Which Halloween Treats Are Healthiest?
No, it's not an oxymoron. Some candies are nutritionally better than others.
This time of year, with its rich autumn foods and teeth-rotting sweets, can bring along unwanted poundage. It’s a great time to practice triage on the Halloween candy your kids collect around the neighborhood. No one wants to get a granola bar or dried fruit in their jack-o-lantern bonbon baskets, and with these tips you won’t have to settle for rabbit food or raisins this year in order to keep healthy. Dietitian Gloria Tsang, author of the new book Go UnDiet: 50 Small Actions for Lasting Weight Loss and founder of nutrition network HealthCastle.com, said you can make a few simple wise choices to keep your kids from going into a sugar coma this trick-or-treat season. "With big differences in calories, sugar, and quality of ingredients used…
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9:44 am on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
I've given up hoping that we can have at least ONE holiday without hearing about eating what's good for us. If you and the kids normally eat a balanced diet and get enough exercise, the once-a-year Halloween splurge won't hurt. And if you don't, it won't make any difference. more ›