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10-27-02, 03:25 PM
HEALTHY TREATS * [list=1]
POPCORN: According to research studies (Harvard), popcorn is a whole grain rarity among snacks with huge health benefits. In Harvard research, women who ate the most whole grains, including popcorn were one third less likely to die of heart disease. Also according to Harvard reasearch, whole grains lower the risk of cancer and diabetes. A new study finds that eating whole grains reduces insulin levels 10%, helping to curb hunger and diabetes. Reduce Butter and Salt. THE BEST: LOW CALORIE AIR POPPED; IF YOU MICROWAVE -- BUY LIGHT OR LOW FAT BRANDS.
YOGURT (LOW OR NON-FAT): It provides bacteria good for digestion, plus high protein and calcium. BE SURE THE LABEL SAYS "CONTAINS ACTIVE YOGURT CULTURES". Yogurt with added fruit USUALLY HAS LOTS OF SUGAR AND CALORIES -- SO USE PLAIN FAT FREE YOGURT AND ADD YOUR OWN FRUIT. Whip up yogurt smoothies with real fruit. DON'T give frozen yogurt too much credit: FREEZING DESTROYS LIVE CULTURES, WHICH ARE YOGURT'S UNIQUE BENEFIT.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES: According to Gladys Block, a public health expert at the University of California, Berkeley, urges substituting them in place of a less healthful snack at least once a day. According to Block, "fat intake would drop to acceptable levels and that alone would go a long way in reducing risks of obesity and in developing diabetes, heart disease and other chronic, debilitating conditions."
NUTS: According to a new Harvard study, nuts is a superb snack full of nutrients and fiber. The study states that it's a myth that nuts generally make you fat or clog arteries. The study shows that men who ate nuts twice or more a week had half the offs of dropping dead from a heart attack. PEANUTS help control blood sugar and hunger (That includes peanut butter, PREFERABLY MADE BY GRINDING UNSALTED PEANUTS). Sunflower and pumpkin seeds and soy nuts are excellent snacks as well. BEST UNSALTED
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PRETZELS: Although it is touted as a healthful low fat snack MOST ARE BASICALLY CRUNCHY GLOBS OF REFINED FOUR WITH TOO MUCH SALT (UP TO 700 MILLIGRAMS OF SODIUM PER OUNCE). Studies show that pretzels, like white bread CAUSE BLOOD SUGAR TO SHOOT UP RAPIDLY MAKING THEM MORE LIKELY TO LEAD TO HUNGER, WEIGHT GAIN AND DIABETES. Make pretzels a some-times snack only.
FRUITS AND VEGGIE CHIPS, CRISPS AND STICKS: 1/4 cup fried banana chips can provide 8 grams of fat and 150 calories -- COMPARED TO A BANANA that is 100 calories. Some veggie chips or sticks are made of SPINACH OR VEGETABLE POWDERS AND PUREE'S which provide FEW disease-fighting phytochemicals. (MAKE SURE A VEGETABLE CHIP (I.E. SWEET POTATO) IS LISTED FIRST OR SECOND ON THE LABEL.
ENERGY BARS: According to researcher Steve Hertzler of Ohio State University, energy bars can give the same sugar rush and letdown as a candy bar. Hertzler says it is "better to eat a banana, apple or grapham cracker; because besides being cheaper there are more nutrients and fewer calories. A NUTRITION RICH BAR HAS LESS THAN 5 GRAMS OF FAT, LESS THAN 200 CALORIES AND 3 TO 5 GRAMS OF FIBER.
POTATO CHIPS: The news that they carry the carcinogen acrylamide makes high fat, high salt chips even less desirable. Plus, white potatoes are like candy -- in their ability to spike blood sugar. WORST: Potato Chips (and corn chips) USUALLY CONTAIN TRANS-FATTY ACIDS, THE MOST ARTERY CLOGGING FAT OF ALL. Choose BAKED NOT FRIED and save 40 calories per serving.
LABELS: The best defense against nutritionally shoddy snacks IS TO READ LABELS CAREFULLY. The ingredients are listed in order of content. (FOR EXAMPLE: If sugar (ALSO CALLED FRUCTOSE OR HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP) is first it's the No. 1 ingredient. ALWAYS CHECK FAT AND CALORIES. Typically 50% to 60% of potato chips calories come from fats -- mainly bad trans fats, listed as "partially hydrogenated" oil. HEALTHIER FATS ARE CANOLA, OLIVE AND HIGH OLEIC SAFFLOWER OIL.
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* This information was taken from an article written by Jean Carper.
The recipe in this article will be placed on the Snack Recipe Forum: TRAIL MIX
SOMETHING TO CONSIDER: If you are 50 to 60 years of age, have any health issues ..... you might check with your physician about getting a flu shot and a pneumonia shot.
