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Making Healthy Holiday Snack Selections
No time poses a greater threat to your fat cells, figure and physique than the holidays. Temptation is everywhere…at home, at the office, on the job, at friend's homes, at parties and even at the store where you
shop. Candy, pie, ice cream, whip cream, cheese, nuts, pastries, cookies, doughnuts, candy canes, cider, eggnog, chips, and dip can all cause your body to expand rapidly while sedating your brain and depressing your immune system in the process.
But the holidays don't have to be a time of fatigue, immune depression and weight gain. By making healthy holiday snack selections, and simply learning to say "NO", you can breeze through the holidays without gaining an ounce. Below are a list of decadent food items to avoid along side a list of healthy food items you may indulge in. And remember, the choice is yours…so exercise your free will to choose!
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Decadent
Foods To Avoid
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Healthy
Alternatives
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Candy
(high in sugar)
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Dried
fruit such as dates, raisins, etc
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Pie
(made with sugar)
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Jay's
Pumpkin Like Pie Recipe Made with Agave
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Cheese
(full fat)
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Low
fat cheese or nonfat cheese
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Nuts
(roasted and salted)
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Nuts
(raw and unsalted…eat very sparingly!)
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Cookies
(high sugar and fat)
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Low-fat
cookies made with *Agave
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Cider
(sweetened with sugar)
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Use
warm, unsweetened Apple Juice
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Chips
(deep fried, salted)
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Chips
(baked, unsalted)
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Eggnog
(sugar sweetened, hi-fat)
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Jay
Robb's Whey
Protein
(topped with nutmeg)
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Snack
Trays (high fat, salted)
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Vegetable
plate with low fat dip
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Hot
Chocolate (sugar sweetened)
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Jay
Robb’s Whey
Protein (chocolate)
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Ice
cream (full fat and sugar)
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Nonfat
frozen yogurt
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*Agave is the juice of the Blue Agave Cactus, tastes similar to honey
yet has a very low glycemic index meaning it will not give you the
"rush" associated with honey and other simple sugars.
Agave is available
at your local health food store or you can purchase it here on our website.
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