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Wheat Thins Fiber Selects - If you LOVE Wheat Thins but have been bummed about their lack of fiber (a lame 1 - 2g per serving), check THESE out. In 5-Grain and Garden Vegetable, these addictively delicious, slightly sweet yet savory crackers have 120 calories, 4 - 4.5g fat, 22g carbs, a whopping 5g fiber, and 2g protein per serving of 13 - 15 crackers (POINTS® value 2*). Nice!

Litehouse Dips in 100-Calorie Cups - If you like to dip things into other things and then eat them, here's a find for ya. Litehouse (famous for its dips and dressings) now makes Chocolate Dip and Reduced Sugar Caramel Dip in 100-calorie containers. Each little tub has 0.5 - 1.5g fat, 25 - 29g carbs, 4 - 7g fiber, and 0 - 1g protein, giving them each a POINTS® value of 1*. Woohoo!

Arnold Select Sandwich Thins - We have gotten a bazillion and one emails about these uniquely shaped, sandwich-sized flatbreads. Everyone is FLIPPING over 'em. They're available in two varieties -- Multi-Grain and Whole Grain White. Each one has 100 calories, 1g fat, 22g carbs, 5g fiber, and 4g protein (POINTS® value 1*). Find these and try them ASAP.


Restaurant Calorie News...



Yum! Brands -- the parent company of KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Long John Silver's, and A&W Restaurants -- has decided to start posting calorie counts on the menu boards at ALL of its company-owned restaurants. This is exciting news... but you may have to wait 'til 2011 to see these stats when you're out and about. Yup, it could take that long (annoying, we know). In the meantime, you can find most of that info online, and the company's quick to point out lower-calorie options already available at all their restaurants (click and scroll to see - http://www.yum.com/news/pressreleases/100108.asp ). So no worries! And speaking of restaurants and calories, looks like California is following in NYC's footsteps. A new CA law will require chain restaurants with 20 or more locations to post nutritional info on menus and menu boards. CA residents will see these numbers no later than 1/1/11, and in-store nutritional brochures will be required by next July. Be patient, peeps!

Healthier_Me

Wheat Thins Fiber Selects - If you LOVE Wheat Thins but have been bummed about their lack of fiber (a lame 1 - 2g per serving), check THESE out. In 5-Grain and Garden Vegetable, these addictively delicious, slightly sweet yet savory crackers have 120 calories, 4 - 4.5g fat, 22g carbs, a whopping 5g fiber, and 2g protein per serving of 13 - 15 crackers (POINTS® value 2*). Nice!

Litehouse Dips in 100-Calorie Cups - If you like to dip things into other things and then eat them, here's a find for ya. Litehouse (famous for its dips and dressings) now makes Chocolate Dip and Reduced Sugar Caramel Dip in 100-calorie containers. Each little tub has 0.5 - 1.5g fat, 25 - 29g carbs, 4 - 7g fiber, and 0 - 1g protein, giving them each a POINTS® value of 1*. Woohoo!

Arnold Select Sandwich Thins - We have gotten a bazillion and one emails about these uniquely shaped, sandwich-sized flatbreads. Everyone is FLIPPING over 'em. They're available in two varieties -- Multi-Grain and Whole Grain White. Each one has 100 calories, 1g fat, 22g carbs, 5g fiber, and 4g protein (POINTS® value 1*). Find these and try them ASAP.


Restaurant Calorie News...



Yum! Brands -- the parent company of KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Long John Silver's, and A&W Restaurants -- has decided to start posting calorie counts on the menu boards at ALL of its company-owned restaurants. This is exciting news... but you may have to wait 'til 2011 to see these stats when you're out and about. Yup, it could take that long (annoying, we know). In the meantime, you can find most of that info online, and the company's quick to point out lower-calorie options already available at all their restaurants (click and scroll to see - http://www.yum.com/news/pressreleases/100108.asp ). So no worries! And speaking of restaurants and calories, looks like California is following in NYC's footsteps. A new CA law will require chain restaurants with 20 or more locations to post nutritional info on menus and menu boards. CA residents will see these numbers no later than 1/1/11, and in-store nutritional brochures will be required by next July. Be patient, peeps!