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Between the 2 food choices of pancake -on -a -stick or french toast with syrup and butter, this one is the choice that's lower in fat.
What is Pancake -on -a -stick (13 grams of fat/4 grams of saturated) compared to French toast (18 grams of fat/5 grams saturated)
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Different types of candy vary in nutritive values, although too much of 1 thing is rarely ever good for you. Given the choice between 1 box of original fruit skiddles or 1 box of Good & Plenty, this candy would be the better choice with less calories, less fat, and less sugar.
What is licorice-flavored pink and white chewy capsules of Good & Plenty. Good & Plenty has 170 calories, 0 grams of fat, and 27 grams of sugars. Skittles do not contain ANY fruit, and have 250 calories, 2.5 grams of fat (all of it is saturated fat), and 47 grams of sugar!
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Thanksgiving dinner is one of the most fattenning single meals Americans eat annually. Starches and fats are usually the main nutrients found in Thanksgiving foods. Stuffing and mashed potatoes with turkey gravy are both filling, but one of these choices contains lower fat/lower calories/lower sodium than the other choice when comparing 1/2 cup servings.
What is mashed potatoes and turkey gravy! The mashed potatoes and gravy win, with 140 calories (versus 175 calories), 7 grams of fat (1/2 the amount of fat in same amount of dressing), and 340 mg of sodium (versus 420 mg of sodium in stuffing)!
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This canned food product relieves symptoms of the common cold and coughs.
What is chicken soup
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This is the better choice when comparing Arby's Roast Beef Melt with Arby's Roasted Turkey and Swiss Sandwich
What is Arby's Roast Beef Melt (303 calories, 12 g fat/5 g saturated, 921 mg sodium) Compared to Turkey & Swiss Sandwich (708 calories, 30 g fat/8 g saturated, and 1,677 mg sodium)
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When choosing a breakfast food with the lower amount of fat and having only a choice between ham & egg on an english muffin or a sausage biscuit, you would want to choose this.
What is Ham & egg on an English muffin. This is the winner with 8 grams of fat/ 3 grams saturated fat (240 calories) compared to the sausage biscuit which has 22 grams of fat/ 12 grams saturated fat (400 calories)
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This popular chocolate bar has less fat than the other choice: Hershey's chocolate Bar or Nestle Crunch Bar.
What is Nestle Crunch Bar! Go for the crunch because the milk chocolate bar contains more fat. Hershey's Milk Chocolate bar contains 13 grams of fat/ 9 grams saturated (171 of toal 230 calories comes from fat), compared to 11 grams of fat/ 7 grams saturated in the Nestle's Crunch Bar. Every gram of fat counts!
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Dinner roll with butter or cornbread with butter? One of these choices has less calories when comparing the same size serving of each.
What is the dinner roll with butter! Choose the roll- 130 calories versus 190 calories! (Cornbread has more sugar and salt than a dinner roll too!)
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This spice relieves nausea.
What is ginger
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This is the better choice nutritionally- a banana walnut muffin or a ham, cheese, and egg English muffin sandwich (both from Dunkin' Donuts)
What is the ham, cheese, and egg English muffin sandwich (310 calories) versus 540 calories for the muffin!
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Which is the better choice when you take into consideration calories, fat content, and sodium- roast beef & gravy or French bread cheese pizza?
What is Believe it or not- roast beef & gravy! Roast beef & gravy packs 240 calories, 11 grams of fat/4 grams of saturated fat (99 calories from fat), and 625 mg of sodium. (Dining halls & school cafeterias use canned/bottled gravies, which contain little fat compared to homemade gravy which uses meat fat as its' base.) French bread cheese pizza is a whopping 440 calories, 19 grams of fat/8 grams of saturated fat (171 calories from fat!), and 930 mg sodium!
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Did you ever wonder if snack foods which have cheese in their names really have cheese as an ingredient? The lower fat choice between 1 package (1 oz.) of Nacho Cheese Doritos or 1 package (1.7 oz.) of Combos Cheddar Cheese Pretzels really does contain real cheese.
What is a package (1 oz.) of Nacho Cheese Doritos Surprisingly, the Combos have more fat (11 grams/ 5 grams saturated) than the Nacho Cheese Doritos (8 grams/ 1.5 grams saturated). Nacho Cheese Doritos are made with real cheese, but they also have 4 different types of oils in them!
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Beef tenderloin and honey-baked ham are common entrees for big holiday meals, such as Christmas dinner. Beef tenderloin is considered the better nutritious choice to serve though even though it has more fat, saturated fat, and calories than honey-baked ham when taking into consideration that ham is much higher in this nutrient.
What is sodium. 4 oz. of honey-baked ham has 1,100 mg of sodium compared to a 4 oz. pice of beef tenderloin which has 300 mg of sodium
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This seafood relieves headaches.
What is shrimp
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This is the better nutritional choice between McDonald's Chicken McNuggets (6) and McDonalds Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strip (3).
