Healthy Living
Water vs. Soda
Liquid Candy
Soda pop is liquid candy. It's a sweet treat to be enjoyed occasionally, but most people cannot fit it into a healthy diet every day.
Soft drinks (soda, "fruit" drinks, sweetened teas, sports drinks, etc.) are the largest source of refined sugars in Americans' diets. Would you ever sit down and eat 16 teaspoons of sugar? That's how much sugar is in a 20-ounce bottle of soda. That's more refined sugar than you should eat in a day (for a typical kid eating about 2,350 calories, health experts recommend eating no more than 13 teaspoons of refined sugar a day).
Kids who drink more sodas and other soft drinks eat more calories and are more likely to be overweight. The calories you drink don't seem to register as well as the calories you eat from solid food. So when you add a 20-ounce soda to your lunch, you probably won't make up for it later by eating 250 fewer calories of solid food.
Your Comments
Hi!
One hectic afternoon in the midst of another 12 hour day at the pharmacy; my husband stops by with an Amy's Black Bean Enchilada meal...my nutritional life has never been the same!!!
As a nurse and a pharmacist, I cannot encourage people enough to examine their "nutritional prescriptions". Pills can help, but the phytonutrition in your meals (flavonoids in tofu, high fiber in essentially all meals, vitamins and more...) are the best advice I've given!
My children love your meals. I'm thinking a broad launch at child nutrition would be a fabulous approach! Your meals are balanced, bright, texture rich and portioned properly!
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I have been meaning to send an email for quite some time. Now finally I get around to it! I just wanted to tell you how WONDERFUL I think the Black Bean Vegetable Enchilada's are. They are my very most favorite thing to eat EVER. If my freezer wasn't so small, I'd FILL it with the enchilada's. The other Amy's products are excellent as well. But your enchilada's have made me very happy.
If you have any promotional items or special offers/coupons (or if you want to send me a giant box of Amy's products with one of your chef's inside as well...) I'd be the happiest girl in the world.
I love your food. It is absolutely DELICIOUS.
All the best wishes, and thank you so very much for the great products,
Maureen Beaulieu
Oakville, CT