Garlic B grade food Topic

U1190608831 08/20/21
Hi, why is it this grade? Thought a clove would be an A. I ask as I eat a lot of it. Thanks

Dietician 08/20/21 replied to U1190608831
Hello U1190608831- Great question!
The food-grade was developed as a tool for members to use when comparing like items. For example, imagine you were shopping for cereal or bread and were unsure which one to purchase. The food grade can help! It uses a math equation to rank certain nutrients in food. (total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, total carb, fiber, sugar, protein, vitamins A and C, calcium, and iron).
Garlic has essentially received a neutral grade. This does not mean that garlic is not healthy. It is rich in phytonutrients that promote health.

Here is some additional information about the details of the food grade.
https://www.mynetdiary.com/food-grade.html
Best, Joanna (MyNetDiary Dietitian)

U1190608831 08/22/21
Great, thanks for that.

Mozookpr 09/17/22
I'm not a dietician, but I have noticed that the food grade's usefulness depends quite a bit on what you are trying to accomplish. I'll use my two favorite salad dressings - Kewpie Yuzu Kosho, and a ranch dressing I make from scratch with powdered buttermilk, whole grassfed milk, and mayonnaise - to illustrate what I mean.

Like many people here, I would like to lose weight, and I know I need to watch my fat intake, but my primary objective, on the advice of my health care professional, is to consume less sodium: under 1500 mg per day. I figure if I eat a healthier, more balanced diet, the weight loss will take care of itself. Anyway, on to the dressings.

Two tbsp. (a standard serving) of Kewpie has only 15 calories, but it also has a jaw-dropping 520 mg of sodium (according to the MyNetDiary database, actually, the bottle in my refrigerator says it's 530.) It also has 4 g of carbs and a small amount of vitamins A and C. It gets a grade of C-. The homemade dressing, which receives a D+ for the same size serving, has 210 calories and 22.4 g of fat, 3.6 of which are saturated. "Oh, no," right? Not so fast. It also has 13.6 g of polyunsaturated fat, 5.6 g of monounsaturated fat, small amounts of several vitamins and minerals, and 1,920 mg of omega-3. AND, at at 229 mg, less than half the sodium of the Kewpie.

The difference between a C- and a D+ may not seem like much, but for my purposes, the difference is vast and the ranch dressing is the clear winner. Sure, it's a fair bit of fat, but most of it is healthy fat, and I'd much rather have that than blow over a third of my sodium allotment for the day on one portion of salad dressing that contributes almost nothing else to my diet. It's easier, overall, to dodge excess fat than excess sodium. You know when you are eating a fatty food; hidden sodium is absolutely everywhere, unless you do virtually all of your cooking, including baking, from scratch, and clear your kitchen of all but low-sodium canned foods, and just about anything out of a box. (Yes, I did it. The local food pantry loves me.)

I do find the grades helpful, but only as a starting point. The actual nutrition label (when it's complete, which far too many are not) is a much better source of information. Again, though, that's my take, based on my personal priorities. YMMV.

Pfrye2 04/05/23
Excellent post. I take strong issue with some of the grading here. If you trade a whole-food product for a low-fat, low-sodium or "lite" processed version, full of GMOs and chemicals, the score is higher. What garbage. Wisdom... we must all use the wisdom God gives us freely. Keep doing what you're doing! I like how you think!

Garlic B grade food