125 Best Supermarket Foods!!!

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125 Best Foods in Your SupermarketProvided by:

By Phillip Rhodes, Men's Health
The people who exercise their jaws as often as their muscles are the folks who consistently stay ahead of the abdominal curve. The one that stretches belt leather and strains buttonholes. They win the waistline war because (1) their fat-melting metabolisms are stoked with high-grade fuel, and (2) their bellies are filled with the good, so they don't have much room for the bad and the ugly.

We asked our crack team of nutrition advisors to help identify foods that keep a man in optimum operating condition. Then we scoured the grocery store to locate the top contenders. Finally we sampled, and sampled, and sampled every last one. Sometimes we even licked our plates.


What to Eat When . . .
. . . You want to avoid a trip to Taco Hell

Eating south of the border doesn't need to mean that you'll look like Pauncho Villa.

1. Frozen Mexican Entree
Cedarlane Three Layer Enchilada Pie
Like lasagna by way of Mexico.

2. Best Frozen Burrito
Cedarlane Low Fat Beans, Rice, & Cheese Style 7 grams (g) fiber.

3. Best Tortilla Chip
Garden of Eatin' Black Bean
4 g fiber, so there's no need for guilt.

4. Best Hot Sauce
Tabasco
Still the best low-sodium way to crank up the heat.

5. Best Salsa
Walnut Acres Midnight Sun
The right blend of cool cilantro and spicy jalapeno pepper.

6. Best Tortilla
Tumaro's Gourmet Multi Grain
None of the trans fat that makes many other wraps pliable.

7. Best Refried beans
Bearitos Low Fat Black Beans
Creamy and smooth, despite the absence of lard.

8. Best guacamole
AvoClassic
Like Lipitor, but much, much tastier.

. . . You only have 5 minutes for breakfast
Breakfast is the key that starts your metabolism every day. These are some fine-tasting keys?and each one can be ready in 5 minutes or less.

9. Best Toaster Waffle
Kashi Go Lean
Crispy like a real waffle, except this one's whole wheat.

10. Best Syrup
Joseph's Sugar Free
The thickest no-sugar syrup.

11. Best Granola
Bear Naked Fruit and Nut
Low-fat, flavor-full.

12. Best Sweetened Cereal
Honey Nut Cheerios
When you crave sugar, do the least damage with these lightly sweetened O's.

13. Best High-Fiber Cereal
Nature's Path Optimum Power Breakfast
Sorry, Wheaties. With 10 g fiber, 8 g protein, and tasty freeze-dried blueberries, this is the true breakfast of champions.

14. Best 1 Percent Milk Substitute
Silk, Plain
The most milklike of any soy-milk brand.

15. Best Bagel
Pepperidge Farm MultiGrain
Nutty flavor and 5 g fiber.

16. Best Cream Cheese
Philadelphia Neufch?tel
Same tang and texture as regular cream cheese, but a third less saturated fat.

. . . You need to grant yourself immunity
Oats contain a type of fiber called beta-glucan, which helps activate your immune system's killer cells.

17. Best Instant Oatmeal
Nature's Path Flax 'n Oats
Lightly sweetened omega-3s.
Per packet: 200 calories, 7 g protein, 35 g carbohydrates, 4 g fat (0 g saturated), 4 g fiber, 130 milligrams (mg) sodium

18. Best Cookie
Pepperidge Farm Soft Baked Oatmeal Raisin
One of the few cookie choices made without heart-stopping trans fat or waist-expanding high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS).
Per cookie: 130 calories, 2 g protein, 23 g carbohydrates, 4.5 g fat (1 g saturated), 2 g fiber, 90 mg sodium

19. Best Crunchy Granola Bar
Nature Valley Peanut Butter
It's like portable oatmeal.
Per package (2 bars): 180 calories, 5 g protein, 30 g carbohydrates, 7 g fat (1 g saturated), 2 g fiber, 190 mg sodium

. . . You're working late
Build a stockpile of food in your desk drawer, and the vending machine will hold less allure (and pose less of a threat).

20. Best Dried Soup
Nile Spice Lentil
Perfection. Just add hot water to enjoy 11 filling, paprika-spiked grams of protein.

