PRODUCT: Light Ice Cream ~ How Light Is It?

Half the fat doesn’t mean you can eat twice as much! Be sure to check the calories, too— some brands of “light” ice creams have more calories and sugar than other brands of “regular.” Our friends at Consumer Reports have been dipping into the light ice cream to give you the scoop on light ice…
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PRODUCT: Sweet Heat–Mrs. Renfro’s Fruit Salsas

There exists a fine balance between sweet and savory—too much of one and the other falls short. For those who like sweet salsa, Mrs. Renfro’s Gourmet Salsas deserve your attention. All natural, there isn’t one ingredient on the label that wouldn’t come straight from your refrigerator or pantry. Rather than dominate the flavor palette, the…
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VALENTINE’S DAY GIFTS: VDay Minus 8 ~ Low-Calorie Heart-Shaped Muffins

Send your favorite dieter Vitalicious 100-calorie, heart shaped chocolate muffins; and enter for a chance to win a Tiffany diamond pendant at http://vitalicious.com/store.html. The chocolate muffins, available year-round in standard muffin shape and muffin tops, are quite tasty for diet food. – Read our review of Vitalicious Muffins. – Find more of our favorite diet…
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PRODUCT: VitaMuffin VitaTops

People who like muffins, chocolate, muffin tops and reduced-calorie foods have discovered VitaMuffins (read our review). The 100-calorie chocolate muffin tops are so popular that VitaMuffin expanded the options from the original Deep Chocolate to Chocolate Fig, Dark Chocolate Pomegranate, Double Chocolate Dream (with white chips), Fudgy Peanut Butter Chip, and Triple Chocolate Chunk. There’s…
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PRODUCTS: Gluten-Free Food

Chocolate cashew Cupola Clouds offer very low-calorie crunch. How pervasive is gluten allergy? Although celiac disease affects approximately one percent of the population, a larger number of people have gluten sensitivity, which causes gastrointestinal complaints. In November, Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month, Uno Chicago Grill tested the nation’s first gluten-free chain pizza (cheese and pepperoni) in…
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