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Healthy Junk Food Choices
By Dustin Driv
It’s nearly impossible to resist junk food. For decades, food scientists
have been engineering delicious snacks that are as addictive as any drug.
Barbecue potato chips, cheese puffs, sugary cereal, and pretzels dusted
with heavenly honey-mustard powder are the product of an intense
scientific effort that has only been rivaled by the Manhattan Project. When
facing such insurmountable odds, it’s easy to give up and gorge on the
tasty morsels.
Thankfully, the same food-science masterminds that have been working
against you all these years have had a change of heart. They’re actually
using their genius to create tasty low-fat, low-calorie snacks that won’t
stick to your waistline like congealed tallow.
These snacks can be eaten -- in moderate quantities -- without turning you
into Paul Prudhomme. But you’ll still need to exercise some restraint,
because no matter how low-fat junk food is, it’s still junk food. Whatever
you do, don't overindulge.
salty junk foods Baked potato chips
Those crafty food scientists at Frito-Lay figured out that deep-frying chips
adds a lot of fat and calories. Their solution? Bake those chips in a nice,
hot oven. They’ll come out crispy, but they won’t drip grease like a leaky
oil tanker. Baked! Lays KC Masterpiece barbecue-flavored chips contain
about 120 calories and 3 grams of fat per serving (about 11 chips). Fried
barbecue Lays harbor about 150 calories and 10 grams of fat. It’s a big
difference and it makes a previously off-limits food available for light
snacking. And the baked Lays actually taste quite good. If you’re looking
for something a bit fancier, check out Kettle Brand Bakes Potato Chips.
The gourmet baked chips are good enough to be served in your favorite
fancy restaurant.
Low-fat cheese puffs
The cheese puff represents a major breakthrough in snack science (and
particle physics, but that’s another article). Nobody really knows what a
cheese puff actually is, but we all love to gobble them down during
halftime. Once again, the smarty-pants over at Frito-Lay devised a way of
making low-fat, low-calorie Cheetos. They shaved about 40 calories (from
160 to 120) and about 6 grams of fat (from 10 to 4) off a serving.
If Cheetos are too scientific for you, you may want to check out Annie’s
Homegrown Cheddar Bunnies. They’re not quite low-calorie and low-fat,
but they’re a lot more satisfying than Cheetos. Each serving of the savory
bunny-shaped crackers contains 150 calories and 7 grams of fat.
Low-cal, low-sodium pretzels
Pretzels seem healthy because they’re relatively sedate snacks. Because
of this, it’s easy to gobble up too many of the tasty knots. If you’re going
to snack on pretzels, look for healthy ones. Legendary actor-turned-
natural food mogul Paul Newman makes (or has other people make) some
delightfully healthy and tasty pretzel snacks. The Salt ‘N Pepper flavor is
especially delicious, adding a much-needed zing. One serving only has
100 calories and 1 gram of fat. Or try the orgasmically delicious Snyder’s
of Hanover Honey Mustard & Onion Nibblers, which have 130 calories and
3 grams of fat.
Satisfy your sweet tooth with healthier chocolate bars and cookies. Fat
and calories are a big deal, but the sodium in most pretzels can be your
kryptonite, especially if you’re on a low-sodium diet. Regular salted
pretzels (including Newman’s) contain about 400 mg of sodium. Unsalted
pretzels are much better, as they only have about 110 mg of sodium. Of
course, salt makes pretzels tasty and just a little goes a long way. Low-
sodium versions -- like Penn Dutch Extra Dark Reduced Sodium pretzels
-- taste great, but they only have about 190 mg of sodium.
sweet junk foodsBetter chocolate bars
Unfortunately, the massive food-engineering firms haven’t really figured
out how to concoct a good, low-calorie chocolate bar. They’ve made a few
breakthroughs, but diluted or modified chocolate is about as appealing as
eating fresh potting soil.
If you must have a chocolate bar, eat only half. There are a few mass-
produced bars that are better than others when it comes to fat and
calories. Snickers, for instance, contains 280 calories and 14 grams of fat.
Kit Kat is a little better, with 218 calories and 11 grams of fat. Plus, you can
eat just one of the bars in a Kit Kat pack and halve that calorie count.
Low-fat cookies
Your regular, no-frills chocolate chip cookie contains 59 calories and 3
grams of fat. Others, like Archway’s apple-filled oatmeal cookie, hold
about 98 calories each. Taken in small quantities, cookies aren’t all that
bad. When swallowed by the dozen, however, cookies can clog arteries
and cause you to swell like a balloon. If you must indulge in cookies,
reach for the smaller ones or try Newman’s Fig Newmans cookies, an all-
natural alternative to overprocessed and chemically enhanced sweets.
The no-fat versions have about 60 calories per cookie, and of course, no
fat. They’re also super-tasty and figs contain tons of calcium -- an added
benefit.
The Italians developed a low-calorie, low-fat cookie thousands of years
ago. Biscotti are satisfyingly sweet and crunchy, and a whole bar only
contains 90 calories and 3 grams of fat. That’s a lot of bang for your buck.
don’t overindulgeDon’t try to deny junk food, but monitor the amount you
consume. Junk food has been carefully engineered to trigger all the
pleasure and addiction centers of your brain, so try not to eat it every day
or you’ll get addicted to it. Replace the truly egregious foods with
healthier alternatives, both manufactured and natural. Remember: Carrots
make excellent snacks and apples can effectively stifle a sweet tooth. So
the next time you’re faced with a glimmering aisle of alluring junk food,
remember that you have options.
Click here for some healthy recipes....
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