Last week I have ordered a sandwich from the local deli. I usually buy wraps.  But this time (due to the Thanksgiving and the cold weather) I decide to go for a roast turkey and bacon sandwich with ranch dressing. First thing that I have noticed was the inches thick bread.  So, I got really interested in all the calories. I wanted to know that do I get in terms of calories from the sandwich and what from the wrap.

Well this is what I found out:

My roast turkey and bacon sandwich with ranch dressing contained at least 830 calories, 38 grams of fat and 2,260 milligrams of sodium, which is 94 percent of your daily value.

So, how about my usual wrap? A wrap with the same kind of filling saves only 120 calories, but it adds 1 gram of fat and 160 milligram of sodium. Ouch, not the best choice! Then what should I eat?

May be a whole wheat pita is what I am looking for? Well, I guess the pita pocket lends itself for a more reasonable portion, that the sandwich. On the other hand, of cause you can put a high-fat filling in the pita too, and then suddenly all this portioning loses its meaning. Good filling should have some light mayonnaise or fat-free sour cream. Tuna or chicken salad can be the filling that I am looking for. As I was told in my local deli, tuna or chicken salad in a whole wheat pita has only 500 calories and far less sodium and fat that the sandwich bread.

Today I found a book called “The Pocket Diet“. It includes some wonderful easy-to-follow recipes. For example: Avocado-Tomato-Yogurt Pocket has 172 calories and 15 grams of fat and Chicken Fajita Pocket has only 125 calories and only 4 grams of fat. It means there are better snacks out there.

After eating cooked food it is advisable to take enzymes like Innate Response’s Plant Enzymes.

Digestive enzymes cause food that we eat to be broken down much faster, and much more effectively, than it would occur without them. There are two types of the digestive enzymes on the market: animal and plant enzymes. No matter which one you choose, as any good digestive enzyme formula would address every type of food group: proteins, fats, carbohydrates, sugars, lactose, and fiber.

Mary

Tags: count calories, healthy snack, low fat diet

Thanksgiving is a good excuse to overeat. However, there is always a way to at least avoid some unnecessary calories.  Here are 3 tips that will help to eat a little less fat and fewer calories.

1. Cooking turkey? Replace the butter with fat-free broth. If your stuffing calls for sausage meat, use chicken sausage instead of pork.
2. Remove skin from turkey before eating.
3. Make skinny mashed potatoes by replacing butter and heavy cream with one of the following: fat-free broth, fat-free half and half, low-fat milk, or low-fat buttermilk.

I am a big fan of digestive enzymes. They are necessary if you eat a lot of cooked and fatty foods. On Thanksgiving try Super Enzymes from Now Foods.

This Super Enzyme formula, based on its high potency and complete profile, has quickly become a favorite among our customers. Scientifically engineered with an extensive blend of essential enzymes, papain, pancreatin, bromelain and more, this is a highly effective product that can greatly assist in the digestion of fatty foods.

Have a great Thanksgiving,

Mary

Tags: low fat diet