Anyone catch the CBC documentary on the Heart and Stroke Foundation last night? Very interesting. Apparenlty they do not really check that the food items that wear their logo. Companies PAY the Heart and Stroke Foundation to have their logos on their packaging and in doing so, tries to trick consumers into buying their products.
Unbelievable. I thought the H&S had better standards than that.
Bottom line, read the labels well and don't trust what you see. [H3]Hyping Health[/H3] [H2]Does the health check logo hype health or sell food?[/H2]
You've seen the Health Check logo. It's the friendly red checkmark that appears on nearly 1,500 packaged food products in this country, representing the approval of the Heart and Stroke Foundation. If a product bears the logo, that means Heart and Stroke has evaluated it and concluded it complies with their criteria, which is based on the recommendations of Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating.
So. Does the logo mean it's the healthiest choice? The answer is a little complicated. As Wendy Mesley reports, it turns out that some of Heart and Stroke's Health Check products don't get top marks in other food-rating systems.
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