Trick-or-treating is a lucrative business, at least if you're in the business of collecting calories. Based on the nutrition labels on popular candies, it's been estimated that the average child...
Chocolate is a delicious treat containing some health benefits like antioxidants and micronutrients. Still, due to its high sugar content, we don’t often eat chocolate for the nutritional...
Halloween means one of two things: costumes and candy. Whether you indulge in both is up to you, but if you’re going to splurge on the latter, we’re here to help. Of course, if you have a...
With Easter just around the corner, are you slowly sneaking in extra candy calories—a jelly bean here, a chocolate bunny there—or are you waiting until Easter Sunday arrives to treat yourself? If...
There’s a little something lurking in your chewing gum, hard candy, “light” ice cream, cookies and pudding. And if you have GI problems, you might want to take a hard look at your diet to see...