21. Best Canned Chili
Bush's Homestyle Chunky Chili with Beans
Comes in a jar, so you see what you're getting?big hunks of juicy tomato and beef.

22. Best Jerky
SnackMasters Natural Beef, Hot & Spicy
No chemical-preservative flavor. There's no tastier way to play caveman.

23. Best Energy Bar
Clif Bar Chocolate Chip Peanut Crunch
Dense, moist, chewy?unbeatable. You can't go wrong.

. . . You want to be called "Daddy"
Men with higher vitamin C intakes have stronger swimmers. Ordinarily, we'd cite the study details, but since they contain the word "clump" and this is a food story, we're going to let it slide. Just trust us.

24. Best Fruit Juice
Ocean Spray Ruby Red Grapefruit
No added sugar, so it's tart but not bitter.
Per 8 ounces: 130 calories, 1 g protein, 32 g carbohydrates, 0 g fat, 0 g fiber, 35 mg sodium, 100% Daily Value (DV) vitamin C

. . . You want to upgrade your sandwich
Your standard sandwich is just as boring as you let it be. Layer it with nutritional firepower instead.

25. Best Loaf Bread
Pepperidge Farm Natural Whole Grain
Fiber-filled goodness, yet moist enough to crush and roll into a ball?the true test of good bread.

26. Best Pita
Mr. Pita High Fibre
Having 6 g fiber doesn't prevent these sandwich pockets from being soft and flexible.

27. Best Sliced Turkey
Healthy Choice Honey Roasted Smoked Turkey Breast
Most other brands offer only smoked or honey, but the two flavors go great together.

28. Best Sliced Ham
Hillshire Farm Smoked
Okay sodium (340 mg per 2 ounces) and a superhandy resealable plastic container.

29. Best Sliced Roast Beef
Applegate Farms Organic
Wow. Just-cooked taste and texture, and a surprisingly low 230 mg sodium.

30. Best Sliced Cheese
Sargento Reduced Fat Swiss
Best aged-cheese flavor for the lowest sodium price.

31. Best Canned Tuna
Crown Prince Solid White Albacore
Flakes apart like real fish. Tastes like it, too.

32. Best Iceberg-Lettuce Substitute
Baby Spinach
Loaded with lutein, which promotes eye health. Good source of calcium, too.
How to eat it: Drop a handful of leaves in sandwiches, salads, and soups.

33. Best Pickles
Cascadian Farm Bread & Butter Chips
Crisp and just sweet enough.

34. Best Hummus
Wild Garden Hummus Dip
Noticeably creamier than the refrigerated-section brands. Great lemon zing, too.

35. Best Mayonnaise
Hellmans Light
Not sure what's better?the easy-squeeze bottle or the fluffy mayo inside.

. . . You want to get her in the mood
Proving that stereotypes do sometimes have a basis in fact: Italian researchers found that women who often eat chocolate have a higher sex drive than those who don't.

36. Best Dark Chocolate
Ghirardelli
Semi-Sweet Beautifully balances sweet with bitter, just like a good relationship should.
Per 3 sections: 210 calories, 2 g protein, 25 g carbohydrates, 14 g fat (9 g saturated), 3 g fiber, 0 mg sodium

37. Best Ice Cream
Edy's Grand Light
Other low-fat ice creams up the sugar to increase the appeal. Edy's is just pure, slow-churned, creamy goodness.
Per 1/2 cup (vanilla): 100 calories, 3 g protein, 15 g carbohydrates, 3.5 g fat (2 g saturated), 0 g fiber, 45 mg sodium

Drizzle it with . . .

38. Best Chocolate Syrup
Nestle Nesquik This one's actually sweetened with sugar, not HFCS.
Per 2 Tbsp: 100 calories, 0 g protein, 24 g carbohydrates, 0 g fat, 0 g fiber, 50 mg sodium

. . . You're ready to toast the end of your workout
If you've worked out properly, you'll be beat. So restore your energy level with a quick carb infusion. Then give your muscles the protein they need to start making you bigger and better.

