Looking for more simple, delicious dishes? Check out From the Heart, Nutrition Action’s newest cookbook by Kate Sherwood, The Healthy Cook. Here’s a sample. Height-of-Summer Salad This salad is fabulous…
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One important piece of information on some meat labels tells you something about its safety: whether or not antibiotics were part of the animals’ diet. Antibiotics are routinely fed to…
The yogurt aisle isn’t what it used to be. In the last few years, greek yogurt has taken over a sizeable chunk of the refrigerator case, leaving non-greeks to compete for the remaining real estate.
Meanwhile, both greek and non-greek yogurts are branching out. Fat-free? Cream on top? You got ‘em. Fruit purée or fruit mousse? Yep. Lactose-free or no dairy at all? Got you covered. And as for toppings and mix-ins, strawberry and vanilla are battling for shelf space with fig and orange zest, and chocolate-coated corn flakes. With so many options, how can you know which yogurts are the best yogurts?
Our recommendations (✔✔) are plain unsweetened yogurts. We’ve listed the criteria—maximums for calories and saturated fat and minimums for protein and calcium—at the beginning of each section. We disqualified products with artificial sweeteners. Within each section, yogurts are ranked from least to most calories, then least to most saturated fat, most to least protein, and most to least calcium.
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Remember when salad dressing meant Italian, French, Thousand Island, or something called Catalina? No longer. These days, even balsamic vinaigrette, blue cheese, Caesar, honey mustard, and ranch are run of…
“We’re constantly making and breaking down muscle,” explains physiologist Jared Dickinson, of Arizona State University. “Between meals we have a higher rate of breakdown, and then after meals a higher…
“Born in the heart of Texas, we’ve been serving fun-loving people, great food, drink and memories since 1991,” says Ignite Restaurant Group about its Joe’s Crab Shack chain (130 locations).…
The American Heart Association recommends eating two servings of fish, preferably fatty fish like salmon, every week. But omega-3 claims show up on far more than fish. [HD] “Omega-3s supporting…
“BJ’s unique pizza creations on flavorful, lightly sauced bakery pizza crust with BJ’s signature five cheese blend,” gushes the menu at BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse (146 locations). [WN] For things…
The yogurt aisle isn’t what it used to be. In the last few years, greek yogurt has taken over a sizeable chunk of the refrigerator case, leaving non-greeks to compete…