What's the best way to stay healthy in the face of so much conflicting nutrition information?

Well ideally you would go to the source the gold standard the pure viewed medical literature and read through the stacks of the latest medical journals

But who's got time for that? I do

Welcome to the nutrition facts podcast. I'm your host Dr. Michael Greger

Today we look at how adding a healthy option can actually drive people to make even worst choices

Thanks to a mind-blowing glitch of human psychology

In 2017 into much fanfare menu labeling for calorie counts began to be mandated in national chain restaurants

I mean shouldn't consumers have the knowledge needed to make healthy eating choices outside the home

It just makes sense that chloric information on menus will help consumers limit food intake to stay within daily energy needs

But it didn't work turns out calorie labels are not effective

Perhaps shaving on average in insignificant eight calories off a meal

You could have totally predicted that why just as one might define the value of front of back traffic light

labeling from the

ferocity of the food industry response against it

Well could probably gauge the futility of calorie labeling by the ease at which some regulations have been passed

McDonald's voluntarily started publishing calorie info nationally back in 2012

After a labeling mandate in New York City was found to have no overall effect on consumer behavior

So stays to just such labeling could boost perceptions of the restaurant's concern for consumers well being well

carefully not undermining any big Mac attacks

At the same time McDonald's announced plans for adding seasonal produce to their menu

How cynical do you have to be not to at least recognize that is a good thing?

Ironically

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