Are Nutrition Labels BS?

Treating the info as gospel isn’t a best bet for bodybuilders.

- Adam Bible

OPENING ARGUMENTS

Defense

In 1990, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated that nutrition facts be included on most food products, providing breakdowns on macro­ nutrients and the percentages that consumers should meet— or limit—for one day. (These nutrition facts are now showing up on restaurant menus as well.) The numbers may not be perfectly accurate and precise, but they are close enough and average out in the end.

Prosecution

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