Out with the old, in with the nutritious. With winter weather behind us, now is the perfect time to do a bit of spring cleaning in your pantry. By purging junk food from your pantry, you take away much of the temptation to eat it. If its within reach, its easy to indulge and even small nibbles throughout the day can really add up.
Food to get rid of:
Salty, high calorie snack foods, which are all around bad for your waistline: theyre high in empty caloriesandbloat causing salt. (i.e. a 150 calorie serving of tortilla chips is only 9 chips!)
Swap salty chips for:
Foods high inaddedsugars. Regardless of the type, added sugars really dont do anything for your body: theyre just empty calories, and they can send your body for a ride on the blood sugar roller coaster.
Swap soda for:
Swap candy for
Foods withtransfat.Trans fats are the lab-created fats that are particularly bad for health. Theyre abundant in packaged foods like cookies, cakes, cracker and chips sometimes theyre even lurking in unexpected places, like tortillas.
Subtraction by addition
Think of nourishing foods toaddin, rather than just cutting things out. By adding in good stuff, you have less room in your pantry for less nutritious foods.
Suggestions:
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