TIP OF THE DAY: Count Plates, Not Calories

Restricting your food intake to meet those weight loss goals? Treat yourself to beautiful dishes, cups, and glasses. What you eat will look more exciting and taste that much better. Even a cup of plain yogurt looks tempting in a beautiful red bowl (don’t forget a sprig of dill). It’s how they make the most meager…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Healthy Snacks

We’re Fig-Sated on this healthy dried fruit and nut snack: apricots, dates, figs, almond and pistachios. Photo by Naheed Choudhry. It’s easy to keep healthy, tasty foods at work to snack on. The temptation to grab for fat- and sugar-loaded foods can be offset with a little planning. Pack a drawer with palate-pleasers like delicious…
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SALT & SEASONINGS: Cutting Down On Sodium In 2010

Americans eat way too much salt. Our processed foods and recipes are packed with much more than is good for you (the same for sugar). Only 11% of the sodium in our diets comes from our own saltshakers; nearly 80% is added to foods before they are sold. The National Salt Reduction Initiative will be…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Bare Fruit ~ Organic Healthy Snacking

Your New Year’s resolution may be to eat healthier. But what do you do if you have a natural sweet tooth—or an addiction to chips? Try Bare Fruit. The crispy and crunchy apple chips and chewy pears hit the spot. And every serving counts toward the “5 to 9 a day” of fruits and vegetable…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Save Bread Calories

Wasa crispbread, at 20 calories a slice, is another way to cut bread calories. Photo by Melody Lan | THE NIBBLE. Want to cut calories but can’t give up the bread? We switched to Pepperidge Farm thin-sliced bread, for half the calories of a regular slice. We couldn’t give up our beloved bagels, so we…
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