How To Make Junk Food Healthy…ish

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#4: Cookies
Yes, low-fat products have less fat in them, but they usually pump in more sugar to help with flavor. So forget low fat and stick with cookies that don’t use partially hydrogenated oil in the recipe. “At 60 calories per cookie, Chewy Chips Ahoy is a decent selection so long as you use portion control.” says Alyse. In other words, don’t inhale the entire cookie sleeve in one sitting. Also, if you dip it in milk, make it fat-free milk.

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#5: Beer
Beer doesn’t contain fat, but the calories it has can still give you a beer gut. So drinking light beer means you’ll consume less calories. “The body doesn’t readily use alcohol calories for fuel,” Sumner explains. “So aim for beers with less than six percent ABV.”

 

BEER CALORIES / CARBS (grams) ALCOHOL %
Amstel Light 100 / 5 3.5
Bud Light 105 / 5 4.5
Coors Light 100/ 5 4.2
Michelob Ultra 95 / 3 4.2
Budweiser Select 55 55 / 1.9 2.4
MGD 64 64 / 2.4 2.8
Corona Light 100 / 5 4.1
Sam Adams Light 125 / 8 4.0