The Best and Worst Holiday Foods
David Zinczenko, author of the Eat This, Not That! series of books, offers tips to help you make healthier food and drink choices this holiday season.
By David Zinczenko
Original Content | October 27, 2009 
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Worst cocktail: Gin and tonic (8 ounces) 240 calories 22 g sugars Drink this instead: Champagne 100 calories 5 g sugars Before your raise your glass to good health, consider your own. The sad truth is that light-tasting tonic water contains as much sugar as two glazed doughnuts, making it nothing more than a glorified soda. Champagne is just as bubbly but contains only one-fourth of the sugar and half the calories. |
