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- Franken Berry Cereal
Really!? This box of cereal gets a "Healthy Whole Grain and Calcium" check of approval? I hate marketing! All I read is corn, sugar, unhealthy fats and artificial coloring! Ingredients: Whole Grain Corn, Corn Meal, Sugar, Marshmallows (Sugar, Dextrose,...
- Blueberry Morning Cereal
My favorite food as a teenager was cereal. Fruity Pebbles for breakfast, Cocoa Pebbles for dinner (even though my mother cooked dinner for us, I preferred cereal!..bad bad bad). But I realized I needed to cut back on my sugary cereals since I was quite...
- Cocoa Pebbles And Kids Breakfast Nutrition
Do you send your kids off to school with a bowl of cereal, skim milk and a banana? This type of a breakfast is setting them up for array of issues, not just weight problems. Even so called "healthy" cereals such as SMART START will create a lot of problems...
- Triple Hot Chocolate And Weight Gain
I always enjoyed a little warm drink around the campfire, but I had a hard time finding a replacement for the good-old packages of hot chocolate mixes that have trans-fat in them. NESTLE HOT COCOA INGREDIENTS: SUGAR, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, VEGETABLE OIL (PARTIALLY...
- No Bake Protein Balls And Special K Bars
As consumers I want to warn you against false advertising. These Special K bars are anything but healthy and will cause weight gain rather than weight loss. Kellogg's Special K Protein Snack Bar Chocolate Delight Ingredients: COATING (SUGAR, PARTIALLY...
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Peanut Butter "Rice" Crispy Treats
Harvard scientists studied Trans-Fat vs. Saturated Fat to determine the true cause of heart disease, they weren't even thinking about a weight gain being an issue.
?Group A and B consumed same calories and fat
?Group A = Trans-fat
?Group B = Saturated-fat
Surprised to find?Group A gained 3 times as much weight!!! A calorie isn?t just a calorie! They also found that saturated fat doesn't cause heart disease, trans-fats do!
Rice Krispies Treats Ingredients: Toasted Rice Cereal (Rice, Sugar, Salt, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Malt Flavoring, Niacinamide, Reduced Iron, Riboflavin [Vitamin B2]Folic Acid)Marshmallow (Corn Syrup, Sugar, Gelatin, Artificial Flavor)Fructose, Margarine (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Water, Natural and Artificial Butter Flavor, Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of Mono- and Diglycerides, Acetylated Monoglycerides, Vitamin A Palmitate, BHT to Preserve Quality, Vitamin D)Corn Syrup Solids, Dextrose, Glycerin, Salt, Niacinamide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6)Riboflavin (Vitamin B2)Thiamin Hydrochloride (Vitamin B1)
Here is a low sugar, trans-fat free, high protein snack for your kids that won't make them hyper like a traditional rice crispy treat! It is scary what marshmallows are made out of!
1/2 cup Just Like Sugar (or erythritol)
1/2 tsp stevia glycerite
1 cup butter
1 cup natural Peanut Butter or almond butter
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups whey crisps
Combine the first 3 ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a rolling boil for 1 1/2 minutes. I then add the other three ingredients and mix until smooth. Place in a greased 9x9 pan, cool and enjoy! Optional: melt a Chocoperfection Bar with 2 TBS almond milk and swirl over the top. Makes 6 servings.
NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON:
Traditional Rice Krispies = 457 calories, 70 carbs, 2.2 fiber
"Healthified" Rice Crispy Treats = 271 calories, 6 carbs, 2g fiber
?Group A and B consumed same calories and fat
?Group A = Trans-fat
?Group B = Saturated-fat
Surprised to find?Group A gained 3 times as much weight!!! A calorie isn?t just a calorie! They also found that saturated fat doesn't cause heart disease, trans-fats do!
Rice Krispies Treats Ingredients: Toasted Rice Cereal (Rice, Sugar, Salt, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Malt Flavoring, Niacinamide, Reduced Iron, Riboflavin [Vitamin B2]Folic Acid)Marshmallow (Corn Syrup, Sugar, Gelatin, Artificial Flavor)Fructose, Margarine (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Water, Natural and Artificial Butter Flavor, Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of Mono- and Diglycerides, Acetylated Monoglycerides, Vitamin A Palmitate, BHT to Preserve Quality, Vitamin D)Corn Syrup Solids, Dextrose, Glycerin, Salt, Niacinamide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6)Riboflavin (Vitamin B2)Thiamin Hydrochloride (Vitamin B1)
Here is a low sugar, trans-fat free, high protein snack for your kids that won't make them hyper like a traditional rice crispy treat! It is scary what marshmallows are made out of!
1/2 cup Just Like Sugar (or erythritol)
1/2 tsp stevia glycerite
1 cup butter
1 cup natural Peanut Butter or almond butter
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups whey crisps
Combine the first 3 ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a rolling boil for 1 1/2 minutes. I then add the other three ingredients and mix until smooth. Place in a greased 9x9 pan, cool and enjoy! Optional: melt a Chocoperfection Bar with 2 TBS almond milk and swirl over the top. Makes 6 servings.
NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON:
Traditional Rice Krispies = 457 calories, 70 carbs, 2.2 fiber
"Healthified" Rice Crispy Treats = 271 calories, 6 carbs, 2g fiber
- Franken Berry Cereal
Really!? This box of cereal gets a "Healthy Whole Grain and Calcium" check of approval? I hate marketing! All I read is corn, sugar, unhealthy fats and artificial coloring! Ingredients: Whole Grain Corn, Corn Meal, Sugar, Marshmallows (Sugar, Dextrose,...
- Blueberry Morning Cereal
My favorite food as a teenager was cereal. Fruity Pebbles for breakfast, Cocoa Pebbles for dinner (even though my mother cooked dinner for us, I preferred cereal!..bad bad bad). But I realized I needed to cut back on my sugary cereals since I was quite...
- Cocoa Pebbles And Kids Breakfast Nutrition
Do you send your kids off to school with a bowl of cereal, skim milk and a banana? This type of a breakfast is setting them up for array of issues, not just weight problems. Even so called "healthy" cereals such as SMART START will create a lot of problems...
- Triple Hot Chocolate And Weight Gain
I always enjoyed a little warm drink around the campfire, but I had a hard time finding a replacement for the good-old packages of hot chocolate mixes that have trans-fat in them. NESTLE HOT COCOA INGREDIENTS: SUGAR, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, VEGETABLE OIL (PARTIALLY...
- No Bake Protein Balls And Special K Bars
As consumers I want to warn you against false advertising. These Special K bars are anything but healthy and will cause weight gain rather than weight loss. Kellogg's Special K Protein Snack Bar Chocolate Delight Ingredients: COATING (SUGAR, PARTIALLY...