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There may be no place on the planet more

daunting than the American supermarket. From the produce section to the

frozen-food aisle, the modern day market is loaded with 50,000 food choices,

all vying for your hard-earned money. And there's no better way to start

slimming down in 2009 than by eliminating the most egregious offenders in the

supermarket from your shopping cart. That's why we created the

Eat This, Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide: to help you cut through

marketing mysteries and food-label lies in order to make the smart choices that

lead to fast and permanent weight loss for you and your loved ones.

Some are conspicuous calorie bombs, others are

junk food masquerading as healthy food, but all of these foods have one thing

in common: They will undermine your efforts to lose weight and feel great in

the New Year. So study up on the list of the Worst Supermarket Foods (and while

you're at it, don't forget the

20 Worst Restaurant Foods in America), and resolve to master your market in

2009!

WORST COOKIE

Pillsbury Big Deluxe Classics White Chunk Macadamia Nut

(dough; 1 cookie, 38 g)

180 calories / 10 g fat

(3 g saturated, 2 g trans)

13 g sugars

Stick to Nestlé Toll House when it comes to

big-brand cookie dough; the people of Pillsbury have a penchant for scattering

trans fats across your market's refrigerated section. This cookie has one

load of dangerous oils mixed into the flour and another blended with sugar and

interspersed throughout the dough as "white confectionery chunks."

FAT EQUIVALENT: 5 "fun" size 3

Musketeers bars

Eat This Instead:

Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

(11â„2-inch ball, 28 g)

130 calories

6 g fat (2.5 g saturated)

11 g sugars

WORST CANDY

Twix

(1 package, 2 oz)

280 calories / 27 g sugars

14 g fat (11 g saturated)

Twix takes the already-dubious candy-bar

reputation and drags it through a murky pool of saturated fat. With more than

half the USDA's daily consumption recommendation for these dangerous fats

in each package, this is one potentially hazardous after-lunch snack.

SATURATED FAT EQUIVALENT: 11 strips of bacon

Eat This Instead:

100 Grand

(1 package)

190 calories

22 g sugars

8 g fat (5 g saturated)

WORST CEREAL

Quaker 100% Natural Granola, Oats, Honey & Raisins

(1 c)

420 calories

12 g fat (7 g saturated)

6 g fiber / 30 g sugars

Granola, for all its good reputation, is

usually weighed down by a deluge of added sugars. In fact, for the same amount

of sugar, you could have a bowl of Cocoa Pebbles more than twice the

size—and you'd get more fiber and save about 60 calories in fat.

CALORIE EQUIVALENT: 8 chicken wings

Eat This Instead:

Kashi GOLEAN

(1 c)

140 calories

1 g fat (0 g saturated)

10 g fiber / 6 g sugars

WORST INDIVIDUAL SNACK

Hostess Chocolate Pudding Pie

(1 pie)

520 calories / 45 g sugars

24 g fat (14 g saturated, 1.5 g trans)

Skip past the enriched flour and water on the

ingredient list and here's what you get: animal shortening, corn syrup,

high-fructose corn syrup, sugar, modified corn starch, butter, chocolate

liqueur, and so on. Any one of these ingredients alone might prompt you to

raise an eyebrow, but taken together they should invoke a gag reflex and a

sprint for something far healthier.

SATURATED FAT EQUIVALENT: 2 Mc's

Quarter Pounders

Eat This Instead:

Chocolatey Drizzle Rice Krispies Treat

100 calories / 8 g sugars

3 g fat (1 g saturated)

WORST PACKAGED

LUNCH

Mayer Maxed Out Turkey & Cheddar Cracker Combo

Lunchables

(1 package)

680 calories / 61 g sugars

22 g fat (9 g saturated, 1 g trans) / 1,440 mg sodium

Here's your first clue that this meal

has issues: The ingredient list—in its squinty small type—is a full

4 inches long. It includes just about every form of fat and sugar you can

imagine. Your child deserves better.

CALORIE EQUIVALENT: 15 Chicken McNuggets

Eat This Instead:

Mayer Deli Creations Fajita Beef & Salsa Flatbread

(145 g)

280 calories

9 g fat (4 g saturated)

890 mg sodium

WORST FROZEN PIZZA

DiGiorno for One Garlic Bread Crust Supreme Pizza

850 calories / 1,450 mg sodium

44 g fat (15 g saturated, 3.5 g trans)

The bloated crust and the greasy toppings will

saddle you with 60 percent of your day's sodium, 75 percent of your

day's saturated fat, and nearly twice the amount of trans fats you should

take in daily.

CALORIE EQUIVALENT: 6 slices Domino's

Thin N Crispy Cheese Pizza

Eat This Instead:

South

Beach Diet

Deluxe Pizza

340 calories

660 mg sodium

11 g fat (4 g saturated)

WORST FROZEN ENTRÉE

Hungry-Man Classic Fried Chicken

1,020 calories / 1,570 mg sodium

57 g fat (12 g saturated)

They should rename the company Hungry-Men,

because there's no way the average guy needs more than a pound of fatty

fried chicken, oily potatoes, and a brownie.

CALORIE EQUIVALENT: 5 Krispy Kreme Original

Glazed Doughnuts

Eat This Instead:

Banquet Select Chicken Parmesan

350 calories

870 mg sodium

15 g fat (3.5 g saturated)

Want to see the entire list? Discover the

No.1 Worst Supermarket Food in America, and 12 other offenders.

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-- Annie SkaggsLexington, KY