KALE TALE

It is so much fun discovering new terrific foods and snacks.  I know that I need to curtail, my appetite - which I am not doing too well lately - but that's another story.

Today, I want to share my discovery of a delicious snack food that I discovered in a health food store in Traverse City, Michigan.  KALE KRUNCH from alive & radiant foods.

This snack is absolutely delicious... When one reviews the nutritional information on the back of the package - this food seems less like a food and more like a multi-vitamin!

Compared to a plain old bag of potato chips - the kinds I used to eat - THIS SNACK FOOD IS POWERHOUSE!   Apparently it is available in other flavors - so far, I have only tried the 'Quite Cheezy.'

This product tastes much better than it looks!

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  

 Wednesday MENU

breakfast   banana, granola, wasabi peas                                                  602 calories
lunch         Subway double chicken salad, Koku Seaweed Rice Cakes  1000 calories
dinner       Kale Krunch Chips, Dang Coconut Chips                               670 calories
SNACK    sesame crunch minis, chewy ginger, apples, granola              640 calories

total calories consumed 2912 calories

calories burned
I did a better job with the settings for this machine on the second day.

OCTANE FITNESS PRO4700 ELLIPTICAL 103 MINUTES, LEVEL 20     2829 CALORIES
STRIDE LENGTH 26"
(LEVEL 30 WAS THE MAXIMUM ON THIS PARTICULAR MACHINE)

CALORIES BURNED 2829 CALORIES

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  

Tuesday net calories 83calories

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 

Let's compare 'apples' to 'apples'

The serving size for the Kale and the Lay's Potato Chips are the same - 1 oz.  Amazingly the calorie content is the same.  One is filled with nutrients and one is so-called empty calories.

                                  KALE     LAYS'S POTATO CHIPS
calories                    100                      100
total fat                    7g                       10g
saturated fat          1.5g                     1.5g
cholesterol                0g                        0g
sodium                    260g                   170g
potassium               270g                   350g
carbohydrates           9g                     15g
dietary fiber              2g                        1g
sugars                        1g                      <1g
vitamin A                  50%                     0%
vitamin C                  20%                   10%
Calcium                     6%                     0%
Iron                           10%                     2%

Ironically, the calories are the same.
The nutrition is not.