39. Best Sports Drink
Gatorade Lemonade
Tastes like delicious, refreshing lemonade. Why didn't they think of this flavor sooner?
Per 8 ounces: 50 calories, 0 g protein, 14 g carbohydrates, 0 g fat, 0 g fiber, 110 mg sodium

40. Best Protein Bar
Detour Caramel Peanut
As close to a candy bar as protein bars come.
Per bar: 170 calories, 15 g protein, 14 g carbohydrates, 6 g fat (2.5 g saturated), 2 g fiber, 248 mg sodium

41. Best Protein-Bar Alternative
Cold Fusion
These ice cream?ƒ???ƒ???ƒ??like treats will cool you down while delivering 11 g whey protein.
Per bar: 130 calories, 11 g protein, 23 g carbohydrates, 0 g fat, 0 g fiber, 0 mg sodium

. . . Sunday brunch is at your place
It's actually a favor to your guests if you offer food that fills them up, not out.

42. Best Egg
Eggland's Best Omega-3 Fortified
Heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids displace 25 percent of the artery-clogging kind.

43. Best Canadian Bacon
Hormel Canadian Style Bacon
Already cooked?just zap it in the microwave for 11 g protein.

44. Best Breakfast Sausage
Armour Brown 'N Serve Lite Original
Full of peppery flavor, not fat (only 3 g saturated fat).

45. Best English Muffin
Thomas' Hearty Grains 100% Whole Wheat
So moist and sweet, they're kind of like the other type of muffin. But the other kind probably doesn't have 3 g fiber.

46. Best Butterlike Spread
Land O'Lakes Whipped Light Butter
Real butter tastes better than any oily imitation spread. Because it's whipped with air, this kind has 2 g less saturated fat.

47. Best fruit spread
Smucker's Simply Fruit, Strawberry
The name says it all.

. . . You want to reduce your risk of experiencing a heart attack
Focus on monounsaturated fats and omega-3 fatty acids to lower LDL-cholesterol levels.

48. Best Oil
Colavita Extra Virgin Olive Oil
The dark green color is an indicator of this oil's bolder, full-bodied flavor.
Per Tbsp: 120 calories, 0 g protein, 0 g carbohydrates, 14 g fat (2 g saturated), 0 g fiber, 0 mg sodium

49. Best Cooking Spray
Pam Olive Oil
See all the zeros below? That's how it helps your heart.
Per spray: 0 calories, 0 g protein, 0 g carbohydrates, 0 g fat, 0 mg sodium

50. Best Flaxseed
Barlean's Forti-Flax One word: preground. Which makes this rich source of omega-3s all that much easier to add to cereal or yogurt.
Per 2 Tbsp: 70 calories, 3 g protein, 6 g carbohydrates, 5 g fat (0 g saturated), 3 g fiber, 0 mg sodium

. . . You need to be prepared for a morning meeting
You need protein to tune your brain when the boss starts the meeting by turning to you for a recap of the Johnson project, and carbs to give you energy when he suggests that your approach is a load of hooey.

51. Best Yogurt Smoothie
Stonyfield Farm Strawberry
A silky-smooth blend of protein and calcium.

52. Best Cereal Bar
South Beach Diet Cranberry Almond
Tangy berry flavor and 10 g protein.

53. Best Toaster Pastry
Amy's Organic Toaster Pops
These actually seem pastrylike. Full of fruit, too.

. . . A salad just doesn't seem filling enough
Iceberg lettuce has all the nutritional value of the iceberg it's named after. Top it with . . .

54. Best Canned Beans
Goya Chick Peas
Rinsing them cuts the sodium by 40 percent, leaving just protein and fiber.

55. Best Precooked Chicken
Perdue Short Cuts Original Roasted
Tender strips of pure protein. Ups a salad's appeal instantly.

56. Best Canned Salmon
Natural Sea Wild Premium Pink
Some canned salmon tastes more like tuna. Not this kind.

57. Best Vinaigrette Dressing
Seeds of Change Sweet Basil
Like Italian, only all grown up.

58. Best Creamy Dressing
Hidden Valley Light Ranch
Only 1 tiny gram of saturated fat, but still tangy and oh, so creamy.

. . . You want to reduce your risk of cancer
Courtesy of Dave Grotto, R.D., Men's Health nutrition advisor and director of nutrition at the Block Center for Integrative Cancer Care in Evanston, Illinois; he knows a thing or two about preventing cancer:

59. Blueberries
May lower cholesterol, improve circulation, fight cancer, and improve memory.
How to eat them: Sprinkle on whole-grain cereal or blend into a smoothie.

