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I'm a big meat and potatoes girl and I know neither is very good for me. I

like to eat beef jerky as a snack to curb my random cravings for meat.

What's the low down on it? I know it's higher in fat but seems to be relatively

low in calories. What do you think?



Jazzed Over Jerky







Dear Jazzed,



Hold on there -- who lied to you and told you jerky is high in fat? Jerky is

actually not only low in calories, it's also VERY low in fat. An average 1-oz.

serving has about 70 - 80 calories and a gram of fat. Most packages have

about 3 - 4 servings, so even if you decide to eat an entire bag of the stuff,

you wouldn't be taking in too many calories or fat grams at all. And, jerky's

also very high in protein and low in carbs. What stops jerky from being a

GREAT snack for dieters is the high sodium count. If you count sodium, you

may want to avoid eating meat jerky because an ounce of it packs in about

500mg. If you don't count sodium, then I'd say go ahead and munch away.

I'm definitely a HUGE jerky fan (even though people typically think of it as

a "boy food" - don't get angry at me for saying that; I'm just stating a fact).

My personal favorite meat jerky is Tillamook Country Smoker's Old

Fashioned Beef Steak Nuggets. Also, Jack Link's makes some great jerkys in

interesting flavors and types of meat. My newest non-meat jerky discovery is

Tasty Eats Soy Jerky in Hot N' Spicy. It ROCKS! I wasn't a huge fan of all the

Tasty Eats Soy Jerky flavors I tried, but the Hot N' Spicy is AWESOME. And

it's more sweet than it is hot or spicy. It has about 90 calories and a gram of

fat per ounce. And it even comes in lower in the sodium department -- with

250mg per ounce. Not bad! OK, enough jerky talk...time for the next

question.



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Hey Hungry Girl!



I was wondering how I would factor in those new fiber powders when

determining a food's Weight Watchers Points value. Do they affect it at all?

Thanks!



Fiber-Challenged





Dear Fiber-Challenged,



There's no secret here... if you use fiber powder in recipes or mixed into

foods, you just need to add the nutritional info of the powder to whatever

you're calculating. For those of you who don't know, a higher fiber count can

often lower a food's point value. But don't think you can go dumping fiber

powder into everything and lower points, because that's not realistic. The

powder itself also contains calories -- so you are not only adding fiber, you're

adding calories, too. Usually, adding the fiber and calories just keeps the

point value the same -- but there are times when you can actually lower a

recipe by a point or so by adding some fiber powder. And fiber is good for

you, too, so using it in recipes isn't a bad idea. In general, nutrition experts

do say you're probably better off getting fiber from natural foods. Looking for

more fiber? Check out some of my favorite fiber-ific finds and recipes.



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