India, Feb. 17 -- A closer look at how reading food labels changed the way I eat-and think about nutrition.

I used to think I was making relatively healthy food choices when swapping out sodas for "natural" fruit juices, choosing protein bars over chocolate, picking up whole wheat bread, over white bread, that boasted "good source of fibre" on the packaging and switching out refined flour noodles for wheat-based ones.

I wasn't unaware of ingredient lists, but I was mostly aloof, grabbing what seemed healthy without a second thought. That changed when I found myself doom-scrolling one night and stumbled upon the Food Pharmer, aka Revant Himatsingka, leading what felt like a revolution. His breakdowns of hidden sugars and questionable in...