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healthy snack foods

Who says snacking is bad? The reality is your body needs fuel to get through the day. Like a machine, it’s far better to keep the wheels well-greased and maintained than to wait until it breaks down to fix it. Yet choosing the right snack food is the difference between functioning top-notch or spiraling out of control and packing on the pounds. Eating healthy doesn’t have to taste bad, but it does take a little bit of consideration.
Healthy foods don’t always have to taste like Styrofoam. For a snack, bagels and bran muffins taste pretty darn good! A 200-calorie bagel will give you 11% of your daily [...]

healthy snack foods

The snack food industry encompasses everything from pre-packaged sandwiches to potato chips. Food snacks like Doritos, popcorn, pretzels, chocolate bars, candy and cookies frequently come to mind. However, cheese, fruits, nuts and easy-to-eat vegetables, such as peppers, tomatoes, carrots, etc., are also classified as snacks. Eating healthy means choosing proper portions, choosing the right snack foods and enjoying more mini-meals throughout the day.
It’s surprising to some that snack food industries have skyrocketed during a time of recession, especially when snack food prices have increased anywhere from 4-11% over the last year, due to increased energy and commodity costs. However, consumers are flocking to Wal-Mart for their fair-priced [...]

Organic foods

Organic foods are regulated by the USDA and feature crops that are grown without pesticides, artificial fertilizers, irradiation or biotechnology. The animals are raised on a healthy diet of organic food, without being confined 100% of the time, or “free range,” and they are not given antibiotics or synthetic growth hormones. About 70% of Americans find it worthwhile to pay a little extra to encourage farmers to adhere to these more ethical standards. Research suggests that these healthy foods that are grown organically have more nutrients and that livestock raised organically is more ethical.
Many people are often confounded when standing in the produce section, looking at the organic [...]