Mars, the company that sells Snickers, Twix, M&Ms among other major brands, announced that it will limit candy bars to 250 calories each. It plans top hase out king-sized candy bars by 2014.
Mars also announced these health-related changes:
- 25% reduction of sodium in their products
- a cease in buying advertising time/space when/where >25% of the audience is 12 years or younger
You might say, "so what?" Well, to me, this type of change is a good faith effort to help improve our American food culture. We seem to all understand that our current culture makes it hard to maintain a healthy weight - but we don't all agree on or know of ways to help improve that culture. I think this major food manufacturer is taking some good steps. Really, people, no one should eat a 540-calorie king-sized Snickers bar...and pretty soon, no one will.
Here is the brief
article where I learned about Mars' planned changes.
Here are even more quick, healthy, "responsible snacks":
- fresh fruit
- handful of nuts
- handful of trail mix (nuts, seeds, dried fruit)
- baby carrots
- a yogurt
- slice of whole grain bread with peanut butter or other nut butter
- a glass of milk
- a cheese stick
- ants on a log (celery sticks with either peanut butter or cream cheese on them, with raisins squooshed in). It might sound funky but it's good! And it was the first snack that I ever made for myself - probably around age 4. (I've always been an eater!)
Happy snacking!
