Kenna Morton's Journal, 18 Aug 19

By I’m working on the nutritional aspect of the jello salad that I posted . This is a good example of why it is important to read labels.

I entered in both the gluten free pretzels and the regular pretzels to see side by side the nutritional difference. Note the values for sodium, fat and protein. The salt has been increased dramatically for 2 reasons; taste and rise. They added fiber to the gluten free and obviously there is no protein in the gluten free. Fat was also added to gluten free. Calories and carbs are essentially the same. So if salt is an issue, as it is with many diabetics this would be something to consider. I have another label reading example for another day. Lots to be learned out there folks.

PS the unsalted pretzels just have 300 mg sodium

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1427 kcal

Fat: 64.99g | Prot: 60.98g | Carbs: 155.21g.   Breakfast: Kenna’s chicken, turkey breakfast sausage Patty, Sarabeth's Strawberry Raspberry, Food Club Large Egg, Maxwell House International Cafe Orange, POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice, Dave's Killer Bread Thin-Sliced Good Seed Bread, Welch’s grape juice and Hibiscus drink. Lunch: Sunsweet Dried Pitted Prunes, Medjool Dates, Ranch Granola, Chobani Nonfat Plain Greek Yogurt, Tru-Nut Powdered Peanut Butter, Driscoll's Blueberries, CanMar Foods Milled golden flax, Tillamook good and creamy vanilla bean yogurt, Nutiva Organic Chia Seed, R.W. Knudsen Family 4% Milkfat Small Curd Cottage Cheese. Dinner: Butter, Walnuts, Cabbage, Aqua de Jamaica (hibiscus ice tea), Pure Leaf Unsweetened Green Tea, Boar's Head Baby Swiss Cheese, Tomato Red Pepper Soup, Pure Leaf Honey Green Tea. Snacks/Other: Strawberry Jello, Pretzel Salad. more...

1826 kcal

Exercise: Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 45 minutes, Watching TV/Computer - 2 hours, Studying - 1 hour, Grocery Shopping - 1 hour, Cooking - 4 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours, Resting - 7 hours and 15 minutes. more...