Americans tend to like sweet stuff and most of us eat more of it than we should. Although we’re warned to be conscious of the amount of sugar we eat, that doesn’t mean never eat anything sweet. Of course, some people choose not to, but if you do – eat the good stuff – like [...]
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Sweet! It’s Spring And Maple Sugar Time
By Penny Klatell, PhD, RN on March 31, 2011 in Food for Fun and Thought, Shopping, Cooking, Baking, Snacking, Noshing, Tasting

A Healthy Eating Lesson On The Subway
By Penny Klatell, PhD, RN on March 15, 2011 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Manage Your Weight, Shopping, Cooking, Baking, Snacking, Noshing, Tasting, Takeout, Prepared Food, Junk Food, Travel, On Vacation, In the Car
New York city, uptown #2 train, Saturday night. Not too crowded, most people are wearing their subway stares – avoiding eye contact, eyes glazed over, ipod earbuds in place, bodies rocking with the motion of the train. My trip isn’t long enough to pull out something to read, so I start to scan the ads [...]

Does The Label On The Front Of The Food Package Tell You The Whole Truth?
By Penny Klatell, PhD, RN on March 11, 2011 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Shopping, Cooking, Baking
I was recently helping a client learn how to interpret nutrition and ingredients labels of food products. He clearly wasn’t thrilled at the prospect of spending the extra time to read labels. It does take time. But, you don’t have to do it for everything. It’s particularly important to get a feeling for products that [...]
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