? So looking at that can help us make smart choices.

Fat content. Often, there's a lot of hidden calories from fat in our packaged foods. So, especially, is it coming from saturated fat or unsaturated fat?

And thirdly, sodium content. To make foods taste better, we put salt in them, but we should only be getting about 2,300 milligrams of salt per day. So there's often way too much in our processed foods. So, again, those three takeaways would be serving size, fat content, sodium content.

updated: July 21, 2021
originally published: April 9, 2019

Interviewer: Three healthy snacks for your desk drawer. Theresa Dvorak's a registered dietitian. What are some healthy things I can put in my snack drawer at work that are probably better than what's already in there?

Theresa: Sure. Some key things that we want to look for with these particular food items is that it's a good source of protein, it's got complex carbohydrates, and it's high in fiber. These things are important because they give us some energy, but also it's sustaining energy, so it's going to help keep us full for a given period of time and not just quick sugars.

My top choices there would be something like a trail mix with some nuts and seeds and dried fruit, a granola bar, preferably not chocolate covered granola bars, those tend to be just like candy bars, and then something fresh like fruit and nuts. Keeping us away from the vending machine and in control of our choices.

updated: February 3, 2021
originally published: April 22, 2019