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...aisles of health-food stores are well stocked with healthy snack products, but they tend to taste distinctly, well, healthy. Not much of a treat there. And sometimes they aren't as healthy as they seem. Many dieters were enraged last year when it was discovered that Robert's American Gourmet had mislabeled its popular all-natural Pirate's Booty snack products, suggesting they were healthier and lower in calories than they actually were...
...Frito-Lay's new products stack up? The whole line is cooked in trans fat--free oils, a big health benefit over many other snack foods, because trans fats raise the level of LDL, the "bad cholesterol." And the products are slightly lower in ordinary fat. Regular Tostitos and Natural Tostitos both have 140 calories a serving, but the natural chips have only 50 calories from fat, while the traditional ones have 70. And our tasters found that the flavor of the new products matched or sometimes even surpassed that of the traditional products. The Cheetos Natural White Cheddar Puffs...
...experts warn that just because these bars are low in "net carbs"--the kind that affect blood sugar and can contribute to weight gain--they won't necessarily cause the pounds to melt away. Factors such as calories, fat and fiber and whether the bars are used as a snack or a meal replacement also weigh in. "You'll gain weight on anything that's an energy source if you intake more energy than you use," says Dalton. Bars that are lower in calories and higher in fiber are best. TIME tasted five popular low-carb bars, and here...
...Italy, the preferred pastime is people-watching and caffeinating. There is no better temple to both than the elegant Caffè Pedrocchi, famously "doorless" because it operated without closing from its opening in 1831 until World War I in 1916. Pedrocchi now keeps regular hours - namely, breakfast through midnight snack. An architectural delight, its two floors incorporate as many styles as the café has historically had functions (stock and grain exchange, casino, ballroom). Pedrocchi's high ceilings, terraces and Doric columns are decidedly grand. The ground floor is divided into three areas named for the colors of the Italian...
...Cubesteak”—whose real names are Doug, Jon, Bert and Ernie, respectively—began their collaboration as the Redundant Steaks in the “Pit Stop,” the University of Chicago’s student snack bar and lounge...