Saturday, March 24, 2007

Alternative food

Check out what alternative food can you eat ?
Remember you can eat almost anything as long as you take care of total calorie intake :)

These low-calorie alternatives provide new ideas for old favorites. When making a food choice, remember to consider vitamins and minerals. Some foods provide most of their calories from sugar and fat but give you few, if any, vitamins and minerals.

This guide is not meant to be an exhaustive list. We stress reading labels to find out just how many calories are in the specific products you decide to buy.


Full text at

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/lose_wt/lcal_fat.htm


Chart re-drawn at http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgddhcmz_2g5wfdt