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Do food manufacturers have secrets they don’t want you to know?   My sister recommended an MSN article on a number of things food manufacturers want to keep secret as outlined in   the article 50 Secrets Food Manufacturers Don’t Tell You That Could Change the Way You Eat.   Some of the changes food manufacturers are making are good for our health.   More manufacturers are cutting back on the added sugar in foods.    Also, manufacturers are reducing the artificial flavors and artificial colors in foods.   For example, Kraft has removed the artificial color in their macaroni and cheese.   Even fast food chains are focusing on healthier options by getting rid of the antibiotics in chicken.    What are some things you should be aware of?      1.  Crackers – are you being fooled by crackers?   Are crackers healthy?   Most crackers are made from refined flour (white flour) and sugar and salt.   Add some preservatives and you have your typical cracker.   But there are healthier cracke

Who doesn’t like some fresh fruit?   My husband brought home a watermelon this week.   It was summer sweet.   All kinds of fruit will soon be coming your way as summer approaches; strawberries ripened on the vine, cherries from Washington, blueberries from Michigan.   Not only is fruit delicious it is super healthy, low in fat and low in calories.   Consumer Reports has an excellent article on 100 calorie summer fruits (June 2018) and 100 calorie picnic foods .    If you are going on summer picnics or barbeques soon, read what a 100-calorie serving of barbeque foods look like.    Enjoy some 100-calorie fruit:   most fruit is so low in calories that you can eat a handful or more and enjoy a number of servings throughout the day.   Yes, fruit has “sugar” but this is the natural sugar, fructose.   It is the “added sugar” that we should be cutting back on, not the natural sugar in fruit.   Some people mistakenly believe fruit will make you fat.   Not true.   Fruit has no high fructose

Last week we discussed five diet pitfalls you may be making.     Here are four more diet pitfalls to be aware of.   These are from   9 Things You Should Never Do When Starting a Diet .    If you are trying to take off a few pounds, be aware of some diet mistakes you might be making.   As I noted last week, so many people start a diet, then go “off” the diet.   Rather the focus should be on changing your eating habits and your exercise habits. It is a lifestyle change to a healthier you.     Change your habits and you can be a healthier you.     Diet Tips – Don’t make these mistakes (continued): Mistake #6 – Don’t Keep your Diet Goals a Secret Hiding your “diet” from everyone may actually make it harder to stick to it.   Go out to eat and your friends will keep asking you to “have another bite” or let’s try a dessert.   Get a “diet buddy” or an “exercise buddy” to help you stick to your action plan.   When you are tempted to go off your plan, call your “diet buddy”.   Have so

Thinking of taking off a few pounds before you put on the swim suit?   What are some diet pitfalls to avoid? A recent article, 9 Things You Should Never Do When Starting a Diet , offers a few tips.   Many people start a diet, lose some weight, only to have the weight come back when they go “off”   the diet.   The old, bad habits return and then the weight returns.    Diet Tips – Don’t make these mistakes:         Mistake #1 – Don’t set a Diet Start Date Have you ever heard someone say, “Next week I start my new diet”.   That just gives them the excuse to eat what they want until next week or whatever start date they set.   So the person gains more weight they have to lose once they do start on their diet regimen. Mistake#2:   Giving Up all the Treats All of us have heard someone say, “I ate the cookie and I blew my diet.”   Enjoy that cookie, it doesn’t ruin your diet.   People who cut out all the treats, all the desserts, start to feel deprived.   At some point, they