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60. Broccoli
A substance in broccoli called DIM fights prostate cancer. (Broccoli's one of those cruciferous vegetables that's made so much news on the cancer-fighting front.) It's also high in potassium and vitamin C.
How to eat it: Splash with olive oil, steam, then sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

61. Garlic
Contains sulfur compounds known to fight a variety of cancers.
How to eat it: Buy a garlic press and squeeze some into soups or onto toast as a topping.

62. Sweet Potatoes These cancer fighters also help blood pressure and are a superb source of beta-carotene and potassium.
How to eat them: Cut into fries, top with garlic and black and red pepper, and bake.

63. Tomatoes
Rich in vitamin C and lycopene, nutrients that help fight heart disease and prostate cancer.
How to eat them: Puree cored and peeled tomatoes to make gazpacho, and top with cubed avocado. (Fat helps the body absorb lycopene more efficiently.)

. . . You need a little something on the side
And french fries just don't cut it.

64. Best Mac & Cheese Mix
Simply Organic
Low in fat, and it has a simple, low-chem ingredient list. Creamy smooth, without too much salt.

65. Best Rice
Kraft Minute Brown Nice nutty flavor. Not too sticky, either.

66. Best Rice Mix
Vigo Black Beans and Rice
Less salty than some, but doesn't skimp on peppery Cajun flavor.

67. Best Baked Beans
Bush's Original Microwavable Cup
The convenient ready-to-nuke container and smoky-sweet flavor make these beans the best.

68. Best frozen vegetables
Birds Eye Pepper Stir-Fry
Once they're thawed, you'd never know they were frozen in the first place.

. . . You feel the 4 p.m. slump coming on
A little bit of protein will help you feel alert," says Men's Health nutrition columnist Heidi Skolnik. Blend it with quality carbs for an energy boost and you'll be back at work in no time. Wait a minute . . . maybe a slump's not such a bad thing after all.

69. Best Candy Bar
Snickers Almond
Heart-healthy almonds, and a nougat center.
Per bar: 240 calories, 3 g protein, 32 g carbohydrates, 11 g fat (4.5 g saturated), 1 g fiber, 80 mg sodium

70. Best Nut Mix
Planters NUTrition Heart-Healthy Mix
Pure heart-healthy fats. Pistachios keep things interesting.
Per ounce: 170 calories, 6 g protein, 5 g carbohydrates, 16 g fat (1.5 g saturated), 3 g fiber, 55 mg sodium

71. Best Almonds
Blue Diamond Smokehouse
Great smoky flavor and less salt than even some reduced-sodium brands.
Per ounce: 170 calories, 6 g protein, 5 g carbohydrates, 16 g fat (1 g saturated), 3 g fiber, 150 mg sodium

72. Best Trail Mix
Fisher Nature's Nut Mix
No sugary or salty dusting. No rock-hard specks of dried fruit. Just a nicely balanced blend of walnuts, almonds, pecans, hazelnuts, raisins, and dried cranberries. Everything you need, nothing you don't.
Per ounce: 160 calories, 4 g protein, 9 g carbohydrates, 12 g fat (1 g saturated), 3 g fiber, 0 mg sodium

. . . You haven't eaten your vegetables
As David Duval will tell you, not everybody's good around the greens.

73. Best Vegetable Juice
V8 Low Sodium
Same vitamin C count, but 75 percent less sodium.

74. Best Juice Blend
Juicy Juice Berry
It's supersweet, even without added sugar, and it packs 120 percent of your daily dose of vitamin C.

75. Best Frozen-Juice Bar
Edy's Whole Fruit, No Sugar Added
Ice-cold fruit and nothing else.


76. Best Vegetarian TV Dinner
Amy's Indian Mattar Paneer
Restaurant-quality curried chickpeas and tomatoes. Why wait for takeout?


