Eat This Not That
Smith's Icecream vs.
Ruggles Icecream
Why should you choose to have Ruggles vanilla icecream instead of Smith's vanilla icecream? Ruggles vanilla icecream has 7g. of fat, 50mg. of sodium, and 140 calories for a serving size of 1/2 a cup. Smith's vanilla icecream (1/2 cup serving size) has 8g. of fat, 60mg. of sodium, and 150 calories.
Wendy's vs. McDonalds
Pizza Hut vs. Papa John's
Wendy's 4 piece chicken nuggets
McDonald's 4 piece chicken nuggets
Pizza Hut Cheese Pizza
Papa John's Cheese Pizza
Why should you choose to eat Wendy's chicken nuggets instead of McDonald's chicken nuggets? Wendy's 4 piece chicken nuggets have 12g. of fat, 350 mg. of sodium, and 110 calories. McDonald's 4 piece chicken nuggets have 12g. of fat, 360mg. of sodium, and 190 calories.
Why should you choose Papa John's cheese pizza instead of Pizza Hut's cheese pizza? Papa John's cheese pizza has 6g. of fat, 450mg. of sodium, and 180 calories per slice. Pizza Hut's Hand-Tossed cheese pizza has 8g. of fat, 460mg. of sodium, and 210 calories per piece.
Food Group:
Empty Calorie Foods
Food Group:
Combo Foods
Soft Drink
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Spaghetti with meat balls
Chili
These foods aren't necessarily the healthiest foods, but if you had to choose between one of these foods, you should choose the soft drink. The soft drink has no fat, 14mg. of sodium, and 151 calories. The chocolate chip cookie has 9g. of fat, 110mg. of sodium, and 156 calories.
You should eat chili instead of chili because chili only has 8g. of fat, 1,008 mg. sodium, and 254 calories. The spaghetti with meatballs (homemade) has 12g. of fat, 1,009mg. of sodium, and 330 calories.
Food Group:
Dairy
Food Group:
Protein
Nonfat Plain Yogurt
Lowfat Fruit-Flavored Yogurt
Peanut Butter
Walnuts
You should choose to eat the nonfat plain yogurt because it has no fat, 174mg. of sodium, and 127 calories. The low fat fruit-flavored yogurt has 3g. of fat, 121mg. of sodium and 225 calories.
Why should you eat the peanut butter instead of the walnuts? The peanut butter has 16g. of fat, 153mg. of sodium, and 188 calories. The walnuts have 21g. of fat, 1mg. of sodium, 8g. of protein, and 216 calories.
Food Group:
Vegetables
Food Group:
Fruits
Food Group:
Grain
Canned Pears
Mango
Hashed Brown Potato
Tossed Salad
Egg Noodles
Graham Crackers
Why should you choose a mango over canned pears? A mango has no fat, or sodium, and 62 calories. Canned pears have no fat, 5mg. of sodium, and 62 calories.
Why should you chose to eat a tossed salad over a hashed brown potato? A tossed salad has no fat, 36mg. of sodium, and only 21 calories! The hash brown potato has 11g. of fat, 19mg. of sodium, and 163 calories.
Why should you eat graham crackers over egg noodles? Graham crackers have 1g. of fat, 84mg. of sodium, and 60 calories. The egg noodles have 1g. of fat, 5mg. of sodium, and 106 calories.