emark website for meal planning with food and drink classification

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Posted on : 04-06-2009 | By : Cindy | In : Recommended web places

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Do you find it hard to figure out what the food labels say? Wish there was just one mark that told you if a food was OK to eat? Well my friend Sarah at the NZ Nutrition Foundation says they have tried to do just that with their new ‘e-mark’ website – it’s great. I punched in my height, weight and exercise level and up came a meal plan that I could easily follow. Great! Check it out.

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