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Healthy Choice Top Chef: Really Top Quality?

Healthy Choice brand recently launched their new variety of frozen meals inspired by the TV show Top Chef. I saw a coworker bring one for lunch, and was pleasantly surprised by the ingredient list. I just had to investigate....
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Weight Watchers Smart Ones Satisfying Selections: Smart or Not?

Weight Watcher's and Heinz team up to produce Smart Ones, frozen meals that are designed to be used with Weight Watchers PointsPlus or for anyone looking to cut calories, but avoid the kitchen. I was sent a few coupons...
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Campbell's Low Calorie Soup: Be Warned

My favorite lunch -- a bowl of romaine lettuce topped with chopped apple, grapes, cucumber, tomato, avocado, and either chopped walnuts or sliced almonds. Sometimes, I'll get a little crazy and throw in a few dried cranberries! And, I...
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How Many Calories in a School Lunch?

A panel from the Institute of Medicine (part of the National Academies) has recommended to the government that school-provided meals should include more fruits, vegetables and wholegrains - even though this would push costs up....
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Diet Delivery Comparison: Taste and Cost

With the hectic lifestyle that most Americans live, how does one have time to count calories and prepare healthy meals, let alone finding time to do smart shopping. Then there's the pitfall of binging on all the unhealthy food...
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How to Eat Out Healthy

One challenge that often crops up when trying to eat healthily is how to cope at a restaurant. When you're eating at home, you can check food labels and buy products that fit with your diet. You can cook without...
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How Colorful is Your Plate?

One piece of dieting advice that I especially like - because it's fun and easy - is to eat fruits and vegetables of all colors of the spectrum. This definitely makes for interesting looking salads and colorful plates, but what's...
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Seafood: How Healthy Is It?

I bet you've heard the groan-worthy pun that goes "I'm on a seafood diet ... I see food and I eat it!" But, jokes aside, seafood is one of the best sources of protein, essential oils (fatty acids), and health-boosting...
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On a Budget: 7 Tips for Healthy Food Shopping

This is the first post in a four-part series on "Dieting on a budget" - tips and tricks for sticking to your healthy habits when money is tight. Food prices have soared recently, with increases as high as 20%...
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10 Easy Food Swaps to Lose Pounds Without Trying

If you can cut five hundred calories a day, you'll lose a pound every week - or so the theory goes. And you can make those changes without ever feeling hungry or deprived, and without giving up any of...
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Can You Pick the Healthy Bento Box?

Bento is a popular form of Japanese food. It is typically a boxed meal made up rice, fish, or other meat. Available at sushi outlets and other Japanese restaurants bento is typically seen as a low-calorie food.The Just Bento blog...
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6 Quick Ways to Eat Healthier at Work

Are your ambitious resolutions overwhelming you? Do you have no idea where to begin? Grab a sheet of paper and jot down three changes you're going to make this week to improve your eating and exercising habits whilst at work....
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100, 200, and 300 Calorie Meals: Cheat Sheet

If you know where to look, there are some helpful visual guides that can help you "eyeball" serving sizes of various foods. Here are some examples....
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How To: Easily Prepare Meals in Advance

Eating well can be challenging at the best of times; especially when you're away from your own kitchen. Here's a look at several nutritious foods than can be prepared in advance - ready for you to take to work with...
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Top 10 Carb and Protein Foods to Choose

Choosing the right foods is half the battle when learning to eat healthy. These healthy carb and protein rich foods will help you to achieve your weight loss, muscle building, and healthy eating goals. We also threw in some healthy...
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Healthy Meal Ideas For Kids

How many times have you created a healthy gourmet meal for you child - only to have them look at it like it's poison? Many health books and magazines have meal ideas for children - but sometimes they lack a...
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Diet Delivery: Rating the Plans

Epicurious have compared five popular delivered (prepared) diets. Fresh and whole foods win the ratings....
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What Do 300 Calorie Meals Look Like?

Visual gallery of a series of meals in the 300-400 Calorie range. The visual representation gives an idea of portion size....
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70+ Diet Food Delivery Services

Diet Delivery - The most up-to-date and comprehensive directory of diet delivery services. Covers home delivery, gourmet food diets, and meal pick-up - across USA, Europe and the UK. Recommended Diet-to-Go Delivers all USA. Low-Fat, Vegetarian, Low-Carb & Diabetic meal...
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Why Indian Food Is Fattening, And How to Make it Healthier

Many people think that healthy takeaway food means simply avoiding a burger and fries or KFC chicken. Often, ethnic foods such as Chinese or Indian are seen as the healthy option - perhaps because they don't come with a side...
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