Thursday, August 12, 2010



Healthy Fake- Honey Mustard... 

Summer is a great time for grab-and-go sandwiches, and while most mustards are pretty healthy bearing 9 calories and 0.6 grams of fat per tablespoon honey mustard is the exception, the devil in disguise! Two tablespoons pack 130 calories, 11 grams of fat, 6 grams of sugar, and often contain high fructose corn syrup.

Some slim-it-down diet tips:

IF YOU MUST - try making your own honey mustard. Use 1 to 2 tablespoons yellow mustard and about 1/2 a tablespoon of honey. That nets just 43 calories and less than 1 gram of fat.
I PREFER -  to Spice it up. Substitute with Dijon or spicy brown mustard. You'll get a huge amount of flavor for just 9 calories a tablespoon.
ALSO - you can add fruit, such as apple slices, to naturally sweeten your sandwich. Saves you more than 100 calories and 10 grams of fat.

Mustard has been used to treat headaches, cold and coughs, asthma and other respiratory problems, lack of appetite, menopause, and other conditions. Some methods used to treat such afflictions include mustard baths, applying mustard powder mix or paste to the skin or chest area, a mustard tea, or by other consumption methods.

Mustards contain abundant amounts of phytonutrients and contains a good supply of omega-3s, iron, zinc, calcium, manganese, magnesium, fiber, protein, selenium, tryptophan, and some B vitamins. Mustard seed has been researched for its anti-cancer effects, and has been shown to be an anti-inflammatory agent.

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