77. Best Veggie Burger
Morningstar Farms Spicy Black Bean
Don't pretend it's a hamburger and you'll be pleasantly surprised.

. . . You want to drop 10 pounds in a week
From the Classic Weight-Loss Tricks file: Foods made mostly of water help you lose weight because they're . . . made mostly of water. These broth-based soups fills you up with fewer calories than solid food has, says Barbara Rolls, Ph.D., a professor of nutrition at Pennsylvania State University and the author of The Volumetrics Eating Plan.

78. Best Chicken Soup
Progresso 99% Fat Free Chicken Noodle
Saltier than some, but far and away the best broth and chicken.
Per cup: 90 calories, 7 g protein, 13 g carbohydrates, 2 g fat (0.5 g saturated), 1 g fiber, 980 mg sodium


79. Best Beef Soup
Campbell's Chunky Hearty Beef Barley
Rich, thick tomato broth.
Per cup: 170 calories, 11 g protein, 27 g carbohydrates, 1 g fat (1 g saturated), 4 g fiber, 890 mg sodium


80. Best Vegetable Soup
Progresso 99% Fat Free Minestrone
Your best soup bet?a lean source of protein and fiber, thanks to the inherently low-fat kidney beans.
Per cup: 110 calories, 5 g protein, 19 g carbohydrates, 1 g fat (0 g saturated), 4 g fiber, 630 mg sodium


81. Best Bagged Tea
The Republic of Tea Dancing Leaves Green Tea
Overlook the corny name. Drink in the fat-blasting antioxidants.
Per bag: 0 calories, 0 g protein, 0 g carbohydrates, 0 g fat, 0 mg sodium


82. Best Bottled Tea
Tazo Lemon Green Iced Tea
The MH staff fought over the leftovers.
Per 8 ounces: 60 calories, 0 g protein, 16 g carbohydrates, 0 g fat, 0 g fiber, 5 mg sodium


83. Best lemonade
Minute Maid Light
Pleasantly pucker-inducing.
Per 8 ounces: 15 calories, 0 g protein, 4 g carbohydrates, 0 g fat, 15 mg sodium


84. Best Anti-soda
Izze Sparkling Blueberry
All the fizz, none of the added sugar of regular sodas.
Per 8 ounces: 100 calories, 1 g protein, 23 g carbohydrates, 0 g fiber, 10 mg sodium


85. Best soda
Diet Dr Pepper
The only low-cal soda that still tastes almost exactly like the high-cal version.
Per 8 ounces: 0 calories, 0 g protein, 0 g carbohydrates, 0 g fat, 35 mg sodium


. . . You can't conk out
Melatonin is the hormone that tells your body to go to sleep. While switching from Letterman to QVC might help, we'd recommend something a bit more appetizing.

86. Best Sleep Aid
Cherries
They're an excellent source of melatonin, and their anthocyanins (red pigments) help reduce inflammation.
How to eat them: Fresh, dried, or juiced.



. . . You're hosting a weeknight barbecue
Grilling is not only the manliest way to cook, but it's a healthful way as well, because the fat ends up in the fire, not on your fork.

87. Best Hot Dogs
Ball Park Lite Franks
Plump, but with nearly half the calories and saturated fat, they're not plump-inducing.


88. Best Dinner sausage
Bell & Evans Sweet Italian Chicken Sausage
Bursting with anise and sweet red pepper flavors, not fat.


89. Best Turkey Burger
Jennie-O Thin and quick-cooking, but incredibly moist. A great source of lean protein (19 g).


90. Best Salmon Burger
Omega Foods Wild Lightly flavored with dill. Plus 1 g omega-3s.


91. Best Ketchup
Heinz Organic A recent study found that organic ketchup has up to three times more prostate-protective lycopene than ordinary kinds. It's thicker than regular, too.


92. Best Mustard
Silver Spring Beer 'n Brat Horseradish Mustard
Sharp as a good chef's knife. Great spicy kick.


93. Best barbecue Sauce
Dinosaur Bar-B-Q
Just right in every way?not too hot, sweet, or thick.


94. Best Steak Sauce
Smith & Wollensky
Amazingly, it tastes exactly like steak. Which makes it especially good on other foods.


