Wine of the Week

Wine of the Week

2007 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Porto is sugary sweet, but there’s a bracing berry flavor plushed with notes of raisins, cherries and a touch of licorice. Smells like plums, tobacco and spice, $47.

7 habits sabotage healthy eating

Fixing these common mistakes will help many people be healthier, says Dr. Phillip Snider, a family physician in Virginia Beach, Va.:

Not enough breakfast. One recent study showed that obese dieters who had a 600-calorie breakfast with healthy proteins and carbohydrates lost significantly more weight than those who ate only half as much.

Not enough fruit. Eat fruit at least twice a day.

Not enough vegetables. The goal for fruit and veggies should be a minimum of five servings a day; nine is ideal.

Too much hidden sugar. Juices, meal bars, low-fiber cereals and snack foods often are more sugary than people think. Limit your daily intake to 100 grams.

Too much hidden trans fat. Any food with “partially hydrogenated oil” on its ingredient list contains these unhealthy fats.

Hidden saturated fats. Limit full-fat dairy products, high-fat meats and foods cooked with butter or cream.

Extreme dieting. Pick one bad eating pattern to tackle each week, not all of them at once.

Setting the bar

The lackluster look of Marathon of Miracles’ wrapper may do nothing for you, but these all-natural chewy food bars are great. The two varieties share a substantial, crunchy base of almonds, peanuts, and pumpkin, sesame and sunflower seeds. Buy a box of 12 for $24 at marathonofmiracles.org/food.html.

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