What is the Chicken McNuggets (even though they are made with sr. citizen chicken breasts). The "Selects" are deep fried longer prior to their initial freezing, and are the same grade of chicken as "nuggets".
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Tater tots and french fries both originate from a raw potato, but 1 serving of this choice is lower in fat that 1 serving of the other option.
What is Tater tots. This is the winner with just 7 grams of fat/ 1 gram of saturated and weighs in at 150 calories. French fries are 18 grams of fat/ 7 grams of saturated and top the scales at 310 calories!
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2 groups of snack foods commonly found in vending machines share many common ingredients, but one of these groups contains less fats/ less calories/less sugars. A) Keebler Vanilla Sugar Wafers (1 package), Little Debbie Double Decker Oatmeal Creme Pie (1), pop-Tarts Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pastries (2) and Mini Chips Ahoy! Chocolate Chip Cookoes (1 package) OR.... B) Pepperidge Farms Milano Cookies (1 package), Rice Krispies Treats Bar (1), Ritz Bits Peanut Buttert Sandwiches (1 package), and Nabisco Barnum's Animal Crackers (1 package)
What is group B! Bite by bite, you get fewer fats/sugars/calories from Milano cookies, animal crackers, Rice Krispies treats, and Ritz Bits peanut butter sandwiches!
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2 pieces of pepperoni pizza or 2 beef tacos (with cheese, lettuce, tomato, and salsa). One of these is the much better nutritious choice!
What is the taco! Beef tacos (with cheese, lettuce, tomato, and salsa) are the better choice: 400 calories (pizza= 600 calories) 19 grams fat (30 grams fat) 7 grams saturated (14 grams saturated) 750 mg sodium ( 1,450 mg sodium)
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This meat/protein food relieves stress and is a natural relaxant.
What is chicken and/or turkey.
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Quizno's began offering the "Sammie" in response to people wanted smaller, lower-caloric options. Not all "Sammie's" can be considered low-calorie options, especially when comparing the Sonoma Turkey Flatbread Sammie with the Roadhouse Steak Sammie. One of these is lower calorie and lower fat!
What is the Roadhouse Steak Sammie (205 calories/4 grams of fat/565 mg of sodium) compared to 300 calories/18 grams of fat/815 mg of sodium in the Sonoma Turkey Flatbread Sammie. Other high calorie choices at Quizno's include: - Chili Bread Bowl - Alpine Chicken Sammies - Honey Mustard Chicken with Bacon Sub (small) All are over 500 calories each!
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With the choice of 1 serving of bacon and eggs (with 2 slices of bacon) or 1 typical-sized bagel, this choice contains less fat.
What is Surprisingly, the eggs and bacon contain less fat that a bagel you'll find in a college or school cafeteria! Eggs and bacon (limit 2 slices) contain 10 grams of fat/ 4 grams of saturated, while a regular-sized bagel contains 12 grams of fat/ 1 gram of saturated. Although bagels have lower saturated fats, the protein in the eggs and bacon will "fill your belly better and longer" (protein= feeling of satiation) so you should not have those midmorning cravings to snack!
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Yoo-Hoo Chocolate Drink (1 serving bottle) and Hershey's Chocolate Drink (1 serving juice-box size container) share many similarities, but differ in nutritional value. This is the more nutritious of the 2 drinks.
Hershey's Chocolate Drink has fewer calories (130 versus 252), less fat (0 saturated versus 1), and less sugar (26 grams versus 52 grams)
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One of these groups of candy has less calories than the other: Group A- Wonka Nerds (1 small box), Sweet Tarts (10 pieces), Tootsie Pop (1), Necco Sweethearts 1/2 box), 3 pieces salt water taffy, 2 chick Peeps, 1 fun-size 3 Musketeers, and 13 pieces of candy corn OR Group B- 3 small Tootsie Rolls, 20 jelly beans, 2 Airheads, 1 Cadbury Creme Egg, 4 Hershey kisses, and 4 pieces of Starbursts
What is group A! Candy is usually a source of empty calories without nutrition, so whatever the choice you shouldn't eat too much of any kind of candy. Group A actually has fewer calories than any other popular form of candy. The WORST candy for you (nutritionally-speaking) includes jawbreakers, Ferrero Rocher Hazelnut Chocolates, Milky Way Bars, Peanut Brittle, Brach's Milk Maid Caramels, Hershey Kisses, Russell Stover Chocolate Bunnies, and Cadbury Creme Eggs
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This fruit relieves rashes.
What is Papaya
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Subway has the famous "Jared" as a spokeperson who lost weight mainly eating Subway sandwiches. A 6 -inch roast beef sandwich with everything on it compared to a tuna salad mini sub (approx. 4 inches) highlights that one of these subs is a lower fat alternative.
What is the 6 inch roast beef sub! Roast Beef Vs. Tuna Salad 340 calories 370 calories 9.5 g fat 22.5 g fat 4.5 g saturated 7 g saturated