This morning, The Today Show with Hoda and Kathy Lee had an interesting segment on losing weight by snacking. Nutritionist Lisa Dryer said that many people cut out snacking to lose weight, but that this is not a good idea, because your blood sugar gets low and then you may overeat during meals. But that doesn’t mean you [...]

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A Date with Chocolate
Sticking to your New Year’s resolutions doesn’t mean you have to give up chocolate. (How depressing would that be?) Plenty of companies make healthy chocolatey snacks. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, you can munch on chocolate-covered pepitas or a vitamin-packed chocolate muffin. And here’s a new idea: try an all-natural chocolate-nut [...]

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Just a quick warning to our readers that  many snack foods containing peanut butter have been recalled due to the recent salmonella outbreak.
Clif and Luna bars containing peanut butter have been recalled, as well as Nutrisystem’s Peanut Butter Granola Bars, Nature’s Path’s Peanut Butter Optimum Energy Bars, ZonePerfect Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars and Peanut Toffee Bars, [...]

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Justin’s Peanut Butter and Almond Butter Squeeze Packets
Come on, ’fess up: How many of you can’t buy peanut butter because you know that once you open it, you won’t be able to get your finger out of the jar?

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