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 FOODS
TO KEEP ON HAND (Use
as Needed)
Advice
from Howard
Shapiro Medical Associates, P.C.
BEVERAGES: All unsweetened or artificially
sweetened
- Coffees
and Teas Crystal Light, Diet Snapple, Nestea, Mystic,
etc
- Soda:
all diet soda (orange, chocolate, cherry cola, cream)
- Seltzer:
plain or flavored (check label for calories if product
is "naturally sweetened")
- Hot
cocoa mixes: 20-50 calories (Swiss Miss, Carnation
Diet) Avoid mixes of 60 calories and above
- Milkshake
mixes: 70 calories (Weight Watchers, Alba Fit & Frosty)
FRUIT:
raw or cooked, no added sugar (Try baked apples!)
FROZEN
DESSERTS:
Soft
Serve: any nonfat frozen yogurt, sherbet, etc. (maximum
25 cals/oz.)
-
Examples: American Glace, Skimpy Treat, Italian ices,
TCBY or ICBY nonfat, Columbo Lite, etc.
Hard-pack pints (maximum 400 cals/pint):
- Examples:
Dannon Lite, Sharon's Sorbet, American Glace, Tofutti
Free
Creamsicle,
Fudgsicle, Popsicle (maximum 45 cals/pop):
- Examples:
Welch's Fruit Juice Bars (no added sugar) Weight Watcher's
Chocolate Mousse Weight Watcher's Orange-Vanilla Treat
Sugar-free fudgsicles and creamsicles Crystal Light
Fruit Bars Cool & Creamy
CANDY:
Any
chewing gum or hard candy
- Examples:
lollipops, sourballs, gumballs, candy cane
Popular
brands:
- Anna
Raskas (mocha rum, peaches & cream, chocolate, etc.)
- Tootsie
Pops Blow Pops
- Jolly
Rancher
- Werther's
butterscotch
- Hershey's
Tastations
Note:
"Dietetic" and Sugar-free" candy have the same calories
as regular candy, but don't promote tooth decay.
VEGETABLES:
All raw and cooked vegetables - the more, the better!
Be creative with low calorie condiments listed below,
or, ask for recipe suggestions.
SEASONINGS
& CONDIMENTS:
- Oil
free and/or low calorie salad dressings
- Nonfat
mayo - nonfat sour cream - nonfat yogurt (plain or
w/Nutrasweet)
- Mustards:
Dijon, pommery, etc.
- Tomato:
puree, tomato paste, tomato sauce
- Juice:
clam juice, tomato juice, V-8 juice, lemon or lime
juice
- Butter:
Butter Buds, Molly McButter
- Nonstick
sprays: butter or olive oil flavor
- Vinegars:
balsamic, cider, wine, etc.
- Horseradish:
red or white
- Sauces:
salsa, cocktail, tamari, soy, A-1 sauce, Worcestershire,
barbecue, ketchup, duck sauce, chutney, relish, etc.
- Onion:
fresh, juice, flakes, or powder
- Garlic:
fresh, juice, flakes, or powder
- All
herbs: basil, oregano, tarragon, thyme, rosemary,
marjoram, dill, chives, sage, bay leaves, etc.
- All
spices: cinnamon, cloves, ginger, cumin, nutmeg, coriander,
curry, paprika, allspice, etc.
- Extracts:
vanilla, almond, peppermint, maple, coconut, etc.
Cocoa powder
- Soups
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