March 4, 2010
- Are Cereal Bars a Healthy Breakfast Substitute?
As with most things there are two sides to this story. Most health sources believe that breakfast bars are a gimmick: an unhealthy and poor substitute for a well-balanced breakfast that should probably be taken with a diet pill and a vitamin if you want them to do any good. Others (mainly the cereal bar [...]
February 4, 2010
- Sugar Substitutes: A Comparison
We all know that sugar is bad for you. But some of the sugar substitutes on the market are tasteless and don’t really work. So what can you use to replace sugar to help you cut it out of your diet so that you can lose weight?
• Splenda – This is the obvious choice. It [...]
January 25, 2010
- Oil Substitutes: All the Flavor, None of the Fat
We all know it’s true: frying things is bad for you. But oil is used in so many other recipes as well, and it is not good for you. Oil is basically fat. This means that the more you use, the more fat you are ingesting. So how can you reduce your oil intake to [...]
December 24, 2009
- The Benefits of Vacuum-Packed Tuna Packs
Health-wise consumers, listen up! I’m sure you’ve seen these handy-dandy packets of tuna on your local grocery store shelves. Maybe they’re a little more expensive than the traditional cans, but when it comes to a healthy convenient food, you can’t get much healthier or convenient than these neat packs.
The health benefits of tuna:
• Tuna can [...]
July 7, 2009
- Kashi TLC Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
If you love a nice, chewy chocolate cookie but not the idea of all of that white sugar and cheap white flour they’re usually made with, prepare to rejoice! Kashi has done it again with their whole grain TLC cookie. Oh, and they’re dark chocolate oatmeal cookies. Yes, the soft cookies are filled with whole [...]
June 10, 2009
- Glenny’s Yummy Low-cal Soy Crisps
Soy. Just the name seems to turn off so many people, making folks think of flavorless tofu or crunchy hippies and their often tasteless meals (no offense to you crunchies out there!). I was one once of those. But I changed.
My Glenny Soy Crisp story began when I came upon these in a neighborhood store, [...] - Slim-Fast Bar Review
I always though of Slim Fast as diet shakes/meal replacements which were less than tasty and not much beyond. You know—“ a shake for breakfast, another for lunch and a sensible dinner.” But boy, was I surprised when I discovered Slim Fast Optima –advertised as “Controls Hunger for Up To Four Hours” Caramel Crispy Peanut [...]
- Hershey’s No-Carb Treats
Ok, chocolate lovers who have gone into hiding after joining the ever-growing low carb dieters group: brace yourselves. You can now eat and enjoy chocolate again. Hershey’s recently introduced two new sugar-free and low-carb versions of its best-selling chocolates, including an amazing, sugar-free Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and candy bars with only 1 gram of [...]
- 100-Calorie Snack Packs
Anyone who is watching their weight knows that it is all about controlling your portions and much more than the foods you eat. Many people struggle with keeping snack foods around the house because they are unaware of their portions and end up eating too much. But now, our once-a-diet-enemy Nabisco has created a whole [...]