95. Best Soy Sauce
La Choy Lite The flavor is indistinguishable from that of the blood-pressure-raising kind.

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. . . You invite the guys over for poker
Gamble on the game, not your health.


96. Best Beer
Samuel Adams Light
More smooth, roasty malt flavor than you'd find in quite a few regular beers. We'll drink to that.


97. Best Popcorn
Smart Balance Light Butter
Balances "light" with "butter" perfectly. And no hydrogenated oils or trans fats.


98. Best Pretzel
Snyder's of Hanover Carb Fix Pretzel Sticks Less dense than traditional pretzels. Plus 9 g fiber.


99. Best Cheese Cracker
Pepperidge Farm Cheddar Goldfish
Now that these crackers are trans fatÃ??Ã??Ã??free, we've become hooked.


100. Best Potato Chip
Michael Season's Lightly Salted Reduced Fat
Our tasters preferred these to chips with twice the fat and salt.


101. Best Dip
Guiltless Gourmet Black Bean
Smooth, spreadable protein (1 g per Tbsp). Nice spice, and a cilantro tang.

. . . You want to burn fat
Calcium is the dietary version of a get-out-of-jail-free card. A recent Danish study found that consuming at least 1,800 mg of it daily can block the absorption of 84 calories.


102. Best String Cheese
Sargento Soft, but still stringy?and it actually tastes like cheese, unlike most of the competition.
Per stick: 80 calories, 8 g protein, less than 1 g carbohydrates, 6 g fat (3.5 g saturated), 0 g fiber, 240 mg sodium, 20% DV calcium


103. Best Cottage Cheese
Friendship 1% Lowfat No Salt Added
A sixth of the sodium of most others.
Per 1/2 cup: 90 calories, 16 g protein, 4 g carbohydrates, 1 g fat (0.5 g saturated), 0 g fiber, 50 mg sodium, 10% DV calcium


104. Best Yogurt
Dannon Light 'n Fit Blueberry
Dannon's yogurt has the smoothest texture. Plus, the fruit's already blended, not lurking in the depths of the container.
Per carton: 90 calories, 6 g protein, 17 g carbohydrates, 0 g fat, 0 g fiber, 95 mg sodium, 15% DV calcium


105. Best Chocolate Milk
Horizon Organic Chocolate Reduced Fat So silky-smooth and creamy, it tastes almost too good to be good for you.
Per 8 ounces: 190 calories, 8 g protein, 28 g carbohydrates, 5 g fat (3 g saturated), 1 g fiber, 135 mg sodium, 25% DV calcium



. . . You want to dodge a pizza-delivery disaster
Remember, Domino is the last name of a fella named "Fats." And when the pizza finally shows up, it's usually about 20 minutes later than promised, and you've already raided the fridge for an appetizer.


106. Best Frozen Pizza
South Beach Diet Pepperoni
What a difference a whole-wheat crust makes. Higher in saturated fat than some, but higher in fiber, too (12 g). To us, that's a balanced equation.


107. Best Frozen Lasagna
Cedarlane Low-Fat Garden Vegetable
Cheesy, saucy, and spinachy?perfect.


108. Best Frozen Italian Entree
Healthy Choice Stuffed Pasta Shells
Sweet tomato sauce, tangy ricotta cheese, and a just-right portion.


109. Best Canned Pasta
Chef Boyardee Beefaroni
Thicker pasta and meatier sauce make a grown-up alternative to ordinary O's.


110. Best Pasta
Barilla Plus
They've wedged in 10 g protein and 4 g fiber by using bean flour instead of wheat, but you'll never notice the difference. Promise.


111. Best Spaghetti Sauce
Newman's Own Marinara
A perfect blend of garlic and Italian spices. Looks great on your tie.


112. Best Canned Tomatoes
Muir Glen Diced Tomatoes, No Salt Added
Nothing but pure tomato flavor. Plus, 35 percent of your Daily Value of vitamin C per serving.



. . . You're hungry and you don't know why
"People eat for so many reasons: hunger, boredom, stress, loneliness," says D. Milton Stokes, R.D. "Keep a stash of Ã??Ã??Ã??safe foods' handy," he says. That means high-fiber and high-protein foods that will fill you up before you can cause yourself caloric harm.

