Taking snacks with you to work and having healthy snacks available at home will help with weight control, promote good nutrition, and make it less likely that you or your kids will reach for high fat sweets, salty snacks, or sodas.

For many of us, having chips, cookies, candy, ice cream and sodas around is just too tempting. Consider keeping these items out of your house and having them an occasional treat instead of a staple. Stock your shelves and refrigerators with some of the following:

1. Del Monte fruit cups
2. Fresh fruit that is easily transported like apples and bananas
3. Fresh vegetables that are easy to cut up and use for dipping like celery, broccoli and carrots and a low-fat dip like Just 2 Good Ranch dressing or making your own dip with Daisy Brand Light Sour Cream.
4. Dried fruit like Sun Maid raisins, apricots or dried plums.
5. Whole wheat bread and Skippy peanut butter.
6. Yo Crunch yogurt

This is general information only and should not replace advice or instructions given to you by your physician.

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