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They're loaded with fat and can be very salty, yet these filling little snack foods are nutritional powerhouses. That's because the types of fat found in nuts--monounsaturated and polyunsaturated--are the good fats. When eaten instead of junk food high in saturated fats (like potato chips and doughnuts), nuts lower blood levels of triglycerides and LDL (bad) cholesterol while raising HDL (good) cholesterol--a perfect formula for preventing heart disease. Many nuts, such as pecans and walnuts, also contain a phytochemical called ellagic acid. In preliminary laboratory studies, ellagic acid seemed to trigger a process known...
Americans are eating--and drinking--some pretty strange stuff these days. Too harried for sit-down meals or pressed to shed pounds or just carried away with the idea of a healthy snack, they're gobbling up by the millions what was once an esoteric favorite of long- distance bicycle racers, marathoners and mountain climbers: so-called energy, protein or diet bars. Even more surprising is their infatuation with flavored concoctions known variously as designer, health or fitness waters. Imaginatively bottled and labeled (Smartwater, Lizard Lightning, Magic Recovery) and laced with every sort of nutritional supplement imaginable, they're fast...
Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) serves up far more than the breakfast of champions—it also serves students lunch, dinner and a late-night snack. But unfortunately, last Thursday’s Olympic meal didn’t set any records for quality. Although well-intentioned, HUDS’ “Olympiad” festive meal placed far too much emphasis on festivity and sacrificed what should be the center of the experience: the food...
...SNACK FOOD For the first time since 1990, when we were in our last recession, people are eating out less. Instead, they're staying home and snacking on frozen pizza, chips, dips, ice cream. ACNielsen says sales of these foods are up between 7% and 24% from last year...
There used to be fruit snacks in the cabinet, like Gushers, those capsules of wonderfully colored gooey chemicals that tasted sweet and for some reason were packaged and sold to parents of small children. Now that no one packs school lunches in my house anymore, the former snack cabinet is stacked high with cans of tomato paste, tuna fish, and other non-perishables. If my dad has been to the natural foods co-op recently, there may be a bag of “chunks of energy” that seem to be made entirely of congealed tofu and birdseed...