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Diet Facts |
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Summary |
Diet Facts is a website that was created by a man whose father was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. His father was always frustrated because he didn’t know the nutritional information about the food he was eating, both from the supermarket and at restaurants, so his son started compiling the nutritional information of different foods. He posted it online at www.dietfacts.com and his personal database became a huge resource for other diabetics, dieters, or just people who are curious about that sort of thing.
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| Ingredients At A Glance |
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One can find a huge number of items on Diet Facts and each one is accompanied by a list of the nutritional information. Items can be selected from restaurants, brand names, or general names. Along with an enlargement of standard nutritional label information, the website offers a percentage breakdown of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins. Also, a breakdown of how many calories are in a gram of fat, a gram of protein, a gram of alcohol, and a gram of carbohydrates are located at the bottom of each nutritional listing. For accurate and convenient information, restaurant items are listed by entire portion, not just a serving size that is less than the whole dish. The website also has links to resources that offer further information about health and dieting.
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| Costs |
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The Diet Facts website is free to all. People are asked to make a donation if they can to help pay for hosting fees and other expenses, but it is not required. There is some shopping on the site, and the cost of weight loss accessories is comparable to the cost of the same items from other retailers.
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| Website In Focus |
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This website can be searched by brand name, restaurant, or product name, and people may look at master lists of each of these categories that are alphabetically arranged in order to spy something they may not have originally though of. The site has a message board for an online community to talk to each other through. There is a listing of the top ten diet and nutrition sites, a list of the most popular searches, and a list of new items that have been added to the site. There are more than 412 links to other websites that browsers might find useful or relevant to their needs. Contact with Diet Facts is limited to a pre-set email form.
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| Positives |
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If there is an item that is not found on the site already, an email request will result in the addition of the item in question
The site is free of charge to all users
There is a huge amount of useful information on this site, especially for people who eat out with any degree of frequency
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| Negatives |
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It seems like it would be easy to become obsessed the exact nutritional value of everything out there
There is something listed under the nutritional information for each item that is called Unofficial Points, but there is no explanation of the Diet Facts Points System
The items cannot be customized, for instance, if one wants the information about a Subway tuna sandwich, the nutritionals will automatically include cheese, mayo, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions, green peppers, and olives
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| Final Thoughts |
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It is impossible to say just how valuable a site like this could be to a person who is dieting or diabetic. Even to a person who is just curious every now and again, the information provided on this site is amazing. It should be considered one of the most convenient tools to making informed and healthy decisions about food and the fact that it is free to anyone just makes it even more impressive.
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