Foods That Fight Fat

Well, I guess we did not need a doctor to TELL us this, but maybe we did need a doctor to remind us. If we stock our pantry with healthy foods, then we will tend to eat those healthy foods. Yahoo Health published an article called 127 foods that fight fat on just this subject. The author is a real doctor, Dr. Shaphiro, and he discusses which food to empasize in order to keep your pantry stuffed with healthy foods that you actually want to eat!

Soups: He calls soup a good calorie bargain, and I think its always great to keep some soup in the pantry. Even my kids will snack on soup rather than ice cream or other alternatives if it is available. A bowl of spicy chile or chunky chicken hits the spot on a cold day, and with some crackers, it makes a light meal or satisfying snack. Soup is also pretty economical compared to lots of just they could be stuffing their face with!

Fruit: Again this may be obvious, but it seems we keep forgetting it! Fruit tastes good, and it would really be hard to overeat it! Making sure that you always have a bunch of bananas or juicy apples around can stave off cravings for less healthy snacks.

Salad stuff: This seems to be the hardest thing, but why not make a really nice salad a few times a week, and keep the extras around like low fat croutons, imitation bacon bits (soy), and a good selection of low fat dressing. If the salad is made, easy to server, and really good, you will be happy to see your kids helping themselves to a serving instead of rooting through the holiday candy that you thought you hid in the back of a shelf.

Sweets: Candy! Yes! The good doctors tells us to go get the real thing, and it makes me remember that my MOM used to have the same advice. Real hard candy takes awhile to suck on, and so it’s a mouthful of sweet luxury without ruining the calorie budget for the day. If you family is used to getting their sweets from fruit, then the candy wll seem like a wonderful indulgence, and they won’t be tempted to overdo it. Go ahead and put out a bowl of hard candy peppermints or those little round butterscotch ones, and I’ll bet you’ll be pleased to see that they don’t vanish before your eyes.

My tip to get kids to eat green things. I keep a jar of alfredo sauce in the fridge, and I find that if I prepare the green stuff, and put a spoonful of alfredo sauce on it, it keeps 2 out of my 3 kids from making nasty faces. I figure that’s a good ratio!

Anyway, let me tell you again that these comments may seem obvious, but I tend to forget them! Remember!

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