Calorie Counting Is a Flawed Proxy: Labels Are Up to 20% Wrong

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A medium portion of McDonald's fries, a chicken breast with roasted veg, and a turkey sandwich with fruit can all carry roughly 340 calories with wildly different nutritional value. On top of that, food labels are legally allowed to be up to 20% inaccurate, and your body doesn't even absorb all the calories listed…

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