I recently had a transforming demonstration by my friend and nutritionist Kathy Kraus, RD. We were talking about the surprisingly large amount of sugar in packaged foods -- even those that are supposedly healthy. When I stopped by, she had a few items on her desk, including a 20-ounce bottle of Coke, a Stonyfield Smoothie container (which I'd just bought the prior day for my kids), and a box of Raisin Bran. We did an experiment, and scooped out the number of teaspoons of sugar in each of these items.

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Nutritionist Jodi Greebel (www.citrition.com) recently shared with me the best advice she ever received about food, which came during a trip to Spain. She learned, from watching and speaking with the locals, that to enjoy food, you have to eat slowly and not on the go. We Americans are constantly gulping down our meals, rushing to work or out to an evening activity or eating mindlessly through a television program.

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