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Be My Eyes is a free app that connects blind and low vision people with sighted volunteers and company representatives for visual assistance through a live video call.Download for iOSDownload for Android
our attention. reporter: if you re not already a label reader, turn the package over. let s start clearing up some things right now. the first pitfall is on this bread label. although it might say wheat or multi-grain, it doesn t mean it is a whole grain bread. reporter: you want whole grain? look for it to say 100%. trans fats. many manufacturers have removed these bad fats from processed foods. but beware, although a label says zero by law it could contain a half a gram of trans fat and still claim zero on the label per serving. reporter: and that can cause trouble if you eat multiple servings. look for the words in the ingredients partially hydrogenated oil. steer clear of those items. next the term light. whether li it te te. just because a label says
they want, you know, want it right then. i m a label reader now. i wasn t so much before children. being mindful of the types of things that we put into our bodies, the chemicals, the pesticides that are used. that s really important that we re mindful of that. we re trained to have kids eventually. so we want to be as healthy as possible before doing that. my husband, he s had a heart attack. he s had high blood pressure, diabetes the past few years. so just watching him go through a bunch of stuff, i don t want to go through it. do you want to see that picture of what i used to look like? oh, my god. this was me then. so i am very proud. oh, i feel good. i mean sometimes, you know, you know you want to see a piece of cake and eat it. but it s for the better. yeah, i feel great. i have the energy to play with my kids. i have a 3 1/2-year-old. she has a lot of energy. i want to make sure that i can keep going with her.
health ramifications? interesting thing is, we really don t know. some people will say, look, it s probably safe, you re getting the same old atlantic salmon. others will say, you have no clue because until you re 10, 15, 20 years down the line, no one s going to know. so put you on the spot, are you going to eat this stuff? i am very careful about the source of my fish. so i usually i pay more and get wild caught plain not hyped up with anything. make no mistake about it, unless you re very careful label reader you are, in your meats and poultry and fish, likely getting a modification of something, whether it s better feed, whether it s hormones, antibiotics. that has permeated the food chain, and already strapped fda a lot of people are saying that this is not the time to ask them to make this kind of decision. thanks very much, dr. nancy. appreciate it. bedbugs are continuing to