POPCORN: According to research studies (Harvard), popcorn is a whole grain rarity among snacks with huge health benefits. In Harvard research, women who ate the most whole grains, including popcorn were one third less likely to die of heart disease. Also according to Harvard reasearch, whole grains lower the risk of cancer and diabetes. A new study finds that eating whole grains reduces insulin levels 10%, helping to curb hunger and diabetes. Reduce Butter and Salt. THE BEST: LOW CALORIE AIR POPPED; IF YOU MICROWAVE -- BUY LIGHT OR LOW FAT BRANDS.
YOGURT (LOW OR NON-FAT): It provides bacteria good for digestion, plus high protein and calcium. BE SURE THE LABEL SAYS "CONTAINS ACTIVE YOGURT CULTURES". Yogurt with added fruit USUALLY HAS LOTS OF SUGAR AND CALORIES -- SO USE PLAIN FAT FREE YOGURT AND ADD YOUR OWN FRUIT. Whip up yogurt smoothies with real fruit. DON'T give frozen yogurt too much credit: FREEZING DESTROYS LIVE CULTURES, WHICH ARE YOGURT'S UNIQUE BENEFIT.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES: According to Gladys Block, a public health expert at the University of California, Berkeley, urges substituting them in place of a less healthful snack at least once a day. According to Block, "fat intake would drop to acceptable levels and that alone would go a long way in reducing risks of obesity and in developing diabetes, heart disease and other chronic, debilitating conditions."
NUTS: According to a new Harvard study, nuts is a superb snack full of nutrients and fiber. The study states that it's a myth that nuts generally make you fat or clog arteries. The study shows that men who ate nuts twice or more a week had half the offs of dropping dead from a heart attack. PEANUTS help control blood sugar and hunger (That includes peanut butter, PREFERABLY MADE BY GRINDING UNSALTED PEANUTS). Sunflower and pumpkin seeds and soy nuts are excellent snacks as well. BEST UNSALTED
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BEWARE THE TRICKS: *[list=1]
PRETZELS: Although it is touted as a healthful low fat snack MOST ARE BASICALLY CRUNCHY GLOBS OF REFINED FOUR WITH TOO MUCH SALT (UP TO 700 MILLIGRAMS OF SODIUM PER OUNCE). Studies show that pretzels, like white bread CAUSE BLOOD SUGAR TO SHOOT UP RAPIDLY MAKING THEM MORE LIKELY TO LEAD TO HUNGER, WEIGHT GAIN AND DIABETES. Make pretzels a some-times snack only.
FRUITS AND VEGGIE CHIPS, CRISPS AND STICKS: 1/4 cup fried banana chips can provide 8 grams of fat and 150 calories -- COMPARED TO A BANANA that is 100 calories. Some veggie chips or sticks are made of SPINACH OR VEGETABLE POWDERS AND PUREE'S which provide FEW disease-fighting phytochemicals. (MAKE SURE A VEGETABLE CHIP (I.E. SWEET POTATO) IS LISTED FIRST OR SECOND ON THE LABEL.
ENERGY BARS: According to researcher Steve Hertzler of Ohio State University, energy bars can give the same sugar rush and letdown as a candy bar. Hertzler says it is "better to eat a banana, apple or grapham cracker; because besides being cheaper there are more nutrients and fewer calories. A NUTRITION RICH BAR HAS LESS THAN 5 GRAMS OF FAT, LESS THAN 200 CALORIES AND 3 TO 5 GRAMS OF FIBER.
POTATO CHIPS: The news that they carry the carcinogen acrylamide makes high fat, high salt chips even less desirable. Plus, white potatoes are like candy -- in their ability to spike blood sugar. WORST: Potato Chips (and corn chips) USUALLY CONTAIN TRANS-FATTY ACIDS, THE MOST ARTERY CLOGGING FAT OF ALL. Choose BAKED NOT FRIED and save 40 calories per serving.
LABELS: The best defense against nutritionally shoddy snacks IS TO READ LABELS CAREFULLY. The ingredients are listed in order of content. (FOR EXAMPLE: If sugar (ALSO CALLED FRUCTOSE OR HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP) is first it's the No. 1 ingredient. ALWAYS CHECK FAT AND CALORIES. Typically 50% to 60% of potato chips calories come from fats -- mainly bad trans fats, listed as "partially hydrogenated" oil. HEALTHIER FATS ARE CANOLA, OLIVE AND HIGH OLEIC SAFFLOWER OIL.
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* This information was taken from an article written by Jean Carper.
The recipe in this article will be placed on the Snack Recipe Forum: TRAIL MIX
SOMETHING TO CONSIDER: If you are 50 to 60 years of age, have any health issues ..... you might check with your physician about getting a flu shot and a pneumonia shot.