113. Best Peanut Butter
Naturally More
Stick-to-the-roof-of-your-mouth texture, light honey flavor, and?surprise!?the benefits of omega-3Ã??Ã??Ã??laden flax.
Per 2 Tbsp: 169 calories, 10 g protein, 8 g carbohydrates, 11 g fat (2 g saturated), 4 g fiber, 130 mg sodium


114. Best Cracker
Pepperidge Farm Hearty Wheat
Other crackers may bring more fiber to the table, but they don't bring this much flavor.
Per 3 crackers: 80 calories, 2 g protein, 10 g carbohydrates, 3.5 g fat (0 g saturated), 1 g fiber, 100 mg sodium


115. Best Chewy Granola Bar
Kashi Trail Mix
Packed with nuts and sweetened only with fruit and natural sweeteners like brown-rice syrup.
Per bar: 130 calories, 5 g protein, 20 g carbohydrates, 5 g fat (0.5 g saturated), 4 g fiber, 90 mg sodium


116. Best Fig Bar
Barbara's Whole Wheat
The nutty flavor of the grain casing makes these bars taste even sweeter than traditional fig bars.
Per bar: 60 calories, 1 g protein, 13 g carbohydrates, 0 g fat, 1 g fiber, 25 mg sodium



. . . You want fast food
If you're too hungry to cook, reach for these. By the time you pop open a beer, dinner will be ready.

117. Best beef TV Dinner
Healthy Choice Beef Merlot
If you prefer meat that's recognizable as such, this is the only beef dinner for you.


118. Best Chicken TV Dinner
South Beach Diet Cashew Chicken
High in sodium, but hands down the best frozen chicken we tested for flavor and texture.


119. Best Turkey TV Dinner
Smart Ones Stuffed Turkey Breast
Tender turkey slices, and firm, springy breading.


120. Best Seafood TV Dinner
Lean Cuisine Salmon with Basil
Big chunks of flaky salmon, plus whole-grain pasta, which contributes 5 g fiber.


121. Best Frozen Bagged Dinner
Lean Cuisine Skillet Sensations Garlic Chicken
Not too heavy on the garlic, with tender chunks of chicken and plump pasta.


122. Best Microwavable Bowl
Seeds of Change Seven Grain Pilaf A way-wholesome mix of grains made slightly less so by lots of cheese. Mmm.


123. Best Entree in a Box
Tyson Carved Turkey Breast in Gravy Certain to bring back college-cafeteria memories?in a good way. Plus, this packaged poultry dinner has half the sodium of similar beef entrees.


124. Best Pocket Sandwich
Lean Pockets Pepperoni Pizza
They might make you lean, but they sure don't taste that way.



. . . You need to go to your happy place?immediately
Vitamin C helps stimulate the secretion of a hormone called oxytocin. Large pulses of oxytocin are released from the hypothalamus and testes during orgasm. And you know that provides tension relief.


125. Best Orange Juice
Tropicana Calcium + Vitamin D
The bone-building calcium-and-D combination makes this one of our favorites. Just shake it before using to mix the nutrients for their full effect.
Per 8 ounces: 110 calories, 2 g protein, 26 g carbohydrates, 0 g fat, 0 g fiber, 0 mg sodium, 120% of DV for vitamin C

[imfocused]

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[TheSheepdog]

Dogg you are off the chain! just publish a book bro. have you thought about doin something like that. I got a cousin that wrote a poetry book and it is selling on amazon.com

oh this isnt written by me, just something i came across about two years ago and forgot that it was in my favorites list.

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oh ok i just started reading it and saw that

[TheSheepdog]

bump, for the interested

[terracotta]

bump, for the interested

Nice list. Did you post this in the other nutrition section too?

I get mostly unprocessed stuff, and for everything else I do look at the labels.

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someone replied

no i didnt post it there, I think the mods get mad if you make the same thread in numerous sections

[terracotta]

someone replied

no i didnt post it there, I think the mods get mad if you make the same thread in numerous sections

I thought they only got mad when it's the same question in multiple sections. Whereas this is an article post. Not sure on it though.