Fruity Candy Claim

From MSNBC:
Nestle claims the new Cranberry Raisinets provide 1/2 serving of real fruit in every 1/4 cup and have 30% less fat than the leading chocolate brands and they contain free-radicals. Is it true? Are these a good snack choice according to dietitians? Dr. Nancy Snyderman says don't buy the hype. She says there is more sugar in the Cranberry Raisinets than in Snow Caps!

Cranberry Raisinets: sugar: 30g
Snow Caps: sugar: 24g

Cranberry Raisinets have the same saturated fat, fat and 20 more calories than a box of Snow Caps. So, most parents probably wouldn't consider this a "healthy" option. Good to know! I love chocolate covered raisins so I probably would have tried these thinking they are bit healthier!

-NewsAnchorMom Jen

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Kid's meals loaded with calories!

ABC: The Center for Science in the Public Interest, released a new report today, on foods served to children at fast food restaurants.

It says that despite the rise in childhood obesity, the top restaurants are still serving foods that are too high in calories. Children between 4 and 8 years old are supposed to eat 430 calories per meal.

But the Center for Science in the Public Interest claims, that their study shows that every combination of kids meals at Kentucky fried Chicken, Sonic, Jack in the Box, Chick-Fil-A, and Taco Bell were way over that limit.

Subway’s kids’ meals came out on top. Only a third of its Fresh Fit for Kids meals, which include a mini-sub, juice box, and one of several healthful side items (apple slices, raisins, or yogurt), exceed the 430-calorie threshold. Subway is the only chain that doesn’t offer soft drinks with kids’ meals.

Besides being almost always too high in calories, 45 percent of the kids’ meals at the 13 chains studied by CSPI are too high in saturated and trans fat, and 86 percent are too high in sodium. That’s alarming, according to CSPI, because a quarter of children between the ages of five and ten show early signs of heart disease, such as high LDL (the “bad” cholesterol) or elevated blood pressure.

No surprise here! (Although I do feel like Taco Bell cheese roll-ups and bean burritos are better than a hamburger meal. I have never actually looked up the calories to compare. Hmmm..)

After reading this story, I decided to give my kids vegetarian vegetable soup for lunch. That is a very strange thing to do today because it is supposed to be one of the hottest days of the year! Oh Well! They ate every bite! That soup is about the only way I can get them to eat veggies!

-NewsAnchorMom Jen



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